“Tactual options available.”
“Sir the items are in place as you instructed.”
“good”
There were many thought running through the minds of the ponies in the throne room as they watched for cadence to walk down the aisle. With the dismissal of twilight Shining’s best mare because of her obsession with proving that cadence wasn’t who she said she is. And the absence of Prince Raptor who was going to walk Cadence down the aisle. Frost, Gunnfodder, Mech, Shock jock, Doc, Heart stop and Cooper were standing off to the sides of the alter.
“I really wanted to meet this raptor our daughter keeps talking about” The mothers of both Rarity and Twilight said to their husbands
“Rarity I thought you said Raptor was gana be hear.” Sweety bell asked her sister quietly.
“Raptor couldn’t make it deer. That is why he wanted us to bring you and your friends here to fill in." Rarity responded sadly
Princess Mi Amore Cadenza walked up the aisle. Rainbow Dash had the strangest feeling there was singing going on somewhere, but the blare of the trumpets brought her back to her senses. The alicorn joined Shining Armor and the ceremony began and ended. Almost.
“Stop!” Twilight’s voice echoed in the great hall. She appeared, silhouetted in the grand doorway and the bride started crying again. Some ponies were sensitive like that.
“That’s not the real cadence I am.” They heard from the door and saw another cadence looking worse for ware.
“She’s a changeling. They take the form of the pony you love. And feeds off your love for them!” she said. As the big door behind them closed.
Having been found out chrysalis decided to drop her disguise. And in a Torent of Green fire what every pony saw at the alter was her in her true form.
“Right you are princess. And as queen of the Chainglings it is up to me to find food for my subjects. Equestria has more love than any place I’ve ever encountered. My fellow chainglings will be able to devour so much of it that we will gain more power than we have ever dreamed of.” She said smugly as she walked up to the real cadence.
“They’ll never get the chance! Shining armors protection spell will keep them from ever even reaching us!” Cadence yelled
“hm oh I doubted that. Isn’t that right dear?” Chrysalis said turning to shining with her horn glowing.
“hmmmhm.” He said with a nod. Then cadence tried to make an angry dash for shining but Chrysalis stepped in front of her.
“Ah. A. Don’t want to go back to the cave now do we?” She said causing cadence to back off
“Ever since I’v took your place ive been feeding on Shining Armors love for you. Every moment he grows weaker and so does his spell. Even know my minions are chipping away at it.” She continued walking back to the alter making the occupants on the room gasp.
“He may not be my husband. But he is under my total control now.” She said earning another gasp from Cadence.
“And im sorry to say unable to perform his duties ad captain of the royal guard!”
Everypony stepped back and gasped. And the troopers leveled and fired their weapons only for their shots to be stopped by a green shield.
“Damn it!” Cooper said seeing their weapons had no effect
“Soon my changeling army will break through. First we take canterlot then all of equestrian!” She explained as she hovered over the alter.
“No you won’t.” Now every pony turned to see Celestia walking up to Chrysalis looking angry.
“You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to raise his spell.” She said as Chrysalis landed opposite of her still looking smug.
“But now that you have so Foolishly reviled your true self I can protect my subjects From you!” She said taking flight and fireing a golden spell at the changeling queen who fired a green one of her own.
The two spells met in the middle with a brilliant flash of light and struggled for a bit and they saw Chrysalis getting nervous but eventualy to both parties surprise the queen was the one who prevailed causing Celestia to fall back to the floor her crown flying off. And Again every pony gasped.
“Ah. Shining Armors love for you was even more powerful than I thought. Absorbing it has made me even more powerfull than celestia!” Chrysalis yelled
“Princess Celestia!” Twilight yelled as she, her friends and Cooper and his troops ran to her side.
“The elements of harmony. You must get to them and use their power to defeat the queen! Reaper you know what to do.” Celestia told them.
“yes princess well keep them safe.” Cooper said
“How dare thow harm thy sibling!” they heard as they left the castle.
As they were running they all heard what sounded like glass shattering and they saw thousands of chaingling flying in and some flew straight for them.
“Fire! And advance!” Cooper shouted riring his weapon at the advancing changelings and cutting another in half with his blades. The other troopers quickly followed suit and fired there weapons at the hostels and.
“AAh!” They turned to see a changeling had tackled Fluttershy to the ground and was only about to do the unthinkable to her when they saw him impaled with one of coopers blades. And was lifted off of her and cooper turned him to look him eye to glowing orange goggles.
“Hooves off my mare.” He said in a low angry voice. As he ripped the changeling in half. And turned to the others who were staring at him in shock and even the other changelings who had seen it stopped to look.
“GO! Ill hold them off!” Cooper yelled to them And they ran off all except Gunnfodder.
“Gunnfodder wha…” Cooper started when he interrupted him
“Ive got your back sir.” He said as he set another changeling on fire with his incinerator and Got next to Cooper as the others disappeared behind them.
“Lets do this.” The two of them said to the changelings in front of them. This enraged the changelings and they rushed the two Pegasus.
One tried to jump onto Cooper but he caught it by its horn and ripped out its wind pipe and let it try and strugle in its own blood for air on the ground. making the other changelings back up then they saw three of there brethren in fire and shouting and roaring on the ground engulfed in fire and hey could see the flesh falling off of bone on one.
"Ya this'll be fun." Gunnfodder said with a smirk behind his mask.
Music end
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Else ware The element barriers and the other five troopers had just arrived at the building. But when they got up the stares they were met with the site of even more changelings.
“Looks like we are going to have to do this the hardway!” Rainbow Dash said. And twilight went on to say some other stuff they didn’t care about.
“What the buck do you think we have been doing.” Shock Jock said loading a new arrow cylinder.
“Hay give her a break Shock.” Heart stop said.
“Ya. After all this is where fun begins.” Frost said holding his crossbow in a yellow aura.
“Alright Stalions and Mares!” Mech shouted loud enough for everypony to hear making the changelings and elements to stop mid charge.
