//------------------------------// // War // Story: Super Mario ponies in Peril // by SECURE0777 //------------------------------// A large hulking figure watched as the moon replaced the sun in the sky. He was standing in a large forest, behind him stood a great number of creatures that make-up as his army of allies. Their eyes were glowing against the blackness of the forest. A slow wind whistled through the armada. Bowser's dark ruby red eyes glinted in the forest as he waited patiently. Standing beside him was Queen Chrysalis. The large Changeling turned back and cast a glance down at the army that had assemble within mere days; her loyal Changeling Swarm, the tyrants Koopa Troop forces, and a selected few as oppose to generals with their given assignment. In a blink of an eye Bowser snatched up a helpless pony. "You and your sisters," the pony had a long afro like orange mane with blonde highlights. She squirmed in his large claw. "Go into the city and find Mario!" Her light yellow body glowed in the menacing orange light that Bowser cast from his mouth. "Don't betray me." He growled, lifting her to his eye level. "My Changelings, go infiltrate the city walls." The thunderous sound of an army of Changelings shooting into the air echoed through the empty forest. Chrysalis watched as her swarm disappeared against the black sky. CASTLE CANTERLOT The large pearly white moon hung high in Princess Luna's night. Stars, almost gemlike, twinkle against the night’s backdrop. Canterlot Castle was long since quite. Only the small crackling of fire and occasional coop of servant’s hooves echoed through the empty halls. Princess Celestia watched the group from the shadows. Sunset Shimmer had her friends set up in a large arched ceiling room. "The brothers?" Celestia asked simply as Luna walked in from cool night air. "They're sleeping." Luna looked up at Celestia. Worry lines etched across the pony princess face. "What is it sister?" "Nothing, Luna." Celestia replied. "Nothing…?" Luna nodded slowly. Celestia looked over the peaceful city, her eyes dipped along the guard covered walls. She could make out a bipedal figure jump from the tip of a tree onto the wall. She turned back to see her younger sister dismissed herself as she walked down the hallway. Quietly, Celestia launched herself out of the window, arcing herself straight down towards the plumber. "Mario. She greeted. "He's going to come here." Mario told her simply. "Bowser, when he does, everyone will need to fight." He looked up at the elder Alicorn. "Don't fight him, he will win." "Mario…" She dipped her head. "I have to protect my little ponies." "Me and my bro we'll have to beat you to him then?" Mario laughed has he sat down. "Be safe princess." The next morning, the twelve ponies and Luigi sat around a table eating breakfast. Luigi had a massive mountain of pancakes in front of him. "Yummy!" Pinkie Pie was inhaling pancakes beside the plumber. "Goody!" On Luigi's left was Pinkie’s ponified human counterpart, Pinkie Pie, eating with equal vigor. The rest looked at their friends with a certain amount of disgust. Mario was in the throne room, not entirely hungry since he had eaten earlier. Discord was with him, bouncing around the throne room in the form of a large bouncy ball. "Hah ha!" Mario laughed. "You're great!" Mario jumped into the air intercepting the ball. "You're over a thousand years old…" Celestia stated as she rubbed her temple. "Well excccccccuse me princess," Discord said extending each syllable to an obnoxious level. "I seem to remember hearing a story of you sicking Pinkie Pie and her friends on the high class." Celestia blushed slightly "Discord!" "Ahh a~h!" A melodious tone suddenly echoed through the throne room. "Ohh~ oh ohh~h!" The throne room door was flung open. Three mares trotted in elegantly, flanked by two red eyed guards. "We've come to meet Mari~o." Their melodious voices held a deep twinge of hate in them. The middle was a two toned blond mare with dark pink eyes, a large puffy mane and tail. "We've come to declare war~." On her right was a baby blue color pony, a streaked light and dark blue long straight mane and tail. "We've come to get our all~y." Mario collapsed onto his knees, grabbing at his head. Discord started to teleported across the room. "Stop him~!" The pink bodied mare with a purple mane and tail streaked with turquoise sang. Discord appeared behind the three, right into the dark brown shoe of Mario’s attack. Discord slid across the marble floor grinning as he teleported back to his original position. "Mario!" Celestia walked towards the plumber. "The Sirens." The three laughed at the sun princess "The sun princess." Celestia glared down at the three. "How is Starswirl?" "You don't know how long you've been gone?" She calmly flared her large pearly white