Dovahshy May Cry
Would You Kindly…
Author: Draconis187
The fleet made good progress as the sun had begun to set on Hoofington at the end of the day. The town was filled with brickwork buildings that were usually found in the cities. The fleets were hovering in the air as the Changelings stationed in the city during the invasion began boarding the steel airships, slightly fearful of whatever fate they were about to face. The Elites that had arrived earlier had had split up, travelling across Equestria to bring the news of the new alliance.
Many ponies were still scared at the sight of the Changelings and Bloodwing’s fleets but their fears were not put to rest as Celestia told them of the dire situation Equestria had found itself in due to the demons. Bloodwing and Broken Skies worked together to spread out the Changelings amongst the fleets, giving them a job for them to perform whilst on the journey. It was two-fold: it was to get the Changelings to settle easier by making them work and the others would see that there was more to Changelings than what they previously thought.
The next two days were pretty similar until they reached Stalliongrad. Once the occupying Changelings showed signs of weakness, the ponies turned on them. The fleet arrived to find a city in turmoil. There were fires, dead Changelings in the streets… it was not a sight that would look good in any tourist brochure. With the help of Celestia and Luna the situation was diffused and the remaining Changelings joined the fleets.
Now it was the Crystal Empire that remained. The group were gathered on the bridge as the fleet distanced itself away from Stalliongrad, now with an army of Changelings on their side. They promised to help when Celestia offered them a full pardon and assistance in rebuilding their lives.
“So, this is it?” Twilight said nervously as her mentor stood to her right with Nyx on her left, looking out into the distance. “One final battle before we can put this behind us.”
Celestia gave Twilight a small smirk as she looked at her, “Yes but I fear we will not be able to simply ‘put it behind us’ as you say. The Changelings have been wronged and there will be those who will not want to help them as we do since we know the truth. The attack during your brother’s wedding as well as the invasion that took most of Equestria has tainted many ponies’ opinion of them. I will do what I can to help but it will take time.”
Twilight nodded, “I agree, this war has caused many broken hearts and families. I merely meant that after this battle we can stop worrying about war. This will not be something we will be able to forget.”
Nyx remained silent as the sun began to rise from the east. The landscape was bathed in the celestial body’s warm embrace as the land began to brighten. The airships were glistening from the moisture in the air as they had to fly through a very humid area as they neared the Crystal Empire. The Hell Gate could be seen in the distance, still a very imposing sight to behold despite the distance that separated them.
Bloodwing turned to everypony, “Right, this is the part where I give you some heart-warming speech. Sadly, I’m not that kind of Griffon so we’ll be skipping that part. Take out that towering thing ruining my view of the Glittering Rock Empire and remove the rest of the demons. We will be giving you supporting fire from the sky thanks to Trixie’s fireworks. The Changelings will give you close air support while these bull things will help on the ground. Now go suit up, we are airdropping you.”
Everypony looked to each other before nodding and leaving the bridge in an orderly manner. Broken Skies was talking to Legion and Rebel who were growing excited as their conversation progressed. The rest of the group paid little attention to what was being said until the two Changelings jumped into the air and yelled for joy.
“Yes! Of course sir, we won’t let you down.” Rebel said with a grin on his face as he saluted.
Celestia gave them a curious look, “Oh, sorry. Broken Skies told us we will be leading the Changelings in the air while he leads the bulls. This is an honour that only the Elites were capable of having so it’s a big deal for us,” Legion explained sheepishly.
With that, the rest began to gear up in the cargo bay. Twilight was wearing a pale beige trenchcoat with reinforced padding over her shoulders and sides. Nyx forwent armour since her DAT came with its own set. Applejack’s amour was a mixture of metal and leather with tarnished grey pauldrons on her shoulders as the two hammers were resting on her back. Discord conjured up some custom armour for Clunker, mainly a charcoal black with red lines along the edges on his legs and body.
