Dovahshy May Cry
This Means War
Author: Draconis187
Trixie and her fighters had managed to keep some sections of Las Pegasus free from Changelings thanks to them controlling the train station. After receiving Princess Celestia’s request, she got all of her fighters onto the train and evacuated what remained of Las Pegasus. Their destination… was Canterlot. Trixie had her head out the window as the train barrelled down the tracks.
“Goodbye Las Pegasus. We will free you, one of these days.” She said solemnly.
Of all the places she visited in her travels, Las Pegasus was the best. After Twilight defeated her not once but twice, she fled here. By the time the news of her transgressions reached the city, she was already making amends. She only kept her showboating to the stage and helped around the city in her free time, which changed the ponies’ opinions of her.
“Trixie, why did you order us all to evacuate?” Asked a dark grey Pegasus named Thunderlane.
His mane was a pale greenish colour with lighter highlights and his tail was styled the same way. His face had a scar running down his one eye which forced him to keep it closed. Trixie looked at him with a sad expression.
“Celestia herself has requested our assistance with the war on the Changelings. We would have died there if we kept fighting there anyway. I've lost enough good ponies to this war already. It’s time they paid.” She said, gritting her teeth.
Thunderlane nodded his head. “I understand.”
“There is one more reason my dear Thunderlane. I was unable to apologise properly to Twilight after the Alicorn Amulet debacle. When I had heard that Canterlot and Ponyville had been taken, I feared the worst. I've gotten a second chance to make amends to her and I'm not about to let some bugs stop me.”
Thunderlane nodded again and walked back to his seat. Trixie continued to look on to the disappearing Las Pegasus skyline, smoke billowing from the multiple fires the Changelings made as they ravaged the city. She shed a small tear as she closed the window and laid down.
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Meanwhile the mysterious figure had not stopped walking through the Everfree Forest for the past day. As he entered a particular area of the forest he began to hear a soft growl coming from his left. A Timberwolf appeared, crouching low and getting ready to pounce. The figure chuckled.
“Well now this is interesting, a dog made of wood.” The wolf growled louder. “I would advise you against this course of action, you will not survive it.”
Ignoring his advice the wolf pounced but flew straight past him. The case was on the ground while his right hand was sheathing his katana. The katana made a clicking sound as he rammed it into its sheathe. The wolf’s head fell off then the rest of its body collapsed into a pile of finely cut pieces.
“I warned you.” The figure said coldly, picking up the case again and continuing on his way, following his glowing gold pendant.
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Gilda had arrived back in Canterlot. The Princesses were shocked when they saw her bruises and bandages.
“Don’t sweat it, it was a lesson I needed to learn.” Gilda said with a smirk. Seeing the expressions on their faces, she sighed. “Don’t we have an alliance to negotiate?”
Celestia nodded and Gilda limped into the War Room. Luna turned to her older sister.
“We should thank Fluttershy.” She said softly.
“Provided she didn’t start another war, yes we should.” Celestia replied as she followed Gilda. Luna gave a small chuckle as one of the guards closed the door.
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Near Fluttershy’s cottage, the gang were having a picnic.
“Hey Fluttershy, catch!” Dash shouted as she threw a pair of pitch black glasses at her.
“Your glasses?” Fluttershy remarked, holding them in her hoof. Dash responded by pulling out another pair and putting them on.
“Yeah, you are officially cool enough to wear them.” She said with a smirk as she laid down on the picnic blanket. “Would you mind continuing with the story? It’s getting interesting.”
Fluttershy nodded and began to continue as the group huddled together. Pinkie was eating from an enormous popcorn box whilst drinking a milkshake.
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The room before the pony and devil hunter split into five doors that went off in multiple directions. The shotgun Dante gave her was working far better than her old bow but she kept it just in case. Dante looked at the three doors in the room, including the one they came through.
“Well, nothing’s ever easy is it?” Dante said, shrugging his shoulders. “I guess we’ll have to split up. I’ll go this way.”
Fluttershy nodded and went through the door to the left while Dante went right.
