//------------------------------// // Virus Universe // Story: Cadence for a Shy Alicorn // by KodyMcQ //------------------------------// The Twilight Princess flew gracefully over the EverFree Forest, her wings outwards like a glider. She was going be meeting the leader of the Alicorn Republic today. She didn’t know much about the leader, not even the gender, but she knew the leader was a powerful being. Maybe not even Alicorn. But she knew it was going to be the final deciding element on Equestria’s fate. The Elites had brought Cadence and Liberta back to the Cave, and those two were now Elites as well. Twilight had Pyre, the Elite of Air, Rarity, the Elite of Earth, Liberta, the Elite of Water, and Cadenza, the Elite of Fire. She was set to completely demolish Equestria, hell, Earth itself, if she truly wanted. The Changeling Queen had already bowed to Twilight, as well as the Griffin King. She was already in control of the Griffin Province and the Changeling Territories, and basically in control of Equestria, whether Celestia liked it or not. The student was now in control of the master, and the new Master wanted to destroy the new student. Elites VS Equestria. Pleasant idea, definitely a show worth watching. Twilight smirked at the thought. Twilight continued to glide over the dark green leaves of the EverFree Forest until she felt rumbling. Now, usually when the air is vibrating, something huge is happening. That shouldn’t even be physically possible, vibrating air. But when she saw the spherical planetoid coming from the sky, she figured her meeting was here. The planetoid continued to fall from the sky, ever slowly, ever menacingly. It made Twilight grin like a fool. The power of the Alicorn Republic was definitely greater than she had imagined. The coalition between the two forces could mean total global conquer. Everything. All theirs. Twilight continued to grin as the planetoid grew red hot, and finally smashed into the EverFree Forest. Equestria’s Finest would have to be complete fools to not see this, the EverFree forest completely decimated by a planet. Or a moon. Or something. Maybe an earthy brown Moon. Twilight continued to grin. Maybe there were other species out there they could conquer. She could remember reading about something called a Weeping Angel in one of her Alicorn Folklore books. Those would be fun to have. Twilight landed on a small landing platform on the flat top of the brown planetoid. There were crude tents set up, and Alicorn Republic Officers roaming the surface. The rumbling turned into a solid boom as the Planetoid settled down, crushing the vast majority of the EverFree Forest. Many of the Alicorns on top of the planetoid began to bow, and the rest followed after. Power felt good. A tall, sleek, white Alicorn began to walk up the steps to the landing pad. She had deep blue mane colors, with bright blue highlights mixed in. Her cutie mark was that of 2 eighth notes. She didn’t really seem like the type of Alicorn to be ruling over the Alicorn Republic, but then again, strength comes from where you least expect it. Twilight gave a smile and a quick bow. This was going to be the beginning of something great. “Hello, Twilight.” Vinyl said, trying to be as forceful and leader-sounding as she could. It was hard, trying to act like a friend when really you’re out to destroy who you’re facing, but that’s just the point of being with the Doctor. Nothing really goes to plan, and nothing really goes right. Vinyl was surprised by Twilight’s acceptance of Vinyl as the leader of the ‘Alicorn Republic’. Vinyl looked more like a DJ than anything, magenta goggles or not. But when Twilight bowed to Vinyl, she realized the Doctor’s plans worked a little, Twilight believed the false claims. After Vinyl and The Doctor had broken out of the Changeling Territories, they had gone to the Alicorn Republic Planetoid, where they were banished by Celestia and Luna. Their leader was a nice guy, too bad he had to get thrown off into a black hole somewhere. Vinyl’s Alicorn magic wasn’t very strong either, but it was strong enough to convince 200 Alicorn minds that she was their leader. “Hello, Leader. It is quite an honor to meet you.” Twilight responded, giving off a graceful tone that gave Vinyl shivers. It was impressive, that the young unicorn she knew in her other life, had become a monster of an Alicorn. Honestly, the Alicorn Republic shouldn’t have existed, if not for a few disrupting sequences in the fabrics of space and time. As a Time