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// Caspian 
// Story: Starlight's Quest 
// by 21latenighter 
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As Discord and the others appeared in the throne room, they were welcomed by Celestia careening through the air before colliding into her throne, which crumbled around her.  As she tried to get up, a large vase was thrown at her by the other alicorn, which effectively hit her in the temple, momentarily stunning her.

“Celestia, why do you still trouble yourself, just give up and I will spare you…” Fury Flight said as he used his magic to levitate her in the air before him.

“I will never stop resisting you.. so long as I draw breath,” she answered as her own horn lit up and she blasted him in the eye with a small bolt of magic.  

Fury screamed out in pain as he dropped Celestia and cupped his eye. He then used his magic to create a forcefield around him as he healed from his wound.

“Celestia! You'll pay for that!” He screamed as his forcefield shattered and he began his assault anew.  He stormed Celestia with a barrage of magical bolts before using his magic to throw her into a nearby wall.

“This world will be brought back into balance!” He said as he approached her, creating a portal into Tartarus with his magic.

“The balance is maintained by Harmony Brother!” Celestia roared as she used her own magic to close the portal and throw Fury across the room, where he slammed into a large statue of Celestia that shattered around him.

He rose from the rubble and with the aid of his magic, lifted the remains of the statue and hurled them towards Celestia.  

As the battle continued, Discord, Starlight and Trixie hid behind one of the royal banners that decorated the throne room.

“Discord.. you have to do something,” Starlight whispered to the draconequus, who merely nodded.  “Discord!!” She stealthily yelled/whispered.

“Yes yes, very well, let's see..” Discord said as he fiddled with his beard, “what to do, what to do?”

“You better make it quick, look,” Trixie said as she pointed a hoof towards the now climactic battle.

“The Balance Will be restored!!” Fury said as he flung Celestia into the throne of her sister. 

“N-no.. harmony is balance..” she said weakly as she tried and failed to stand.

“Harmony has had its shot, it is now time for the age of Chaos!” Fury said with pride as he approached his sister.

“That's it!” Discord said as his head lit up like a light bulb, “I'll pelt him with pears!!!”

“Pears? Why pears?” Starlight asked, confused.

“Why not? Wouldn't you run if you were pelted by pears?” He asked, a smile making its way across his face.

“Well… I guess you have a point,” Starlight said as she shrugged her shoulders.

“Alright, stand aside,” he said as he threw the curtains back and charged into battle, riding a galloping Apple with singing pears flying above him.  “FOR CELESTIAAAA!!!”

Fury turned his attention from his downed opponent to the draconequus coming towards him.  “What is this?” He asked himself as the first pear hit him, singing the song Winter Wrap Up.

“Ugh.. is this your resistance?” Fury said with a cackle as he turned to Celestia.  He was struck by another pear singing the blues and then one singing heavy metal.  He began to growl before using his magic to fade away.  “This isn't over Celestia…”

As the alicorn vanished, Starlight and Trixie came out of their hiding place behind the banner and galloped to the throne, where Discord had helped Celestia to a sitting position.

“Princess Celestia, are you alright?” Starlight asked as she got to the ruler.

“I think I'll be ok after a few days,” Celestia said as she winced when Discord touched her wing.  “I, I've been through worse..”

As Celestia felt the extent of her injuries, Starlight's mind was focused on finding the alicorn responsible.

“Princess, where can we find Fury Flight?” She asked as she walked away from the princess and surveyed the damage.

At this, Celestia started to faulter, but answered Starlight's question.  “Starlight, Fury is taking his refuge in a cave in the Smokey Mountains to the north..”

“The Smokey Mountains are a three days hard gallop, how are we supposed to get there before he comes back and finishes the job?” Starlight asked, but before Celestia gave her an answer, Discord interrupted.

“Then thank Celestia that I, Discord, the Master of Chaos, Lord of Lawlessness, Duke of Disharmony”

“Discord, we get it, now get on with it!” Trixie snapped.

“Oh, very well, I could just pop us over there, and then just pop myself back and watch over Celestia until you two free Twilight and Princess Luna,” Discord said as he snapped his claws.

“Thank you for the offer Discord, but you will be needed in the mountains as well, as you will help Starlight get her magic back,” Celestia said as she rose to her hooves.  “I'll be fine, really I will..”

“Very well Princess, we'll do this your way,” Discord said as he snapped his claws and a brown army coat complete with helmet and boots appeared on the three friends.  “Come on girls! Let's go save the world!!” He said as he and the two unicorns disappeared.





