Chapter 19
The Demon Slayer
Prince Flareon has fought in many battles throughout his life. Through facing the Dragon of Darkness Alexei and his dragon commanders. Along with his younger brother Van, King Sombra and Queen Chrysalis, Blue Thunder, Yin and Yang, Fear, Zundus, and many more. In the end, Flareon was able to tough each battle out and claim victory. However, those villains would be in no way possible to compare to the insanely ultimate powerful enemy Flareon would soon find himself fighting against. Not even Alexei, the strongest villain Flareon has ever fought against in his life, could stand up against him. It wouldn't be long before Prince Flareon would be fighting in the most important battle of his life that would determine the fate of not just Equestria or all mankind, but even the fate of the gods themselves. It all began one peaceful afternoon in Ponyville. Everyone was in a good mood. How could you blame them? The sky was clear, the temperature was spot on, the wind was just right. Everything about the way today was going was absolutely perfect. Prince Flareon and Princess Twilight were enjoying a walk through town with their granddaughter Summer, when suddenly, a bright light appeared in the sky. The next moment a very familiar pony appeared before them. Well, familiar to Flareon that is. It was none other than the Goddess of Time and Space Infinity. Just as Flareon was about to say something to her, he noticed a couple of things were wrong. One: Why was a goddess visiting Ponyville? Two: Why did Infinity have this look of pure terror on her face? Before Flareon could open his mouth, Infinity rushed over to him. "Flareon! There you are!" Infinity exclaimed.
"Who are you?" Twilight asked curiously.
"That's Infinity. She's the Goddess of Time and Space," Flareon replied, "She's the one who originally brought me to Equestria. We've met a couple of times. Speaking of which Infinity...why are you here? This is the first time you came here to visit. Is something wrong? You don't look good."
"Flareon! You have to go with me! He's coming for you!" Infinity shouted.
"Who? Who's coming for me?" Flareon asked confused, "Well...whoever it is, I'm sure I can handle him for you. No sweat."
"No...you don't understand," Infinity replied with a shake of her head. She was suddenly interrupted when the sky above them turned pitch black. A dark meteor-like object was then shown heading right for them. Infinity managed to push Flareon away just in time, but as a result, she was caught in the explosion from the impact of the meteorite. Once the dust cleared, it was plainly obvious this was no meteorite. It was a demon-like dragon. He was slightly taller than Alexei, but had no tail or wings. There was a black transparent crown floating right above his head. The malicious aurora he was emitting was so powerful, it was causing nearby ponies to faint. Only Flareon, Twilight, and Summer were able to resist from passing out. As for Goddess Infinity, she was currently being held in his right claw.
"My dear Infinity...did you honestly think you could stall me forever? It was only a matter of time until I broke that pesky universe barrier of yours," he said with a sneer.
"Flareon...get...away," Infinity muttered as she struggled to break free from his grip on her. Suddenly, the demon dragon did something that caused Infinity to be consumed in black/purple flames. She screamed in pain as the flames scorched her body. He then tossed her aside like a rage doll. Infinity fell to the ground and didn't get back up. The demon dragon quickly set his sights on Twilight. After reaching out with his left claw, he fired a black/purple beam at her. Flareon could only watch in horror as Twilight disappeared before his every eyes. For what seemed like an eternity, Flareon stared at the spot where his wife once was. The next moment Flareon was in Flame God Mode and charging towards the demon dragon with his blood boiling with pure rage. He was so consumed with fury, Flareon failed to hear Infinity calling his name. After rearing back his right hoof, Flareon attempted to hit the demon dragon square in the face with all his might. That never happened. Instead, everything started to go black. Flareon was only able to make out the smirk on the demon dragon's face as his vision slowly went blank. The last thing Flareon remembered seeing before he passed out was the warm smile on Twilight's face. The same smile that he would never get to see again. When Flareon opened his eyes, he found himself on a rocky remote planet. Where exactly? Flareon had no clue. One thing was for certain, he wasn't in Equestria anymore. Just then, he heard the sound of someone laughing. When Flareon turned around, he saw the demon dragon standing before him. Just as Flareon was about to charge at him again, the demon dragon waved his finger nonchalantly.
"Come now Flareon...you aren't so stupid to try that again are you? You must be in a rush to die or something. Don't worry though...that will happen soon enough," the demon dragon chuckled.
"Who are you?" Flareon asked as he tried to control his anger.
