The Battle for Equestria Part 1
"Zeus! Your son has returned! I bring the destruction of Olympus!"
-Kratos, God of War II
"Remember, we don't want to hurt them too badly!" Twilight called out to the newly-made alicorns that were leaping over the railing of The Abundance.
"They are going to give it their all!" Shining called out, his strong voice ringing out over the chaos of battle. The stallion was in his element, all his training coming into full play as the brainwashed pegasi rushed towards the rebellion members. He and Twilight shared a look and his sister nodded, stepping to the side and letting him take the lead. "They are going to try to kill you but it isn't their fault. They act against their will and we must remember that they are victims in this." His horn flashed, stopping Flim and Flam before they could leap over the edge. "I want you paired up with a pegasus!" He turned to the remaining members of the rebellion and motioned for them to begin splitting off. "If this is your first flight I want you with an experienced flyer! If you've never shot off a blast of magic you need a unicorn at your side! If you are an earth pony find another pair and lend them your strength! I want this done cleanly, understood? As much as you might think we have the advantage we are, in fact, in the weaker position, so use your heads!"
Celestia and Luna strode forward, their eyes narrowed and hard as they looked at the penthouse. "We will go and talk with Fluttershy and Rarity."
"And I'll deal with my sisters," Honesty stated.
"Good," Twilight said, spreading her wings. "I'm going to help Faith." Before any of them could say a word Twilight launched herself skyward, spinning slightly as she gained altitude.
Shining watched her go before turning to Iron Will. "Get us out over the bay! I want to provide some cover fire! Anyone with medical experience needs to stay here to tend the wounded!" He turned to look up, watching as Faith and Doubt dueled. "And for goodness sake... leave that one to Faith and Twilight."
~MC~MC~MC~
Rainbow Dash's face was a mask of determination. All around her there were ponies flying about, some up towards the airship, some down from it. it was madness and chaos and it took all her skills as a flyer to be able to weave through the crowd without getting hit. Those gifted by the alicorn spell were using their magic to try and restrain the brainwashed citizens, but found it difficult due to the sheer ferocity of their opponents. Shining had been right: despite their power boost they were at the disadvantage. They were battling with one hoof tied behind their back while the unfortunate horde that had been driven into battle had no sense of remorse or guilt when it came to attack their enemies.
"They're like those dang parasprites!" Applejack called out to her as she flew in close, watching as five of the attackers swarmed onto one of the former Canterlot prisoners, dragging him down as they kicked and punched and bit. Applejack's horn glowed and she ripped them away from the stallion, who slammed into building and remained still. "They outnumber us 20 ta 1!"
"We have to find some way to push them back!" Derpy called out, managing to avoid 7 pegasi that had been trying to sneak up on her. She did a quick 180 and fired off a blast of magic, creating a storm of stone muffins that knocked her pursuers out.
"I got it!" Applejack shouted, turning her attention and her magic on a new target. She grabbed onto a billboard and bent it till it looked like a snowplow. Rainbow and Derpy quickly ducked behind the plow, lending their magic and calling out for anyone from the rebellion that might be below them to get out of the way. They then plowed through the mob, sending them spinning into buildings and tumbling aside into the waiting forelegs of other members of the rebellion, who were more than happy to wrap them up with magical chains and leave them hanging from balconies.
"LOOK OUT!" Derpy cried out, ducking down just in time to avoid the squad that rocketed at them. Rainbow wasn't so luckily as Applejack strained to hold onto her plow as the cyan alicorn was yanked away. "Rainbow Dash!"
"I... I need help here, sugarcube!" Applejack grunted. Derpy cast one final, reluctant look Rainbow Dash's way before zipping over, firing up her horn and straining to help Applejack guide the billboard to safety.
Rainbow, meanwhile, was struggling to regain her equilibrium. The city spun about her, the street appearing in the sky and the Abundance below her. Just as quickly as it had begun it ended, Rainbow crying out as she struck a brick wall.
"Come on now," Soarin' taunted, the rest of the Wonderbolts lined up behind him. "If you want to join us, my queen, you have to be tougher than that!"
"That so?" Spitfire shouted as she and Scootaloo sipped down, firing off magical blasts. "I think I'll be the judge of how tough you are!"
~MC~MC~MC~
High above her Twilight could hear Faith and Doubt screaming at each other, trading attacks. The two of them were firing off their magic with no sense of restraint. An aura of silver light shot at Doubt, taking on the form of a pair of giant scissors as he tried to clip her wings. The mad abstract responded by diving down and creating a drill of black magic, which Faith only just managed to block by grabbing nearby satellite dish and using it as a shield.