“Lets do this.” He said pumping the shotgun Raptor gave him with his hooves and levitating incinerator that again Quann gave him.
“Ya what he said!” Rainbow shouted wanting to add her two cents. Then all hell broke loose with them all firing there weapons and what not.
They were in dire straits there ammo was running low and there seemed to be no end to them. But they were finally able to get the door open but they were met with more changelings.
“RAUUUR”
“What was that!?” they heard a chaingling yell and they
“What is that thing!”
“BY the Queen!”
Were some of the things they heard then they saw the body of a changeling smash into a building across the street and explode into a shower of blood and entrails as well as some bones SOME being the key word there. And a another changeling round a corner only to be impaled by something.
And finaly they saw a welcome and familiar sight bound around a corner and slam another changeling into a wall.
“Look its Jack!” Twilight yelled. Gaining his attention. And seeing that his friends were in trouble The brawler jumped in front of them and the changelings and roured at them ripping a changeling in half with his tail and crushing a challenging into paist with his hands crushing bones and organs alike.
“Well the little fella aint so little any more is he?” apple jack commented Seeing that he was almost four times there size and looked more intimidating than before.
"See now in any other situation i would just say No. Noooo.! And just walk away but hear ill make an exception." Frost said
And with a snarle jack ran forward and grabbed a changeling and picked it up and bit its head off. And the fight to get the elements continued with Jack now at there side and to be honest it wasn't really a fare fight with a now 300 pound Brawler on the ponies side because all they really did now was watch as he ate, smashed, Ripped apart, shredded, or generally dismembered the changelings . Then they all heard a huge explosion.
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Back in the thrown room same time.
“What was that!?” Cadence asked.
“That? Well you see Princess That was my new general.” She said with a sinister smile. As they saw the explosion.
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Cooper and Gunnfodder same time.
“That’s the last of them.” Cooper said as he pulled his left blade out of a corps.
“Ya lets go catch the others and give them a hand.” Gunnfodder said earning a nod from Cooper.
But when they turned to go the building next to them exploded.
When Cooper opened his eyes seeing that he was on his back. His vision was all cloudy and to his left he saw the building what was destroyed, looking in front of him he saw a figure walking towards him but it was to blurry to make out any details, looking left he saw his riffle and looking back toward the figure he saw that it was almost to him and with one ditch effort he tried to lunge for his M4. But his Hoof was stepped on and finally his vision cleared. And he saw something he hadn’t seen in a while a Human looking down at him and he noticed he had the black watch armor on but had no gas mask and had on strange goggles and two arm bayonets.
“Quann?” Cooper asked.
“Sup Bitch.” Quann said raising his other foot to stomp on him when he was tackled off of Cooper by Gunnfodder.
Quann rolled to a stop and jumped to his feet and brought his hands up to fight and as Gunnfodder got up and charged him. And as soon as the pony reached him he grabbed the flame thrower off his back and punched him in the back of the head closes-lining him and making him smash face first on the ground. Putting the incinerator on his back he raised his hands to counter the punches that the stallion was throwing. Then he punched him in the chest grabbed his collar, pulled his head down and kneed the trooper in the face, then turning around then he delivered a back kick to the trooper sending him flying towards a wall.
Pulling put the incinerator he aimed at Gunnfodder who had regained control and flew to the side behind a statue as the torrent of flames hit. But then the incinerator ran out of fuel. Tacking advantage of this Gunnfodder pulled out his pistol and fired at quann who took the shots but then the incinerators fuel tank got hit setting it on fire.
Turning around he was abel to dodge coopers slashes but the incinerator was knocked away and exploded. Quann quickly morphed his arms to the claws and using his size to his advantage he grabbed Coopers blades and threw him at Gunnfodder who rolled to the side and started firing again with his pistol. Quann pressed a button on his wrist pad and the ground next to him exploded launching up some strange weapon riffle neither Cooper or Gunnfodder had ever seen before and put it on his back and locked at them.
“You two will have to do better than that.” Quann said Jumping onto the roof of a near buy building and ran off in the direction of the castel.
“Come on Gunnfodder after him.” Cooper said morphing his wings back to normal and the two flew into the air and took off after Quann who was leaving a red trail behind him as he jumped from building to building, street to wall and back to roof in some weird parkor.
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Throne room
“You wont get away with this! Twilight and her friends will…” cadence started when the door was thrown open revealing twilight and the others the troopers having run out of ammo.
"How the Fuck did we Lose!?" Frost yelled.
"When one of the chaingelings through a head out a window like a ball and Jack went after it." Heart stop said.
“You were saying?” Chrysalis asked over her sholder to cadence.
“You do realize the reception has been canceled don’t you?” She asked Twilight sarcastically
“Go feed!” She said to the other chainglings and they flew away. Then Heart stop saw something and turned to DOC.
“Hay look up there. Do you think you can get them down?” She wisped gesturing to the roof.
“Ill try.” He said taking out his pistol and fired two shots at the princesses pods cutting them down and quickly they were moved with the others and DOC’s pistol thrown out a window by a changeling.
“Sorry twi we should have listened to you.” Apple kack said
“Its alright she fooled every pony.”
“Hm I did didn’t i?” She said walking over to a window singing and watching the changelings wreak havoc on the ponies of canterlot.
And in the mene time Cadence was abel to free Shining armor from Chrysalis’s spell.
“Your spell use your spell!” Twilight said. but shining armor could not preform the spell.
“My love will give you strength.” Cadence said
“What is That thing look!” A random pony yelled pointing out the window and every pony saw something they have never seen before standing in front of the castle with Reaper and Gunnfodder who had there backs to the castel.
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Quann pulled out a detonator and Cooper turned to Gunngfodder as Quann pushed the button.
“is that a?...” Cooper started as he Gunnfodder and the ponies in the thrown room heard a three beeps and one long one.
