Griffon Kingdom:

A large male with griffon gold and silver feathers sat on a throne. He sat with his chin on his front claw and gazed at the his subjects. They looked so afraid at his form. The recent news has the king in rage. "Are you sure that what you are telling me is the truth," he said in the calmest tone he could make.

A female griffon with white and black feathers, wearing a small business outfit spoke out, "Yes sir, it is all true. This 'Laharl' character nearly killed Light Wing with what he did. Laharl has such dark powers that could be used for our intentions."

The king smiled, "Like taking over the pony kingdom."

The business griffon gave a concerned look, "How are you going to convince him to work for us your majesty?"

He sighed, got up and flew towards a window, "He and I can speak the same language at times." 'Supreme Overlord', he thought, 'sounds much nicer than being king.'

Ponyville Library:

Twilight just finished sending her friendship letter to Princess Celestia and it was late at night. Spike was helping her put books away while Trixie was getting her bearings. Twilight let her stay here for a while until Trixie got a place of her own. The recent events have really changed things around here. But the question that stirred in her mind was why Trixie left the hospital before her or the others and how she got involved with the vampires.

Hopefully tonight she will get some answers. She sighed and walked over to Trixie hoping things will go well. "Trixie," she called getting her attention, "how are you enjoying your stay here?"

Trixie turned looking proud, "It is small but Trixie will enjoy her stay here."

Twilight smiled, "I'm glad... I was hoping to find out some things about what happened in Bright City."

She grew sad, "Trixie doesn't want to talk about certain things."

Twilight nodded, "Okay, one is how you got started with the vampires."

Trixie laid down, "While travelling around looking for work after our incident here... Trixie came to Bright City. She was trying to earn some money but the folks wouldn't respond. She went to the church to seek assistance," she lowered her head, "and saw... the horror." Twilight was starting to understand a little more, but it wasn't enough. Trixie continued on, "They made her sign a red paper," Twilight remembered the night Trixie came back and after the fight with the bat creature, she saw Laharl take a piece of red paper from Trixie's wrecked caravan, "and said that they own her." She looked away, "Then Trixie had to do things she never wanted to ever do," she started to tear up.

Twilight placed a comforting hoof on Trixie, "You don't have to tell me any of that information, but why did you disappear from the hospital?"

Trixie looked up again, "Sh... I knew I was being followed and fled. It was the griffon's and they wanted my head," she looked down again, "I had to hide from them... they caught me sometimes and... beat me. Then Laharl found me and sent the filthy birds away." Suddenly a paper bird came flying through the window and floated near Twilight, she used her magic to open the paper and read the note.

'Twilight,

Please come to my house tomorrow with the rest of the girls, Spike and Trixie. There is an experiment I would like to try with everyone and I need yours and their cooperation. It involves something that we can do in the Netherverse that might be able to work here, there is a theory as well. Please forward this letter to the Princess so she knows what's going on. Oh, and tell Trixie to apply that medicine I gave her or she will not get better. It will sting a little but it works.

Signed, Laharl

P.S.: Tell Spike to not ever use 'Spikey-Wikey' in the Netherverse or he will not last long. 'snicker, snicker, ha ha ha!' Sorry, it's still funny!'

Twilight and Trixie looked at the letter with curious faces on. Trixie turned her head, "That is the most strangest letter she has ever read in her life." Twilight nodded and called Spike over to send this letter to the Princess. Trixie sighed and lifted the medicine with her magic and went off to apply it. Spike breathed his green flame and the letter disappeared.

Spike looked up at Twilight, "So, what was in the letter?"

She put a hoof up to her mouth and tapped it, "Well... "

She was cut off when Trixie screamed in pain, "LAHARL LIED TO TRIXIE! IT DOES NOT STING A LITTLE, IT STINGS A LOT!" Spike and Twilight tried very hard not to laugh and Trixie yelled, "YOU BETTER NOT LAUGH AT TRIXIE!"

Spike smiled, "Oh no, we would never do that." The rest of the night was very eventful for the three occupants.

Cantorlot Castle:

Celestia just finished reading Twilights report and started to worry. The neighboring kingdom belonged to the griffon's. Their king is just as shifty and cruel as Discord. She prayed that hopefully that this incident will not cause a national problem. She also prayed that Laharl can fix this if it got out of hand. But what Twilight wrote about what Laharl did to that on griffon worried her even more.

