Chapter 11.5: Controling demons...
A/N: Hey there little boys & girls, today, we're gonna learn how to poison squirrels... XD Gotta love Eminem, anyways, I'm not spoiling anyhting in this chapter...
I walked through the hallways, focused on my book, but I wasn't paying attention to a queer draft, so the pages flipped to a specially marked page: 'Control the inner Darkness, wield unimaginable power.'
"This speaks of the burden dark energy implants in the user, meaning only few are capable of using & mastering it." I read aloud to nobody in particular, then Twilight walked by & I stummbled upon her.
"Ooow!" She said, falling to a sitting position. Then I recompose myself & helped Twilight stand.
"Twilight, how'd you get here so fast?" I asked, puzzled at her speed.
"As soon as you left, I recieved a message from Celestia to hurry to Canterlot. At least my wings are finally obeying me." She said, flapping her wings twice & then we both laughed.
"Oh hey Twilight, I could really use your help with this dark energy spell." I said, showing Twilight the two pages, then she looked surprised & amazed.
"This book is forbidden of use by anypony." She said.
"I'm not any "pony", remember? I just need you to write down some notes on the spell. Seems the 'effects & consequences' section is smudged in... blood?" I said, touching the dried out liquid, confirming my suspicions. It is blood.
"I don't know if this is safe, Daemo." Said Twilight, worrying for my safety as always.
"Don't worry, Twilight. Research is always dangerous. But the risk is well worth the knowledge." I said, then Twilight, unwilling to discuss this matter more, decided to do me this favor.
We headed to the Castle Courtyard & then I prepared myself. Twilight put on her lab coat, stood behind a barricade while she prepared to take notes...
"Here we go..." I said, then concentrated my dark energy all across my body. At first, the energy was spiraling around me, as I was feeling a certain void of happiness around me.
Then, the energy darkened to purple & started cloaking me. I felt stinging pain, but great comfort right after, as if I was self harming, but my energy was regenerating my flesh...
"Daemo! Are you ok?" Asked Twilight, but I could barely hear her...
"Aaaaahhhhhh!" I screamed, then the energy cloaked me in purple... It formed ears on my head & formed a tail at the back of my mid section. (insert nine-tail fox comments here).
"It feels... so... Goood!" I said, then it started to fade, but it was nice while it lasted, this was still just a test of this spell.
Twilight showed me the notes she took and the faces she made during my cloaked state. I sighed, feeling a big state of tiredness.
"This is shocking evidence." I said.
"I took a picture! Finally, proof that the human is a menace!" Said a random pony with a black coat. I used my materialization spell & summoned him in front of me. Then I grabbed his camera & smashed it.
"No pony must know of this spell. If I ever see you again, you're dead meat." I said, causing the stallion to run in terror.
"That wasn't very nice, Daemo." Said Twilight, then looked at my face: My left eye was now just a purple sphere & Oblivion's mark swirled around it.
"I know... Hey, you ok?" I asked her, then she snapped out & spoke.
"Daemo. That spell did more to you than you think. I can sense a very unpredictable magic." She said, then I recomposed myself & said.
"This is the price of immortality? Then it is a burden I carry gracefully." I said, then on cue, Celestia walked to the Castle Courtyard & looked at me with a hint of fear. My left eye glowed feintly & if I moved, it left a small trail of purple light.
"What have you done?" Asked Celestia.
"I've unlocked the power of darkness." I said, then I formed a thin purple aura around me then instantly dissipated it.
"This is forbidden magic! The last pony who's magic was pure dark was destroyed." Said Celestia.
"Yeah. Well I'm not a pony! I hope you're not like this always. Because if I'm going to hear this bullshit for centuries to come, I'd rather fuckin' die right now." I said, causing Celestia to calm down, but feel hurt at the same time.
"Sorry, Celestia. But I've got my flaws. I may have been given eternal life, but I'm no closer to mastering the power given to me." Twilight was shocked.
"That's the potion you drank? Why?" She asked.
"I did it for Luna. I can't leave her, so I decided to be void of age. This is the worst form of torture, Twilight. One day you'll understand. Afterall, you'll suffer just as much as me, maybe even more." I said to Twilight.
"Now wait. You don' mean I'm..." I interrupted
"Immortal? Yes! You can thank your precious teacher for forcing us the opportunity to witness our friends & family wither away slowly as the years pass." I said, then started floating. I spotted the peak of the castle & instantly flew there.
"Need to be careful. This magic is unpredictable." I said, then sat down on the porch of the tower.
"I need to find out who that pony was..." I said, then meditated on the subject.
My body started to glow, then the cloak started forming. I felt the pain/comfort again. My cloak ears & tail formed. I looked at my arms: They were cloaked too, but at the end there weren't any claws. I figured this cloak must be pony-form. I stood up then looked into the horizon.
"What's he doing?!" I heard Celestia ask Twilight.
"Whatever it is, it's strong. Even the air is stinging. I feel like all the happiness just left this place." Said Twilight.
I felt a sharp pain & then a shadow formed in front of me. A shadow pony formed & it even started to talk.
"You fool. You have doomed your friends..." It said, then dispelled. I then almost feinted from the pain in my body, then my cloak dissappeared.
"Ugh... This pony is powerful. I have to find him..." I said, then jumped from the balcony & landed in front of Twilight & Celestia.
"I'm leaving for now. I'll be back when I find this pony." I said, then Celestia looked worried.