Rarity refused to wear what she was given on the grounds of it being a ‘fashion don’t’ as she put it. Fluttershy refused to wear anything else, as did Dante, Vergil and Discord. Pinkie Pie was wearing baby blue armour with cream coloured etchings of various party decorations on the chestplate and pauldrons. Trixie had her signature – albeit ruined – purple hat and cape but Discord used his magic to repair them, much to the azure mare’s surprise, making her smile. Gilda was clad in her standard blue armour, the same she wore when they assaulted Fillydelphia. Rainbow Dash refused the armour as it didn’t look ‘cool enough for her’ as she eloquently put it.
Rebel and Legion were in matching sets of deep maroon armour, covering their entire bodies. Broken Skies was wearing insanely dark green armour, one would think it was black until the sun reflected off it to reveal its true colouration. The Wonderbolts were in their uniforms while Baral was in Dragonbone Armour forged from the corpse of Alduin himself that Odahviing had stored in the bags he had. The dragon in question was also gifted armour from the God of Chaos. The armour was a mixture of powder white and pale blue hues that covered his entire body from head to tail.
Celestia was clad in golden yellow armour, the same colour her ceremonial armour was in. This armour covered her entire body, sacrificing range of movement for protection. Luna had something similar but in teal and she was not as protected. The armour covered her head, legs, shoulders, back and chest. The other areas weren’t covered had chainmail in a contrasting light silver colour. Joystick had a dark brown duster jacket with his pistol hidden underneath and a similarly brown, wide-brimmed Stetson hat. The Mane 6 also made sure that they had the Elements of Harmony with them as well, just in case.
As the cargo doors opened, Celestia looked at the group standing before her, “Good luck my little ponies and guests.”
Joystick gave a cocky smile, “Who needs luck when you have ammo?”
The group gave a small laugh as they grabbed some bags that they were to use for their descent. The Pegasi, Alicorns and Discord didn’t require them and were already jumping down towards the Crystal Empire.
“LEEEEEEERRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYY JENKINS!” Everypony looked as Joystick jumped out and into the air, followed by everypony else.
As the flight impaired group got free of Arbiter, they pulled the cords on their packs to extend a pair of wings that was controlled by a single metal bar in front of them. Bloodwing called it ‘paragliding’. For most it was a strange new experience that boggled the mind, Vergil could care less. As the Crystal Empire came into view, several Blood-goyles and Soul Eaters attacked them, only to be stopped by the Changelings and Odahviing. The Soul Eaters’ gaseous form turned out to be combustible as Odahviing’s Fire Breath Shout made them explode in a shower of purple cinders.
“We’ll worry about the air!” Baral said from atop Odahviing’s back, dual crossbows in hand, “You just worry about killing the ones on the ground!”
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Vergil and Dante landed together and were already surrounded by demons. As the demons howled and kept their distance, considering their next move, the twins were talking.
“Just like old times, huh Verg?” Dante said with a smirk as Ebony and Ivory came out of their holsters and were pointed at two Hell Prides.
“It would be best to focus at the task at hand brother,” Vergil responded, creating a small ‘wall’ of ethereal blades by his side.
“This party’s gettin’ crazy! Let’s rock!” Dante said as the demon brothers opened fire on the demons.
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“Looks like we’ve been paired again Trixie darling,” Rarity said with a grin as she looked to her companion as she turned to her hooves in disgust. “Ugh, this dirt had better come out when we get home.”
Trixie rolled her eyes, “I’m sure Aloe and Lotus will be more than happy to help you deal with that after we deal with these demons, hm?”
The pair had landed on the outskirts of the city, near the train station but they were already ‘greeted’ by a number of Abyss and Vanguards. The platform was wrecked as a train had somehow jumped the rails and slammed into the main building, causing it to collapse. The result was a charred platform and barely enough room to move about comfortably.
Rarity stared at an Abyss before giving a disgusted look, “Darling those colours are all well and good but… they don’t work for you.”