‘beep…beep...beep…beeeeep’
‘BOOM’
“Run!” cooper yelled
A large protion of the castle exploded. And started falling toward the three as Cooper and Gunnfodder charged Quann. Looking up he saw where he was supposed to be and dodged a piece of debris that landed between him and cooper who stood on his hind hooves and kicked it at him. He back flipped over it as three more pieces of the castle landed and cooper and Gunnfodder ran up the ones on the left and right and quann jumped on the one in the middle while Cooper was shooting at him running up one on the right. Quann Jumped off the rock he was on and kicked gunnfodder hard enough to send him in to the throne room landed on one higher and jumped off of that one and grabbed the ledge on the same floor as the throne room.
“What is That thing?” Twilight asked. None of them ever have gotten a good look at it.
“That Twilight sparkle is my fiancée and general.”Chyrsalis said smugly.
“Look out!” They heard and they turned to see Gunnfodder flying towards them only to be caught with Mech’s magic.
“Thanks man.” He said to his fellow trooper.
“What is that thing Mister?” Sweety bell asked
“I don’t know kid. But the searge sure does.” He said As they saw Cooper fly into the same place the ‘monster’ went.
Music end
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“Whats wrong Cooper?” Quann taunted as he and cooper locked wing blades to blade arm.
“Why are you doing this?” Cooper yelled as he dodged a hammer fist from quanns left hand.
“To prove once and for all im better than you. And for my fiancée.”he said but finished kind of off offhandedly.
“fiancée? Who?” Cooper asked as his blades were blocked again by quann.
“Chrysalis that’s who.” Quann said as he changed his right arm into a hammer fist too and smashed his fists to the ground unleashing a torrent of spikes toward cooper
“You are doing this for her! She wants to take over equestria!” Cooper said. dodging the spikes as they receded and quann turned his arms back to normal.
“I will talk her out of that plan and make peace between our two nations but in order to do that I will have to marry chrysalis. And besides I love her just as mutch as Twilight and Rarity.” Quann explained as they stared each other down.
“Well I guess that makes scence but what about the ponies that died today!?” Cooper yelled
“There were none... That i know of. No ponies were killed by the changelings but there were changelings killed by ponies or are you forgetting the ones you killed?” Quann said
“I guess you are right. But what now?” Cooper said.
“We finish what I started. Ive been wanting to try something knew out. We go until one of us cant go any more.” Quann said
“ 'sigh' Fine then Lets go.” The pony evolved said.
“Come on Cooper or should I call you Reaper lets see witch race is better ponies of humans. Test your might!” Quann said. As he charged cooper smashing him through a wall tearing the end of the ribbon on his armored collar a tiny bit.
"This isn't Mortal Kombat Ass wagon!" Cooper shouted before he hit the ground.
Cooper quickly rolled to his hooves and used his blades to block a downwards strike from quann. And tackle his friend threw a another wall witch happened to be the maine hall. Acting quickly Quann grabbed Cooper and threw him further down the hall. Getting up he reached behind him he took out his gift from his fiancée and charged cooper who was getting up with the chainsaw.
“What the fuck!?” Cooper thought when he stood up and barly had time to dodge to the side as quann cut a piece of debris with a fucking chainsaw.
“That’s just not fair!” Cooper said as he jumped back up and blocked the chainsaw with his blades causing sparks to fly.
“No seriously who the fuck puts a chainsaw on a riffle!” he continued then he jumped to the side behind a pillar with Quann doing the same.
Soon the two were exchanging fire with M4 and Lancer even cutting a few changelings down in the crossfire. Then all of a sudden the fireing stoped and cooper decided to peak out.
“Where the fuck did he go?” he asked throwing his forelegs to the sides. It was to quiet and then he heard the sound of heavy boot steps.
Then all of a sudden the door to his right burst open revealing Qaunn charging him chainsaw raised over his shoulder screaming. Cooper was able to dodge to the side as his friend brought down the chain bayonet then he heard another scream followed by a shower of blood and when he looked back he saw that Quann was chain sawing a Changeling on half. Both screaming as the blade went through.
“Ugh I got some on me.” Quann said as he stood back up absorbing the blood into him.
“Hay cooper?” he said reaching behind him.
“What?” Cooper asked.
“I wouldn’t stand there.” Quann said pointing at the floor pushing a button
“Why no…”
‘beep…beep…beeeeep’
“Oh you fucking Dick!” cooper was able to say
“Boom”
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Every pony was scared when they heard the sounds of the fight heading there way from the bangs and crashes and a sickening reeving of some kind then a scream that scared them all to the bone. Everyone even chrysalis was weary because she had never actually seen Raptor fight.
“Princess what is that horrible noise?” Rarity asked celestia. Asking about the sound of the reeving.
“I don’t know Rarity. I really don’t know.” She ansewerd.
“Well whatever it is it is comeing this way!” Rainbow Dash said as a pony smashed through the wall.
They all gasped when they saw it was Cooper. Nopony expected whatever it was to be this powerful to actually blast him through a wall. Then they Saw him spring up and onto his hind hooves and face the door. It still unnerved them how him and Raptor were able to do it so naturally.
‘BANG’
They all turned to see the monster standing in the door way with some wicked looking weapon in its hands at the door. And Finally they all got a good look at just who Chrysalises fiancée was. The first thing other than the weapon in its hands were the clothes it had on which earned a gasp from every pony because he was dressed in the same armor as the Blackwatch troopers. But on him it looked even more terrifying. Then they saw it had no hair on the top of its head and the rest was just brown skin but all they could see was its head and its fingerless gloves. Then they saw his goggles and they saw they weren’t the same as the regular troopers goggles instead of blue these were red and more of a visor and they saw no gasmask. Then they saw him take off his goggles and throw them in twilights direction who caught them. Then a gust of wind picked up and they saw the red ribbon tied to its armored collar flow in the breeze. Making Apple bloom know who it was right away and run up and hug his leg.
