Kingdom Hearts: Equestria's damnation
Chapter 12 (4/3): A flaming, corrupted heart

A/N: Alright, final part for this chapter. LEt's see if I can make it worth the wait. Not much to say except sorry for taking my sweet ass time, but Persona is very time-consuming. Anywho...

*3rd person pov*

Daemo, Pencil Swift, Cadence, Tomahawk Zap & Emerald Sound were there, standing faca-to-face to Heartbreak. The tension could be felt, as Heartbreak was starting to build up tremendous amounts of energy...

*back to 1st person*

"Do you possibly think you can beat me, you fools?" Asks Heartbreak, as he launches a powerful energy blast from his right front hoof to the ground.

"And I thought I aimed horribly when I'm drunk..." I said, but my taunting was caught short when a giant wall formed between us and Heartbreak.

"Fucking great... A seal. This one seems tricky..." I said, looking at the oddly shaped wall. Long enough, five doors showed up in front of us.

"This is a trap." Said Cadence.

"Go figure. But we need to get across & I think Hearbreak sealed himself inside, so flying is out of the question." Said Emerald Sound.

"Good observation... Hey! Maybe we can get our memories if we go through." Said Pencil Swift to Emerald Sound, then they started walking to a seperate door.

"Don't you think we should stay together?" Asked Cadence.

"Either way, Heartbreak will most likely take us one-by-one, even if he has to cut a few limbs..." I said, slowly walking through a door...

*these are the different trials, set by Heartbreak for each individual*
*Pencil Swift's pov*

I went through a corner, only to find a large parchment, rolled up & on a book stand.

"Hello. Anypony there?" I ask. No answer. I took the parchment & opened it, only to reveal disturbing images of ponies.

"Admit it..." A hissing voice said around me.

"Wah! What? I've nothing to admit." I said, walking away from the parchment, only to find myself dangling 100 feet in the air, with the only support being a stalagmite that pierced my stomach...

"*heeve* Acck! This... this is... ju-just a dr-d-dream..." I said, trying to escape this illusion.

"Just a dream?" Asked a familiar voice. I looked down, to find myself on the floor, completely unharmed & Daemo looking at me, I think. It's hard to tell with his cloak covering his eyes.

"Daemo. We have to go & stop Heartbreak." I said, but he stopped me with his dark magic.

"What's the rush? Everyone's dead anyways..." He said, pulling me closer to him.

"What..?" Is all I said, before he pulled his sword out.

"You did it. You killed them & enjoyed it. Admit it! You're a murderer!" He said before he swung his sword & I closed my eyes, only to feel blood splash my face & I open my eyes, to find Daemo with his sword halfway through his body & me holding it...

"Do you believe me now..?" He said, before collapsing on his own blood. I panicked... I had to run, I couldn't stop until I hit a wall.

"I'm not a murderer! Am I? No! This isn't, I mean..." I finally laid down & started... sobbing. I didn't know what else to do.

"You're not a murderer." I heard.

"So... What am I?" I said, looking at both of my front hooves.

"You are Pencil Swift. You are an artist..." Said a voice, before a door appeared & my headaches were gone. I walked out of the door with a smile. I did it. I know who I am now. I hope the others are okay...

*Daemo's pov*

I looked around, aimlessly skulking through a corridor, then I heard a scream in the distance so I ran with Lethe unsheathed. I reached the door from where the scream came & looked around, then found Pencil Swift, dead. I kept walking, then Emerald Sound was dead as well... Tomahawk Zap. Cadence... All of them, dead. Why does it hurt? I barely know these yahoos. Why does it... Hurt?!

I slammed the ground with my bare fist, leaving a crack on it.

"So, the mighty cold-blooded killer has feelings..." Said a grey pony with green ayes & red slits.

"Sombra. I'll kill you. I'm going to tear out your horn & feed it to your ass." I said as I took a step closer...

"Do you hate me now? I've taken everything away from you & you still hold back. Get angry! Let your rage fuel your power. First it was your friends... let me rephrase: It was your lover... Luna. She died slowly & painfully. Then your little sister, that chicken of a pegasus. She squealed so pleasantly... Now you.." He said, then something inside me curled up. I looked at him with my eyes, filled with rage. My left eye... It's black with a purple pupil, but it changed for these few seconds into a completely purple eye. Before I knew it, The king of shadows was dead & my sword was his unmaking.

A door opened, then I walked out, but not before my left eye reverted to black & purple.

*Emerald Sound's pov*

Can't believe Pencil Swift, a civ., suggested we do this... Things are getting more interesting than I bargained for... I'm gonna have a talk with H.Q. about this...

I suddenly found myself in a house... Wait... This is my home... Saphire! Mom, dad, bro!