wings. "Mario, destroy her!" BOWSER Within the walls of the city of Canterlot ponies were going through their daily morning routine. However, outside of the near city limits a great disaster was approaching, completely unaware by any living residents as they appear in uncountable numbers. Dark clouds were beginning to swirl around the capital city of Equestria, slowly blocking out the sun. It appeared without warning as if it was a signal; a signal that not one pony didn’t get any lead on. "Fire the Bullet Bill Launchers!" LUIGI Explosions shook the entirety of Castle Canterlot. Windows were blown out, chunks of stone were ripped from the streets, and many of the castle structures fell apart. "Bowser's here!" Luigi alarmed and jumped from his seat. An explosion ripped the outer wall of the dining room. "Go, get out of here! Help the civilians!" Luigi then raced out of the dining. The twelve ponies raced after the plumber. "You're not getting away from us that easy!" Poni!Applejack caught up to the plumber. Within a blink of an eye a golden wrecking ball cleaved through the wall in front of them. The force of the blow cleared the dusty smoke from view. Luigi, along with Twilight, Sunset, and the others were surprised to see a certain pony inside. "Princess!" "Mother!" "Celestia!" A sudden red blur shot through the hole. ’BANG’ Mario's large black hammer cracked into the sun princess barrier. "Mario!" Luigi was shocked. He watched his brother slam into the princess’s defense. "Sunset Shimmer." The blonde mane leader of the Sirens walked through the hole in the wall. "Adagio!?" Sunset looked at the Siren with a mixture of fear and rage. "How…?" Discord flew over the head of mare. "Mario, attack the Chaos God!" Adagio commanded. Mario whipped around with fluid motions. But before he could attack Luigi speared him. "Go, I can hold him off!" Luigi looked back at the ponies and the chaos being. Mario kneed Luigi in the gut viscously. He then grabbed his throat, and with a push Luigi was sent flying backwards. "Got you!" Discord successfully caught Luigi with his telekinesis. The Draconequus kept the green plumber in his magic grip as they both hovered in midair. "Luigi!" called out Twilight Sparkle. "Bowser is out there, we need you!" Adagio’s two allies, flanked on each of her side, trotted their way into the hall. "Sonata!" Poni!Pinkie waved at the blue pony as she confront the trio. "What are you doing with those two meanies!?" "Pinkie Pie?" Sonata looked at the pink mane human turned pony. "What are you doing? Go home!" "The Dazzlings!" Sunset Shimmer growled. She quickly turned her attention towards Celestia. "Mother, go get the Royal Guards, they are going to need you." She could hear explosions in the distance, each strike heard shook the foundation of the surrounding area. "Girls, go help the ponies get out of the city!" "Sunset…" Rarity placed a hoof on her nearby high school friends. Sunset’s horn began to glow faintly. "Girls we need to trust Sunset." The white ponified mare turned away from the three Sirens and began galloping away. "Stay safe." Poni!Applejack followed Rarity slowly. "Good luck." Poni!Rainbow Dash glared at the Sirens before leaving. "Stay safe…" Poni!Fluttershy was almost in tears as she followed after the others. The ponified Pinkie Pie remained glued to the spot. "Sonata…" Her mane rapidly deflated. "Please come on, you can help us…" "Sonata!" The pink bodied Siren glared down at her fellow Siren. "Just go Pinkie Pie." Sonata hissed back at her high school companion. "When this is done we're going to get tacos, you're my friend and I won't abandon you!" Poni!Pinkie vowed. The mane six watched the exchange with interest. "I'm going to stay and help Sunset Shimmer." Twilight Sparkle spoke up. She swiped her heard around the hallway. "Discord, you can leave. The Royal army will need you." Discord released his telekinetic grip on Luigi. "Right-o!" He teleported near Twilight and pinched her cheek. "Stay safe friend." He stated before flying out an already shattered window. The lavender Alicorn glanced at her friends. "Girls, go!" The ponies nodded. Princess Celestia followed the galloping ponies as they made their way for the exit. "Stay safe my faithful student, daughter…" the Unicorn and Alicorn nodded at the sun princess. Luigi glared at his brother. He stared straight into his eyes, which were once bright blue, but now their replaced by a dull red glow of lost control. "Luigi…" Twilight started. "You need to go." Sunset finished. "They need your help to defeat Bowser." Twilight looked at the younger brother remaining firm. "I know how you're feeling, I have a big brother and I would do anything to help him. But right now you need to trust us." Twilight gently, but firmly, pushed Luigi away from the fight. "Bowser…" Luigi muttered to