“Raptor!” She yelled as she and the other crusaders ran up to him.
“no it cant be?” Celestia said and her comment was quickly followed by others.
“That’s the LT!?” came the other troopers.
“He’s alive?” Shining armor, Rainbow dash, Fluttershy and Applejack said.
“No it cant be twilight he’s alive!” Rarity said to Twilight who was in just as mutch shock as her.
“That’s raptor?” Their parents said to each other.
Quann looked down at his leg and put his Lancer on his back and crouched down with a smile but do to his size he was still taller than them.
“Hay girls. I see you made it.” He said patting them on the head.
“Ya they said somthin bad happened to ya” Applebloom said
“Hay relax girls im fine. Actually ive never been Better. Im back to being human again Woo!” Quann said throwing his arms up at the end and then looking up.
“Sup?” Quann asked looking up raising a finger.
“Sup. SUP! You are gone for a week, and when you finaly come back you have a fiancée who crashed my weeding and look like this and all you have to saw for yourself is… sup!?” Cadence yelled.
“Oh im sorry.” Quann said holding his hand up.
“Whats up? Is that better?” he continued. Earning a growl from cadence.
“I think shes mad girls.” Quann whispered to the crusaders.
“Go back to your sisters girls. I have business to attend to.” Quann said and they left.
“Every body. This l will explain later and maybe we can live in peace. Twilight.” Quann said tacking out his lancer and reloading it.
“yes put on the goggles and think recording beta.” Quann instructed and threw his goggles to twilight.
“ok. I guess?” She said looking in celestias direction earning a nod from her she did as asked. And started watching the recording. But while that was going on.
“Now where was I?” Quann said tacking a step forward.
"Oh yes your ass beating." he said.
“Raptor lets finish this.” Cooper said
“oooh scary.” Quann said. But it wasn’t the what he said but the way he said it that scared every pony in the room even Chrysalis. Quann put the lancer on the ground and widened his stance and moved his right fist parallel to his face and his left parallel to his left leg. (James Hellers Idal animation pretty much)
Natural selection
And they both sprinted toward each other and when fist met hoof they could all hear the thud. Grabing coopers right hoof Quann went to knee him but Cooper saw this coming and twisted his body to dodge and pumped so much bio mass into his legs that they could see the tendrils and Bucked quann in the chest. making Human evolved stumble back a little shocking them because that should have sent him flying Not even Big Mac could Buck as hard as cooper.
“Ha don’t make me laugh.” Quann said
“Lets try this!” Cooper yelled as he flew at him and started a barrage of punches witch Quann ether blocked absorbed or dodged. Finally he started spinning around but knowing what he was going to do he kicked him mid spin sending him flying.
‘here goes nothing’ Quann thought.
They were all amazed and sadden by the fight they were watching. One because they had never seen anypony fight like this and second because they were watching two friends fighting and that was never good. Then they saw Raptor Kick reaper sending him flying but then they saw him reach his arm out and then they saw what looked like a spike attached to a black and red vine shoot the bottom of his wrist towards Reaper who had just landed and was standing up. And they saw the spike pierce into his chest with a loud thud. Then they heard Quann shout something as he pulled Reaper towards him.
“Come here!” they all heard him shout has he pulled.
And as Reaper he reached him Raptor delivered a devastating uppercut to his jaw sending him flying And shattering his gasmask. They saw Cooper use his wings to break and stop himself in the air and he flew back at Quann who was waiting. When he reached him he started throwing punches again then he rolled over a punch that quann through.
‘perfect’ cooper thought.
‘shunk’
They all heard and they saw Quann kick Cooper away so hard he skied on the floor. Looking back they screamed at what they saw especially Chrysalis, Twilight who had just finished the message and had told celestia, and Rarity. They saw Raptor hunched over with his right arm missing from the shoulder down bleeding profusely with the dismembered arm on the ground at his feet twitching. They saw him look up at cooper.
“WHAT THE FUCK!?” Quann yelled making the elements cover the crusaders ears. And just as Twilight finished the log in time to see this and quickly move to talk to celestia.
“What!?” cooper yelled back
“You fucking cut off my arm you fucking prick!” Quann screamed.
“HOW THE FUCK!?”
“Easy I stopped fighting like a human and started fighting like a pony.” Cooper said. with a smirk.
“huh. Well then lets turn this up a notch.” Quann said finally calming down with the most serious voice they have ever heard.
“What does he mean. He only has one arm why doesn’t he just stop?” Cadence asked.
“I don’t know Cadence.” Shining said
“Because it will take more than this to make Raptor stop fighting.” Rarity said
Then they all saw Quanns body coverd in black and read tendrils from head to toe and when they stoped they saw that quann had regrown his arm. Looking down he picked up his other arm and absorbed it. Then looking out a window he saw a random changeling about to mount some mare. He Shot his spare at him and it stuck into his back and he pulled back tacking the changeling with it the mare looked up towards him with thank full eyes and scurried away. But when the Changeling reached him They all saw what he shot his spear at but what they went prepared for was when he reared back and punched the changeling threw the chest exiting the other side and they saw the changeling’s body break down in black and red tendrils and be absorbed into Raptors body.
‘ok that is a stupid attack’ Quann thought
“Cant beat me Raptor.” Cooper said
“Well see.”
‘ooh ya those could help’ quann thought as he received the biomass of the changeling.
Quann spun around and sprinted towards while turning his arms to the claws towards Cooper who was ready and already had his blades out. And When he was about to reach him they all saw Quann disappear in a flash of green energy.
“What the Fuck!” Cooper shouted.
“What happened!? He could never teleport before.” Twilight asked.
“Well from what the LT has told me about Cooper and himself. Every time they kill somepony and absorb there biomass which is what Raptor just did. They will gains that ponies skills and abilities. And From what I gather he gained that changelings ability to use magic to a base extent. Be careful sir.” Doc explaind.