Mare, Vinyl was extremely fragile when it came to space and time. She could feel the slight changes in the flow, and then hunt them down and regulate them. So far, her and The Doctor hadn’t had much luck. Weeping Angels still roamed the universe, Alicorns were popping up left and right, and Equestria was doomed. Her and The Doctor needed to step up their game, to keep up with Space and Time. “The feeling is mutual. I have read your letters, are we ready to agree on this?” Vinyl responded, pulling a few pieces of parchment from a metal bin. “Yes, quite. The offer is simple. Hevana can return, under my control.” Vinyl had to think about it. Getting rid of Equestria, and in effect, remodeling it into Hevana wasn’t really a good idea for her. It would kill all of the ponies she was trying to save, not to mention the world she was trying to save. She’d need a bit of help. Royal help. “Deal.” The Doctor burst through the doors of the Royal Court, and was not opposed by and of the Royal Guards standing outside. The Doctor was basically Royalty himself, having helped Equestria in so many of their desperate times, even having re-written the universe for them. He deserved their respect, and that’s what he got. He galloped through the halls, up the towers, and across the bridges, until he finally reached the room of Princess Celestia. He barged through, to find not only Celestia and Luna, but an Alicorn that looked an awful lot like Fluttershy. “Ah, Doctor. You’ve arrived. Come, sit. This is Fluttershy. She’s my niece.” Celestia said, using her magic to pull up a chair to the table where they were discussing. Celestia’s... Niece? He broke more than he thought when Vinyl re-wrote the universe. Fluttershy was supposed to be a Pegasus, not an Alicorn. “Hello Fluttershy. It’s been a while. So. Let’s get down to business. We have a race of Alicorns that are threatening to return and destroy Equestria, to recreate their home, correct?” The table of Alicorns nodded. “And the Twilight Princess is Twilight Sparkle, correct?” Once again, everypony nodded. “Alright, well this will be easy. I’ve had Vinyl infiltrate the Alicorn Republic ranks, and is currently their leader. I’ve been informed Twilight has four “Elites”, named Rainbow Pyre, Rarity, Cadenza and Liberta.” Looks of recognition flashed across the Alicorn faces. “Yes Fluttershy, they’re not dead. But they’re close. Twilight has mutated them into Alicorns, and struck pure hatred into each heart. As we speak, or as I speak I guess, they’re coming to Canterlot to destroy the Royal Family. This is Twilight’s first step to ruling over Hevana. But when she figures out Hevana won’t happen, she will destroy the Alicorn Republic and then... What was it... Oh, then she’ll just take Equestria, then the world.” The Alicorns were silent, staring intently at The Doctor to say more. “What you guys need, is The Alicorn Republic. They’re going to war against Twilight and her Elites. Me and Vinyl will handle that, you gather the other Elements of Harmony, and kidnap Rainbow and Rarity. Cadenza and Liberta are doomed I’m sorry to say, but if we can get the Elements of Harmony together we can still fix this. Allons-y!” Applejack and Pinkie finally decided to stop, after running for three days straight. Once they realized that Canterlot wasn’t safe, they had to run. And run fast. Applejack was surprisingly easy to keep up to, with Pinkie’s bounding of happiness. The two ponies had gone straight through the EverFree forest, and off to the very side of Equestria. They had run through mountains, valleys, more forests, even through Manehattan, all the way up a small mountain with a cottage on top. The log cottage was old and rustic, and seemed to almost flicker in and out of existence. Out behind was a farm that could rival Sweet Apple Acres, with hundreds of apple trees blooming and revealing green apples. It looked like a house from long ago, even before Celestia, except for one part. The box. A blue box, with vines growing up and out the sides, slowly pulsated with blue energy. It seemed otherworldly, with POLICE BOX written on a blue frame around the top. “Uh, Pinkie? Wha’ in tarnation is this?” Applejack asked, as the pink pony bounded around the house and to her side. “A party house?” She asked, bounding around the box. Applejack felt something weird about the box. The area, itself. The cottage, trees, mountain, box, everything seemed to flicker in and out of reality. As if it wasn't supposed to be there, but some form of a paradox