Far down the passageway, a woman was unknowingly walking towards Fluttershy. Every demon that she saw she shot with a wide array of pistols and sub machine guns. The most interesting feature about her, other than the rocket launcher on her back was her multi-coloured eyes. One was blue while the other one was red. She wore a white school blouse and very short brown pants.
As Fluttershy walked down the corridor several Hell Lusts and Gluttonies appeared and tried to attack her. Fluttershy gripped the Amulet of Talos and breathed in deeply.
“FUS RO DAH!!” She Shouted, sending a huge blast of air that picked up the demons and sent them flying off the edge of the tower. Fluttershy turned around and rolled just in time to avoid a Hell Pride’s scythe. As she rolled she pulled out the shotgun and fired. The pride took two buckshot shells to the chest and turned to dust like all the others.
“What are you?” A voice said behind Fluttershy. The lady was standing behind her, holding the rocket launcher in her hands and aiming it at Fluttershy. Fluttershy put the shotgun away and raised her hooves.
“A pony from Equestria.” She replied, not moving.
“What part of Hell is that?” The lady retorted with her rocket launcher still pointing at Fluttershy.
“It isn't, I've been world hopping thanks to a scroll I found in my world.” She said.
“Likely story demon.”
“It’s the truth.”
“Oh yeah? Show me.”
Fluttershy reached for one of her armour’s secret compartments and – after pulling out several potions, herbs and scrolls – pulled out the Elder Scroll.
“This is it. Just don’t open it, if you do it might send you to another world or temporarily blind you.” Fluttershy warned. The woman wasn’t listening to the ‘demon’ and opened the Scroll.
“AH!! My eyes! What did you do to me?!” She shouted, searching the ground for the rocket launcher since she dropped it.
“I-I warned you!” Fluttershy protested, picking up the Elder Scroll.
“If I ever manage to see again, I’ll kill you!” She shouted as she found her weapon.
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“So what happened then?” Dash asked. She had taken Nevan out and was strumming a few soft chords so she could still hear Fluttershy’s story.
“I fled, she was carrying a rocket launcher after all.” Fluttershy responded. Pinkie raised her hoof. “Yes Pinkie?”
“What did it look like?”
“You're holding it.” Pinkie’s eyes went wide as did her smile.
“Really?!”
“Yup, the lady’s name was Lady or at least that was what she and Dante told me anyway.” Fluttershy said with a smile.
“So what happened after that?” Dash asked.
“After that I had to deal with even more demons but I eventually found myself at the bottom of the tower. On the way down, the tower had shaken and as I looked outside I saw this huge monster fall from the sky. I found Dante and Vergil busy fighting each other in a large chamber but Lady was there as well.”
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“You!” Lady cried, pointing her finger at Fluttershy. Dante overheard her and called out.
“Hey Lady! You're a bit late to the party and I see you’ve met my friend Fluttershy!” He shouted, parrying Vergil’s Yamato with his Rebellion.
Lady pulled out her pistols and began to fire at Fluttershy. She flew up and dodged the bullets that were coming at her. She took out her Ebony greatswords and used them to deflect the rounds. She didn’t want to hurt Lady since something told her that there was more to this lady than just her hate towards demons.
“What is going on here Dante?!” Fluttershy shouted, dodging Kalina Ann’s rocket just in time.
“My brother and I are having a conversation.” He replied, using his sword to guard against Vergil’s foot. Vergil had gotten his hands on a Devil Arm: Beowulf.
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“Wait, isn't that the same as you were wearing when you beat Gilda and her guards up?” Twilight asked.
“Yes.”
“Okay, please continue.”
“Yes, continue.” Dash said with a scowl on her face that was directed at Twilight.
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“As for Lady over there, she just hates demons. I don’t know why she is trying to kill you though since you're not a demon.” Dante shouted, swinging Rebellion in a circular motion in his hand (Prop Shredder).
Vergil dodged it by teleporting backwards and hunching down a little whilst holding onto Yamato’s handle (Judgement Cut stance). He sheathed and unsheathed his blade at a rapid pace, trying to cut Dante from a distance. Dante had seen his brother’s moves before and dodged them. He did get a few cuts despite his best efforts.