The Abyss looked at her incredulously but before it could act it received a bone blade from Lucifer, compliments of the white unicorn. A Vanguard vanished and reappeared behind Rarity, charging at her with great speed and spinning its scythe like a fan would spin its blades. But it only caught air as Rarity dodged the attack with grace and retaliating with three blades, one for each eye and one for the mouth. In an instant she detonated them, taking its head clean off.
Several Abysses at jumped Trixie, who decided to remain where she was. As they got close, she unleashed Ice Age and froze her attackers almost instantly. As Ice Age ended Trixie threw the weapon, making it spin around her body with incredible speed and shattering the frozen demons.
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Fluttershy had landed and made her way towards the city all on her own. They would all meet up near the Hell Gate since flying directly into the city would not be recommended due to the number of demons that were already greeting the yellow mare. Several Kyklops and Assaults charged for her as she used Agni and Rudra’s Crawler attack to clear a path.
“Die!” Agni shouted.
“Oh yeah!” Rudra replied as their blast of fire and wind tore a line down the ranks of the demons.
“Looks like we have a lot of fighting to do, you two up for it?” Fluttershy asked as she blocked an Assault’s claw with Rudra before impaling it with his fiery brother.
“We are with you my lady till the end.” Agni replied as Rudra smiled his agreement as Fluttershy tore through an Assault’s shield.
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“DECAPITATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!” Joystick shouted as he landed on the ground with a grin, blasting an Abyss’ head clean off.
Joystick landed with Applejack and Clunker in another section of the city. Luckily the Crystal Empire was a single city that had a circular design to it. It was easy to get around and even easier to find where they needed to go.
Joystick looked at Applejack with a grin, “You know what they say ‘The right pony in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.’ Or at least in our case it’s several right ponies as well as a dragon, an army of Changelings, a fleet of airships armed to the teeth, two half demons, a Draconequus and a fully fledged demon.”
“What’s that supposed ta mean?” The orange mare replied as she took out Volendrung and walked alongside Clunker, heading for the tall obsidian eyesore. Joystick shrugged and followed, ready to pull out his Blue Rose pistol again on a moment’s notice.
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Celestia and her sister gingerly walked into the ruined city, appalled by the scene that greeted them. The streets were littered with dead bodies, most mutilated beyond all forms of recognition. Most of the buildings were in ruins and charred from intense fires. Luna looked into the air and saw the Changelings, the Wonderbolts and Odahviing with Baral on his back, putting up a fight with the airborne demons.
“Sister, I must ask: do you believe that the Changelings will be accepted into society once all of this is over?” Luna asked as she saw a Changeling – either Rebel or Legion since only they wore maroon – hurl a Blood-goyle into a Soul Eater before it got impaled by a crossbow bolt from another.
Celestia looked up into the air, “If Chrysalis was a victim in this at the wedding… then I believe we have gotten the wrong impression of them. We must give them the benefit of the doubt. They have earned that much.”
Luna smiled softly as she turned her attention to a horde of Hell Gluttonies and Lusts that was moving slowly towards them. “We have guests Tia, shall we greet them?”
Celestia looked to the horde with indifference that was bordering on righteous fury, “I believe we shall.”
The sisters shouted in unison as they charged the horde without any small indication of fear, “Have at thee!”
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Discord had teleported to Nyx and Twilight as they began to engage several Hell Wraths and Sloths. The Sloths’ constant teleporting caused some frustration among the two mares until Discord froze the demons’ feet in chocolate pudding, giving them an opportunity to strike at them.
“How much more of this do we need to do?” Nyx asked as she impaled a Sloth through the sternum with Alastor.
“Just until we can get to that Hell Gate, it’s still further down the street,” Twilight responded as she ‘fired’ off several magenta blades at several Wraths, causing them to self-destruct and taking out several Sloths around them.
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Bloodwing looked onto the scene unfolding before him as several demons were getting close to his position. The Griffons around him looked to their leader with fear on their faces. But Bloodwing looked towards the oncoming horde with determination and resolve.
