Astria
The little alien, Kolsol and the alicorn, Alexander, were enthusiastically strolling down one of the many hallways that were located inside the capital building, their feet hitting the hard, metallic floor. The duo was heading towards the spacecraft hangar, going past aliens of multiple races along the way. Each and every one of the beings greeted the red alicorn and the zubrik, earning nods and waves from the two colleagues. Alexander was looking forward to visiting his homeland once again, for it has been over one thousand years since he has last been there.
"So, Alexander, which planet are you going to save this time?" joked Kolsol, poking fun and looking at the happy red alicorn. Alexander turned his head to face the green alien, his grin widening ever so slightly. The red alicorn slowed down and, eventually, came to a complete stop, making the programmer follow suit and end his path as well.
"You won't believe this, but I finally get to visit my homeland, Equestria!" exclaimed Alexander, turning his whole body to face his companion, surprising the short alien immensely. The red alicorn told Kolsol multiple times that he was banished from his native country and, by extension, the planet by some god of chaos who bared the name Discord.
The programmer smiled, feeling immensely happy for his companion. Kolsol can't even begin to imagine how much pain the thousand-year-old being has felt due to getting unfairly torn away from his home, family, and life. But nevertheless, the zubrik was a bit worried about his companion's well being and, in a way, for the alicorn's life.
"I'm glad that you are going to visit your planet, but is this 'Discord' the whole reason behind your trip?"inquired Kolsol, asking a seemingly harmless question. However, much to the programmer's surprise, Alexander dropped his broad grin and turned around, restarting his initial trajectory after flicking his tail. The green alien blinked twice and began sprinting towards his friend, catching up with him in a timespan of a few seconds. The zubrik was afraid that he had accidentally hurt Alexander's feelings.
"The whole reason behind my trip, Kolsol, is that Equestria is under attack by that bastard and some other villain. Could you also ask the workers to bring some capsules that contain food, water, and supplies? Something tells me that they may do some unspeakable damage to the planet and it's inhabitants." asked the red alicorn, making his companion nod. The thousand - year - old being did not want to see his motherland get destroyed by those two villains, but alas, the stallion knew that he would have to help rebuild Equestria after his battle with Discord and Lord Tirek.
"We need supply capsules containing food, water, medicine and building robots to be brought to the 'Blue Kraken'." asked Kolsol, activating the small microphone that was sitting on his ear. The green alien received a response instantaneously, which made him grin. Kolsol was glad that they are going to load up the ship with the capsules and use them to help another civilization, but most importantly, the programmer was happy that he didn't hurt his friend's feelings.
"Are you sure that you can beat both of them at once?" inquired the short alien, worried for Alexander's safety. The crimson alicorn told Kolsol multiple stories about his adventures and the powerful opponents he had faced and beat, but the programmer had this feeling in his gut that the trip to Equestria could be the final one for the 1000-year-old being.
"I'm positive. I'd like to think of it as facing... A childhood bully, if you will. I've been preparing to battle the god of chaos for a millennium, Kolsol, I think that I am about as ready as I can be."grinned Alexander, attempting to reassure his friend. The duo eventually made it to the door that leads towards the space ship hangar. When the red alicorn and Kolsol made it to the door, a camera popped out of a hatch and began scanning the two beings, shining a green light over them.
'ACCESS GRANTED.' announced the machine in a robotic voice, allowing the duo to make it past the obstacle. The door slid upwards, allowing Alexander and the programmer to enter the hangar. Kolsol began leading the way now, with the alicorn following behind, eager to see this ship himself. Both of them passed through some guards, receiving a salute from the wardens. The duo returned the gesture and, after a few moments, the green alien and Alexander made it to the specified means of transport. The male alicorn circled around the vessel, examining it's exterior profoundly.
In front of Alexander stood a round spacecraft that was supported by insectoid - like legs. The male alicorn noticed that the ship was noticeably smaller than the other space craft that has been residing in the hangar. Judging by the ship's design, Alexander deducted that the vessel was meant for bringing materials and additional aid to some civilizations. The red alicorn was quite satisfied with the vessel already, making him look at Kolsol and smile. Alexander noticed that it also had state of the art twin-barrel turrets built on it's sides, allowing the vessel to.