left it there. She felt memories flooding into her mind from the blue box, memories of mothers, fathers, djs, and a pony named Doctor. These memories quickly left her mind when a familiar BOOOM shook the ground. Looking towards the EverFree Forest, she saw that a huge, dirty, ball of some sorts had just landed right on top of the EverFree, and was being occupied by hundreds of ponies. “Um, Applejack?” Pinkie asked, staring in the opposite direction of the big ball. “Yes Pinkie?” “Look.” Applejack turned, and staring right at her was Rainbow Pyre and Rarity. She almost didn’t recognize them, but it’s pretty hard to miss their personalities. The bright blue rainbow one was clearly Rainbow Dash, and the white one with a purple mane was obviously Rarity. “Rainbow? Rarity? Wha’d they do to yah?” Applejack asked, taking a few steps back and bumping into the semi-existent house. The blue box began to thrum, pulsating with even more energy. The tension rose as Rainbow began to alter Applejack, she could feel it. The magic began to twist her brain, filling her with hate, ripping apart her tendons and shifting her bones. Applejack was being turned into one of them. An Elite. She opened her eyes, not realizing she had closed them, and saw that they were doing the same thing to Pinkie. They were becoming the slaves of their best friends. “Doctor!” The Royal Guard burst into the Doctor’s room, startling the pony. “Doctor! They found Applejack and Pinkie! They passed the EverFree Forest and went to some cottage in the mountains with a blue box.” ‘Blue box.’ That struck the Doctor hard. He glanced to the closet where he was keeping the TARDIS safe, yet apparently there was another. ‘Great. Fabric corruption.’ “There’s one problem though.” He added, making The Doctor turn from his seat quite suddenly. “They were found by Pyre and Rarity. They’re Elites.” Boom. Right to the heart. The Doctor’s plan failed. As figured. But the news of this, Blue Box, had him interested. Maybe... “Guard, take me to the cottage.” Vinyl was getting bored of the act. Pretending to be the leader of a ruthless rebellion. That’s not how history should’ve remembered it, after Vinyl took over hundreds of years ago. Vinyl’s been running this Alicorn Republic, whilst travelling with The Doctor. Her mother would be proud, Octavia. She hasn’t seen her mom in a while, since the Ponyville explosion. She hoped she was okay. Vinyl and Twilight have been discussing for a while, while the Alicorn Republicans began to set up the trap for her and her Elites. They weren’t about to let Twilight rule over Equestria. And they weren’t going to bring back the Hell Lands of Hevana. They were going to keep Equestria as is, and not let anything change. History’s version of the Alicorn Republic was made up, in reality, the Alicorn Republic are protectors of the Universe. To keep everything stable. Their founder went corrupted, and they elected Vinyl to rule. They’ve been keeping track of history for as long as history has existed, and will continue to as long as Vinyl lives. Which will be forever, as a Time Mare never dies unless killed during regeneration. An Alicorn Republican popped into the room in which Twilight and Vinyl were speaking, and silently gave the signal. “Come, Twilight. It’s time to meet our secret weapon.” Vinyl said, getting up and leaving the room, followed by Twilight. They marched down the halls, with Alicorn Republicans giving false bows of gratitude to Twilight. Oh, the look on her face when she realizes she’s been deceived. It was going to be priceless to Vinyl. Vinyl opened the silver door to a large containment chamber, and welcomed Twilight inside. Twilight was quickly struck with lightning, and bound with obsidian chains, the one sole material to keep an Alicorn’s magic from working. “You... What is this?” Twilight bellowed, her voice rattling the planetoid. “You’ve been deceived, Twilight. The Alicorn Republic does not want Hevana. We want Equestria. We are not what you think. We, are truly your greatest enemy.” Twilight struggled to use her magic, which was rendered useless by the obsidian chains. Vinyl left the room, and shut the silver door, keeping the Twilight Princess contained. The doctor knew what the problem was as soon as he got to the cottage. He could feel the energy of space and time pulsating from the area, and could visibly see the cottage, box, and everything else flicker in and out of reality. He recognized his baby easily though, the big blue box, pulsating with blue