Canterlot Castle, two hours later
"How come she is not available!" Prince Blueblood exclaimed, shaking the poor butler, "my auntie is always available in these cases, more so that five warships of the griffons are approaching"
"Yes, my prince, but at this moment Princess Twilight Sparkle has imposed martial law, active immediately, after discovering that Princess Celestia was apparently being poisoned."
Slowly, Blueblood turned to the butler, a look of terror on his face, "could you repeat that last, servant?" The proud prince said slowly, beads of sweat forming on his forehead, "are you saying that the princess was being poisoned, and that Twilight Sparkle has reappeared?"
"Yes, sir, apparently the incident of 17 years ago created a portal that sent Princess Twilight and Lady Applejack to another planet, once they secured assistance, they helped their new allies and in return they offered help and technologies which allowed the princess and the element of honesty to pass safely back to Equis, "the steward clarified, not realizing the look of terror now on the face of the prince," In addition, Twilight Sparkle was able to detect a rare poison that was being administered to Princess Celestia in order to weaken her powers over the sun and cloud her judgment. "
"Do not tell me," the prince said softly, "and why would my aunt give the power to the newly arrived Twilight, instead of her ... adorable sister Princess Luna?"
"Apparently Princess Luna never wanted the transfer of the command to her, she always insisted to Celestia that the court was hers, while the duties more ... Military were their obligation"
'Which does not explain why he let me take command in all those military operations' the noble thought to himself, 'unless ...'
At that precise moment, several thestrals appeared from several hidden points, as well as emerging from the rooms, surrounding the prince and his guards quickly.
"Gentlemen," Blueblood said, after a while, "to what do we owe this surprise entry?"
"At last your crimes come to bite your own hooves, 'prince'," One of the guards, an imposing thestral in black armor with red accents said, his eyes shining, "Under the orders of Colonel Twilight Sparkle, you, Blueblood the Third, are under arrest for conspiracy and attempted murder on Princess Celestia."
At that moment, the prince stopped looking at the butler who was smirking,and turning slowly toward the bat pony, a sinister smile edged on his face.
"Of course, Commander Vendetta, however there are several problems with that phrase, the main being" quickly charging his horn, the prince proceeded to make a daylight enchantment, which illuminated the whole corridor, effectively leaving all the guards temporarily incapacitated, including his own mercenaries, "IF YOU CAN CAPTURE ME FIRST!"
"Cursed wretch," the commander mumbled, trying to clear the white points on his vision, "TO ALL THE GUARDS OF THE LADY OF NIGHT AND UNDER GENERAL SPARKLE COMMAND, BLUEBLOOD HAS ESCAPED, CLOSE THE CASTLE IMMEDIATELY!" The thestral exclaimed, the incantations of his armor conveying the message to all the guards in the fortress.
Several hours before
After sending the princesses aboard the 'Harmony', Twilight Sparkle was walking in the hallways of the castle, lost in thought, yet her destiny was clear.
There was a traitor among the walls of the venerable castle of Canterlot.
Even so, the young mare was thinking of several things, among them, the last order of Celestia and Luna.
"Twilight, we can not trust anyone right now," Celestia said, while several medical probes were examining the alabaster alicorn, "however since I am disabled and Luna does not have all the resources available to collaborate on this research, I feel the need to declare you in command, since my own sister would have personal reasons to turn this serious matter into a witch hunt. "
"I totally agree with you, older sister," Princess Luna said, entering the medical bay, "in fact, I already have the documents that give power to our new princess."
"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna," Twilight said, "I do not want anything to do with the war, I've been practically these last years in a conflict that was not even mine, due to an error, Applejack has killed, I pulled the trigger myself And I have ended countless lives, thanks to my stupid mistake now we are marked by death, we are monsters in the eyes of our people. " The purple mare said, without looking at the celestial sisters.
Before any of them could answer, however, the purple mare turned suddenly, looking directly into the eyes of the rulers, "I solemnly promise, for my immortal soul and for those who have sacrificed themselves so that I and Applejack may now stand before you, that I will not take this opportunity to take control or do anything contrary to the enormous responsibility that you have imposed on me, and I promise you, that this war will end, after all ... "a ruthless smile on the lips of The former librarian.
"... now our enemy is facing a couple of Spartans."
After this, the hours passed in a fast, but rather chaotic way inside the castle, Warlock's first stop was the barracks ...
"Who is in charge of this site?" The purple Spartan asked, after nearly pulling the door off its hinges.
"Whoever asks," a pony with a yellowish coat, with red mane and tail, replied, "if it is not for Prince Blueblood, no one in this guard will move a hoof." He added, earning a pair of furious stares from other ponies in the room.
"It is funny that you name Blueblood, private ..." Twilight answered, completely ignoring the rest of the ponies in the castle barracks.