"Mom, dad, Saphire! I' m home!" I said, searching for them. And there they were: My mom... She looked as elegant as ever with her white dress & red coat with black mane & tail. My dad. gruff expression with a warm heart of a gray coated, blue maned & tailed stallion. My brother. Saphire. blue coat & darker blue mane & tail. This looks familiar...

*gasp* this is the time when I showed up in their lives...

"Now sweety. Relax & litsen carefully." Said my mom to Saphire.

"What's up?" He said.

"You remember my pregnancy?" She asked & dad got a little giddy.

"Yup. What about it?" Asked Saphire.

"It was a spontaneous abortion..." Said mo... wait... what...?

"*phew* For a second I thought I'd have to share my things. Good riddance if you ask me." Said Saphire. What? This isn't right. My mom never told me this... what's going on?

"You're mind has broken..." Said a voice behind me

"Why is this happening?" I asked the voice.

"Becaue you are weak... And now you die..." It said, then pulled out a kukri & charged at me...

Is this it...?
Is this what all the pain was for..? To end up dead..?

"NO! I refuse to believe that!" I said, then the shadowy voice disappeared.

"I decide what happens to my life!" I screamed, then felt a hoof on my shoulder.

"Well done, sis..." Said my brother, then hugged me & dissipated.

"Saphire..." I said, then woke up on the other side of the wall. Daemo, Pencil Swift, Cadence & Tomahawk were there.

"Finally made it. You've passed the test." Said Pencil while looking at a knife on his hoof.

"Since when do you have weapons?" I said.

"He asked for them, so I gave hm a special knife. It's capable of slashing into reality & morph it... In other words, it's a really sharp pencil." Said Daemo.

***Back to Daemo's pov***

"Now... Let's finish this." I said, then we all walked to where Heartbreak was.

"So... You all remember who you are. How interesting... then how..." He smashes a glass by throwing it to a wall "...the Buck do I not know who I am?!" Said Heartbreak.

"That's it? You did all this shit for some self-discovery?!" I said & got so pissed, my left eye changed to pure purple.

"You will all die, if that's where my answers are!" He said, then waved his hoof, which summoned seals to all of us...

"Damn! Can't move!" Said Tomahawk Zap.

"We're trapped! Come on..!" Said Pencil Swift, trying to cut through the bindings with his knife.

"I'm going to enjoy killing each one of you slowly and painfully. Let's start with the one pony that bought me to life... Pencil swift!" He said & started charging to him...

Wait for it... Now! I activated my left eye just in time. Heartbreak is under my illusion. No I look like Pencil Swift & vice-versa.

"Nice try substitutuing yourselves... You can't run from these bindings..." Good, he didn't catc on.

"Hello there, Pencil... Let's have some fun, shall we?" He asked & I spit on his right eye.

"Feisty. I love that..." He said, then pulled out a small, rusty knife. This is going to hurt.

"Let's dance!" He said & started swinging the knife back & forth, stabbing me numerous times.

"What's te matter? Feeling a little empty?" He said & kept stabbing & stabbing... ugh.. fuck... I'm going to decimate him once I'm done.

Now!" I yelled, then reverted tom myself just in time to be impaled by a spear from Emerald Sound. Heartbreak was also impaled.

"How..?" He asked...

"I never wanted this." I said.

"Shut up." He said.

(Dialogue between Heartbreak[hb] & Daemo[do])

hb: " You think you know everything..."

do: "... but in reality, you will never know the true meaning of the world. I know..."

hb: " Who are you..?"

do: " I'm just a wielder who succeeded in completing his mission... To any extent."

hb: " I just wanted to know who I was..."

do: " I coudl've helped you..."

hb: " Yeah right. You see me as a freak, just like Emerald Sound & Pencil Swift see me.

do: " So you DO remember."

hb: " It feels nice... to die next to someone who understands me...

do: " Likewise... Although... I can save us..."

hb: " I want this... thank you... for helping me realize myself

(back to Daemo)

Heartbreak's last words hit my soul pretty hard. In fact, there was an intense pain in my heart. For a second, he reminded me how important it is to lose a friend... My left eye turned a light shade of purple & suddenly, black fire surrounded me & Heartbreak's body, disintegrating it & leaving me with my left eye gushing black blood...

"I'ts over..." I said & saw Heartbreak's heart floating... I grabed it & unleashed it upon the town.

"The town is returning to normal. Look, the bindings are gone!" Said Cadence.

"Great... That's... great..." I said, then collapsed onto my back...

"Hey Pencil. Emerald. T.Z. Cadence. Give the Elements my regards. And tell Luna I'll be a little late for dinner..." I said, smiled, then passed out...

A/N: Woah! Grimdark shit is grimdark! I never though I had it in me. Now it's up for you, the reader to tell me how I did. Leave a review & don't hold back. I wanna FEEL what you said.
Anywho, stay beautiful my peeps.
-Daemo