“Hay I have a plan ill be back.” They heard Mech say as he ran off.
Just then they heard yelling and they saw Reaper dive to the side as Raptor stabbed his claws into the ground stand up and deliver a powerful kick to Raptors side sending him crashing into the wall. Cooper quickly pulled out a grenade and threw it at Quann who had just hit the wall. “Oh Fuck!” they heard quann shout as the grenade went off but then they saw him disappear in another green flash. But they didn’t have to wait long to find out where he went because they saw him reappear and retrieve his Lancer.
‘Time to feal some pain bitch.’ Quann thought sa he pulled the weapon from the ground and leveled it.
The Shockjock, Frost and Gunnfodder looked at each other and nodded.
“What are you planning to do?” Celestia asked as Shockjock looked towards her over his shoulder.
“To even the odds ma’am. Please tell Princess cadence that whatever she was going to do now's her chance.” He said as they all readied there weapons. And ran to Coopers side.
“Do you see what your plan has done Queen?” Celestia said to Chrysalis
“I never wanted or imagined that this would happen. I just wanted to find food for my Chainglings.” She answerd
“Well as mutch as I am not inclined to believe you I did see the recording so I have to. And we will try to work something out. But you will be imprisoned for your crimes.” Celestia said as they watched the troopers fire at Raptor.
“What do you think you all are doing?” He asked
“Buying them some time and helping you out sir.” Frost said
“I think I can go another round.” Gunnfodder said.
“Alright then lets do this. Let’s show him what us ponies can do.” Cooper said as he and and the others leveled there weapons and fired and frost Launched a fire ball at Quann who just took a knee while keeping his bruteshot leveled with a look of concentration and they could see black and red tendril move all over his body and what looked like red smoke.
‘Critical mass’
Then it happened as the arrows, bullets, and fire reached him a bubble of green energy appeared around him like shining armors shield. And the projectiles and spells exploded agenized the shield creating a smoke cloud as the grenades and fireball exploded obscuring him from view.
But before they could react they saw Quann springing out of the smoke cloud and start firing his Weapon at Cooper who was abel to dodge two but the last three hit at his hooves propelling him into the air and as Quann reached them he put his bruteshot back on his back having reloaded it, jumped and delivered a devastating spin kick to coopers side sending him slamming into the alter interrupting Cadence and Shinings spell.
Spinning around Quann was met with the three troopers facing him to close to use their weapons.
“Alright lets see what the three of you have got." Quann said
“ok guys we can take him. So Fodder how about you flank left…” Shock Jock started only for him to run ahead and getting kicked in the chest and thrown back.
“Ok then. Frost lets stick together a…” and again Frost charged in and got the same treatment as Fodder.
“Whats the story!? Am I the only one on this team who knows how to talk?” Shock Jock asked throwing up his fore hooves looking at the fallen Frost who was getting back up.
“I don’t think talking’s your problem.” He heard Raptor/Quann say
“Oh no!” He said as he threw a punch at Quanns face only for him to duck to the left and punch him in the chest sending him back.
Standing up Quann kneed Frost in the face making him fall back down. Spinning to his left he punched Gunnfodder in the mask to dodge a stabbing punch, he quickly followed up with a punch to the chest then a punch to the right ribs, but the Pegasus recovered quickly and bucked Quann who had crossed his arms to block the buck that was followed by a powerful punch that broke his guard making him take a step back, and as the Pegasus threw a another punch that quann ducked under and lifted him up on hid back and tossed him into the air and as he came back down he kicked Fodder sending him crashing into Frost. As he landed he was forced to side step punch from Shock Jock who being an earth pony has more strength than the other two.
Quann threw a punch with his right only for him to redirect it further to the right as he threw another punch at the humans head who weaved under it to the left and threw a another punch at the earthpony who raised his fore hooves to cover his face and blocked the punch but couldn’t block the second punch that Quann threw to his stomach witch made him wretch forward with Qaunn back to him who quickly turned and elbowed him in the side of the head with his left and turned around and punched him in the chest with his right sending him slamming to the ground and kicked him into the pile of the other two troopers.
Quickly switching to the hammer fists he spun to the left and back fisted Cooper who came flying towards him. And then around to the right and punched him in the side sending him into a wall through several walls. And turned back to the other three troopers who stood back up.
“Ok guys that obviously didn’t work so well. How about this time we stay in formation a…” Shock Joch started only for Frost and Gunngfodder to run off again.
“Damn it I can’t believe I volunteered door this crap.” He sighed at the end and ran off to catch up.
As onlookers watched the first to reach Quann was Gunnfodder who threw a powerful punch at quann who raised his hands and blocked the punch and kicked him in the ribs but unlike last time he didn’t go flying having braced himself he only stumbled back as Frost ran past him to throw a punch but before he could even throw it he Quann punched him in the face sending him careening to the floor. Then Shock Jock was up next and as he reached Quann he threw a front kick that the human deflected, and as his hoof touched the ground he tried to throw a left hook. Witch Quann around and countered by elbowing him with his right arm letting the hoof hit his back, but as his elbow neared Shock Jock blocked the incoming elbow. Quann spun back around he threw a left punch that Shock dodged and blocked with his left hoof, Seeing his chance he grabbed the earth ponies leg and punched him in the back making the earthpony roll over his knee and onto the ground.
“Celestia?” Chrysalis asked as they all watched.
“Yes?” She answerd still more engrossed in the fight.
“This is…. just sad.” She said with Genuine concern in her voice. With a hint of laughter.