The griffon king loved power and having more of it. If Laharl switched sides... she dared not to even think of that situation, should it ever occur. She never saw how Laharl ran his world but hopefully he would know what to do as well. Luna came in and laid next to her sister, "What troubles you sister?"

Celestia put on a smile, "Oh, just thinking of some things Luna."

Suddenly a letter popped up in a green flame and floated in front of the alicorn princesses. They both read the letter wondering what it is.

Celestia blinked, "What experiment is Laharl trying to conduct?"

Luna cocked an eyebrow, "What does this last part mean?"

Celestia read it and cocked an eyebrow as well, "I... uh... don't really know Luna."

Luna giggled, "Spikey-Wikey," and Celestia giggled as well.

Next Day: Outside the Alchemy House:

Laharl was outside, laying down on the ground waiting for the girls and princesses to come. He was sporting his usual overlords outfit. Thoughts of doing what he wanted to do would raise questions but be a very good asset in the future. He suddenly felt some pressure on his stomach. He opened his eyes to Silver Spoon laying on his stomach, looking down at him, smiling. "You must really like me to keep meeting like this," he said with a smile.

She started to blush, "Well... I... actually have more of a crush on you."

He sat up which made her get off and still smiled, "You are the second filly who has a crush on me."

She looked a little worried, "Who is the other?"

"Apple Bloom."

Her expression changed to sadness, "I guess I can't like you anymore."

His eyebrow cocked, "Why?"

She looked at him with sadness, "I don't mean to pick on her or her friends... but when I'm only allowed to hang with Diamond Tiara and she likes to be the boss, you don't have much choice but to go along."

"Why didn't you just make new friends?"

"Rich must be with rich and poor must be with poor."

He waved a finger at her, "Don't repeat this but whoever said that is a damn moron."

She nodded, "My dad said that."

"Exactly my dear."

"But I want to make new friends and I was hoping you could help me."

He nodded, "Well first you must apologize to Apple Bloom and her friends."

She got scared, "But what if they don't want to listen?"

He chuckled, "If I'm here, they'll listen. Second you must tell Diamond and your family what you want," she nodded, "then you have to find out what you want dear."

She came up and nuzzled into his arm, "Thank you Laharl." He smiled and started to pet her. Shortly after, the girls and Spike arrived.

Applejack looked down to see Silver in his arm, "Whatcha got there pardner?"

Silver hid behind Laharl and he chuckled, "A new little fan." The crusaders came over to see him but they saw Silver, they turned a little hostile.

"Why is she here," Apple Bloom asked in a mean tone.

He put a hand on Silver and pushed her towards the girls. She looked at him and he nodded, she knew what he wanted her to do. She looked back to the girls and sounded sincere, "I... I... I'm really, really sorry for calling you three those names and making fun of you," she started to rub her left foreleg with her right hoof, "It was really Diamond Tiara who wanted to do that stuff, not me. I won't be hanging out with her anymore and I was hoping that maybe... we could start over and be friends ourselves."

The little girls thought about this for a moment. Then they huddled together and started chattering amongst themselves. They broke away and came up to Silver. Apple Bloom looked her in the eyes and spoke, "You and Diamond caused us a lot of problems in the past," Silver shrunk back waiting for something bad to happen, "but it takes a strong pony to admit he or she did wrong and tries to make amends to those they did wrong to," Silver straightened up a little, "it will take a while... but yes, we can try to be friends."

Silver looked with surprise, "Really, you mean it?"

Sweetie Belle nodded, "Yeah, Laharl did so much for us."

Scootaloo interrupted, "And if he thinks you deserve a chance, then we will give you the benefit of the doubt."

Silver rushed up and hugged the girls and then hugged Laharl, "Oh thank you for helping me."

He patted her back, "Your welcome."

Apple Bloom waved over to Silver, "Hey, we're gonna try to get our cutie marks today, you wanna come and help us."

"Okay," Silver squealed as she ran off with the crusaders. All the girls, Spike and the princesses looked and smiled at him.

"What," he said getting up and walking over to them.