"I'm afraid you can't find him here, you'll have to cross into the land of spirits... Or..." She stopped herself.
"Or what? Tell me. I have to know what I must do. If you don't tell me..." She then cut me off with her magic & spoke.
"You must give some of your blood in a ritual so the spirit steps to this world..." She said, then I unsheathed Lethe & said:
"I already know this ritual. It was done to revive Riku when he had lost his soul to the Heartless. Stand back." Then I got into position & pointed upwards with Lethe.
"Here me, King of Shadows! I summon the to stand were we stand, walk were we walk & breathe were we breathe. Come forth & show your true self!" I said, then stabbed my waist, letting go a spurt of blood. I shook off the pain & the rest of the blood form Lethe & looked down. I formed a triangle around the blood & waited.
After ten seconds, the portal opened & out came the shadow pony. He was trapped though, because I sealed the portal mid-way, causing him to partially stay in his realm.
"Tell me what you know of this." I told him & showed him my dark purple left pupil & he laughed.
"That is the mark of the demon. I thought that mark was dead after the 'dear' Starswirl gave his life to destroy it. Guess his pitiful work was for nothing." He said, then was shot by Celestia.
"Silence, you cur! Daemo, take him back. You have your answer, now put him in his place." She said.
"You got it." I said, then started closing the portal.
"Only I can tell you the whole truth, but you'll have to find me..." Said the shadow & then the portal ruptured, leaving me stunned & then the pony dematerialized into smoke, traveling to a bunch of crumbled mountains & a dead-looking field.
"Great! Sombra's loose & now he's going to the Changelings' abode!" Said Celestia.
"Damn it. Schazzo(shit)! I'm going to kill him & the changelings... I need to find out the truth." I said & headed out before Celestia or Twilight could tell me anything...
It didn't take long for me to catch up, but my powers were unstable, Sombra was right about that.
"Come back here, you filthy shadow!" I screamed, but got a pillar of crystals in front of me.
I split them with Lethe & kept chasing him until we stopped at the entrance of the cave...
"Why do you pursue me?" Asked Sombra.
"I need to know the truth. If you don't want to tell me, I'll force it out of you." I said, unsheathing Lethe.
"We'll see... NOW!" After he screamed, I heard at least five weird bug-like ponies jump at me, but that left them open... I carved them up, leaving me covered in green slime.
"Ugh. That's not washig off anytime soon." I said, then I looked around, unable to find Sombra.
"Damn it! I'll find you, even if I have to slaughter every single changeling to get to you!" I said, then walked inside the cave, which turned out to be a path...
"I've got a bad feeling about this." The sounds around me were creepy & beyond anyone else's line of hearing... This is going to suck, whatever it is I got myself into... Crap...
I just barely stabbed a changeling that fell from the ceiling... They must be testing me...
After a few more steps, I found a door. Upon opening it, I saw this huge network of tunnels above me & stuck to the walls were some weird cuccoons... This is the strangest place I've ever been to & I've been underwater for crying out loud!
"Halt, intruder. You're under arr..ack!" I had pierced the changeling's heart by the time it was almost done talking. Their voice is pretty weird...
"Who dare's enter my domain?!" That female voice, must be the queen.
"Wherever you are, my beef isn't with you. I'm looking for the king of shadows. I've word that he is hiding here. If you find him for me, then I won't destroy this entire colony." I got a hysterical laugh in response...
"Have it your way..." I said, then charged a powerful beam on my left hand & released it to the ceiling, leaving nothing but a huge hole on the side of the mountain...
"I will repeat myself: Option A... You give me Sombra & I walk out of here without harming another changeling..." Then waited
"What's option B, then?" I heard.
"I destroy this entire colony with Sombra in it... What's it gonna be?" I then heard a little mumbling, arguing then... sighs.
"This is your Queen speaking... All soldiers are to apprehend the king of Shadows at all costs..." I heard.
"You have made the right choice, your majesty." I said, then I heard an alarm going off...
After fourty seconds of waiting, I saw Sombra being thrown from someplace above me & landed in front of me.
"There you go. Now, leave! We kept our deal, you keep yours." I heard.
"Very well then." I said, then hit Sombra on the head, knocking him out. I then materialized a small box & put the changeling hearts in it. I left a note... 'Sorry for your loss' it said. I left the box & headed out, dragging Sombra by the back hooves. For a heavily armored pony, he's pretty light.
Once we were outside, I used some power to teleport us to the entrance of the Canterlot castle.
"Open up, I got a prisoner!" I yelled, then a door from underground opened.
"This way, sir." Said a light-orange Pegasus.
"Never seen you before. You new, private?" I asked while following him underground.
"Yes sir. Name's Flash Sentry." He said.
"Nice to meet you, Flash Sentry. Daemo, lieutenant of the Royal Guard." I said, then when we reached the cell, I stepped inside & put Sombra on a wall, then used powerful binding magic to hold him in place.
"I must report to princess Celestia about this. it was nice talking to you, Daemo... I mean, sir." Said Flash.
"At ease. I'm not a sir. You can call me whatever you want, as long as you know who's above you, Flash. Pleasure meeting you too." I said, then extended an arm. I shook his hoof, then he was gone to report to Celestia.
A/N: Hey peeps. Thank you so much for reading this story. It means allot to me.
Right now I'm doing a collab with Pencil Swift, form deviantart, so maybe it'll be a whille before I publish a new chapter...
Until then...
-Stay Beautiful