The red alicorn decided to enter the navy-blue ship by climbing the stairs that lead to the open door. Upon entering the ship itself, Alexander was greeted by a window that showed what was in front of the vessel. Below it and above the ship, there was a control panel with multiple buttons, switches, and levers. There were also a few screens that showed the spacecraft's condition, it's location in the universe and a screen that would show the face of the being that the red alicorn would communicate with while being on the ship.
Alexander turned around and saw a couple of beds, a refrigerator, a room that lead to the shower and the toilet, a small wardrobe that's used for storing clothing and weapons and a storage room. The red alicorn grinned and turned around, his gaze being focused on his companion once more. Kolsol‘s eyes met with Alexander's, making the zubrik return the warm grin.
"Alright, we just need to get the supplies, food and water, set the coordinates and that would be all!" commented the alicorn, bearing an ecstatic demeanor. But suddenly, Alexander remembered to grab one important thing, just in case if things go South. The red alicorn closed his eyes and began concentrating his magic. After a few seconds, Alexander disappeared out of the programmer's sight, surprising Kolsol...
Our hero appeared on the other side of the planet and, by extension, in a different building. The 1000-year-old being began walking down the corridor and, eventually, Alexander turned left. He was greeted by zubriks that were guarding the door which Alexander wanted to go through. Above the door, there was a yellow sign that said 'DANGEROUS WEAPONS AND ARTIFACTS, KEEP OUT!' .The two guards saw him and smiled, letting the red alicorn through without hesitation. Alexander smiled back and nodded, walking towards the heavily secured obstacle. Once again, a camera popped up from a hatch and began identifying the being that was in front of it.
'ACCESS GRANTED' announced a robotic voice, making the door open. The red alicorn barged into the room with the object closing behind him. He began walking past multiple items, eventually finding the item that he wanted. Alexander's horn got enveloped in a brilliant, crimson aura, with the box following suit. He began using his magic to bring the object closer to him. After doing so, the red alicorn grabbed the box with his hoof and teleported back to his ship.
"Had to grab this thing." announced Alexander, catching Kolsol's attention. The short alien turned around and saw his companion with some sort of box that was levitating near him. The red alicorn walked up to the wardrobe and opened it with his magic, putting the box into it and closing the piece of furniture's door.
"Alexander, what did you just grab?" asked the programmer, walking up to his companion. Alexander turned around and gave Kolsol a sly smile, making the programmer feel a bit uneasy.
"Oh, nothing... It's just... Insurance. Oh lookie there, the crates have arrived." said the red alicorn, pointing at the robots that were carrying crates full of capsules by air with his hoof, hoping to change the topic. The bots began descending and gently putting the boxes on the floor, not wanting to damage them. After the crates landed on the metallic surface, the robots began flying out of the ship. Alexander used his telekinesis to move the crates into the storage room, gently closing it afterwards.
"Alright, we just need to put the coordinates in and that is going to be it..." said the red alicorn, with a smile forming on his face afterwards...
-Tartarus-
The princess of friendship landed near Princess Luna, Cadance and Celestia with a loud thud, causing the other alicorns to look at her. Upon noticing what just happened, the princess had rather similar reactions. The pink alicorn began sobbing quietly, burying her face in her hooves. The dark blue mare hung her head in silence, tears forming in her eyes. The princess of the sun put her hoof on her mouth and began wailing, her foot muffling most of the generated noise.
"Twilight... what has he done to you?..." asked a heartbroken Princess Celestia, mortified at the sight before her. The princess of the sun wanted to help the purple alicorn - hug her, comfort her, heal her, soothe Twilight's pain, but she is unable to do anything! The white alicorn had no magic, her hooves were chained up and she could feel her strength slowly leave her body.
"I-I'm... Sorry.. *wheeze* Cel... estia... I ha...ve fai...led you...*cough* It's... all my fault..." spoke the princess of friendship, having major difficulties doing so. After hearing those words, Princess Celestia was overcome with even more misery than before and, in a sense, snapped. She began to move her hooves violently in an attempt to get closer to her former student and break the chains, but to no avail... The solar princess stopped trying to destroy the metallic cuffs thanks to calming down ever so slightly.