“Hold fast men! Ready the Revengeance and tell Thunderlane he has permission to fire at will!” Bloodwing cried out, causing the Griffons to salute him. “We will walk away from this. Nothing can take out the Griffon Empire!”
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Rainbow, Pinkie and Gilda were together as they ventured towards the centre of the city. Their path was blocked by multiple Scarecrows (leg and arm varieties) but this didn’t deter them as Rainbow brought down columns of lightning down on their heads, detonating them as if they were Hell Wraths.
Pinkie pulled out Kalina Ann and slammed it into the ground before pulling the tertiary trigger. The mini-missile pack at the back opened fire, clearing a pathway in front of them as Gilda fired her rifle to keep the demons at bay. But the demons’ numbers were replenishing faster than the trio were taking them down.
“I’m running out of ammo here RD,” Gilda complained as she pulled out another round from a compartment in her armour.
“I know, they just keep coming!” Dash replied as she strummed hard, sending waves of bats and lightning bolts towards the demons.
“Dashie, do that thing you do! That super scary flying thing!” Pinkie said as fired off a rocket, sending several demons flying through the air.
“Ok, ok!” The cyan mare replied as she looked at the Devil Arm in her hooves. “Let’s do this.”
Miss Dash, I shall ensure that your music shall reach the heavens themselves. Nevan replied as Rainbow activated her Devil Arm Trigger.
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“Just a little further.” Fluttershy muttered as she gave her four wings a single flap, sending her feathers like missiles at the demons below.
The obelisk was getting closer but the resistance was getting fiercer as a result. Fluttershy worried how her friends were coping with them. She came down from the air with her right hind hoof extended, colliding with a Kyklops in the centre of its body, shattering it apart and sending rock flying everywhere. The street she was going down was littered with patches of green and red blood, shed by pony and Changeling alike while the mutilated body parts did nothing to make her feel any better.
“We can’t give up just yet,” She said as several Assaults came running at her, claws ready to strike.
“Somepony call for reinforcements?!” A voice called out as eight Changeling bulls charged past Fluttershy, colliding with the Assaults and crushing them under their colossal weight.
Fluttershy turned around to see Broken Skies with his halberd in hoof and a smile on his face. Behind him were several more bulls, all looking anxious to strike at the demon horde. As Fluttershy flew next to them, the force crushed through the demon ranks, bringing the Hell Gate closer with each mangled demon cry.
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“Boomshakalaka!” Joystick cried out with glee as he fired several rounds at a few Abysses while Applejack slammed Volendrung into the ground, generating a shockwave that knocked the demons off their feet.
“Come on, is that all ya got?!” Applejack taunted as Clunker spat another rock towards her, sending it flying into the stomach of an Abyss with her hammer, causing it to then fly off due to the momentum before landing in the rubble of somepony’s home.
“We’re getting there AJ!” Joystick called out as several more rounds rang out, punching more holes into the demons. Their destination was close at hoof. “We’ll get there soon if we keep this up!”
“Ah hear that partner!” She replied as Volendrung came down on an Abyss’ head, smashing it into paste.
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The demon twins were causing a lot of damage together as Rebellion and Yamato cleaved through their targets with ease. At one moment they were back-to-back once again, facing demons encircling their position only to get riddled with bullets and ethereal blades. Five Vanguards appeared to bar their way but got Vergil’s Judgement Cut and Dante’s Drive attack as a response. The demons barely stood a chance as a swarm of Shadows charged at them.
The Shadows were assaulted with Ebony and Ivory’s .45 calibre slugs until their cores were revealed. Once that was achieved, Vergil sliced through them with Yamato, killing them the instant he sheathed his blade. The Hell Gate was coming up at a rapid pace, causing the demons to begin focusing on them.
“It looks like we’ve stirred up a hornet’s nest, Verg!” Dante smirked as Assaults and Kyklops joined the party, along with the Seven Hells and even more Shadows.
“It still won’t be enough,” Vergil replied, his hand gripping Yamato tightly.