Rarity smiled, "Well aren't you just a sweetheart."

Laharl just smiled, "When I can be," he clasped his hands together, "now to the experiment."

Luna cocked an eyebrow, "And what, pray tell is this experiment you are going to do?"

He pulled out a cigarette, lit it up and started smoking, "Well, over time in the Netherverse... monsters have developed more over the millennia and gained new powers. One of these new powers is turning into weapons for demons and dark Grimms."

Everypony went wide eyed and Laharl continued to smoke. Twilight cleared her throat, "How is this possible?"

Laharl lifted his foot and put the cigarette out on the bottom of his shoe, "With the combined power of said demon and monster. Now I want to see if you all can turn into weapons or 'Manachange' as we call it."

They started to worry a little when Laharl put on a small scary smile and said, "Now... who's first?" The girls looked around at each other to see who would go first.

Celestia walked up to Laharl, "I will go first." Laharl grabbed her by the head and pressed his into hers. Then a blue light surrounded them both and they shot up into the air. A small blast of white light erupted and Laharl came crashing down to the ground with something in his left hand.

It was a white bow in the shape of feathers with a handle that was the same color as Celestia's mane. He held the bow up and was amazed, "Holy shit, it works." Everybody was wide eyed and mouths gaping open as they couldn't believe what they just witnessed. Laharl held up the bow and aimed it at some nearby target dummies.

He pulled the string back with his right hand, Dark Arrow: a line of darkness appeared where he drew back the string and when he released, the line shot forth and penetrated one of the targets, causing some black electricity to emanate from the struck dummy. "Now," Laharl said with a wicked grin, "for the first skill."

Sun Drop: He shot a small fire ball up in the air and jumped up to it. He positioned the bow and it grew ten times its size and as he drew back the string with the fireball and it grew ten times bigger as well and looked like the sun. He released the string, sending the small sun into the targets below, causing an explosion. When it subsided, the bow turned back into Celestia. She was exhausted and walked over near Luna to lie down. Everybody looked at her and Luna asked, "How did it feel?"

She looked up at her, breathing heavily, "Like... we... were... conn... ected... "

Pinkies Turn:

Pinkie immediately rushed up to Laharl and started jumping up and down, "Oooo me, me, me, me, do me next, do me next."

He smiled and picked her up, she was smiling and wagging her tail, "Your a happy pony, aren't you?" She just closed her eyes and giggled still wagging her tail. He pulled her close and put her head up to his. The same blue light surrounded them again and they both shot up in the air again.

When white light erupted, Laharl came back down with a big pink bat in his hands. He looked confused and so did everyone else. "An axe type weapon," he said with a cocked eyebrow.

Twilight came up and poked at the bat, "Is Pinkie alright?"

"Yeah you silly filly," spoke the bat with Pinkies voice. The girls were taken back by this.

A dummy came up near Laharl, "Well," he said, "time to see what you can do."

Boomerang Axe: Laharl spun the bat around and around really fast and threw it in the air then he uppercut the dummy in the air. Just the dummy reached its maximum height, the bat came around and hit it, sending it hurtling into the ground, causing a small explosion. Laharl jumped up and caught the bat. Twilight was speechless at witnessing first hand this 'Manachange'. Laharl scooted forward for the next phase.

Pinata Party: A giant white ball with a red question mark on it appeared and Laharl gave it a good crack with the bat. It dropped to the ground and a lit fuse popped up from the top. "Uh-oh," Laharl said just as he grabbed twilight and jumped out of the way. Ten seconds later and the pinata blew up in pink explosives and confetti.

Pinkie turned back to normal and was laying on the ground and started laughing, "That was fun ha ha ha, I wanna do that again."

Laharl picked up Twilight looking at Pinkie, "Later, when Issac comes back," he then turned to Twilight, "your next dear."

Twilights Turn:

They did the manachange and Laharl landed on the ground with a purple staff with a gem on the top, shaped to look like her cutie mark. "Hmm," he said holding the staff, "I kinda thought you would turn into this."

Applejack looked confused, "Did you know she would turn into," she waved her hoof at the staff, "that?"

He shook his head, "I can take a guess at what you might turn into but I don't fully know what you might be."