"The gods nicknamed me the 'The Destroyer of Worlds', but my actual name is Ragnarok. The Lord of the Demons," he replied, "You see Flareon...or should I say Daniel Reid...I know all about you. Both your pony self and human self. I been watching you since the day you were born. Among all the humans, ponies, and other creatures I've seen, you were one that was able to catch and sustain my attention. Since then...I have been watching you all this time. Don't get the wrong idea though. I had nothing else to do really. Being trapped in a small room where the only thing I could do was watch other creatures live out their boring meaningless lives. You were the one interesting thing out of billions and billions of others I watched. If that cursed God Asura hadn't got the upper hand on me that one time I wouldn't have been sealed away. I would probably be the ruler of the universe by now. That is why once I play around with you for a while, I'm going after the gods and settling the war between demons and gods once and for all!" He then paused for a second. "Now then...entertain me." Flareon didn't hesitate for a bit and began to attack Ragnarok and the battle between pony and demon was off! Fireballs, Fire Tornados, and Fire Shurikens, everything Flareon had he sent at Ragnarok. However, Flareon would have been better off not doing anything at all because that was in fact was he was really doing. Even after being consumed by raging flames countless times, Ragnarok appeared to be unfazed. After being hit by another Fire Shuriken, Ragnarok let out a loud bored yawn. "Is this truly the extent of your powers? That's a shame. I had hoped you would be stronger than this." In response, a furious Flareon charged up a Fire Shuriken to the highest level possible and sent it flying towards Ragnarok. This time however, Ragnarok simply reached out with his right claw and grabbed the Fire Shuriken right as it made it to him. He then crushed it into pieces. "I suppose it is. Oh well. I guess this was what I should've expected from the beginning. There was no way such a weak creature like yourself could ever hope to challenge me. I guess I should put an end to this fight now." Before Flareon could react, Ragnarok appeared before him. Ragnarok then grabbed Flareon with his right claw. Suddenly, Flareon's Flame God Mode disappeared. That was the least of his worries because Ragnarok had created a small black hole behind him. "Goodbye Chosen One." With that, Ragnarok tossed Flareon inside the black hole. Like before, Flareon's vision slowly started to go black until he finally lost consciousness. When Flareon woke up, he found himself surrounded by nothing but darkness. Flareon tried to search for a way out, but there was no such thing around. Just darkness. All Flareon could do was think about everyone back home in Equestria. Including Twilight. As hard as he tried, Flareon couldn't keep from holding back his tears. Just then, a bright light appeared. It was so bright, Flareon had to use his hooves to shield his face from it. When he lowered them to see what caused it, Flareon found himself face-to-face with a female alicorn. She seemed very familiar to some reason.
"I'm so glad I could finally meet you Flareon," the pony said with a smile.
"Um...sorry for asking, but who are you?" Flareon asked, "I think I remember you from somewhere though."
"My name is Princess Solange, but you can call me Solange," she replied.
"Wait! You're that Princess Solange?!" Flareon exclaimed, "The one from that picture I saw back when I went into the past and met the Elemental Warriors! You're Nova's wife!"
"Yep! That's me!" Solange replied happily.
"If you're here with me...does that mean I died?" Flareon asked. In response, Princess Solange shook her head.
"No...not exactly," she replied, "You see...I was sent by Infinity to help you. She knew you wouldn't be able to defeat Ragnarok the way you are now."
"Is it really possible for me to beat him?" Flareon asked.
"Yes," Infinity replied, "Flareon...you actually have a power deep inside you that you have yet to awaken. It's so powerful, that you would be able to defeat even someone as strong as Ragnarok with it. A power that even manages to transcend the power of the gods themselves."
"How do I awaken it?" a surprised Flareon asked.
"Leave that part to me," Solange replied seductively. She then moved closer to Flareon and kissed him on the lips. Meanwhile, back on the remote planet, Ragnarok was just about done watching the black hole he threw Flareon into. He had been hoping Flareon would've been able to escape from it, but it looks like that wasn't going to happen. He then turned around and was about to head over to the realm of the gods, when suddenly, he was stopped by a bright light appeared from within the black hole. Ragnarok was forced to shield his eyes. When he lowered his arms, he was shocked to see Flareon standing before him in Flame God Mode. However, this wasn't Flareon's normal Flame God Mode. His flames were now pure white. Flareon's Flame God Mode had upgraded to Inferno God Mode.
"So...you managed to escape huh? That's good. I was hoping that wasn't enough to finish you off," Ragnarok said with a chuckle, "I also noticed to got yourself some new power. Let's see how good it is shall we? Tell ya what...I'll let you get a free hit on me. Go ahead. Give it your best shot." Flareon was more than happy to obey his request. Flareon then flew at Ragnarok so fast, he seem to have disappeared for a slight moment. Ragnarok didn't notice Flareon until he was directly in front of him. After Flareon reared back his right hoof, it suddenly started to glow.