"You think I am just going to lay down and die?" Doubt screeched, rushed up and punching Faith in the side. The silver alicorn grunted, twisting to avoid a second hit. "I have planned this out for a thousand years!" She smashed his face with her back hooves, causing the lord of the gray to spit out a wad of blood. "My plan is foolproof!"
"It'd have to be," Twilight said, using her own magic to grab a hold of Doubt's head and yank her away from Faith, "what with you being a fool and all." Twilight's eyes flashed and several shooting stars rained down upon them, their fiery tails superheating the air around them and making it nearly impossible to breathe. The three alicorns panted, getting slightly lightheaded as they struggled to catch their breath. "Look at this madness, Doubt! Look at what you've done! You honestly think this is in any way a victory!"
"I see victory... not my fault you are too feeble minded to understand the scheme!"
Faith slammed down onto Doubt, grabbing her face while his magic yanked her eyelids open. "You truly are crazy if you think this madness is some sinister plan! Every step you've taken we've knocked you back down and this time will be no different! You are going to lose, Doubt, and do you know why?" Faith leaned in close, face pressed against hers, his hot breath burning her face. "Because it is your nature. Your crazy... crazy nature."
The mad abstract glowered at him. "I... am... not... CRAZY!" Her body exploded with magic, sending Twilight and Faith tumbling back. Doubt panted, glaring at them with hate-filled eyes. "You have no right to insult me! Everything that has happened is because of you two!" Her horn burned and Faith's eyes widened as Doubt lifted a yacht from the Hoofson river and brought up in the sky. "You stole everything from me!" She throw the ship at Faith, who grunted as he grabbed a hold of it, struggling to keep it from crashing to the streets below. "Oh, I'm Faith! I am so special because I am one of the Elements of Harmony!" Doubt raced down and punched him in the face, causing Faith to slip and almost send the ship crashing down. "Waa! Celestia forgot my name so I am going to turn evil!" Doubt's magic grabbed onto the yacht and forced it down a bit more, Faith's wings beating like mad as he fought against the mighty push. Doubt lashed out again, striking him in the back. "Everyone has such sympathy for you... where is my sad music? Where are my words of encourag-"
Twilight fired a blast at Doubt, striking her in the side and sending her spinning about.
"Your right... Faith was in the wrong," Twilight said as the silver abstract lowered the yacht back into the river. "Ignore the fact that when his name was taken he was barely a toddler and didn't know how to react... he still stole your name and purpose." Twilight focused and one of the smaller skyscrapers was ripped from its foundation, rising higher and higher in the air as it was surrounded by the glow of her lavender magic. Doubt began to back away, eyes wide in shock. "But the reason why we all care about him is how he handled himself after the fact! Faith's worst crime as Doubt was convincing me I didn't need my friends; even then he still helped them apologize. Faith has honor while all you have is your thirst for revenge!"
Twilight threw back her head, screaming as she sent the building hurtling at Doubt like it was a baseball bat.
Doubt cried out as the building struck her, her horn flaring as she attempted to shield herself from the hit. But even as she worked to block the blow she felt herself being driven into the building by another force.
Faith’s eyes flashed with rage as he shoved her against the building, his hooves colliding with her stomach and sides, raining blows upon her. Doubt twisted away but Faith merely launched himself onto the building and captured it with his own magic, stealing it from Twilight and sending it like as missile at Doubt. The mad abstract twisted around, smirking as the building fell into the Hoofson.
“Such a show of force!” she said with mock appreciation. “That is yet another reason you two are so pathetic!” Doubt’s horn flared and with a scream she sent out a shockwave that shattered every window in the city. Winds whipped around her as she sent out her magic, catching each one and lifting them up. The winds swirled and Faith and Twilight flew close to each other as Doubt created a hurricane of broken glass. “You have no understanding of finesse!
“Twilight!” Faith shouted, hugging her tight and wrapping his wings around her as the glass swirled around them, cutting into anything it could find. In the distance they could hear the Abundance fire off an emergency siren and begin to retreat, let the airship be torn to shreds.
“I think Trixie is going to get jealous,” Twilight said.
“We can worry about that after we aren’t dead.”
Twilight opened her mouth to say something, only to cry out when a long shard of glass slammed into her unprotected flank. Faith grit his teeth and adjusted his wings, covering her up completely while leaving himself exposed. The storm cut into his back, flaying his skin and leaving rivers of blood pouring along his flank.