“For once Chrysalis… I agree with you.” The princess of the sun said
Immediately dropping to that knee and same knee he sweep kicked Gunnfodder who tried to punch him in the back knocking him to the ground glancing over his shoulder Quann eminently rolled onto his back and tucking his legs in and using his arms to brace he jump kicked Shock Jock who had gotten back up and like Fooder tried a sneak attack. The kick landed square in his bottom jaw again making him stumble back in pain and grunt. As Quann kicked he landed on his knees and punched Gunnfodder who threw another punch in the chest making him stumble. Standing back up he weaved into a left hook thrown by Frost dodging it and using his momentum he rolled over him using as a platform he rolled over top of him, When Quanns feet touched the floor he stood up and reared as Frost turned to try to throw a punch but before the unicorn’s punch could land Quann delivered an uppercut sending him over Shock Jock who reared back to throw a left jab but before he could Quann kicked him in the left sholder making him stumble around him.
Quickly Quann was barley able to dodge a downwards punch slash from Gunnfodder as he dodged he drawback and uppercuted the Pegasus making him crash to the ground. Quann brought his hands down and blocked a kick from Shock Jock who then tried to throw a left hook that quann ducked and rolled behind him and punched the earth pony in the ribs as his fore hoof was still being held above him, letting go of Shock Jocks hoof he moved it to block a punch from Frost and punch him in the face and kick him in the side then kick Shock in the side of the head and still without putting his leg done he kicked Fodder in the chest as he tried to throw a punch.
“Look there doing it. There working as a team.” Rainbow said
“Rainbow’s right they might do it their not letting up.” Twilight agreed as they saw Quann duck under a punck from Frost and to shoot up to block a punch behind his back thrown by Shock Jock with an Lblock with his right arm and punch Frost in the face again with his left.
“They have him surrounded. Now they’ve got him.” Shining armor said having been released form chrysalises spell.
Then they saw the human use the arm he blocked with to punch Frost in the face and push a punch behind him that was thrown by Shock Jock, as Gunnfodder threw an uppercut with his right Quann threw a punch with is left and grabbed the earthponies hoof pulling it up as said pony his hoof back Quann punched Frost in the right shoulder making him turn. Dropping into a crouch Quann blocked a kick from Shock as he elbowed fodder in the stomach then stood back up and punched Shock Jock in the throught, turned and blocked a punch thrown by Shock Jock, ducked under another punch and as the pegasus tried to throw a another punch and upercutted Shock Jock as he stood up making him go airborne backwards and fall on his face. Then he brought his hands up and blocked a jump kick from Frost as Fodder came up and started to throw a punch as Frost spun and threw another kick that Quann ducked and dropped to a knee under and they all saw and heard Gunnfodder punch Frost in the face making him spin daisesd. Then they saw Quann jump into the aid between them with his left arm and leg cocked as Fodder looked up as Quann punched Frost in the back of the head as he kicked Fodder in the face. And as he landed they all saw Shock Jock trying to stand up and turn to see Quann take a few strides jump and spin kick him in the face as he tried to throw a punch making him crash to the ground as and before his feet touched the ground he spun around and kicked cooper who had come flying at him into Shock Jock but not before slashing him across the chest.
Music end
The two ponies bounced to a stop between Frost and Gunnfodder who were struggling to stand up but eventually the four of them did.
“How are we supposed to beat him? He’s too powerful.” Gunnfodder asked.
“Like I said before. We stop fighting like humans and start fighting like ponies use our strengths agenized him. Now lets go.” Cooper said. and they charged again Gunnfodder and himself tacking to the air while Shock Jock galloped forward followed by Frost who was charging a spell.
Seeing this Quann drew his lancer and blocked a high speed kick from Gunnfodder with his free hand but when he went to punch he was bucked in the legs by Shock Jock as Cooper slammed into him sending him crashing to the ground but he useh his arms as a spring board to propel himself to his feet and to the base of the alter. Then they all saw him croutch and as Gunnfodder made another dash at him. And Jump into the air towards them and when he was close enough he changed his position in the aid and spring boarded off of the pegasies back and toward towards Frost only to be tackled in midair by Cooper who had seen this coming and slamed him to the ground making him drop his lancer which Frost picked it up.
“Shock Jock Catch!” Doc shouted throwing the pistol cooper cave him to his fellow trooper who caught it.
And as they both hit the ground they saw Cooper throw a right hook witch Quann spun around and tried to land a punch of his own only for his arm to be grabbed and pushed out of the way, Cooper then turned him around and delivered a vicious series quick stabs with his blades before pushing Quann to Gunnfodder who had drown an actual knife and as Quann stumbled to him he quickly pushed his head down and stabbed the knife into his back leaving it in he spun quann around and kicked him towards Shock Jock and as he reached him Raptor tried to throw a punch but is was two slow and week so the bronze earthpony ducked under it and pushed it to the side and punched quann in the side and when he tried to return the punch Shock Jock pushed his arm above him and shot him and threw him over his shoulder to the ground and when quann tried to get up Shock stepped on his chest and shot him ten times in the thought.
Earnings screams form Twilight, Rarity, and Chrysalis and all the rest. But when he started to see the tendrils appear he quickly bucked him over to Frost and about half way there quann was able to stand up using the momentum of the kick. Levitating the lancer with Frost was able to dodge a very sloppy punch and he quickly stabbed the weapon threw quanns Chest and reeving the blade. Acting quickly he levitated the human and threw him into the alter knowing that stares fucking hurt. And when he reached them he slammed into them so had it blew the lancer out of his chest. Every pony present catherd around the body of Raptor.
“Im… not.” Quann said as he tried to sit up but he failed and laid back down with a guttural sigh.
“Why?” Twilight asked
“What have I done?” Chrysalis asked herself seeing her Fiancée on the ground. And Celsetia levitated Goggels on his face a spark coming off of her horn to the goggles so that the fillies didn’t have to see his eyes.
“Cadence, shining armor. Do it… get this over with.” Cooper said standing over his fallen friend tacking off his goggles. As The two finished there spell and a large pink heart appeared around them and got bigger and bigger then they saw some of the heard turn to dust and fly into raptor. Then they saw a flash of green fire and when they looked towards they saw Raptor in his pony form lying on his back still motion less. Then they saw his whole body erupt into a mass of Black and red tendrils.