"Inferno Impact 50k!" Flareon shouted as he punched Ragnarok right in the chest. Ragnarok was then sent flying backwards as continuing small delayed shockwaves erupted from his chest. He tried to stop himself to moving across the planet's surface at what seemed like 200 mph, but the force of Flareon's attack was so powerful, Ragnarok could only wait helplessly until it ended. After sustaining a total of exactly 50,000 punches, Ragnarok finally stopped moving. He then fell to his knees, shocked as to what just happened to him.
"That wasn't simply one punch with 50,000 delayed shockwaves. Flareon actually managed to punch me 50,000 times in less than a nanosecond," Ragnarok muttered to himself, "That's impossible though. Not even a god could pull that off. How was Flareon able to get that strong that fast? Was he hiding his true power from me this entire time? That makes no sense. There's no way he could've done that. I should've sensed it from the beginning." Ragnarok paused for a second to collect his thoughts. "What the hell is going on?!" Just then, the ground under Ragnarok opened up and Flareon appeared. His right hoof was glowing again. Ragnarok knew what was coming next.
"Inferno Impact 50k!" Flareon yelled as he punched Ragnarok in his chest again. This time around, Ragnarok was sent flying upwards. Higher and higher Ragnarok flew as continuing delayed shockwaves erupted from his chest. It wasn't long until he was found himself in the planet's stratosphere. Sadly for him, he wasn't safe just yet. As Ragnarok turned his head around, he saw Flareon flying behind him. This time, both of Flareon's hooves were glowing. "Take this! Inferno Impact 100k!" Flareon then quickly punched Ragnarok with both of his hooves. As a result, Ragnarok was sent soaring back down to the planet's surface. It didn't stop there. The shockwaves continued to erupt from his chest as his body was forced into the ground harder and harder until he was finally sent underground. Flareon immediately followed after him. The next moment, at the other end of the planet, the ground broke apart and Ragnarok was shown getting hit by a devastating uppercut delivered by Flareon. Ragnarok fell back to the ground, while Flareon landed smoothly nearby. He then waited to Ragnarok to stand back up. As he was slowly getting back up, Ragnarok was laughing. Even after being dealt with extremely powerful blows and literally sent through the entire planet, Ragnarok appeared to be happy for some reason.
"Yes...yes...yes...this is it. This is what I've waited for! A true fight!" Ragnarok burst out, "Do you know how long I've waited for this moment Flareon? Do you?! I was locked away in that prison for millions of years, waiting for the time when I could finally escape. I knew I was right about you! You're the one that can satisfy my desire to fight! The one true opponent for someone like me! Now I can fight against you without holding back!" After Ragnarok brought his claws close to his body, he was suddenly engulfed in a black pillar of dark energy. After it dispersed, Ragnarok was shown taller, more buff, with a tail and wings. He also has this strange beastly pattern on his chest that looked like a demon's mouth. "How do you like my true form Flareon? In this form, I can use all my power. Now we can fight for real this time." He then held up his right claw to gather energy. A second later a gigantic dark ball, at least the size of a meteorite, was shown hovering above his claw. In response, Flareon gathered power too and a second later a gigantic white fireball, similar to the size Ragnarok had, was shown hovering above his horn. After the two of them stared at each other for a few seconds, they sent their ball soaring towards one another. Once their attacks collided, the force of the explosion that followed afterwards was so powerful, the planet they were on was instantly destroyed. All that was left of the planet was varying sizes of asteroids floating around the blast radius. Meanwhile, Flareon and Ragnarok were seen in the mist of the asteroids a short distance apart from one another. They spoke no words to each other. Instead, they flew at each other and the battle between Flareon is his awakened from and Ragnarok in his true form had finally begun. Now only was this a battle to save Equestria or the realm of the Gods, but the fate of the entire universe itself. No matter what, Flareon couldn't afford to lose this one. As the battle continued on, Flareon and Ragnarok were giving it their all. Even in Inferno God Mode, Flareon was finding it difficult dealing with Ragnarok now compared to before. Not even his Inferno Impact technique was able to deal damage to Ragnarok anymore. He was too powerful to be affected by it. The same could be said for Ragnarok though. Even in this true form, he was unable to gain the upper hand on Flareon. He was able to counter Ragnarok's attacks perfectly. The two of them seemed even so far. However, Flareon had yet to unleash his most powerful moves. After dodging one of Ragnarok's attacks, Flareon formed a Fire Hurricane and kicked it towards him. In his Inferno God Mode, the Fire Hurricane had evolved into the Inferno Hurricane. Not only was it more powerful, but it was also traveled faster. Ragnarok barely saw it coming and was unable to evade it in time. As a result, he screamed in pain as the Inferno Hurricane scorched his body in roaring white flames. Once the flames dispersed, Ragnarok's body was shown burnt to a smoking crisp. He slowly lifted his head. "Do you think that can defeat me?!" Just then, Ragnarok noticed a bunch of white glowing star-like objects surrounding Flareon in the distance. They weren't any type of stars though. They were Fire Shurikens, or more precisely, Inferno Shurikens. 100 to be exact. In Inferno God Mode, Flareon is able to create up to 100 Inferno Shurikens simultaneously. Ragnarok didn't know what to make of this. He was shell-shocked.