"Insolent golem, My name is Furious Charge, and Prince Blueblood put ME in charge of his soldiers personally," the stallion replied, a smile on his face.
"First of all, it's the Princesses' soldiers, and second of all, you're fired, as well as everyone that Blueblood hired, I suggest you pick up your belongings and leave the castle grounds immediately," Twilight said, turning to leave the Barracks, ignoring the looks of disbelief of many of the soldiers present.
"Behind you!" Was the only warning that Twilight needed.
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Commander Vendetta was angry, after receiving the latest field reports, again the citizenship was complaining about the royal guard, after the pompous ass named Blueblood took command of the military forces of the castle, the idiot prince proceeded to fill the palace with mercenaries who were not even loyal to the country, but to money. In addition, the night guard, composed only of thestrals at the time, was almost about to be disbanded, equally by the 'prince', because, according to the pompous Imbecile, the usefulness of this guard was nothing more than to be "the lackeys of a princess in disuse", textual words of Blueblood in the last meeting of state.
Then there was Furious Charge, that damn stallion who did not recognize a crime unless it was against Blueblood...
'I hope something happens, at this moment we will not even be beaten by the Changelings and the Griffons, but by our own people.' The thestral thought for himself, as he headed for the barracks of the castle, turning in a corner was the door that would lead the unfortunate commander to another fruitless talk with the idiot of the captain of the guard.
A door which, apparently and by physical forces, literally exploded outwards, bathing the surprised thestral in fragments of wood, after recovering, Vendetta noticed a twisted and bloody body in a hole on the wall amid the debris, and a feminine voice saying something inside the room.
"IN THE NAME OF THE LADY OF THE NIGHT, WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING HERE!" Vendetta howled, at the same time entering the room, however, the scene was one of the strangest ever seen by the veteran.
A huge humanoid thing was in the middle of the room squatting, several ponies scattered between the beds, even a couple hung on the ceiling, twenty feet away. The commander noted, with some satisfaction, that only Blueblood's followers had literally been reduced to nothing, many showing large-scale impacts on their bodies.
"Commander, sir, this golem came asking for the person in command, then it said that all the soldiers hired by Blueblood should be removed immediately" a young recruit said, hiding behind one of the beds, that in the middle of the fight (If it could be called that), informed the thestral, "at the moment of its retirement, the commander Furious Charge and several soldiers attacked it.
"Is that true, creature?" The thestral said calmly, turning his neck and looking directly at the figure, now standing.
"Sir, yes sir, however, this result was in self-defense," the thing replied, "and since we are introducing ourselves, My name is Twilight Sparkle, and ..." Whatever Twilight was to say came to nothing, immediately all the ponies (who could) bowed their heads, Commander Vendetta himself doing the same.
"We were informed by the Princesses, furthermore, the true soldiers of the castle were here in the moment in which you and Lady Applejack arrived with that strange ship, so there is no reason to have formalities, now, how can I be of service, my lady" The Thestral said, looking up, Twilight sighed, taking off her helmet and putting it against her hip.
"I come to make public the decision of the celestial sisters, and to assume command as general of Equestria in the present war" the spartan said without emotion, taking the orders signed by the two sisters and presenting them to the commander, "besides, I come to request aid in The capture of Blueblood the third, under the charges of conspiracy against the crown and possible betrayal of the country."
for Vendetta, Hearth's Warming Eve has come early.
The next stop of the purple spartan, now with many guards at her disposal, was the house of maids in the gardens, after much inquiring, finally one of the servants, under the great pressure of having the whole guard over, confessed to have helped the prince with the poison, confessing also that she had no idea of what it was, since Blueblood lied to her assuring that it was a tonic for the Princess, and never he told him from where it obtained that strange dust to add to the tea.
After this, Twilight had ordered to all the remaining guard to pin blueblood and arrest him, when the order from Vendetta resonated through the castle however, no one knew where Twilight Sparkle was.
"Damn bastard," Blueblood growled, trapped in one of the hidden passageways of his room, "If only the griffons have come earlier, this could have been avoided, and now I would be seated as the new King of Equestria"
"And that's all I would like to know, Blueballs" a southern drawl was barely heard by the prince, then the wall literally exploded outwards, taking the now screaming stallion with it, only to face multiple guards pointing weapons towards the cowardly prince, and another golem grasping firmly the traitor by his tail.
In face of this new developments, the prince acted accordingly.
"Um, I surrender?" Blueblood hesitantly says, only for one orange fist to collide with his face, knocking him unconscious, turning around, Applejack looked towards the guards.
"Let's just said that he deserved it." the farmer says.
"It is a shame that I couldn't hit him first, my lady, but you are holding it too high." one of the guards answered, making the spartan snort.