Smart Bomb: Laharl held the staff over his head and a small black orb started to grow as phantom books started to fill it. The orb eventually grew almost as big as the Alchemy house and swung the staff forward, sending the orb into a group of dummies. The explosion was too bright to see and blinded everyone for a moment. Twilight turned back to normal, breathing heavily, "What... a... rush... "

Rainbow crashed into Laharl, "I'm next and I'm going to be twenty... no, thirty... no forty percent more cooler."

Rainbows Turn:

With manachange done, Laharl had a blue bow shaped like lightning bolts and a rainbow handle. "Wow," he said holding the bow, "you do look cooler."

"I told you so," said the bow in Rainbows voice. Lightning Bolt: Laharl drew the bow back and as he was doing this, lightning gathered by his hand. When he released, the lightning stayed in the same spot for two seconds then shot forward, striking three dummies in a row, shocking them. Then out of nowhere, three large, blue lightning bolts struck each dummy, burning them but not destroying them.

Rainbow turned back to normal, fly over and examined what she did.

"Alright sugarcube," Applejack said just as she jumped in Laharls arms, "M'ah turn now."

Rainbow put her hooves up to her face, "Oooh myyy goooosh, I can't how awesome I am for doing this."

"How can she fly with such a big head," Laharl whispered and both he and Applejack chuckled.

Applejacks Turn:

When Laharl landed, he didn't have a weapon with him. Twilight looked confused, "Where is Applejack?" He thrust his fist forward and an image of her hoof came up. A dummy came up real close and Laharl stood in a fighting stance. Triple Strike: He punched the dummy then kneed it in the air and jumped up and did an axe kick, slamming it down into the ground creating a small crater.

"Hoo-wee, that was fun," Applejack said from inside Laharls body.

He grinned, "Now for the real fun."

Bucking Fun: A giant tree came up near a group of dummies and Laharl ran towards it. He did a flying kick into the tree and pushed away. Some apples fell down and exploded and then a giant apple came down causing a bigger explosion. Applejack reappeared next to Laharl, "Ah didn't Ah could ever do that and Ah love it!" She looked up at him, "How come nopony notices what your doin?"

He smiled, "I put up a barrier that blocks out the effects of what we're doing and the effects."

She nodded and Trixie floated up to Laharls face, pointing a hoof in it, "You lied to Trixie about the medicine, it stung a lot."

He shook his head, "You were supposed to use small amounts and not plop the whole thing on yourself." She gave a mad look at him.

Trixie's Turn:

Everyone looked confused when Laharl landed with a small wand with a star on the top. He just stared at it, "What... the... hell... " Applejack, Pinkie and Rainbow snickered at the sight.

"TRIXIE IS NOT AMMUSED," she yelled from the wand. Darkus Hovanus: Laharls hand and arm straightened with the wand in it and a small black lightning bolt came out of it. Then a small black hole appeared and sucked up several dummies and then it spat them out, covered with various cuts and burn marks.

"Holy fucking shit," was all that came out of Laharls mouth.

Trixie turned back to normal and looked proud, "Ha," she pointed a hoof at the girls, "I told you before Trixies power is immense and that proves it. So beware now," she had a mischievous grin.

The girls gave the same look and Rainbow said, "Only in that form." Trixie huffed and walked near Celestia with her head held high.

Rarity's Turn:

Her hopes were dashed when it was done. 'A beautiful sword', she thought, 'that's all, something fabulous... not... this... ' Laharl was holding a white laser gun. Rainbow was on the ground, laughing herself to tears. Some of the other girls were snickering as well. Spike didn't do anything but watch. Glimmer Shot: Laharl shot at the ground and a giant diamond shot up. Then he shot a white beam into the diamond and multiple beams came out and burned the dummies insight which looked beautiful.

Rarity turned back to normal and looked pathetic, "Why did I look so small and weak?"

Laharl scratched the back of his head, "Uh... I... um... did you see what you did?" She nodded and he continued, "It's usually the power behind the weapon, not the weapon itself." She smiled a little but was still upset.

As she walked away, Spike came up, "Now it's time for a real man to show you how it's all done."

Laharl smirked, "Funny... I don't see any other men around here but me." Spike growled a little.

