She sat on her throne. Looked out on Equestria. Looked out on the chaos and the havoc and the destruction. Looked out on her un-horses and the changelings scattered through Equestria. Looked out on her game board. But, something was wrong. A powerful surge of magic washed through Equestria. Her curved horn glowed, and summoned her captain. He came quickly; flew through one of the broken windows.
“Yes, my Creator?” He bowed in front of her, wing folded. She liked her Captain. He was the first she created. He was with her when Luna was tortured, but not when the alicorn had escaped with Discord. He was more developed than the others. He had emotions, he knew what life was. The others just...were there. They knew how to talk, to fly, to kill. That was really it.
“Did you feel that surge of magic?” She asked him. He looked up at her. She was cast in shadow, even though it was the middle of the day. He could only see her mouth and nose. There was not a glow, her slitted eyes must have been closed, and her wings must be extinguished at the moment.
“Yes. Um, and I have some news to report..”
“Well?” Her curved horn glowed, and a torch flew out of the rubble lining the walls, and lit itself with black fire. She was not cast in shadow anymore. The Captain could see her clearly now.
She was as tall as an alicorn. Her coat was lavender, and her dark purple mane was long and unkempt. She had wings made of blue fire, and her hooves were black fire. Her ears were curved, and horn was chipped and curved as well. Her fangs glinted in the torch light. But the thing that was most interesting was her crown. It was magnificent, gold with swirling designs. and in the middle, the was a large gem. It was shaped like her cutie mark; a six pointed star. It was black.
“A-a scout saw a white pony on top of Mount. Nevermare. But they got away.”
“What the pony look like?” She got up, and slowly started walking towards the Captain.
“I-it was an-an al-alicorn. Wearing a gold crown. W-with a r-rainbow mane” The Captain stuttered edging back away from her.
“Ah. So my dear Celestia is back,” She smiled cruelly.
“What are we going to do?”
She stopped. The Captain’s eyes widened, but he stood his ground. She turned around slowly, with a grin that turned the Captains blood cold. Her eyes flashed.
“Well,” She said, “We are going to pay her a visit.”
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“Refugees! Citizens of Infinity! Celestia is back!” Luna shouted. There was silence for a few moments. Then the crowd erupted in cheers and stomps.
“So now we shall have a feast in celebration of my sisters return! Bring out the food!” Ponies carried out platters and bowls of food. The Citizens of Infinity gathered tables and benches and chairs, and sat down and ate. Ponies and buffalo and dragons and zebras sat together in harmony. Luna started to walk to a table and when Celestia didn’t follow her, she turned and smiled. Celestia walked towards Luna, and started to walk with her. They sat at a table with the Elements, Trixie, The yellow-maned mare the pony that killed ‘Clive’, Discord and a few others.
“Let the feast begin!” Luna shouted and every pony, dragon, zebra, buffalo and anything else that was there started to eat. Luna dug into hay fries and a daisy sandwich, and Celestia took a slice of apple pie. Indistinct conversations were heard, and laughter echoed through the cave. Celestia smiled. Maybe this isn’t so bad after all.. she thought, taking a bite of the apple pie. It tasted like heaven.
Then there was a thump. Celestia heard it. So did Luna. They exchanged a glance. They hear hoofsteps. Many others heard them too. Conversations died down as a shout was heard.
“Empress Midnight!” A pony came it view. It was a young stallion, a pegasus, about 19 years of age. Two more ponies followed him. A mare, unicorn about the same age as him, and another stallion, earth pony, a bit older than them. The mare had a bow in her mane and tail, the earth pony had an eye patch, and the pegasus had a big hammer. They all wore armor.
“What is it Pound?” Luna stood up and walked toward the trio.
“Its Her,” He panted. “She’s coming.”