//------------------------------// // Canterlot Under Fire // Story: The Revenge of the Bluebloods // by efug25g //------------------------------// At Canterlot right after Princess Celestia used her magic to raise the sun in the morning, her sister Princess Luna went back into Celestia's Royal Chambers to rest up for the next night. As Celestia made her way down to the Memorial Gardens, along with her current bodyguard, Gladius Strife. Celestia never forgot the day were she had to bid farewell to her beloved student turned Princess and destined heir to the Equestrian Throne. As Celestia see Twilight help save Equestria move than once, she always believed that Twilight could help change Equestria, into the dawn of a new age of Democracy where every pony and creature could live in happiness, harmony, and in friendship. Unfortunately, not every pony is having it. Right under her nose, Celestia suffered horribly when she learned that the evil Equestrian nobles killed her beloved student and daughter-figure out of the blue. Even though Celestia had them all executed and wished to enforce all of Twilight's reforms to the fullest, it slowly became her downfall. Despite this, Luna convinced Celestia to move on and Gladius helped comfort the sun princess every time she breaks down from so much stress and hate from her insensitive subjects at Canterlot. Every year, after Twilight's death, Celestia goes down to the Memorial Gardens to pay her respects to the one noble pony that she had complete faith in, Princess Twilight Sparkle. As Celestia looked down on Twilight's glass coffin, she could not help but still let out tears from her eyes in utter silence. She even though it's been years after Twilight's death, Celestia still can't stop thinking about Twilight day and night, even in her dreams, she still suffers without having Twilight seeking her guidance as co-ruler of Equestria. During this year, after spending one hour at Twilight's grave, Celestia heard something go "Boom" in the middle of the day. As Celestia unfurled her wings, she took up to the skies only to see a marauding army of invaders approach the gates of Canterlot. "Tia, are you seeing this?!" Luna asked as she busted her way out the observatory tower in the Canterlot Palace. "Yes I am, sister." Celestia responded. "I knew its a matter of time before those dirty pricks will gain control of the armies of Unicornia!!" Luna grunted with anger. "I should've brought Amadeus to justice when I had the chance." "Well, if they're looking for a fight, we'll give them one they won't forget!!!" Celestia snarled as she raised the alarm with her magic shouting out orders to her guards in a Royal Canterlot voice. "EVERY PONY, WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!! MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS." As the armies of Unicornia reached to the walls of Canterlot, they unleashed a barrage of magic spells at the city's defenses at the Courtyard. Many ponies got blasted away from their towers and the outer walls. At the start of the attack, Solar guard ponies returned fire with their magic. As Celestia, Luna, Gladius, and a battalion of bat pony Night guards made their way through the city streets, they see small groups of ponies cowering in fear for their lives, while several isolated guard ponies were forced to fend for themselves as large groups of Unicornian soldiers came dropping in from the sky off their airships from above. Without hesitation, the Royal Sisters, Gladius, and their guard battalion blasted and fought their way through the Unicornian paratroopers, while getting every pony to safety. From shadowy corners within the city, a regiment of pony warriors appeared out of nowhere and attacked the invaders with might and magic, fighting alongside the armies of Equestria. Unlike the Solar Guard division and the Night Guard division, they were only wearing dark-blue cloaks. On their right front hoof, they bear the emblem of the Lunar Republic. At the courtyard, a 2nd division of Solar Guards were stationed in front of the Main Gate, preparing to repel any invaders that enter the courtyard. As soon as the Unicornian Main force got closer to the outer walls, they raised up ladders to scale the walls. The moment the Unicornians went up to the walls, they were met Equestrian Guards thrusting spears and swinging swords at the invaders. While the Unicornians and the Equestrians were fighting on top of the walls, Gladius Strife came up from the stairs and blasted several Unicornians off the walls with his magic. When Princess Celestia and Princess Luna reached the main gate, after fighting their way through the city streets with such heavy resistance, they leashed a huge shield barrier to ward off the invaders, buying the others enough time to escape the siege. The invaders on the walls and the Unicornian Paratroopers were pushed away from the Royal Sister's shield barrier, sending them flying away from the city. During the evacuation, Twilight Velvet and Night Light could not help but worry for Shinning Armour and his family's safety at the Crystal Empire. They happened to be Twilight's birth parents. Unfortunately, because they lost their daughter, Twilight Sparkle, to the evil nobles of Equestria, Velvet could not risk letting her second daughter anywhere near Princess Celestia. Despite Velvet raising her other daughter, Mystic Sparkle, on her own, Mystic ran away from home, leaving behind a note that made her and Night Light heart-broken again. Now that invaders started encroaching upon Equestria, the Sparkle Family feared that they will never see any more of their children again. Even though the shields over Canterlot were remaining intact, many of the other ponies in Canterlot do not know how long will it last. In just minutes, the evacuation area became crowded with pony refugees. Luna ordered some of her night guards to take control of the situation, while the Solar Guard Division helped stay on guard, in case any Unicornians infiltrated the city. As for Princess Celestia, she ordered some of her fillies belonging to Nobles on her side to evacuate to the Palace and ordered some of her messengers to send word to the other neighboring allies of the Griffons Kingdom and Yakyakistan for reinforcements. "Gladius, take a company of men and reinforce the main gate." Celestia ordered her soldiers. "Stag!! Send word to the Crystal Empire. Tell them that Unicornia has begun invading." "Yes, your highness!!!" Both of the Equestrian soldiers said acknowledging Celestia's orders. "Tia, what should we do??" Princess Luna asked her elder sister. "Well, we're going to have to hold the invaders off here. They're most likely