Inside the tomb of Alicorns
As Midnight paced in front of her newly formed legion, she couldn’t help but think of all she could accomplish now. The kingdoms she could conquer. The armies she could defeat. She actually had a smile on her face as she thought about it. She was so close to getting her revenge on Celestia, Luna, and their pathetic “little ponies”. By the time she was done, all of Equestria would be completely bent to her will or reduced to atoms. Either way, she would be victorious. Anyone could see she was excited, very excited, but she didn’t care. How could she not be? She was finally about to achieve and gain everything she’s ever wanted. The best part? Once they were done, nobody would ever be able to stop them.
“With all due respect, could you stop pacing? We’re all excited.” Aria asks and surprisingly, Midnight does stop pacing.
She sighs and turns to her. “You’re.. right.” She says, surprising everyone, especially Astelle. She had never heard Midnight admit that someone else was right, not even her. But since she was in a good mood, it made sense. Midnight breathes in and out before looking around at her new army. “It’s time.. tonight is the night we take what belongs to us.. but there is only ONE warning I will give you.. Leave. Celestia. And Luna. To ME.” She says before noticing Astelle crossing her arms and glaring at her. She sighs in frustration then corrects herself. “I mean US.” She says, earning a smile from Astelle.
“Now, let’s go over the plan again. Cozy, Sombra, and Chrysalis will handle Flurry Heart, Cadance, Shining Armor, and Starlight. Storm King, and the Dazzlings, you all will handle the pillars of old and any backup that will be heading towards Canterlot. The Deathbolts will assist you.” She says and both teams nod. She then turns to the others. “Tirek, Frostbite, and Twivine. You will handle the Mane 6 and their little dragon friend.. I’ll even get an old friend of mine to help you.” She says, earning confused glances from them. She smirks and whistles loudly.
For a full minute, nothing happens.. until they all hear a roar and a giant black dragon with purple markings lands inside the tomb. She walks up to it and it lowers its head to her level and she pets it. “Nice to see you again boy.. seems you’ve gotten pretty slow while I’ve been away Huh?” She asks and the dragon gives a growl. “Oh hush you, I’m being honest. You’ve done better.” She says before turning to her army who is amazed at the giant, muscular, armored, evil looking dragon who growls at all of them until she shushes him.
“So.. who’s ready for some payback?” She asks and they all look at each other then smirk and she can’t help but smirk.. chuckling evilly. She then uses alicorn empathy to communicate with her soon-to-be dead rival.
“See you soon..”
“Celestia..”
As the familiar voice sounded off in her head, Celestia couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous. Midnight was coming and who knows when she’ll be here. What she did know was that if they weren’t prepared when she got here, they were done for. She sits down and sighs, holding her head and shaking it slowly.
She’s hated Midnight for a long time.. yet she still doesn’t have the guts to kill her.. and she doesn’t know why. Midnight turned Astelle against her and Luna, forced her to kill their own parents, tormented them for years, was the reason Luna became Nightmare Moon in the first place.. and now she’s taken her faithful student.. and she still wasn’t done with her. “Why.. why can’t I do it? Why can’t I just.. end her life?!” Celestia asks, slamming her fist down next to her, damaging the spot where she was sitting.
“Maybe you just need assistance sister.. you don’t have to face her alone.. if there’s one thing you taught me, it is that we’re stronger together than alone.” Luna says and Celestia looks up at her and nods before standing up.
“I think Snowdrop would be proud of how much you’ve grown.. I know I am.” She says and Luna smiles before embracing her sister in a hug. “I love you LuLu..” Celestia says with a smile and Luna freezes up before smiling more and looking up at her.
“I love you too Tia.” She says and they both sit there for a bit before walking outside, Celestia informing Luna that Midnight is on her way. Luna reveals that she already knows and that she’s already prepared everyone and evacuated the citizens with help from Twilight’s friends. Celestia nods and they both walk outside. It’s just them, Sunset, Starlight, Trixie, Tempest, The pillars of old, the royal guard, and the remainder of the mane 6. Oh, and Spike. There were also warriors from the other kingdoms. Dragons, led by Ember. Changelings, led by Thorax and Pharynx. Yaks, led by Prince Rutherford. Hippogriffs, led by Queen Novo. Even Griffons, who weren’t really led by anyone.. unless you count Gilda.
Rainbow Dash had requested it since with only her and 5 other Wonderbolts, it would be impossible to defend the skies. Especially if the Storm King was with them, which he most likely would be. And apparently when the magic had spread from the Mane 6's return, Gilda, just like almost every other creature in Equestria, had gotten special powers. Other than all that, everyone had armor on, ready to fight. Win or lose, they were ready for anything.. except for when they heard a noise and someone went to see what caused it, coming back with the cutie mark crusaders, the young 6 and Flurry Heart, who were definitely not supposed to be there.
After getting scolded, they all work together to finally explain themselves, stating that they refuse to leave since they didn’t want anyone else to get hurt, they didn’t care what it takes. They then show off their own powers and everyone is shocked.