Twilight awoke to see her new surroundings.  She was in a cell of some kind, closed off from the other part of the room by thick steel bars.  Her mane was soaked with her own sweat as she could feel the heat from something outside.  She tried to use her magic to pry the bars apart, but the bars sat quietly judging her as she concentrated on them.

“My magic..” she whispered, hoping that she didn't alert a guard.  She heard the sound of a few pebbles falling and slowly turned to see her cellmate.  She was relieved when she saw that it was none other that Princess Luna.

“Princess!!!  You're alive!” Twilight screamed as she ran and hugged the princess of the night, who was in a state of shock about being touched.

“Yes Twilight Sparkle, we are alive, for now..”

“What do you mean?” Twilight asked fearfully.

“Why do you think we are here Twilight Sparkle? We are not damsels in distress, nor princesses that get kidnapped on a daily basis.. we are rulers, strong and full of pride, and therefore we are targets of others who want us dead..”

“Or.. you are simply important to me..” came the deep voice of a stallion.

“Hello.. Fury Flight,” Luna said with hatred in her voice.

“Oh come sister, don't be like that..”

“Your no kin of mine.. my brother died long ago,” Luna said with a saddened tone.

“Wait, You're her brother!!!” Twilight exclaimed.

“I am, or rather, was…”

“Why… why are you doing this, and don't give us that balance speech,” Luna said as she opened her wings and stared down her brother.

Fury's body language changed, he was no longer the cocky and powerful villain, but a weak and broken soul.

“I wasn't always like this,” he said just barely over a whisper, “and I wasn't stained with this mark..” he said as he pointed to his cutie mark.  “I was once a proud and noble prince, like you two, but then it all was taken from me..”

“By who?” Twilight asked, trying to figure out her enemy.

“The draconequi… they took my friends and my family… and turned them into monsters… and so, with a heavy heart, I banished them to a small dimension far from here.”

“Is that it? That's why you turned bad?” Twilight said with a little aggravation in her voice.

“No… but it was the beginning of my downfall..” he answered as he walked to the edge of the cell and looked in, “it was a dark day, and I was lost in more ways than one, when I heard a voice, calling to me from around a bend.  When I followed, I found an orb of energy, brighter than the sun.  It beckoned me to look within the cave behind it, where I would find what I was searching for..”

“And what might that of been?” Luna asked.

“Peace, and a way to undo my mistake….  when I entered, I found an alicorn within, with a broken horn.  He told me that if I helped him fix his horn, he would give me my heart's greatest desire, and so I helped him.  When I finished my work however, I was granted with this mark, and enough power to never make my mistake again..”

Twilight stood up and slowly walked to the edge of the cell and placed a hoof on one of the bars in front of Fury.  “It sounds like you really needed a friend, and I would love to fill the position,” she said with a tear trickling down her cheek.

Fury began to smile, and placed his own hoof on a bar, opposite to Twilight's.

“Twilight Sparkle… I knew that you were important, but I always thought that Celestia held her spirit, but now,” he said as he began to cackle, “I see you clearly… Helia..”

“What? What do you mean?” Twilight asked fearfully, not really wanting the answer.

“What do I mean?” Fury said with another cackle, “has your life ever been too good, like everything just fell into place?”

“Well, n-now that you mention it, some of my life has happened that way, all by coincidence though,” Twilight answered squeamishly.

Fury now began to let out a full laugh, and stared at Twilight with piercing blue eyes.  “Coincidence you say? There isn't such a thing… Helia..” 

“Stop calling me that name, my name is Twilight Sparkle!”

“Maybe in this life, but you have lived countless lives over the years, waiting for me to return, haven't you Helia?” Fury said as he made a broad smile.

“I don't understand what you're talking about!!”

“Then allow me to explain,” Fury said as a small spark of magic popped from his horn and traveled to Twilight's.  “A memory spell so to speak, to help you remember…”

Twilight's mind was flooded with images of times long forgotten, and memories she didn't know she had.  All the memories brought her back to a point, where she saw an alicorn, bright green, and chaotic to the very core.  “Caspian…” she whispered.

Luna began to look at Twilight with awe as she heard the name spoken.  “Caspian the Chaotic, the chaos bringer… here..”

Fury began to laugh as he turned away from the cell and walked towards what appeared to be the front of the cave.  “It would seem that I have finally won, my enemy is locked away, and I can finally attend to the rest of my plan!” He said as he began to laugh.

As he looked to the edge of the cave, he could make out the shadow of three coming to face him, to try and bring back harmony to his chaotic world…