//------------------------------// // A new princess // Story: When Worlds Collapse // by MoonShine //------------------------------// Chapter 6: A new princess Last chapter: “So, this is one of the ‘princesses’, my how.....quaint.” he says to her, she growls at him whilst jerking forward to try and get him but Kieron pulls her back and pushes the knife against her coat, “Now, now Kieron. I want her alive, not dead.” He says calmly. He looks into her eyes whilst he admires her fine mane, “I think you will do fine for our little plan.” He says before waving a hoof to tell Kieron to take her away, Kieron and the GM then walk out of the room and he looks down at the planet once more before saying to himself, “This planet WILL be mine.” Equestria has been made into a impenetrable base ready for war, Canterlot has got the shield generators running from the war of extinction, as it has come to be called, the mech facility the Kieron once had has been overrun by the ponies and Zeldax now runs it along with a new AI he has created called Veronica. Celestia has changed; she is constantly patrolling the streets of Canterlot hoping that a human crosses her path so she can take her anger out of them; she is full of anger and rage for all humans, never trusting them again. Celestia is walking about the streets once more, constantly looking about cautiously for a human to pop out and attack her, as she gets close to a street square she stops and looks up into the night sky thinking about Luna hoping she is alright, hoping that those damn humans don’t hurt her. Trixie is out heading towards her house, as she passes the fountain in the middle of the square Celestia quickly look down at her, “You there, why aren’t you in your home?” Celestia asks harshly. Trixie stops and looks at her in fear, the princess stood in her armour but with the helmet missing, “I...I’m sorry princess, I....it won’t happen again.” She stutters as she goes to continue home, Celestia watches her as she walks by but as Trixie goes to turn and walk down another street she sees a figure peek out of an alleyway, the shadows covering it but only the head being noticeable, she looks hard and starts to head over to it. As she speed up it quickly turns to looks at her, the eyes glowing red, “Kieron.....” she says to herself just as she goes to run over to him he runs off into the alleyway with her in pursuit, when she reaches the entrance of the alleyway she can see him turn a corner, she flies up and lands on the roofs of the buildings, she runs along the rooftops as she watches where he is going, as she follows him he stops by the corner of a street and peeks round, he then looks about for her only to relax and walk out into the street. As she watches she sees a pony walking down the street towards him, the pony stops, it was the one from earlier, Trixie. She looks ahead to see Kieron walking towards her, she looks about frantically and back up slowly as Kieron closes in on her, she turns to runs away but as she turns Kieron is in front of her, she looks behind to see no-one there, “How did you...?” she asks fearfully, he looks down at her and punches her in the face, as she goes to face him after being hit he kicks her causing her to fall onto her side, he then walks up to her and puts a knee into her side as he pins her onto the floor, he then looks up towards the alleyway...waiting. Celestia crouches down as she too watches to see what he’s doing, as she watches she can see the shadows from the alleyway shifting, they move towards Kieron and Trixie, as they get closer a human figure forms from them, it was the Grand Master. Celestia goes to jump down but she stops herself as she wants to see what he’s doing here, the GM walks up to Trixie, Kieron leans back to allow him a gap, he places the bottom of the cane against her forehead and flicks the head of it causing a burst of energy to run through her. He lifts the cane and takes a step back, he waves his hand at Kieron to tell him to get off, and Kieron gets up and stands next to the GM. They both watch as Trixie slowly gets up and faces them, her face bland and showing no emotion, “Bow to me, pony.” The GM orders and just as he finished, Trixie bows to him, “You see Kieron, this way I have total control of her, using nothing but my voice. She is now a puppet to me. Your name, pony.” He explains to Kieron before asking Trixie her name. “My name is Trixie.” She replies, he then smirks as he gains a new member, “How may I serve you?” she asks, the GM smirks again but just as he goes to reply Kieron puts a hand against his arm and tells him to be still. “Something is watching us sir.......” he says as she stays still and listens, he takes him hand off the GM’s arm and quickly turns while pulling out a sniper rifle to aim at Celestia and right away takes a shot that just misses her, she rolls over and then jumps down into the alleyway, as he takes another shot and hits the brick wall behind her causing a few fragments of brick to fly off. He goes to follow her but the GM stops him