//------------------------------// // Canterlot - A Capital In Flames // Story: Spike Dorcha // by Dragon-In-Black //------------------------------// Ever since the death of Speedy and Fancy Pants, there had been several attempted bombings on princess Twilight Sparkle's life. Spike's Liberation Front had made Canterlot into their little playground. The city was now known throughout Equestria as; The Capital Of Terrorism. Several ponies who believed that Spike is guilty had been found dead across Equestria. Spike himself was preparing for war. Although, he knew he would win because of the military power he had, and he also knew that Equestria would fall either way. He also needed to see a doctor. Spike had started to have hallucinations about a pony named; The Pony Of Shadows. Spike knew who it was, but Shadow Pony was in limbo and it is impossible to escape limbo. Spike probably needed some pills to fix it for him and then he'd be back to normal. Currently, there was a mare by the name of Dazzling Bell, who was on her way to the gates of the castle of Canterlot. She had a saddle bag on her back, and she had a dark look on her face. She was planning a bombing that would hopefully kill princess Twilight Sparkle. The princess of idiocy was hiding together with her friends in Canterlot. The bombings that had happened had started become a daily accurance. Ponyville could be said to belong to the Badlands. The whole town was now under a dictatorship run by Pipsqueak. The CMC supported it fully, and the other students from the school also supported it. The ones who didn't believe Spike was guilty lived in luxury. They were all rich, and didn't have to worry about money. The ones who did believe he was guilty, were arrested without being given an explanation. Those ponies were used as slaves. The Crystal Empire was seen as the second capital city of Badlands. Spike being the King or to some extent dictator, was seen as the head ruler of their glorious nation. Princess Cadance and prince Shining Armor were seen as secondary rulers. Although, the crystal ponies themselves only seem to see Spike as the official ruler. The children from the Crystal Ponies had started to teach themselves how to sing, and were singing songs about Spike's victories. Spike's Liberation Front and Spike's Republican Youths had been classified by the Equestrian government as terrorist groups. Although, in Ponyville, they were seen as the soldiers of Spike himself. Dazzling Bell was gonna sneak inside the castle, and hopefully find the right room. The royal guards were all over the place, except the night guards as they are supporters of his majesties. She stopped quickly at a small bench and drank a potion that would make herself invisible. With the help of the potion, she could hopefully make one of the biggest news to the world. A bombing that will live on forever and ever! Spike’s Liberation Front and Spike’s Republican Youths will go down in history. She placed the potion bottle in her bag as she started sneaking around the castle. She used binoculars to make sure the guards didn’t do anything funny. She had hawk eyes on them as she continued onwards towards the castle. The guards were keeping a lookout, for the mare herself. It was the night guards patrolling, and Dazzling Bell didn’t have to worry. She just needed to pass the checkpoint and she’d be solid. She still had to be careful though, as she did not want to wake up the goddess of the sun. She wasn’t afraid of her, she was willing to die for her leader. It was she wanted to die as a hero; killing princess Twilight Sparkle in the process. She casually walked up to a night guard who had gotten orders by princess Luna to help a mare who was gonna do the atrocity. The night guard had glorious night themed armor on him, and had bat wings. He was a bat-pony. “I am here,” Dazzling Bell said, in a serious voice. The bat-pony’s ears perked up, and nodded. He had heard that he was gonna hear a voice that would lead to the princess’ room. He turned around and started walking, being quickly followed by Dazzling Belle. The hallways were long and powerful looking. It had really been a thousand years… She passed by the glass windows that contained all of the main six’ victories along with Spike The Brave And Glorious’. When she saw it, she quickly gave a walking salut, as she saw how he was reaching for the Crystal Heart. She continued to follow the bat-pony, as he led her to the deeper parts of the castle. They had reached the bedrooms and the bat-pony pointed towards a door that had a diamond lock on it. The bat-pony flew back to his position to pretend like he had been there the whole time. Although, his colleagues already knew what he had done. What they needed to do now was implant a memory there to make it look real. Dazzling Bell opened up her bag and she started to dig right in. The rooms in the castle were usually locked by the princess’ or other ponies themselves, and Dazzling Bell knew that the princess of betrayal had locked her door. Dazzling Belle and her group stationed in the Crystal Empire, had used magic to make sure that she could sneak inside without being detected by the princess. Dazzling Belle pulled out a tube, and aimed it right at the keyhole. She had put in a much more effective version of cyanide. It was expensive and very dangerous to use. She pressed a green button, and the cyanide slowly but surely, started flowing up towards the aiming point. It started melting the whole lock and it made Dazzling Bell smile widely. She had thought about the possibility of somepony waking up to the terrible stench, but luckily the cyanide had a tendency of playing games with ponies and different creatures. It smelled like lavender, and it smelled nice. After Dazzling Bell felt happy, she turned off the machine and she started to carefully open the door. The dim light that was lighting up the room a little bit, revealed a large bed with a living room. There was an open door that led to the bedroom and Dazzling Spell headed for the room quietly. She didn’t make a sound as she approached the bedroom and she was sure as Spike The Brave And Glorious, gonna make it out. She peeked inside the bedroom and saw princess Twilight Sparkle sleep wistfully, as she had no idea that tonight would be her last night alive. Dazzling Bell walked up to the side, and crouched down. She pulled off her saddle bag very carefully. She placed it on the ground, and zipped it open. It revealed a bomb that was currently turned off at the moment. Dazzling Bell turned it on and put it on for five minutes. Dazzling Bell got up from her crouched state and looked at the princess of cowardice. “You have finally made your last mistake.” Dazzling Bell said, as she quietly walked out of the room and exited into the hallway. She started smirking, and couldn’t help herself from cackling like a mad mare. She would make her leader proud of her! Dazzling Bell had just left the castle when she heard a: BOOM Ponies started to scream left and right. The night guards pretended to be competent when in reality, they belong to Badlands. Dazzling Bell decided to wait and hear what the doctors would say. She wanted to know if she succeeded in her mission. All of a sudden, a medical stallion ran out of all the stone rumble that had been made by the explosion. He looked completely devastated. “Princess Twilight Sparkle, is dead. They killed her!!” The stallion shouted, as he started to wail that they had lost one of their rulers. Off in the distance, stood Dazzling Bell with a smirk on her face. Her mission was complete. There was no reason to stay anymore. Equestria lost a dear friend, sister, ruler, and most important of all: element bearer of magic. How were the ponies going to survive with terrorist groups on the loose? But do they want them to be stopped?