"No, Twilight, It's okay... It's me who has failed you... I've failed all of my little ponies that I've sworn to protect... I'm just a royal failure.." said a melancholy Princess Celestia, her voice filled with anguish. When suddenly, two equine creatures landed on the platform, making the alicorns worried. Both of them had pegasi wings, red, glowing eyes, fangs, a mane and a tail that resembled a fire and a grey coat. Both of the creatures began making their way towards Twilight Sparkle, making the other mares give the duo a pleading look.
"No... Please... Don't..." begged the princess of the sun, her pleading gaze focused on these Tartarus workers. The beings, however, paid no attention to the white alicorn and continued walking towards the semi-conscious princess. Upon making it closer to the purple alicorn, the duo materialized chains that were meant for the princess of friendship. They began to slowly apply them, meeting next to no resistance from the once determined Twilight Sparkle. When suddenly, much to everyponies' surprise, the two beings began to heal the purple alicorn, removing some of her wounds and giving the purple alicorn a bit of energy.
After finishing applying the chains and throwing the princess of friendship a bone, one of the demonponies created a magic orb that showed the current state of Equestria. The demonponies turned around and spread their wings, taking off from the cold, stone floor and flying towards the neighbouring platform. Princess Cadance, Luna and Celestia were relieved that Twilight Sparkle is going to survive and not die from her wounds. The mares began looking at the orb in front of them, seeing Lord Tirek discuss something with Discord. The princesses became even more upset at the thought of loosing their beloved countries and ponies to the two villains.
"What do we do now, Tia?" asked the princess of the night, glancing at her big sister. Princess Luna was disturbed by the white alicorn's hollow gaze, being the first time the blue mare has seen her like this. Princess Celestia began to slowly turn her head and eventually, her eyes met with blue alicorn's. The princess of the sun was rather close to breaking down mentally, after all of these years...
"Nothing, Luna, Nothing... Only a miracle can save Equus now..." replied the immortal mare, her sullen gaze leaving her little sister. Princess Luna frowned in sadness and turned to face the princess of love, who was still crying her eyes out, but not with the same intensity as before. She was really devasted due to losing her husband, Flurry Heart, and her kingdom. The princess of the night sighed and turned around to look at Twilight Sparkle, who was laying on the ground, passed out from exhaustion.
'At least I still have you girls with me...' though Princess Luna, closing her watery eyes. The princess of the night sat on the ground and gently placed her head on the cold floor, slowly drifting off to sleep...
*Equestria, Ponyville*
"So, first thing's first, we need to announce that I-Er... I mean we rule Equestria..." said Lord Tirek, attempting to make a sound course of actions. The centaur was flying towards Canterlot's royal castle at a great speed with his 'friend', Discord, right beside him. The draconequus was rather silent after witnessing the brutality that Lord Tirek had displayed earlier.
"I also need you to create some... slave drivers, guards, police ponies and executioners, just for keeping the inhabitants of our kingdom under control... When will you create them?" asked the centaur, hoping that Discord would go through with his plan soon. The draconequus looked up and glanced at Lord Tirek, looking rather annoyed with his companion.
"I can create them at any moment..." responded the spirit of chaos nonchalantly, earning a nod from the evil centaur. The duo eventually made it to the capital of Equestria, landing near the magnificent building in which the princesses used to reside. Lord Tirek noticed a couple of Celestia's and Luna's Royal Guards laying on the hard pavement, still trying to recover from the magical drain. The evil centaur grinned and looked directly at Discord, his malicious gaze meeting the spirit of chaos' yellow eyes.
"Change of plans. I think it may be time to... create these beings, don't you agree dear friend?" asked the evil centaur, causing the draconequus to sigh in regret. Discord snapped his fingers, creating a couple of chaos ponies as a result. The creations wore brown peaked hats, which had an emblem in the middle of said headgear. The badge was a metallic cut out of Lord Tirek's face, horns and beard. The police ponies were comprised of multiple pony species - unicorns, earth ponies and pegasi. Upon noticing the Royal Guard members, the black sunglasses and brown shirt wearing ponies began making their way towards the Night and Day guard.