by putting his cane in front of him to block him, he holsters his weapon and relaxes as the GM give him an order before using his cane to teleport him and Trixie away. He stands and watches as they disappear, he then turn his head to look down the alleyway, Celestia poking out to looks at him, he turns away and walks off with her following him from a safe distance. As he turns round a corner to head another street she rushes to the corner and peeks round, just as she does she pulls her head back as a knife flies past the corner in Kieron’s hand. She takes step back as he pulls his hand back to hide round the corner, next moment he is behind her and stabs her in the back leg as she goes to dodge, he pulls on the knife to tear her flesh a little and to pull her back, he then kicks he causing her to fall to the floor, he jumps up and goes to stabs to at her but she rolls out of the way so he hits the floor. He looks to the side to stare at her and he tugs on the knife but it doesn’t budge, she gets up and puts pressure on the wounded leg, ignoring the pain. She charges at him, as she get really close he give one last tug and pulls the knife out of the floor and swipes at her but she teleport away only to appear on the other side of him and still running, her head low and she stabs him in the side with her horn, lifting her head so he is off the ground, he punches her in the face a couple of times before she puts on the brakes and he slides off her horn into a wall and falls to the ground groaning. As he clutches at his side he gets up and comments, “You’re a bitch, you know that?” before putting his arms to his side and the laser blade emit from then, “I would like a piece of you now.” He says before jumping up and then kicking off the wall to launch at her, she stands still and waits for him to get close, as soon as he is right in front of her she uses her magic to push him to the side, he hits the floor but still on his feet, he looks up to see the remains of a teleport spell, he looks to his other side to see her appear, before she could get her next action done he point his am back at her and fires a pulse cannon at her causing her to fly back a bit, she uses this to her advantage and teleports again but this time using the momentum to land on top of him, crushing him slightly in her armour, he groans loudly as she lands on all fours into his back. “BITCH, YOU’LL PAY FOR THAT!” he shouts before rolling causing her to land on the floor next to him, he quickly gets up and goes to stab her with a laser blade, just as he raises his arm to strike his earpiece beeps, he uses his other hand to press it. Moments later he lowers his arm and turns, “It would seem I am need elsewhere.” He says before running off, she gets up and watches as he disappears into the darkness, she thinks hard as she has never seen him so quick like this, he seems more powerful and deadly, she then turns and continues with her patrol of Canterlot. Zeldax walks up to the main room desk and looks up at the screen to see a video camera showing the battle of Kieron and Celestia, cameras were put all over Equestria along with alarm towers, “How did they get into Canterlot, Veronica?” he asks her as her holographic image appears behind him. “I don’t know, Zeldax but I do know that there are no other reports of ponies missing or any attacks, of the ponies that HAVE been taken that would total to about three plus Luna. There isn’t any other that I have reports of.” She replies as he turns to looks at her then back at the screen to see the camera change to show Kieron running through Ponyville and towards the facility. “Stop him, don’t let him anywhere near here.” He order as she disappears and immediately some guard mechs run out of the facility and head towards Ponyville, some stopping outside. Kieron is running through the centre of the village, as he runs past the village hall two ponies run up to him and join him, “Nice of you to join in.” He says as they all run towards the facility but are stopped when a couple of guard mechs block their path, “Mathis....hack them, make them ours.” He says, one of the mechs then walks towards them but then stops and shakes as something takes control. “Control taken sir, it is ours, the other one is resisting, I’m sorry but I can turn it, I will use this one to fight the other and stop it from getting you.” Mathis replies as the mech turn and opens fire on the other mech that goes to attack Kieron. The ponies and he then run off once more for the facility. Celestia enters the castle and head upstairs to her room as she finally gives up for the night and goes to get some rest, as she gets to her room the TV lights up and Veronica appears on the screen, “Princess, it appears Kieron is heading for the mech facility. I will try my best to stop him.” She says as Celestia takes off the armour, puts it on the table and heads over to her bed, as she lays down on it and covers herself over she replies. “No humans deserve my trust anymore, kill him, all humans must die, destroy all humans.”