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“Sister, shouldn’t we be seeing more of these demons?” Luna asked as the two Alicorns galloped through the street, killing some Lusts with their magic.
“It stands to reason that their attention is being diverted somehow,” Celestia replied as they quickened the pace. “Somepony is really making them worry.”
“Whoever it is, I hope they can handle it,” Luna remarked, looking worried.
Celestia returned the look, “I hope so too little sister.”
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“Come now, we better hurry!” Twilight called out as the demons’ ranks were thinning from the trio’s attacks.
Discord was beating the Sloths up using an overly large halibut instead of his scythe. He slammed the fish into a Hell Sloth, causing it to fly into a Wrath, resulting in an explosion. Discord threw the fisherpony’s dream into the air, in an instant it exploded and rained tuna that sliced through the demons’ ranks without mercy. Nyx hurled Alastor at a Hell Wrath with viscous force. As it impaled the Wrath, lightning arced between it and several surrounding demons, killing them before the Wrath detonated. Alastor flew back towards Nyx, who caught it in her hoof.
“Not much farther girls!” Discord cried out, his scythe firmly in his grip. “The sooner we get this done, the sooner we can go home and have fun!”
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The Wonderbolts were engaged with the Blood-goyles and Soul Eaters in the skies above the Crystal Empire. If it weren’t for the Changelings and the pair from Skyrim, they would have lost in less than ten seconds. They had to admire their desire to correct the mistakes and the crimes they had committed as they fought with near primal savagery as they saw a few tear a Blood-goyle apart.
Baral had both shown and told them how to defeat the Blood-goyles by using ranged attacks but they had to figure out the Soul Eaters’ weakness on their won as the pair that had fought them before were busy on the ground below. Baral’s repeating crossbows were deathly accurate as they forced the Blood-goyles to harden into their stone forms before falling to the ground below and shattering.
Spitfire looked back to see the Arbiter’s doors open, a large barrel sticking out and pointing in their direction, “Everypony move!”
The Wonderbolts, Changelings as well as Baral and Odahviing moved out of the way as the Revengeance fired, its shell detonating and purging a large portion of the sky of demons with explosive force.
“A little warning next time would be nice,” Spitfire muttered as they all returned to the fight.
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Trixie and Rarity had finally reached one of the Crystal Castle’s arches that still managed to stay standing, the Hell Gate towering over them as if they were mere ants. In the distance they spotted Nyx, Twilight and Discord.
“Twi, darling!” Rarity called out, running up and giving the lavender coloured unicorn a hug. “I’m so glad you dears made it.”
Twilight looked exhausted but returned the gesture with a smile, “Thanks, I didn’t think we would have gotten this far if Discord hadn’t helped.”
Discord grinned at them, “Don’t worry your pretty head about it. Have you seen Celly and Lulu yet?”
Trixie shook her head, “Sorry but we only just got here ourselves. The only things we met were more of those confounded demons.”
A voice called out, grabbing the ponies’ and Discord’s attention, “Look who finally showed up!”
They looked to see Dante and Vergil walking up to them. Dante had a cocky grin on his face while Vergil maintained his deadpan expression. The group had to navigate the vast rubble that was the Crystal Castle in order to fully meet up as Fluttershy, Broken Skies, the Changelings, Gilda, Pinkie and Rainbow Dash arrived as well. Soon Applejack, Clunker and Joystick appeared, and then followed up by the two princesses. They were all rather tired from the fighting but they were none worse for wear.
Before the group could do much more than greet each other, a deep, cruel, maniacal laugh rang throughout the area. Vergil had his hand on Yamato and was ready to use it, he recognised that laugh. It was the laugh of the demon that struck him down and used him like a puppet, only existing because his master wished it. The group looked up to see three deep red orbs looming over them as the laughter continued.
Even Dante looked rattled as his one hand tightened its grip on Rebellion, the other on Ebony. He fought this demon before. It was he who forced Dante to strike down his own brother and leave him for dead. The same demon that had an insatiable desire for conquest and a sense of humour that was as twisted as his mind. This demon was powerful but Dante had defeated him once before and now, with all these allies and friends… it was going to be a cakewalk.