“Aw, look at you two!” Doubt cooed, catching a piece of glass and running it along Faith's back. “Aren’t you just precious!” Faith bite back a curse as Doubt drove the shard into his back, just an inch from his spine. Doubt didn’t seem to notice the glass that was coming within inches of her head; she merely floated around them, poking at his wings. “Look at you clinging to each other… its just so cute! It reminds me of something… what was it...” she tapped his chin in thought. “Oh yes, I remember now, little thief… it reminds me of your other friend, Clockwork… the scholar that gave you MY name.” She leaned in close the winds growing more ferocious. “You clung to him so hard, didn’t you… your first friend. The one that actually cared about you. You cared for him like you care for this one. But then he went away… poof… left you all alone… even though it wasn’t his time.”
“What?” Faith whispered.
Doubt leaned in close. “Let me say it in small words, so you might understand.” Her lips brushed against his ear. “I killed Clockwork.”
Faith’s world went red.
“YOU LYING BITCH!”
Twilight let out a yelp as she was shot out of the storm. She spun about, blinking in confusion, before turning to see Faith rearing up, his horn burning with white magic as he turned his fury on the mad abstract.
“That’s it…” Doubt whispered to herself as Faith began to head at her, his magic swirling about him. She cast a glance to the west, towards the Everfree Forest. “That’s it…”
It was all going according to plan.
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This battle is the hardest to write, as there are so many pieces moving about and I know that there will be people that won't like it ('It is too big!' 'It isn't big enough!' 'I like yelling things!')
Still, if I do things right... I will pay off my debts and have one heck of an ending.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeagh! Stop cutting these so short!!
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Wait a second... is Doubt trying to possess Faith?
Anyone else picture the ending of The Lion King right there?
I think I just figured out the fatal flaw in Doubt's plan: if she wants all of Equestria to be plunged into chaos and doubt, with ponies backstabbing each other and killing each other, with no faith whatsoever... Well, then that will no longer be doubt or chaos. Chaos will become a certainty, the new norm, which will invoke no doubt, as you can be 100% sure that there will be chaos, so chaos becomes the new order. So, a world full of chaos is by definition impossible, since once chaos becomes absolute, it stops being chaos. So, in essence, no matter what Doubt does, she'll always be bound to fail. If she wins, she stops being what she is, as chaos and doubt will have lost their meaning without their counterpart, and if she loses, she'll be destroyed as well. Her very nature is what prevents her from ever being able to win.
Ok, I am confused, when did Faith get over Laughter's blow to him? Did Pinkie become the Element of Laughter? Where the heck is Discord? It feels like you skipped a few chapters and/or explanations, unless there is a chapter that is not showing up on my list
And ...
+1 for channeling Lion King!
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Yeah, you must have missed the chapter Purpose. It dealt with the Laughter issue (both who would take her place and Faith getting over what Laughter did to him)
I think I know what Doubt is planing. She's going to bait Faith into attacking so she could overpower him and turn him into Doubt. She thinks that without Faith the rebellion will crumble. But what she doesn't realize is that Faith played this same trick on Laughter and even if he does fall Twilight will likely take his place, or Trixie. Not to mention she no longer has the Elements of Harmony on her side.
To put it simply, she is completly and utterly screwed. She just doesn't know it yet, But she will.
Is his plan to die? This is reminding me of the Major's plan in Hellsing for some reason.
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Huh. I wondered why she was so incompetent.
Man, this fight is already starting off with a bang or two. I cannot wait to see how you'll deal with Rarity being saved from her Element's control.
Please do keep up the good work upon such a great tale like this one.
Get a Lu Bu style pony in the battle and it's gonna be a slaughterfest.
So the battle begins, whatever Doubt has planned seems ominous, looking forward to the next part.
This chapter is fun! I have great expectations of you.
Of all the stupid things she could say, she had to blurt out the stupidest one. Now she's SCREWED
As soon as Twilight met up with Faith and Doubt, this theme immediately popped in my head, and imagined the entire scene as a battle from Final Fantasy X.
This battle is...so...awesome!
*squee*
Also, yeah for The Lion King reference! My absolute favorite out of all of the Disney animated films ever made!
~ Super-brony12
Faith and Doubt dueled. "And for goodness sake... leave that one to Faith and Twilight."
Whatever for,just rush doubt with forces 20 times stronger then him to KO him and his army will stop attacking.
Also whats wrong with Celestia and Luna AGAIN, now when Twilight and Faith fight doubt, and everyone else fight armies, Celestia and Luna fight what ? no one, whatever for they got they alicorn powers and forms back if they do not even want to use it, yea, because they want to talk to Rarity and Kindness, whatever for ?
