//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Moon is Gone // Story: The Destruction of Equestria // by Deathstroke3170 //------------------------------// The Destruction of Equestria: Unicron has come Twilight Sparkle was so happy, her insides were filled to the brim with excitement as she was brought to Celestia’s personal stargazing equipment. It was the most powerful telescope in the whole of Equestria and she couldn’t wait to stare at the stars. The telescope was set up on the balcony of Celestia’s room where it was one of the highest points in Canterlot apart from Luna’s room, in which she instead used her vantage point to create the night sky. Twilight had originally asked Celestia to borrow one of the observatory telescopes for a scientific report on the sky in the name of astronomy, but when she asked Celestia, she let out a laugh. “Twilight, since you are my personal and my favourite student, you are allowed to use my personal telescope which is the best in the whole of Equestria, I haven’t used it much in recent times with royal duties being such a hoof-full” Celestia said, “Anyhow would you like to use it now as it is nearing dusk and you need time to prepare?” “Would I ever!” Twilight replied almost shouting with excitement. “Follow me then,” Celestia said, trotting her way to her chambers. “Why are we going to your chambers?” Twilight asked, climbing a set of stairs. “Have a guess Twilight,” Celestia said, opening her chamber doors. “Oh, I know…because it’s the highest vantage point in Canterlot,” Twilight said. “Right you are, then you didn’t have to ask in the first place,” Celestia teased. “True,” Twilight blushed in embarrassment. “It's just on the balcony, right now I need some shut eye, if you need me come get me,” Celestia said relaxing herself on her comfy bed. “Alright, Princess,” Twilight said. “Remember Twilight, no need for formalities,” Celestia said. “Right Princess,” Twilight said before realising what she had said, smacking her head in the process. Celestia giggled at the now pink hoof mark on her face before giving Twilight a nice warm steamed towel to comfort her. Twilight thanked her and neared the telescope, the strange device looked confusing to the normal pony eye, but to Twilight it was simple science of reflection and refraction and mirrors. She looked up to the sky, the sun slowly falling beneath the horizon it’s beauty glistened and dazzled and sparkled in the sky the stars slowly appearing. But what surprised her was that there was no moon. “That’s weird,” Twilight said, waiting for the moon to appear but nothing happened, she waited some more, pacing to and fro on the balcony before she couldn’t wait anymore and knew something wasn’t right and barged inside the chambers. Inside she didn’t even realise that Luna had come in, there were tears down her face as she was being hugged by Celestia. Twilight became very confused, as her brain shifted into high gear trying to work out what had happened but came up with only basic outcomes. Being that Luna hadn’t been able to lift the moon up and was crying because she would be mistaken for being Nightmare Moon again and take the blame. All something along the lines of that, as Celestia saw her. “Twilight would you please sit down, there are some things we need to talk about,” Celestia said gently. “It is about the moon that’s missing, isn’t it,” Twilight asked sitting down, then Luna eyes began to widen and she buried her head into Celestia soft white wings. “Yes it does, Luna was trying to lift the moon if not 10 minutes ago, but nothing has come up, it is as if the connection to the moon has been severed,” Celestia said, hugging Luna. “Have you tried to lift the moon up?” Twilight asked, thinking about the possibilities. “I have not tried but I feel that the power to overcome the connection to the moon is a very powerful magic user,” Celestia said in concern, as she concentrated, her horn glowing with power before it fizzed out. “That’s strange, I have not experienced this before,” Celestia said, looking up at the night sky, darkness was all she saw through the balcony. “This even frightens me,” Twilight looked up to her mentor, teacher, and princess, her eyes widening at the fear that Celestia had in her eyes. The dilated pupils terrifying Twilight as she had not seen anything like it before. To her recollection, Celestia was and has been considered a goddess to the lands of Equestria, but to see her like this was terrifying her. “Celestia, is everything alright?” Twilight stuttered. “No…it can’t be,” Celestia whispered almost inaudible to everyone in the room. “What was that?” Twilight said craning her neck in confusion. “You promised!” Celestia cried out, as she looked up to the skies, her tears falling down her face. “What is it sister?” Luna asked still sniffling. “He is coming…” Celestia said. “Who is coming?” Twilight asked. “Unicron is coming,” Celestia said collapsing onto the floor, her body going into shock, whimpering on the ground. Unicron, Lord of Chaos, The Chaos Bringer, The Destroyer and Planet-Eater. Names given to him as he destroyed countless civilisation, his quantum computers telling him the vast universe so far has been reduced by 22.56% from his own doing. Unicron’s computer telling him of the nearby solar system which only consisted of a moon, sun, and a planet. It was one of a kind and he knew everything about it already, “EQUESTRIA!” Unicron boomed, as he neared the system. His quantum computers whirling as, like memories, the data files about Equestria, the video file, loaded on to his screens, the first contact with Equestria. It was another day and another night had gone by and it was back before the ages of Celestia and Luna. Their parents, King Sol and Queen Eclipse ruled in peace and harmony, their everlasting rule seemed like it could last for an eternity but it was when the shadow covered the Sun, in which changed the whole history of Equestria. Unicron had appeared, his ominous features frightening everypony and creature on the world and was ready to devour the planet. But it was King Sol and Queen Eclipse who sacrificed themselves in order to protect the world with duty and honour. Beamed up towards the mouth of Unicron leaving a despaired child, Celestia, and Starswirl the Bearded holding on to her while also holding the carriage for Luna. Celestia cried out for her parents for days on end, looking up to the sky waiting for them to come back but they never did. King Sol and Queen Eclipse leaving a will for their two daughters, for the kingdom to be left to them when the time is right and the whole truth of what had happened. For Unicron, he had left the planet