Sandbar can project a green, transparent Timberwolf and have it fight with him. Kinda like Applejack's giant orange Ursa that she made during training.
Gallus can generate lightning and use it for combat and other purposes.
Smolder can turn way bigger to the point where she can be mistaken for an adult. She can also control fire whether she’s made it herself or whether there’s fire around her.
Ocellus can mimic the abilities of anyone close to her.
Silverstream can control water and even freeze it.
And last but not least, Yona, aside from being way stronger, had ice magic like a lot of the yaks now.
The cutie mark crusaders, as expected, had the same powers as their sisters, if only a little different. Just as everypony is about to send them back, they all hear a horn sound off that meant there was danger nearby. Everyone immediately goes on alert and gets ready for a fight. They hear another sound and see something in the distance. It turns out to be some sort of ball of dark magic heading towards Canterlot. Celestia takes the initiative and blasts it out of the sky, not waiting for it to hit them. As more come, the long distance fighters start destroying them before they can hit. This only works for so long before some of them start to hit Canterlot.
Soon it is revealed what was shooting at them as a giant airship emerges from the dark clouds that were heading towards Canterlot. Everyone is shocked and terrified, including Celestia and Luna. “That’s new.. she didn’t have one of those before right?” Luna asks and Celestia shakes her head. “Damnit..” Luna says as the ship gets closer. Everyone starts firing at it but it hardly takes any damage unless they hit a weak spot. Celestia is the first one to do so. Eventually more flying objects emerge from the clouds but as they get closer.. everyone recognizes them as armored pegasi.
That’s when all the Wonderbolts, Griffons, Dragons, and Hippogriffs take flight to face them head on. Suddenly the Dazzlings swoop down from above and attack the pillars of old and Sunset Shimmer. All the villains soon join them and stick to the plan, each team doing their part, fighting who they’re supposed to. Strangely, there’s no sign of Midnight OR Astelle, but Celestia and Luna knew Midnight couldn’t be far, they didn’t yet know Astelle was back. Not yet anyway.. but they would find out soon enough..
As Midnight watched the destruction below from atop her brand new airship, she couldn’t help but smile. This was all happening because of her.. and she took great pride in knowing that.
“You’re a monster..” A voice says to her.. one she recognizes.. she hears it almost every day either crying or throwing insults at her. She turns away from the edge and walks forward a bit.
“Nice to hear your voice again.. you’ve been quiet as of late.. Solaris..” Midnight says, venomous hatred present in her voice as she says the name. As she says this, she looks at the shiny gauntlet of her armor, looking at her reflection and seeing Solaris’s face instead. “Like what I’m doing to the place?” Midnight asks and Solaris just growls with obvious hatred.
“You are just.. pure evil.. you don’t have to do any of this. You didn’t have to do any of the hideous deeds that you did.. but you choose to! WHY?!” Solaris asks and Midnight shakes her head and sighs as if she’s disappointed.
“You still don’t understand.. huh? Well.. allow me to say what I’ve been saying in a language you can understand.. I’m doing this.. because of you..” Midnight says and she can sense Solaris’s confusion, so she continues.
“Remember the first day we met..? I told you I wanted to be free to do everything that you couldn’t.. I should’ve said 'wouldn’t'. See, ever since that first day when you unleashed your anger and killed that filly.. what I’m doing now.. what I’ve been doing.. you’ve wanted to do it ever since that day but didn’t know it.”
“No.. you’re wrong.. you’re lying!” Solaris yells in denial, much to Midnight’s amusement.
“Am I? Think about it. Had your parents not sent you to that school, none of this would’ve happened.. but they did and look what happened. You killed a filly just because she took a stupid crush from you and wouldn’t leave you alone.”
“Shut up!”
“You killed the teachers and kids who saw but didn’t do anything because you were angry at them too.”
“Stop it!”
“Then dear old mom died and so did your big sister. All those ponies who were happy about it, all those ponies who cheered against you and your family, you wanted them to suffer the same fate as that bully.”
“I’m warning you Midnight!”
“Those ponies who broke into your house and tried to kill you and your entire family, you wanted to kill them, you did kill them.. and maaany other ponies after them.”
“No.. NO, you did all that!!!”
“We did all that.. just like we killed your precious family and left you alone.. why am I doing this, you ask? I’m doing this. Because. Of you! All of this! Is because of you! Your anger! Your rage! Your hatred!! You created me Solaris!!! And in doing so, you have brought forth the end of Equestria!! The end of peace! Unity! And Equality!!!”
“NOOOO!!!” Solaris yells in agony, sadness, and guilt as the realization hits her that this.. is all her fault. All she had to do was keep her emotions in check yet she couldn’t even manage that.. and now Equestria was doomed because of her.
Little did she know.. all these feelings of guilt, anger, and sadness.. they were just making Midnight even stronger.. and that.. would be Equestria’s downfall.