Spikes Turn:

Twilight felt scared when Spike went for his turn. When the manachange was done, Laharl had a long purple spear with wings and a green blade at the end. "Oooooo... nice," Laharl said holding the spear.

"Tell me the truth," said Spike in the weapon, "how awesome am I?"

Laharl nodded, "Pretty awesome."

Piercing Spears: Some dummies came up and Laharl jumped backwards and stayed in midair. He started piercing them until the spear broke. The girls gasped and Twilight almost fainted. Laharl pulled out another spear like the one from before and kept repeating the process over and over again. When he was done, the dummies had broken spear parts in them and then he swung the spear forward, sending a gust of wind into the dummies, sending them back.

When he landed, Twilight rushed up into his face, "Alright you, how did you do that?"

Laharl shrugged, "Learned from demons."

She lowered her eyes, "If something happens to him," she started to walk away. Knight Fire: The blade turned into a dragons beak, opened up and a blade like tongue sprang out and pierced three dummies. The tongue retracted with the dummies and stopped right at the opening of the mouth. Then a huge wave of green fire came out, burning the dummies into a crisp.

Spike turned back to normal and looked at what he did, "Whoa... that was so awesome."

Laharl nodded, "Shit man, never seen a manachange do that."

Rarity rushed up and picked up Spike, "Oooo, my Spikey-Wikey grew up so much." He looked up to see Laharl trying not to laugh.

He pushed a little, "Come on, don't call me that Rarity. I'm a big man now."

Rarity just smiled and talked baby talk, "Yes but you're still my wittle Spikey-Wikey."

Spike felt embarrassed when she put him down and she trotted back to the girls, "I am a man."

Laharl patted him on the head, "It's like mother syndrome, no matter how much of a man you become, your still gonna be a baby to them." Spike walked back, still embarrassed.

Luna's Turn:

Luna was sceptical about doing this... it was something she thought could never happen. When she stepped up to get it done, she was scared. She closed her eyes, hoping it wouldn't hurt. Laharl looked confused when it was done. He held a metal cylinder tube with a red button on it. Celestia came up to observe the change. Even she looked confused, "Are manachanges normally like this?"

Laharl shrugged, "Some are, some aren't." He pressed the red button and a long, light blue colored electrical whip came out of the hole. He stared and shuddered at the marvel of the whip and then he drew it back and flung his wrist forward, cracking it on a dummies, setting it on fire. Laharl made a happy yet disturbing face, "Ooooo... oh that hurts so good, I might have to use you more often."

Pinkie poked Applejack on the shoulder, "Hey AJ, how can something hurt so good?"

Applejack darted her eyes around, trying to come up with an answer, "Uh... Ah... uh... um... uh... Pinkie... Ah think Laharl is being a little too happy for his own good."

Laharl cracked the whip again, "Oh... god this is exhilarating."

Celestia gave him a look, "That's all well and good but what is her special "skill" as you call it."

He came back to reality, "Right, right... hold on." Dancing Moon: Laharl repeatedly whipped a dummy until the whip was caught in a small white sphere. When he pulled the whip and the sphere imploded and there was a small explosion and the dummy was gone.

Luna turned back to normal and she was smiling, "Yes, the power of the Moon Princess is powerful."

Celestia smiled as well, "I'm glad your safe sister."

Fluttershy's Turn:

Laharl felt something pushing on the back of his legs. He turned around to see Fluttershy wanting a turn. He picked her up and smiled, "You okay?"

She nodded, "Yes... I... I'm just a little nervous."

He chuckled a little, "I promise I won't hurt you." When the process began, some of the girls noticed something. There was some pink with the blue light. When Laharl landed, he had a yellow katana with a pink handle. He smiled, "Nice."

X-Level Flurry: Laharl threw the sword in the and pulled out another one that looked the same, jumped up, grabbed the first sword he threw and landed near a dummy, repeatedly stabbing it with both swords. He eventually stopped, thrust the blades up in the air and swung them down, creating a giant pink 'X'. One of the swords disappeared and Laharl held up the other, "Very nice."

"I think so too," came a voice from the sky.