Lady tried to cut Fluttershy with Kalina Ann’s bayonet blade. As she swung it sideways, she got it caught in the wall. As she tried to dislodge it, Fluttershy flew off to stop the fight between the two demon.
“You're brothers?!” She shouted as she came between the demon siblings with her Ebony greatswords.
“This matter is not for children.” Vergil said coldly, knocking her back with an uppercut. As she flew backwards she pulled out the shotgun but Vergil slashed the air with Yamato. The slash caught her in the chest and destroyed the shotgun. As she collided with the wall, a sizeable chunk of her armour broke off. Her left shoulder was now unprotected.
As she began to get up, Lady had entered the fray. Their blades clashed and as they separated from each other, Lady swung Kalina Ann around and fired a rocket. Dante and Vergil dodged it and continued to try and kill each other. Dante pulled out his guns and fired at Vergil who just deflected them by swinging his blade rapidly in a circular motion. He then dragged the blade across the floor, revealing he had actually caught the rounds. He then flung them back at Dante who sliced them in half.
Dante rushed forward and attacked Vergil with multiple, fast stabbing attacks (Million Stab). Vergil kept Yamato in front of him, blocking every attack he made. As Dante let up for a short second, Vergil struck. He swung with an upward strike, slashing Dante’s chest.
Dante reeled back from Vergil’s attack, clutching his wound with one hand. Fluttershy came back into the fight against Vergil with a dual overhand slice with her greatswords. Vergil disappeared from her sight in a blue blur and reappeared behind her. As she turned her head she saw Vergil about to strike.
“WULD NAH KEST!!” Fluttershy Shouted.
She sadly didn’t see where she was heading and collided with the wall. As she collected her bearings she saw Lady get back into the fight by firing on the demon twins.
As their blades clashed one more time, the sound of clapping was heard ringing through the chamber. Standing on the edge of the combating group was a creature resembling a court jester. He was dressed in purple and his eyes were the same as Arkham and Lady. He had what seemed like a hat with two bells on the ends.
“Well, well, it looks like the little actors have played their parts. I was a little worried that you would upset my plans.” He said, pointing his staff at Fluttershy. “But my dear daughter managed to stop you from interfering thanks to her hatred of demons. If only she was more open-minded, she would have seen that wasn’t the case.”
“I thought I told you: I don’t like anyone who has a bigger mouth than me.” Dante said, firing Ivory.
The jester appeared behind Dante and bashed him over the head with his sceptre.
“Come now dear boy, you are all to weak to fight me.” He said but at that moment all four of them had their weapons by his neck, ready to chop it off. The jester turned into Arkham.
He grinned and performed a spinning kick at their legs, sending them all flying backwards. He then looked at Vergil and Fluttershy as they were knocked back next to each other.
“Do you know why the seal didn’t break? Sparda sealed this place by using his blood, the Perfect Amulet, his sword and the blood of a mortal priestess.” He said as he picked up Kalina Ann and walked up to Lady.
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At that moment Princess Luna appeared from behind the trees. She smiled as the group greeted the Princess of the Night.
“Hello everypony, did I miss anything?” She asked. Dash smiled.
“Nah, you're just in time.” She said, moving to the side so Luna could sit down.
“Well, please continue.” She requested. Fluttershy blushed but continued the story.
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Arkham impaled the blade of Kalina Ann into her thigh, causing her to cry out in pain. Arkham didn’t even flinch, he removed the blade and tossed the weapon away. The ground began to rumble as her blood mixed with the blood already in the etchings in the floor.
A large portion of the room where Arkham stood began to rise. Lady fell off the edge while Vergil was out cold. Dante struggled to get back up and hobbled over to Lady’s body.
The shaking was so bad that parts of the floor were falling. Vergil soon fell down, into a dark abyss. Reacting on instinct, Fluttershy flew after him ignoring the pain she was in. As she flew down through the darkness she reached for a potion in her armour and drank it. Several of her scars healed slightly and the pain was numbed for a short duration.