“So good to see you again, Dante,” The voice said as a demon as tall as the Hell Gate materialised. “I have been expecting you all. I see you brought Vergil, Discord and Nyx, good for you.”
The demon looked like a giant marble statue of an old angel, complete with a pair of wings and a beard. He had a large hole missing in his chest and an eye-like core inside it.
“Mundus,” The demon twins said in unison, their voices filled with pure hatred as they stared at the towering demon.
“What do they have to do with this?!” Twilight shouted, looking at Nyx fearfully. How did he know Nyx’s name?
“They have everything to do with this my dear,” Mundus said with a small chuckle. “You thought Phantom’s ritual failed? I think not… Nyx! Vergil! Discord! Kill your friends… would you kindly?”
As soon as Mundus finished saying those words, Vergil looked at Dante with fear in his eyes for the first time as his body made him pull out Yamato to strike at him. The same could be said for Nyx as Alastor got within an inch of Twilight’s neck, almost killing her. Nyx was crying as her body tried to perform an act she was never capable of even dreaming about. Discord wore a shocked expression on his face as he raised his scythe into the air, calling down a hailstorm of flaming jelly babies and setting fire to whatever had not already been charred beyond all recognition.
“I-I’m sorry! I can’t stop myself!” Nyx cried as Twilight barely dodged her next strike.
Twilight dodged as much as she could while avoiding Discord’s ‘presents’. She used her magenta blades to block Nyx’s strikes but they were becoming increasingly deadlier, getting closer to a fatal blow with each strike. Celestia and Luna were striking at Discord, keeping his attention off the others and at them instead.
Vergil and Dante were in a dead stalemate with one another as Dante’s nullified Vergil’s strikes and keeping his brother focused on him. They all knew this was not their fault. It was the fault of the towering behemoth that was laughing sadistically at their misery.
“Vergil! Stop toying with your brother and end him!” Mundus said mockingly as Vergil activated his Devil Trigger and then became Nelo Angelo.
In a few swipes, Rebellion flew out of Dante’s hands and impaled itself into the ground. As Vergil was about to bring his zweihänder down on Dante, he managed to stop.
“Kill him pawn! Would you kindly?” Mundus said, sounding annoyed.
“N-no. I w-wil-l no lo-longer be you-your puppet!” Vergil declared, slamming his blade down next to Dante and falling out of his Triggered state.
“I r-refuse. I re-refuse to be co-controlled by anypony again!” Nyx called out, Alastor a few millimetres from Twilight’s face.
“No! Would you kindly kill your friends?! Why isn’t it working? It makes no sense!” Mundus complained.
“Now where is the fun in making sense?” Discord asked, drawing attention towards him as he removed the ‘flaming jelly babies of death’ spell.
“How dar-” Mundus did not get a chance to finish as an explosive shell collided with him, knocking him clean off his feet.
“Remind me to thank Bloodwing when we get back,” Celestia asked Luna as they almost laughed at Mundus’ fortune. Luna nodded her head with a smile.
“Mundus! Time to count up your sins!” Joystick called out, raising his one hoof into the air for dramatic effect. They all chose to ignore his comment and charged as Mundus got up to his feet.
Fluttershy, Gilda, Dash, Nyx, Discord, Broken Skies, Celestia and Luna took to the skies with their weapons raised. Twilight fired off multiple blades in rapid succession, nopony was going to make her daughter fight her against her will and get away with it. The Devil Arm carrying ponies and brothers activated their Triggers as they assaulted the colossal demon.
Trixie encased Mundus’ feet and ankles in several metres of ice, impairing his movement as Rarity threw as many blades as possible. They collided with several nerve endings on his legs as they detonated, causing him to cry out in pain. Pinkie fired several mini-missile salvos, irritating Mundus more than anything.
“You really think that a bunch of farmyard cretins can defeat me?!” Mundus bellowed as he brought his hand down with force, aiming to flatten Twilight.