Everyone looked up to see some griffons landed near Laharl. They were wearing some armour in hopes that they will survive. The head guard threw a piece of paper at Laharl and he caught it. "A letter from our leader in hopes you will join our kingdom and leave this... place," said the head guard. Laharl put the sword down, pulled out a pair of glasses and read the letter. He murmured some of the things in the letter and nodded.

He put the glasses away and picked up the sword again, "These are some nice thing on this list. Enough to make someone switch sides." This was Celestia's worst fear, she would do everything in her power to keep Laharl from leaving. "Can you give my answer to your king," asked Laharl. The griffon nodded and smiled which disappeared when Laharl crumbled up the paper and threw it at the griffon and said, "You can tell him to go fuck himself... cause I'm not going anywhere."

The griffon shot forward and tried to claw at Laharl but instead got the sword. After a few swipes, Fluttershy let out a painful yelp. Laharl back-fisted the griffon, sending it back into the other guards. Hurricane Silhouette: Laharl brung the sword to his side and held it with both hands. With lightning speed, he brought the sword up and put it back down in the same position. Then out of nowhere, small orbs of grey wind appeared and surrounded the griffons. Screams can be heard and the griffons were blown away.

Fluttershy turned back to normal and was moaning in pain. There was a bruise on her left hind leg and Laharl felt horrible. Everyone came over to see if Fluttershy was okay, "You alright sugarcube," Applejack asked.

Fluttershy rubbed her leg, "Ooo... I'll be okay."

Laharl bent down and picked her up, "I'll take her home."

The girls were taken back by this, "You... why would you do this," Rarity asked.

He sighed, "It's my fault she got hurt and I have to make it up," he started to walk away with Fluttershy in his arms.

Road to Fluttershy's:

There was some silence on the way to her house. Both of them wanted to say something, but the words wouldn't come. Laharl sighed and broke the silence, "So... interesting day huh?"

Fluttershy nodded, "Yes it was." They were alone and she thought this would be the perfect time to express her feelings, "Um... is there a special... pony in your life?"

'Do I have a special lady you mean', he thought, "Well... there is this one girl I like."

She braced herself, "What's she like?"

Laharl acted like he was thinking for a moment but knew what he wanted to say, "Well... she's very lovely, cute, sweet, kind and has very good but interesting friends."

"Why don't you tell her about your feelings?"

Laharls look turned into sadness, "Well she is all those things and I'm... well... a monster."

She gasped, "Why would you call yourself that?"

Laharl sighed, "I have... done things I'm not proud of and that name actually followed me throughout my life. I don't know if she would ever accept me."

'I accept you', she thought, "Can you tell me who she is?"

He thought about how he was going to do this, "Well... she... um... she... she is the girl I'm holding in my arms right now," he started to blush a little.

But Fluttershy's was just growing, "You like me?"

All he could do was just nod. Now she was trying to find her own words, "Well... I... I... I... I... I... like y... y... y... you too."

He looked at her, "Really?" All she could do was nod as well.

She looked him in the eyes, "Does this mean I'm your very special somepony?"

He looked a little confused, "If that means if you're my girlfriend, then yes."

She let out a small happy squeal, "And does this mean I'm your very special somepony as well?"

Laharl let out a small toothy grin, "I wouldn't have it any other way," Fluttershy let out another happy squeal and Laharl spoke again, "that and I think you like the fact that I'm holding you in my arms." Fluttershy giggled and nuzzled her face and head into his chest.

She gasped at a realization, "What do we tell the others."

Laharl just looked on, "If we tell them, then let's hope they can accept this. I mean what's more important, what they want or what you want?"

Fluttershy smiled, "I want what I want and I want you." Laharl bent his head down and gave her a kiss on the top of her head. She just melted away in his arms.

Fluttershy's Cottage:

Laharl put Fluttershy to bed and was about to leave when she stopped him. She gestured him to come closer and gave him a kiss on the cheek. He returned the kiss and she laid down, waiting for a peaceful sleep filled with heavenly dreams.

Alchemy House:

'I guess monsters can find love', Laharl thought as he was laying in his bed. He closed his eyes and for once... he had a peaceful sleep with a smile on his face.

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Author's Note's: Number 14 redone. Another two parter turned one. The pairing is still the same folks. It won't change... ever. Ciao!