himself. He clenched his fist before running up to and diving out a window. CELESTIA Princess Celestia caught up to the ponies running out of the castle. "My little ponies!" The ten ponies turned on Celestia. "The Humans go east, get as many ponies out of the city as possible. I'll go to the eastern front and make certain it remains free of enemies." Celestia felt the earth shake underneath her hooves. "Captain Dash," Rainbow Dash nodded her head instantly, "go to the wall barricade and make sure it stands. Funnel the enemies into as small of location as possible." Celestia finally turned the rest of the Element Bearers. "Go along the wall; help as many ponies as possible.” The large group split apart, running into the war torn streets. Celestia could see her sister, Luna, flying away from the castle. "She's going straight for Bowser…" Celestia sighed deeply. She could see swarms of Changelings high above the cities. "Chrysalis…" She could see a pillar of dark smoke rise from one of the walls. "…he's here…" Something that flung itself caught Celestia’s attention from side of her eyes.n She saw Luigi bounce from roof to roof, heading straight to the southern wall. "Protect her…" she mumbles as she flew to the east. HUMANE The five friends raced through the streets of an almost nearly destroyed capital city. Many buildings were pulverized to rubble with rising smoke from the fire adding more to the already darken skies. The fine toning of the cobblestone streets were broken, cracks webbed and stretch alongside the roads and sidewalks. If it wasn’t bad enough, ponies and various other creatures panic as they ran for their lives. Some of them were scared to the point of absentmindedly running around with no prior thought of an escape route. "Follow us!" Applejack yelled over the screaming of terrified stampede of Canterlot citizens. "Please, stay calm." Rarity attempted to calm the crowd. "Look out!" Pinkie Pie suddenly yelled. A swirling mass of blood red flames smashed into the ground causing an explosion. Rarity was flung up against a wall from the impacting force. Shaking the pain away she looked up in the air. A leathery winged creature was making its way straight at them. Her heart stopped as it smashed into the ground with beats of its wings and swipes of its tail flinging ponies away from it casually. "The other Elements of Harmony…" his voice was a deep feral baritone. "You don't belong here!" His deep red scales flexed and shimmered. LUIGI Luigi jumped from rooftop to rooftop, professionally maintaining his aerodynamic travel without losing his footing. He could see smoke rising in the distance. "Bowser…" He slowed down slightly. 'I Can do this!' Luigi stuttered to himself. The green plumber stumbled as he bounced over the fighting below. "So you're the plumber." In blink of an eye a green blur slammed into Luigi's back, flinging him into the streets below. Luigi rolled to stop and was instantly struck by a bolt of lightning. Luigi twitched as the electricity arced through his system. He collapsed onto his stomach, smoke smoldered from his body. "Gotta say…I'm not impressed." Luigi looked up, a Pegasi hovered five feet in the air. She was a turquoise colour with two toned blonde mane and tail. Her yellow eyes glowed with confidence. "…Mama Mia…" Luigi stumbled to his feet and he raised his hands into fists, his body still smoking from the lightning strike. "Let's-a go…" He timidly said. With a swish of her head, her long mane fell out of her eyes and goggles fell onto her face. THE MANE SIX Pinkie Pie fired her party canon into crowd of Changelings. As they worked their way through the small waves of enemies, the group got closer and closer to the large wall around the cities. "AJ!" The pink party pony called out. Applejack bucked a cart sending it to smash into a Goomba and Koopa Troopa. "What?" Applejack turned to her friend. "…nothing!" Pinkie Pie bounced farther down the street. "Oh, I hate getting my hooves dirty…" Rarity sighed dramatically as she tossed stones, woods, and everything she could grabbed with her magic that’s not bolted down to fend off the Koopa Troops and The Changelings Swarm. They were a hundred feet away from the gate, and cannons were battering the wall. Fluttershy flew above the group to get a good look at what’s happening on the other side. "Oh dear…" Her voice trembled. "What is it, sugarcube!" Applejack looked up at her friend. "They've built a tower." She swerved to the left, avoiding a swirling Bullet Bill that could have struck her. "Gwahahahaha!" A high pitched voice rang out. "I see you Fluttershy!" Without warning a twister ripped through the wall, and Fluttershy couldn't react as the whirling wind smashed into her body. In a blink of an eye Fluttershy punched through the wall of Canterlot. "Fluttershy!!" Her friends screamed fearfully. A large shadow was cast over the group; Changelings, Koopas, and Goombas raced into the ally to get out of the way. Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie took two steps back as a five story tall rolling tower plunged through the city wall. Three large chains of fire swirled around it burning through anything it touched. Four cannons ringed around the top of glass globe. On two long arms was a large fan. The glass dome opened and a figure raised a bright purple pillow. "I would like to introduce you to the super awesome, bad to the bone, mark 4, ultimate rolling tank, the BOOMSDAY MACHINE!!" In seconds the arm canon’s fire rods pointed at the three Element Bearers. "Also known as your doom!!" Bowser Jr. roared loudly. TWILIGHTS/SUNSET The three Sirens remained against the back wall entrance hall of Canterlot Castle. Their ever present singing filled the empty halls of the interior room. Mario flew through the air smashing both feet first into Twilight Sparkle’s barrier. He did a back flip, narrowly avoiding a bright green beam. Mario whipped around, slamming the head of his hammer into the dark green barrier of Sunset Shimmer in rapid session. Bang Thud CRACK Sunset stumbled back two steps as her barrier gave way. 'He's strong' , she thought as she teleported out of the way of another wide arcing hammer smash. Sunset reappeared next to Twilight, both Alicorn and Unicorn panting slightly. "We can do this...right?" Sunset breathed. Twilight watched the red cap plumber making his way slowly towards them. "We got each other." She replied reassuringly. RAINBOW DASH Rainbow flew above the war torn streets screaming orders at the top of her lungs. "You go to the wall, tell them to keep funneling the enemies through the broken entrance.” She became a blur as she flew westward. "You, stallion up!" She roars at the defending forces along the wall. "If that gate opens all of us will be overwhelmed!" She then flew down to ground level. "Hold them back!" She yelled into the group of stallions and mares pressed firmly on the gate. Rainbow could smell the faint scent of fire. "Pegasi! Get into the air!" She yelled. Her eyes went into the distance. She could just make out Luna flying high above the city, dodging and weaving large pillars of flames. 'Where are you Luigi?' She growled through her mind. "Griffins!" She heard one of the Royal Guards from the wall. Rainbow Dash cork straight into the opposing half-lion and half-eagle terrorist. She slammed hoof first into the exposed belly of a griffin with enough force to send it flying over the wall. "Half of you Pegasi," she pointed at the group flying into air, "suppress the fire, the rest deal with these Griffins!" Pegasi broke off from the group. With a sharp kick into a cloud Rainbow causes a bright flash of lightning followed by a deafening boom of thunder. "Griffins!" She yelled having full attention of both sides of the war. "Leave now!" Rainbow then saw a shadow, just as a mass brown fur and white feathers flew talon first into her back. This caught her completely off guard. In a second she was slammed into the cobblestone street. "Ready for round two?" inquired a familiar sounding smug voice. "Gilda!" Rainbow Dash bucked furiously. BOWSER Bowser cleaved through the Royal Guard ponies defenses. His meaty fist and dagger like claws casting ponies aside with ease. Buildings crumbled around the Koopa King and the crunch of cobblestones sounded as his tanks rolled forward. "The castle!" He roared over the sounds of war. Bowser gulped in air before letting out a swirling pink flame from his maw. The flames drilled straight through various buildings of homes, stores, and outlets, causing them to explode in fire and crumble like sawdust. Bowser stopped moving and gave a hearty guffaw. "Gwa ha ha ha!!" In that instant he was struck by a bright white bolt of electricity. After about five seconds the bolt stopped its assault. The Koopa King remained standing as if unfazed. His dark ruby eyes looked up at a figure floating down towards him. "The Princess of the night." Bowser acknowledged her presence. Princess Luna landed softly twenty feet away. Bowser causally rubbed at the smolder spot on his shoulder. "You're stronger then that Crystal Princess." "You speak of my niece." Luna replied confidently. Bowser shrugged off handedly. "Yeah, whatever." Luna's blue eyes hardened at his dismissal of Cadance. "Leave vile monster!" She blasted two battalions back. "And take your creatures with you!" With a surprising burst of speed, Bowser had closed the distance with thunderous stomps, battle roaring and searing flames shooting out of his mouth. Luna managed to block the flames and avoided a shoulder tackle by shooting into the air. She dodged a series of fire blast. "You're stronger but not enough!"