As Twilight panicked, cowering and looked away as the attack came… but it never connected. Mundus’ palm had stopped inches away from her. She looked up to see Dante in his Devil Form and Vergil as Nelo Angelo, both blocking the attack with their blades.
“Let’s rock Vergil!” Dante cried out as the two of them pushed back at Mundus’ palm, causing the demon to retreat his hand. The two of them leapt up and landed on his hand. They then ran up his arm with incredible speed.
“Insects!” Mundus cried out as he bought his other hand down to squash them. “I wi- agh!”
Mundus received a blinding white claw to his one eye as a lightning bolt struck the other. Fluttershy flew up to avoid Mundus’ reflex as both of his hands flew up to cover his injured eyes while Rainbow smirked at her aim. Broken Skies was near the floor, flying around and hitting several pressure points along Mundus’ marble body. Celestia and Luna were standing with Discord at the top of the Hell Gate, looking at the obelisk.
“Discord, do you think you can do it?” Celestia asked as the God of Chaos scratched his chin thoughtfully, barely acknowledging Celestia’s presence.
He looked through them for a second before snapping out of it, “Yes, I should be able to. I just need time and enough power to perform it.”
Luna smiled at her sister, “Then we shall provide it.”
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“Sir, the Revengeance is ready to fire again!” The helmsgriffon shouted. “Awaiting your command.”
“Hold your fire, they are too close to that thing and we can’t risk killing them. The first shot barely did a thing except knock it off its feet. We will only fire should we get the space.” Bloodwing replied. “Until then, it’s up to them.”
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Mundus fired off several meteors at his flying attackers, causing them to break off their assaults as they tried to avoid the attack. Dante and Vergil leapt off Mundus’ arm and sliced at the demon’s body, their blades cutting deep into his marble form. Mundus cried out in pain once more as Nyx brought down a column of lightning the size of the Hell Gate down on him. Fluttershy and Rainbow caught the demon twins as they neared the ground and helped them land safely.
“We need to wrap this up!” Twilight called out as she teleported out of harm’s way as Mundus created several spears of red energy to strike at her.
“You pitiful creatures, I shall annihilate you!” Mundus cried out as he called down another barrage of meteors towards his ground based assailants.
“FUS RO DAH!!” Fluttershy shouted from her position on the ground, her DAT adding more power to her shout and causing the meteors to fly straight back at Mundus.
He tried to shield himself from his own attack by placing his arms in front of himself. It worked but as he lowered them, a certain orange Earth Pony with a Daedric Warhammer flew straight at him thanks to a boost from Twilight, shouting loudly as the hammer collided with him. The force knocked Mundus out of the ice encasing his feet and he landed several hundred metres away from them.
“Ok, ah’m keeping this hammer,” Applejack said with a grin as Gilda grabbed her and placed her on the ground. “Hey RD! Catch!”
Applejack threw Volendrung up as the cyan mare grabbed it. In her DAT form she flew high into the air before locking on Mundus’ body. As he was getting up, Trixie encased his body in ice. He struggled strongly against the ice and it was cracking, Dash had little time left. She flew down towards him, building up speed as she reached the sound barrier. With Volendrung in front of her, she broke the barrier and made a Sonic Rainboom while Triggered, giving the hammer a throw at that speed.
The hammer collided with Mundus’ core in his chest, generating a shockwave that blew everypony back many metres and sending rubble flying. The Hell Gate still stood and Mundus was showing signs of losing as his marble body had cracked around his core. Volendrung landed near Applejack, ready to be wielded once more, which the farm pony obliged.
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“Discord…?” Celestia asked as she began to worry about her subjects below.
“Nearly there Celly, just a few more minutes,” Discord replied with a sigh.
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“SU GRAH DUN!!” The group looked up to see Baral atop Odahviing, bringing a torrent of bolts with him. The crossbows were firing at speeds reserved for firearms which astounded a few of the ponies.