"Inferno Shuriken Storm!" Flareon shouted as he held out his right hoof. The 100 Inferno Shurikens soared towards Ragnarok so fast, he was only able to dodge a couple of them and was soon engulfed by the rest. The explosion that followed afterwards was beyond epic. By I mean by epic is that the explosion was so big, so strong, and so powerful, it managed to disintegrate two nearby planets instantly. It was like a real supernova going off. Even Flareon was amazed by his own power. However, the fight was quite over just yet. In the distance, at the center where the explosion took place, Ragnarok was still seen standing. Barely though. His body wasn't destroyed, but it was severely damaged. Flareon couldn't believe he was able to survive that insane supernova explosion. "This is taking too long. I don't have much time left." He then began to think about how Princess Solange told him he would only be able to sustain his awakened form for one hour. Once that hour was up, he would revert back to his normal Flame God Mode. The chance for Flareon to defeat Ragnarok would be gone forever. He couldn't let that happen. Flareon then began to fly towards Ragnarok at full speed.
"I...ain't...done...yet," Ragnarok muttered, "You hear me Flareon?! I'm not done with you yet!" After extending both of his arms, his began to create a black hole similar to the one he threw Flareon into. However, this black hole was much larger than that one. In fact, it was even bigger than an actual black hole. Everything from asteroids, meteors, stars, and even planets, were slowly being sucked into the black hole. Nearly five minutes later, Ragnarok used his power to close the black hole. Nothing was left. Not even Flareon. It might have been possible Flareon had been absorbed into the black hole. Ragnarok burst out laughing. "I won! I won! I won! The Lord of Demons can't be defeated! Not even the gods were able to kill me! I'm invincible!" Suddenly, Flareon appeared right before him. His right hoof was glowing. Ragnarok was frozen with fear.
"It's over Ragnarok! This ends now! Inferno Instant Impact 500k!" Flareon yelled as he unleashed a devastating punch with the combined power of 500,000 punches on Ragnarok's chest. Ragnarok screamed in pain as he and Flareon were quickly engulfed in a bright light. The next moment, everything went blank. When Flareon opened his eyes again, he saw Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie staring back at him. They weren't what caught his attention though. It was the pony besides Rainbow Dash. It was Twilight. He immediately embraced her in a hug. "Twilight! You're alive?! You're alive!"
"Of course I am silly," Twilight replied with a smile. Infinity walked forward.
"Ragnarok put you in a trance and used Twilight's death as a way to get you to attack him. That way he could use your desire for revenge against you. I'm sorry I wasn't able to stop you in time," Infinity said, "Speaking of Ragnarok...he is gone. You did it. I can't thank you enough Flareon. You managed to do something not even us gods were able to accomplish. You have our thanks."
"Don't mention it Infinity. I'm just glad I was able to help. Now you have to do me a favor in return," Flareon replied. He then turned to Pinkie Pie. "Wanna have it in Canterlot this time?" Pinkie Pie broke out in a big smile.
"What are we waiting for?! Let's go everyone!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed as the crowd cheered. Later on, in Canterlot, the capital was in a frenzy as the entire city was in celebration. For why? The residents didn't know. All they knew was that Pinkie Pie was hosting a big party and that was good enough for them. Even the Goddess Infinity was taking part in the party festival. The party continued past midnight and ended around 3am. After saying goodbye to everyone, she headed back to her home. The realm of the gods. Shortly after, the ponies headed into the castle for some much deserved rest. No one deserved it more than Flareon, who had to be assisted to his room as his body could no longer move anymore. He fell asleep right as his head touched his pillow. In the night sky, there was a full moon present among the many shining stars.