She managed to catch up to Vergil’s falling body and grabbed him. It was lucky since the floor below was coming up fairly quickly. She landed and slowly placed Vergil on the floor. She began to pull out a few herbs and crushed them together with her hooves. She was making a healing paste to apply to Vergil’s wounds.
As she put it on his chest, Vergil sprang up. He grabbed Fluttershy by the throat and looked as if he was about to crush her windpipe. After he looked down and saw she was trying to help, he let go. He got up and picked up Yamato which had fallen a short distance away. Fluttershy was rubbing her throat and didn’t look at him.
“Why did you help me?” He asked coldly.
“You were injured.” She replied.
“I don’t need your help.” He said. As he looked up, his expression became darker still. “You saved me from falling from that height?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“You were betrayed and fooled like the rest of us.” She deadpanned.
“Hmph.” He grunted. He began to walk on towards a door, now hell-bent on getting even with Arkham. Fluttershy followed behind him. “Don’t follow me.”
“Sorry but it’s in our best interests to work together right now.” She said. Vergil sighed.
“Fine, just stay out of my way.”
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“So then what did the two of you do?” Luna inquired as she took a bite out of a sandwich that Twilight gave her.
“He didn’t talk so I did. I told him about Equestria, my friends, Skyrim and pretty much everything else. As we got near the top of the Temen-ni-gru I felt that he was about ready to open up and listen to me.” Fluttershy responded. “That and I think he may have respected the fact that I could kill a good number of demons.”
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Spitfire had come to in the Canterlot Hospital. She was still disorientated but alive. According to the attending doctors, she had suffered quite a bit of blood loss. That coupled with her pushing herself too hard on the trip to reach Canterlot. One of the guards came in to check up on her. When she saw the guard she motioned him to come forward.
“Tell Princess Celestia… tell her that the Crystal Empire is in grave danger.” The guard was shocked but he nodded, saluted and left the room as fast as he could.
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“Everything is in place.” Clavus said under his breath as his forces circled the city, cutting off any escape.
He raised his hoof, calling all of the Changelings attention. He said nothing but he brought his hoof down to the ground, causing an audible bang on the dirt. The Changelings cried out, sending the signal out across the entire army. They began their siege. The trebuchets fired, catapults threw their payloads, Changeling archers fired their bows and the Changeling bulls rammed into the barrier protecting the city.
“Everything is in my favour.” Clavus murmured. “Soon my master shall return to this plane.”
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The guard had returned to Canterlot and arrived outside the doors to the War Room. The other guards let him after he informed them of the urgency of his mission.
As he entered the room he saw Gilda and Celestia shaking their respective appendages in agreement: the alliance was formed successfully. The two turned their gaze to the out of breath Earth Pony Guard.
“What is it?” Celestia asked.
“Yeah runt, what’s gotten your mane in a twist?” Gilda inquired.
“It’s the Crystal Empire Your Highness! Spitfire has informed me that it could be in grave danger!” He replied.
Celestia looked to Gilda who just smiled.
“So then, that’s their play eh? The Crystal Empire is a stepping stone into the Griffon Empire’s borders. Not to mention that the magical barrier protecting it would make any assault difficult at best.” Gilda said.
“So then what now?” Celestia asked. Gilda’s smile turned more sinister as she replied.
“I will send a message with one of my guards to the Griffon armies. Time to cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war.”
“So then, this means war?” Celestia asked rhetorically. Gilda only nodded as Philomena had left to fetch more parchment and ink.
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Deep within the Everfree, the blue coated figure was still casually walking through the forest. Any monster with half a brain steered clear of him. He had already decapitated a cockatrice, sliced a manticore into several bloody chunks and depressed the sea serpent that lived in one of the rivers.
He started to enter the territory of a particular creature that has not one care about one’s capabilities. It has never shown fear. Its strength was unsurpassed in the Everfree Forest. As Vergil walked past huge cave entrance, he heard a very loud growl emanating from it.
“This sounds promising.” He deadpanned, putting the case down on the ground.
Vergil’s opponent exited the cave. The scourge of the Everfree Forest, the Ursa Major faced one problem: it was dealing with a creature that feared nothing and cared for nothing... almost.