with the Alicorns inside as prisoners, heralds and batteries, using them till their last breath promising that he will not harm Equestria in anyway but as they died without food he absorbed the magic within them. To him it was not magic, it was energy, more specifically it could be converted into energon. He didn’t need energon to sustain himself, it was only used for devastating weapons which he could use. And he didn’t care about the pathetic lives of ponies, they were very much beneath him. *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfcmin_p7xs Unicron theme Beginning* The system told him he was nearing the moon of the solar system, the moon in which Nightmare moon was banished, the computer had a recording of the events and placed the evidence together, informing the truth to Unicron. There was a civilisation of moon ponies on which Nightmare Moon had conquered in her time of 1000 years of banishment. His beam activated, reaching the moon as he drew closer to the planet. The moon ponies had no idea what was coming as the society continued normally, before, when Nightmare Moon had conquered them in the first place, they were ruled by an iron hoof, terrified to act against her. After her ruling they created a whole democracy, in which everything was put fairly, with very little corruption. The time on the moon was much different as the days and nights were very shot compared to Equestria and this confused everyone as a shadow passed over them as it had only just been morning. The sun was blotted out of the sky and this caused everypony to stop what they were doing, the foals stopped playing games, the adult ponies stopped working and as they looked up, they all fell into despair as they saw the giant mandibles of Unicron coming closer ready to crush. The shadow crawled over the moon as the ponies quickly fled, running in panic looking for a place to hide as they thought that Nightmare moon had returned. Some knew it was the inevitable and started hugging each other in a tight embrace while others went inside the basements of their houses. The beam of golden light blinding ponies as they were slowly lifted towards the hole, the gravity non-existent as the ponies tried to fly away, or grab onto anything, hanging on for dear life. The claws reached the surface of the moon, driving itself into the surface of the moon, creating a dust cloud as it tore through the rock and metal. The civilisation that had lasted for millions of years crumbled as the moon shook. The claws retracting slowly to the maw to Unicron, as the ponies that had survived the first onslaught witnessed something horrific as if the planet had grown a mouth. Metal panels opened up revealing rings of metal sharp and razors as the pincers slowly brought the moon to the maw of the planet. The maw chomped down breaking the surface of the planet into more pieces, chewable sizes for the goliath planet as ponies lost hope. The sizable chunks moving through the digestive system of Unicron, the chomping metal circles of death crushing and compounding down the debris in to a slushy like mixture. The moon ponies had all been wiped out, the liquid moving through multiple tubes, electrifying and converting the contents into energon. The energon coursing through Unicron’s body, like food it helped speed everything up, illuminating the ring around Unicron. And Unicron satisfied with the destruction of the moon he made his way towards Equestria. With the moon now destroyed, Unicron knew it would cause pain to Luna as she was now the heir of the moon and he was right. During the day something had snapped inside Luna, she had grimaced in heavy pain waking up with a sweat but later it subsided, to Luna she had thought it was just stomach pain. But what she didn’t realise was that her starry mane had started to lose its lustre and she was now becoming lighter in shade. *End Song* “Buck,” Luna whispered, readying a lightning shock, knowing that her sister had done this once before under really extreme pressure and stress. She let it go shocking Twilight as Celestia stopped, shaking and shook her head. “Thank you sister,” Celestia said. “I needed that, I must tell you of the story of what has transpired, we do not have much time,” And Celestia told them everything about Unicron, the death of her parents and the promise crying at the most part. Luna was shocked to hear the majority of it, as she was not told about the reason the death of her parents, she looked at Celestia with tears in her eyes, trying to comprehend everything. Twilight looked at her mentor astonished by her past and started crying as she heard the past, the heartache that Celestia had felt must have changed her forever. “How could you?!” Luna cried out, “Why would you hide it from me? All this time I thought our parents died a peaceful death but this, A SACRIFICE TO A PLANET!” “I’m sorry Sister, it was the only way to keep you sane, I didn’t want to tell you about this burden I hold, I am the eldest and I didn’t want you to be depressed, you don’t know how long it took to get over the fact that our parents died at the hands of a monster.” Celestia said collapsing on to the floor in a heap, “I am so lost now, he is coming and there is nothing we can do to stop him,” The guards burst through, making everypony jump. “Sorry, Princess, the citizens are getting restless, they are amassing in front of the gates wanting answers” the guards huffed, “What are you going to say Sister?” Luna questioned, “Everypony will blame me, for the disappearance of the moon and then I will be branded as Nightmare Moon again,” “The truth, they all must know the truth, lies cannot hide this in anyway,” Celestia said solemnly looking at Luna, Luna sighed and walked towards the balcony with Celestia and Twilight. They flexed their wings and soared to the main balcony in which everypony was in front of the gates. Majority wanting answers, while others were in fear. “Open the gates guards,” Celestia ordered, “But Princess!” The guard said, “No buts Soldier,” Luna sighed as the gates golden glint were slowly opened as everyone poured through the gap and waited patiently in in the main courtyard ready for the news. The citizen ponies stared at their Alicorn princesses, wondering what was wrong with the moon. Some looked towards Luna who was not in her form of Nightmare Moon which made a few sigh and relaxed. Others looked towards Twilight, the recently new Princess, they saw Twilight's concerned face, especially her friends who knew by the look of her worried face that something was up. And the majority looked towards their ruler Celestia as she looked back towards them formulating a speech to say.