coming after us than any pony else. Well, if it's us they want, then we're just going to have to distract them long enough to buy the rest of our subjects time to evacuate Canterlot for good." Celestia announced to her sister. "I probably need to warn Sunset Shimmer about this too." While Luna went off to give out orders to her guard ponies, Princess Celestia went to her Royal Chambers and took out a magic journal that has Sunset's cutie mark on the book's front cover. As Celestia used her magic to grab quill from a nearby shelf, she started writing down a message to Sunset Shimmer on the magic journal. "Dear Sunset Shimmer, I have some very bad news. Canterlot is under attack by an Invading Army of Unicornia. I'm telling you this because whatever you do, make sure they do not find the portal that leads to the alternate world that you're in. It could mean total disaster for both of us. However, if you still wish to make it up to me and to Twilight Sparkle, now it is the time. I still want to know if you're with us because those heartless nobles have just declared a civil war upon our doorstep. If you want in, please respond or show up as soon as possible. From, Princess Celestia." After Celestia is done writing, she puts away the magic journal back onto the bookshelf before she headed back at the Palace Square to help the other ponies evacuate Canterlot. At the other side of the evacuation area, Trixie Lulamoon was struggling to find her stuff that she left at the Canterlot Palace. Unfortunately, the Royal Guards stopped the light-blue unicorn from entering the Palace grounds and was being dragged back to the evacuation area without delay. As for Luna, she secretly summoned forth the warriors of the Lunar Republic inside the alleyways of Canterlot, among them was young maroon female Pegasus named Red Moon, a.k.a the Eclipse Breaker, the commander of the Lunar Republic. "Commander Red Moon, I want you to dispatch some of your men and help defend the other garrisons around Equestria with their lives and send word to the other LR teams about this impeding invasion." Luna ordered her LR Commanding Officer. "Remember to report back to me if anything bad happens out there when Unicornia is remaining at large." "Yes, your majesty!!" Red Moon acknowledged as the maroon pegasus saluted the night alicorn princess. "Lunar Republic Commandoes move out!!!" As Red Moon and her men went down to the sewers, they made they way to a secret exit that leads to the river. Princess Luna went to the Palace to help the medics treat the wounded guards that were fighting against the invaders at Canterlot's outer walls. As for Princess Celestia, she went up to the balcony of her Royal Chambers and looked towards the horizon of the Crystal Wastelands. In her mind, Celestia could not help but worry for her nephew, Princess Cadence, of her safety during the dark tide of the Civil War. As Fancy Pants approached the sun princess from behind, Celestia immediately snapped out of her thoughts. When she turned around to face Fancy Pants, Celestia sees him wearing his Lord's mantle and equipped himself with a saber and a round shield on his back. Behind Fancy Pants, Celestia sees several more of his friends wearing Noble combat armor and equipped with Lances. Before any pony could say anything, Fancy Pants makes a request for the sun princess. "Princess, we will like to fight alongside you during the siege of Canterlot." Fancy Pants requested. "This maybe a dangerous turn of events, but Canterlot is our home as well. If this city goes down and we go down, then we'll take those ruffians down along with us." After giving it some thought from what Fancy Pants said, Celestia reluctantly accepted his request, along with 20 of the other Loyalist Noble Families of Equestria, including their elder sons and daughters, all bled to fight for Equestria. Unbeknownst to most of the Nobles, however, Lord Copper Bronze was secretly making contact with Professor Felhand inside his office at the Bronze household which lies in the eastern section of Canterlot. As Copper Bronze went inside his office, he closed the doors behind him and took out a small, round portal-like device. With just one click, a small dark-green screen appeared before him, revealing the face of Felhand himself. "Hello, Lord Bronze. How's everything up there?" Felhand asked as he tried to follow up on Bronze. "The Royal Sisters casted a huge barrier around Canterlot." Bronze explained. "Me and my men will be stationed at Canterlot's gatehouse, waiting for the signal." "I know, Queen Majesty told me." Felhand acknowledged. "But no matter, I'll be bringing in the Nullifier Cannon in three days. Hold out until then and don't let any pony else catch a wind of our plan." "Understood, sir!!" Bronze replied with a salute before the small screen disappeared. After leaving his office, Bronze could not help if he's doing this for his family or not. However, he remembered that before Amadeus Blueblood left Equestria to sail to the Isles of Unicornia, he made a deal with the earth pony Noble to offer him 2,500 bits to keep them informed of what the Royal Sisters are planning. In fact, Amadeus left Bronze behind serve as a secret spy of the Unicornian Kingdom in exchange for the protection of the Bronze Noble Family. Because of how much money he received from Amadeus due to his hard work, Bronze was granted so many offers from the Bluebloods that he can't refuse, such as smuggling spies into the Equestrian borders and secretly helped the Bluebloods recruit mercenaries from all over Equestria. As he went outside to see the Royal Sisters help evacuate Canterlot through the tunnels, Bronze made a small smirk on his face, claiming that their plan of capturing Princess Celestia and Princess Luna will succeed. By helping his men infiltrate the city, Bronze insisted on showing Princess Luna the error of her ways for getting her nose into places where it doesn't belong. Back at the Canterlot Palace, Celestia stared over the city of Canterlto from her palace balcony. Beyond the horizon, Celestia sees other airships flying towards different cities in Equestria and unleashed a reign of fire in their wake. Unable to make contact with the other governors from the other cities, Celestia had no choice but to remain in Canterlot; hopefully they'll be able to end the war that the evil nobles have declared upon her beloved homeland. Before Celestia could do anything else, she sees a bright flash coming from the hallways of the Canterlot Palace. As she went to investigate, Celestia sees her former star student Sunset Shimmer appear out of the doorway, right where the portal leading to Canterlot High was.