Rarity eyes are not blind any longer and Kindness freed Fluttershy and joined good side, but both of them have been defeated so very easy and fast, why waste time talking to them, healing may be useful, but nothing else then that, Celestia and Luna once again got excuse to do nothing useful.
Seriously, I know that I mention this before, but that Doubt really needed to go! I wonder what this so called plan of her is, but regardless of what is it, I know it is going to be bad.
But, on a much lighter note: '...a storm of stoned muffins...'! Heh hehehe, hahahahahaha! Of all the things to summon, she decided to go down the muffin route...oh classic Derpy! Nevertheless, a big 'yay' on making her awesome in this story!
C&Cs:
Instant Correction: They were battling with one hoof tied behind their back while the unfortunate horde, which had been driven into battle, had no sense of remorse or guilt when it came to attacking their enemies.
> ---
Every step you've taken we've knocked you back down and this time will be no different!
> Comma after ‘taken’ and ‘down’.
Her horn burned and Faith's eyes widened as Doubt lifted a yacht from the Hoofson river and brought up in the sky.
> Capitalize ‘river’ and add ‘it’ after ‘brought’.
She throw the ship at Faith...
> Use either ‘throws’ or ‘threw’.
"Ignore the fact that when his name was taken he was barely a toddler and didn't know how to react... he still stole your name and purpose."
> Comma after ‘taken’.
...even then he still helped them apologize.
> [Option 1]: ‘...but, even then, he still helped them apologize.’
> [Option 2]: ‘...even then, he still helped them apologize, regardless.’
But even as she worked to block the blow she felt herself being driven into the building by another force.
> Comma after ‘blow’.
*You're
Getting so exciting though.
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Celestia and Luna don't know that, do that? The only characters that know Rarity's eyes have been opened are Doubt, Kindness, and Fluttershy... and no one even knows that Kindness and Fluttershy are separated.
2500151 I know it came from someone famous, but I only heard it from Vaas in Farcry 3
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Actually, I think Doubt is a fucked up genius. In order to explain, we should focus on who she wants to suffer, her motive for doing all this: Faith took away her name and her purpose.
This entire situation is out of venegance. Doubt has tried to ruin Faith in the emotional sense and physical. Doubt has been breaking Faith's foundation down with her first reveal, forcing him to fight his family, the whole Pinkemena event, and now it's revealed that she killed Clockwork. We could say she is just doing out of insane spite, but I honestly don't believe Doubt is crazy.
Now tell me, whenever we see flashes of Doubt's perspective like her plans, did she ever sound insane? Somewhat spiteful and angry, but not insane. While it's a fact that Doubt has failed in her plan a few times,we still don't know what the goal is. But adding all I've said up, I think I have my theory.
She's going to break Faith. You see, all the things she's done seem to be stupid when she says I'm going to turn everypony against each other. What she's done to 'stop' Faith has been weak at best. But if you think about, everything she's done effects Faith in some way. The country that he saw grow gets invaded and brainwashed by his family, who are possessing his friend's friends. Then of course, has to kill his brother, watch his non-existent son die, kill his sister, and learned that the first friend he ever had was killed by Doubt. Doubt attacks Faith's love of Equestria, love for hid family, his hope for a life other than being a god, and even attacks the first friendship he ever had.
Doubt wants Faith to break, to fall. To become a monster, worse than her. If Faith breaks, due to all that's happened, he won't become Doubt. He will become something worse. And ironically enough, Faith will lose his name all over again when one becomes a new abstract. Doubt wins.
With no abstract to take's the broken Faith's place, and Doubt running amok, then Faith will be gone. Doubt will win.
Break the abstract, break the world. Get what I'm saying?]
It's like a plane crash, but nobody knows they're burning yet. The question is, who's the pilot, Faith or Doubt?
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You know, that makes... a lot of sense
Doubt is like the Joker: she doesn´t want to kill the hero, but to break him into someone like her; she doesn´t want conquer Equestria, only to see it burns...
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What I find hilarious is that everybody reading the story assumes that because she's talking crazy, she must be telling the truth, even though her name is a clear give away not to do that! It's kinda funny actaully.
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I was waiting for someone to ask this: Yes, there is a catch to it all which will be revealed soon enough
I think you meant "You're". Other than that, good chapter, as usual.
Wait...ponies have satellite television? Orrrrr satellite anything?
Ouch talk about getting burned HARD.