‘Un known energy source detected.’
‘Energy recharge initiated’
‘warning: Quann R. Barnes. User health critical.’
‘Nano suit deactivated via blackwatch after transfer. Overriding deactivation.’
‘Warning: unknown virus detected. Scanning.’
‘Virus fused with central nerves system. unable to eradicate.’
‘Scanning user DNA. DNA recognized equine.’
‘combining DNA. Beginning Assimilation. Minimizeing viral effect.’
‘primary systems: activated.’
‘secondary systems: activated’
‘Warning unknown exterior power surge detected.’
‘cortex broadcasting. Playing message 1 external speakers activated.’
‘Date received unknown. Sender callsign Prophet’
Every pony looked at the body of Raptor as the tendrils receded and the goggles started glowing. Then they all stepped back in fear as they saw Raptors horn flow crimson and make a large bubble over his body. And they all looked at it was coverd in strange symbols they didn’t understand. Then they heard a mechanical voice say ‘playing journal entry 7 six alpha audio recording’ then they heard raptors voice but when they looked down they saw that hasn’t talking. Then they looked back to the sphere.
“This is a message to anyone who still has an active Nano suit now or in the future. Don’t make the same mistakes I did.” They heard the voice say in a voice that was almost like Raptors only deeper than they have heard almost older.
“23 years ago. The alien Ceph invaded our world we stopped them… I stopped them”
“But the Cell corporation seized the opportunity stepped into the power vacuum quickly growing in size and influence to the brink of world domination… Cell took us all by surprise even me.”
“They call me Prophet and im the only one who knows what’s coming Cell are not the real threat to our world. The most powerful alien the alpha Ceph still lives.” The recording paused for a bit.
“Celestia what is he talking about what are the ceph?” Chrysalis asked.
“I donk now Queen? Reaper?” She asked.
“No he never mentioned it to me.” Cooper said as the Recording started up again.
“He showed me a glimpse of the future.” They all heard
“He knows what drives me. What I believe.” He said making every one wander whet that is then they saw some text appeared on the ball before the recording continued.
“That being a good solder comes down to one thing. To one single question.”
“well what is it?” Rainbow asked
“What are you… prepared to sacrifice?” he said then they saw the ball filled with a picture of what looked like another dark-skinned human bring a gun to his temple.
“Remember me.” He said as they saw him pull the trigger. But then the message continued and the picture changed to some kind of armor.
“When they came to me with the Nano suit… I sacrificed Laurence. Barnes the man I was to become Prophet. And when my own flesh and blood held me back… I sacrificed that two… Replaced it like a spare part. Sacrificing my link to my family, my wife… my kid.” He said as the picture faded and was replaced with three strange dog tags.
“Victory costs. Every time you pay a little more. I saw a glimpse of what’s coming… and there was nothing of me left to stop it.” The message paused again and before they could say anything saw something out of their worst night mare. They saw the whole ball become white and the next thing they saw was some big monster facing them and they saw something raise a bow and draw back.
“This is for Raptor team you sun of a bitch.” They heard Prophet say and there was another flash of light and when it died down they saw him holding onto a rock as other things were being sucked into the sky.
“Michael! Michael get the hell out of there.” They heard him say to a human in some form of crashed airship.
“Im trapped this fucking harness is stuck.” They heard another voice say as he let go of the rock and flew toward the airship and grabbed a ledge at the cockpit.
“Michael! Hold on. Ill get you out.” He said as the hatch was torn off by the wind revealing a pail skinned human with a shaved head. Holding onto the harness.
“There’s no time! Were to late! there through!” Michel said reaching with his left hand.
“I’m goanna get you out of there!” Raptor said and they saw him slip a little and triy to pull his way to his friend a only to not be able to make it and just hold on.
“Prophet! Barnes hold on!” Michael yelled reaching for him with his free hand while Raptor tried to reach with his right hand.
“Michael the suit…. I can’t…” They heard him say.
“Damn it. Barnes it was never just about the suit! Think about your wife and kid!” Michal yelled but at the end Raptor lost his grip.
“Barnes!” They heard
“BARNES!” They heard Michal yell one last time before there view went white then black.
“What are you… prepared to sacrifice?” they heard before they saw the message end.
“One wrecked mission. Was all it took to send me from Cryops the best in the US military to blackwatch where I met Cooper again. But l lost some good friends that day. But I came out a better man because of it.” They heard Raptor say and then the sphere changed again and they were looking form Raptors point of view as a scene played out on the sphere.
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cuba. 15 years ago
“Boxer, Scortch prepare to breach.” They heard Raptor say as he lay on a hill overlooking some kind of secured building and they saw two other humans hearing Nano suits standing buy a door.
“got it boss.” They heard one of them say as he put two fingers to the side of his head.
“Zulu. This is Mongol.” They heard another voice say then they saw Raptor move two of his fingers up.
“Go-ahead Mongol.”
“Twilight and I are in position.”
“ok. Lets do this.” Raptor said.
then the screen changed and they saw the building on fire and one of the humans running toward Raptor.
“I got the data boss. But scortch didn’t make it.” He said giving raptor a dog tag.
“Come on we have to meet up with twilight and Mongol.” Raptor said.
“Don’t you even care!?” Boxer yelled.
“Whether I care or not is irrelevant. Let’s go.” Raptor said
“ill tell you one thing Zulu Scorch was write about you. You might as well be a fucking machine. Because you sure as hell aint no human being any more.” Boxer responded.
“What?” Quann said.
“I mean you never were much good at it to begin with but Jesus Christ!” Boxer said
“Lets get going.” Quann said
The scene changed again to a clearing in s forest where they saw two other humans in Nano-suits.
“Where’s Scortch?” they saw one of them ask raptor.
“he didn’t make it we had to leave the building. Twilight.” Raptor said.
“damn it.” He said
“well lets ju….” Twilight said before a bullet tore thought his helmet and out of his head.