As they landed, Baral looked to Fluttershy, “Need a little more help?”
Fluttershy was about to respond but Celestia interrupted as she landed near them. She looked pleased as she saw Nyx and Dash fire more volleys of lightning down on Mundus while Trixie slammed the dirt and impaled Mundus’ feet with ice pillars. As Mundus furiously tried to kill one of them, he got hit by a number of mini missiles from Pinkie Pie.
“Twilight, force him back towards the Hell Gate and Discord can close it,” Celestia said as the mayhem continued. “We can send him back and seal the Demon World from Equestria forever.”
Twilight nodded and began to shout, “Everypony! Get him to the Gate and we can end this!”
They all acknowledged as Applejack slammed Volendrung into the ground, causing Mundus to stumble slightly as Vergil’s Judgement Cut stopped him from trying to correct himself. Dante and Fluttershy fired a barrage of rounds while Pinkie used Kalina Ann, Gilda fired her rifle, Joystick used Blue Rose and Baral used his crossbows with Odahviing using his Fire Breath Shout once more to push him further off balance.
The combined efforts of everypony began forcing Mundus to move backwards. He tried retaliating but they just dodged his strikes as if they were nothing His marble shell began chipping away and cracking in some spots as the attacks landed with power. Twilight kept up her assault with her blades, as did Rarity. Luna had rejoined her sister and they were both striking at Mundus with their magic.
“How dare you! I shall defeat you ye-!” The Revengeance had fired once more, colliding with Mundus.
He fell backwards, colliding with the Hell Gate. Instead of breaking the Hell Gate, Mundus fell into it and vanished as it pulled him in. Discord appeared next to the group as they all cheered. It was over, they won.
“Okay, everypony. Take positions and get ready to take that thing out,” Dante called out as he readied Ebony and Ivory.
Pinkie Pie tossed Kalina Ann at Vergil and winked as she pulled out her party cannon out of nowhere. Vergil would have complained but he knew better when it came to Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy threw Pandora to Broken Skies, who caught it and activated Epidemic. As they all aimed for the Hell Gate, it glowed red.
An arm, shattered and revealing a grotesque mass of tissue came out of the Gate to grab them, “I refuse to be defeated by the likes of you!”
“Everypony ready?!” Fluttershy called out, Pity and Fool aiming at the nearly destroyed Mundus.
“Oh, can we do that thing you did?!” Pinkie asked, bouncing up and down. “That thing you and Vergil and Dante did with Arkham, can we do that one, pleeeeaaaase?!”
Everypony rolled their eyes but decided to go along with it for her. The Elements of Harmony that the Mane 6 had been carrying powered up, connecting to the weapons that everypony had and around the horns of Celestia and Luna with a rainbow ribbon.
With one look at Mundus, they smirked, “Don’t even think your pathe-”
“Jackpot!” Several rainbow ribbons erupted from various sources, all aiming at Mundus.
“No, no! I will return and when I do, your worlds will burn!” Mundus cried out defiantly as he got blasted into the Hell Gate.
The rainbows combined into a single one, wrapping around the Hell Gate. As it glowed in several colours, two blasts of energy shot out from the sides, reaching the outskirts of the city before travelling around in a circle and meeting halfway. As they combined, they created a dome similar to the one that placed Discord back in stone after he got out the second time. The entire area was wrapped in a bright light, forcing them all to avert their eyes.
As the light dissipated, they opened their eyes to find the city was rebuilt and their bodies were crystallised. The Hell Gate had completely vanished from the plane of existence. They all cheered as Bloodwing came up to them with the remaining Changelings and some of his Griffons.
“So, I guess that’s it?” He asked, looking at them.
“I think it’s time for us all to go home,” Celestia responded, directing her attention to the Changelings. “We have some issues that need sorting out.”
They all boarded the airships once last time. Fluttershy stood by herself atop the Arbiter, looking back at the rebuilt city with a smile. She could barely believe it, after all she and her friends had been through, it was over. Life could only get better from here on out.