Eventually, the group of guards managed to partially recover and get up on all four hooves.. The stallions' and mares' eyes were now fixated on the upcoming chaos ponies. The captain of the royal guard, Shining armor, began glaring at these new opponents. The stallions and mares entered fighting positions, preparing for the worst outcome...
"Don't create anymore... Let's see just how good these things are." said the evil centaur, monitoring the police ponies with a curious demeanor. The new earth ponies lunged at the royal guardsmen, surprising everypony with their speed. Most of the soldiers barely had any time to react, resulting in them getting pinned to the ground. After which, the police ponies began their relentless assault on the downed stallions and mares - throwing a powerful barrage of punches with their front hooves, with every thrown attack connecting.
The pale brown pegasi spread their wings and took off, flying towards the stallions and mares, hoping to knock them off the bridge. The batponies and royal pegasi noticed what was going on and took action immediately - blasting off at a great speed towards their opponents. The group managed to intercept almost all of these creations, much to Lord Tirek's annoyance. The unicorns began shooting magic blasts that were aimed towards the combatants in an attempt to take down the batponies and pegasi.
The white stallion fought valiantly, successfully fighting on par with one of the earth ponies. The creation threw a powerful punch that connected with Shining Armor's cheek. The captain recovered quickly and grinned after witnessing an opening in his opponent's fighting style. The white unicorn went on an offensive - throwing two quick attacks with his hooves that managed to connect, catching the opponent off balance.
After the initial success, captain Shining Armor quickly turned around and kicked his opponent with his back hooves, nailing the chaos pony straight in it's sunglasses, breaking the object immediately and blowing off most of the creation's top head.
After supposedly taking down the chaos pony, Shining Armor looked around and noticed that the royal guard was fairing very poorly. Angered by this, the white unicorn lunged towards one of the creations that was beating down one of the pinned royal guards. Shining Armor head-butted the chaos pony, sending it flying off the bridge.
"T-thank you..." said the earth pony, having difficulties giving up. The captain gave Flash Sentry a nod and turned around, noticing the pony who's head he partially blew off with his kick. He stared at the captain with glowing, orange eyes, regenerating the missing piece. After witnessing the self-healing police pony, the white unicorn began getting nervous about the whole ordeal. This scene made Lord Tirek and Discord grind in delight, knowing that these creations are capable of regeneration.
The chaos pony that captain Shining Armor knocked off the bridge jumped climbed back up and jumped at the unsuspecting captain, catching him off guard. The white unicorn got pinned by the pale brown earth pony, allowing the attacker to assault the prince. Though, fortunately for the captain, a tangelo pegasus rammed himself into the police pony, sending the creature rolling down the bridge. Upon realizing who his savior was, Shining Armor grinned. Spearhead's gaze met the white unicorn's, making the airborne pegasus return the grin.
When suddenly, one of Spearhead's wings got blasted with a dark purple beam of magic. The stallion cried out in agony and began falling towards the ground with a great speed, making the captain uneasy. Shining Armor tried to run up to his wounded friend, but got jumped by two earth ponies that knocked him down and began chaining him up. The police ponies knocked out the captain of the Royal Guard with a hard blow to the back of the head. Shining Armor fell hard to the ground, his unconscious body laying there peacefully.
"They seem to be rather weak, could you make them more dangerous?" inquired the evil centaur, earning a glance from the spirit of chaos. Discord nodded in annoyance and snapped his fingers, coating all of his creations in a yellow aura. After the changes were done, the creatures became stronger, faster, more intelligent, fiercer and more proficient with using their magic. Lord Tirek noticed this change and smirked maliciously, rubbing his hands together.
After the police ponies knocked out and chained up the remaining royal guard members, the evil centaur ordered them to bring the unconscious ponies to the dungeon for imprisonment and torture. The chaos ponies began following through with their order quite religiously, much to the evil centaur's delight. Lord Tirek patted Discord on the back and chuckled.
"Good job.“ Commented the evil centaur, changing the spirit of chaos‘ mood a little bit. The draconequus grinned and began creating even more ponies for their personal use...