energy. It was old, vines and grass growing around and rusting it. “Oh TARDIS...” He muttered, before smashing his hoof into the box. Whoever owned the cottage somehow got hold of his TARDIS. Is that how he met Vinyl? He remembers Equestria being re-written, and stories of Vinyl and her parents, living in a mountain cottage... Octavia. Octavia his old companion. This was her home. Vinyl was her daughter. The Doctor quickly hopped back in the Pegasus Carriage and they flew back to Canterlot. A piece of parchment magically appeared in his hooves, probably from vinyl. Doctor, I have Twilight. Her Elites will come for us soon, and there will probably be a war breaking loose on the planetoid. Please, get back here quickly. -Vinyl Simple and to the point. Definitely Vinyl. “Guard, to the Planetoid in the EverFree Forest.” The four Elites roamed the skies, searching for Twilight. They were promised they’d get the order to take Canterlot, from her, in person, yet she was not at the cave. “She must still be in the Planetoid.” Pyre said, leading the group to the giant ball of dirt. Beams of magic shot at the Alicorns, letting them in on the fact they were deceived. “It’s wartime, Elites.” Pyre said, leading the Elites on to the surface of the planetoid. Four versus 200, it was decently even. The Elites smashed necks and created massive explosions on the planetoid, ripping it apart with magic. The Republicans blasted the Elites, with double their power. Pinkie fell first, taking a blow to the horn and flying off of the planetoid in to the trees. 25 Republican casualties later, Applejack and Pyre were blasted off as well, shattering many bones. Rarity was the only one left, and decided to use a technique she learnt from Lues. She focused her magic to her horn, closing her eyes and letting it build up inside of her. “Goodbye, Republic.” The earth shattering explosion almost knocked The Doctor and his guard out of the sky. There was a blinding flash of light, and then the planetoid began to crumble under itself. And The Doctor could only watch. He hoped Vinyl was fine. He was hoping Twilight was contained. He hoped he could round everypony up to the TARDIS. He watched as the planetoid slowly rose from the ground, leaving a crater and hundreds of boulders in the once-was EverFree Forest. The Doctor collected the bodies of the Elites, and Twilight, who was directly under the blast, and decided to bring the unconscious bodies to Canterlot. He could keep them contained in an obsidian cell. But of course, The Doctor saw yet another explosion from Canterlot. The guard faltered as they saw half of Canterlot dissipate, into nothing, leaving a hole straight through the planet. “Guard, back to the cottage.” When he got to the cottage, he quickly pounded open the locked TARDIS, and threw the unconscious bodies inside the golden room. He stored them inside, and activated the Magical Dissipation Field, which he needed when his Alicorn Girlfriend Time Mare got mad. He left the bodies inside, while he went to deal with the Universal Corruption. Re-writing a universe always has some sort of awkward side effects, and in this case, the side effect was parts of other versions of this universe colliding. Examples are the cottage, and half of Canterlot. Sometimes, when the same universe tries to meld with itself, it will erase the parts that are colliding. It’s like a computer, if a virus attacks, it will try to revert to an area before. In this case, the re-written universe is the virus. Everything The Doctor, Octavia, Starburst and Vinyl had worked towards was being reverted by the old Universe. And it was only just going to get worse from there. Fluttershy was trapped in the Canterlot Castle, awaiting news from The Doctor. It was boring, being inexperienced. But it was probably safer. Celestia had been filling her in on what happened, and at the moment, the Planetoid just exploded. The Elites were injured or killed in the fight. Rainbow, Applejack, Pinkie, and Rarity. But... “Princess! Princess!” Fluttershy cried as she burst into Celestia’s room. “What is it, Fluttershy?” Celestia asked, getting up from her chair. “Liberta and Cadenza. They’re elites. And they’re not dead.” A boom came from the Royal Court, and the two princesses dashed down the halls. The scene they came upon when they got down there, was not the prettiest. Half of the Royal Court, half of Canterlot itself, was now a flaming crater. And in the middle, stood Liberta and Cadenza. And then, Canterlot ceased to exist.