“Damn it get down.” Raptor said taking the tags and diving behind a log as bullets hit. And they saw Mongol firing some shots over the log followed by Raptor who fired a few bursts from his riffle at the incoming soldiers before taking cover again and looking over to Boxer getting a nod from him.
“Fall back. Extraction is on the way.” Raptor order.
“I’m not leaving him here sir!” they heard moon say taking his mask and visor off.
“We don’t have a choice soldier we will be over run.” Raptor said putting a hand on his shoulder.
“Everyone has a choice. And mine is to stay here you two go ill cover you.” He said.
Turning to Boxer who nodded.
“Alright. Nice knowing you it’s been an honor.” Raptor said
“Barnes Go!” Mongol said as he stood up and began firing as Raptor and Coin began sprinting into the forest.
The scene changed again to a beach and they saw Raptor press a button sawing something about incineration.
“What the Fuck! was that Zulu!” Boxer said
“No choice. Following orders.” they all heard Raptor say
“NO choice… Just doing what your? told just following orders? Who the Fuck does that Sound like Zulu?”
“I mean look at you now!” they saw Boxer yell at him.
“We all have to make sacrifices.” Raptor countered
“You had a choice mate. Everyone has a choice.” Boxer returned taking a few steps away.
“I told you everything I knew and everything you needed to know. You have been with me for years. Since the beginning.” Raptor said making Boxer reach into a poutch and pull something out.
“Remember these?” Boxer said holding up six dog tags and throwing them to Raptor who caught them.
“Two squads. All the men who died under your command because you were just ‘following orders’ Because you had no choice.”
“Boxer i.” Raptor tried to say
“No, mate. You take that suit of yours and you go fight your own battles… like always.” Boxer finished
And soon they all saw two airships come and pick them up. But as they flew over the water they saw an explosion on Raptors and Boxer airship and it caught fire. And they saw Raptor look at the other airship and back to Boxer going noticed by him because he was busy shooting down other missiles that were coming towards the airship.
And with one final look they saw him make the decision a decision that finally the raptor they know would make. He went up to Coin and snatched his dog tags off of him making him turn around.
“Hay what the hell are you doing?”
“I’ve lost enough men today I won’t lose another. One last sacrifice.” He said
“What the hell are you talking about?” Boxer asked.
“This.” Raptor said as he grabbed him by the arm and threw him into the other airship that had gotten closer to allow the crew to jump board. And when Boxer was in the ship pulled away.
“I have to make sure at least one suit makes it out.”
“Damn it Barnes it was never just about the suit!” Boxer yelled
“I know. Boxer. Nathan you’re the last of Alicorn team now. Good luck.” They heard Raptor say thinking seeing the irony in his old team being called alicorn team and he is an alicorn now.
“Ill see you on the other side.” They all heard Raptor say.
“Thanks boss. And for what it’s worth Barnes I take it back.” Boxer said as more missiles impacted the airship Raptor was in and everything went black and the last thing they heard.
“BAaaaaaaaarnes!”
‘Boom’
Equestria
Then the sphere turned black again with smoke and fire raising.
“When I joined Delta ops and they came to me with the Nano suit I was Quann R. Barnes and became Zulu…” he said his voice echoing and they saw other faces flash across the screen saying zulu.
“… one of the greatest tactical combat machines the world has ever known…” he said followed by the faces again
‘You might as well be a fucking machine.’ They heard Coin say
“But when you’ve sacrificed everything you had to become a perfect, cold, hard, logical machine, and that machine fails what happens then?” they heard him say in a sad tome as images of twilight, Rarity, Chrysalis, and Cadence flashed on the orb and dissipated. Going back to the other view.
‘Barnes Go!’ they heard Mongol say
‘Raptor I need your help’ they all heard and saw twilight ask from back before Nightmare night
‘cooool’ they saw the first time Sweety Bell saw raptor.
‘Everyone has a choice.’ They saw Mongol again
“When Raptor fails… what’s left?” They heard Quann say
‘You have something… Zulu you are a Prophet. Just like your fatha.’ They heard and saw an elderly face flesh across the screen
‘Come along Raptor, no time for dilly-dallying’ they saw Rarity
‘Raptor!’ they saw celestia
‘You’re not going any ware Quann you understand me!?’ they heard as cooper flashed across
‘it is good to finally have a cousin that isn’t rude.’ They herd as cadences face passed
‘…And that’s something no one else will never have or understand.’ They heard the old voice again
‘Tell them yourself.’ They heard cooper again
‘No ponies ever actually cared about me before!’ they heard Chrysalis and saw as her face pass buy on the sphere and they could see she was crying when she passed.
‘It was never just about the suit!’ They heard Nathan say as a picture of him and Alicorn team appeared then changed to a picture of him with all of them.
‘And for what its worth Barnes I take it back.’
‘Raaaptor!’ They all heard from a voice that sounded like their voices combined.
‘Baaaaaaarnes!’ Was the last thing they heard as the sphere went black.
“no Raptor. Pleas.” Rarity pleaded.
Then all of a sudden they could see Prophet walking towards them with the background black and with smoke and some embers.
“Hay dead man. I’ve been watching you. And I’ve got to say I’m proud son. That was some trip huh? What thought I gone? Well I thought so to. But Hargrave was right, it’s the suit son the suit changes all the rules.” He said he said with a smirk
“They got inside me the ceph they got inside. You see son I had to break the link to the suit or loose control for good.”
“You were able to protect two races and I’ll tell you what man that’s something even, I wasn’t able to do” He said as six hexagons appeared and a bar appeared on the bottom and went to the right changing from red to white and they heard the Robotic voice say.
“Assimilation complete.”
And as soon that was said a brilliant white specks millions of them erupted form Quanns body covering him from site.
And by chance Caadence and shining armor just finished there spell. And they saw the sphere appear turn glow white brighter and brighter until then finally there was a blinding lite as a Pink shockwave followed by what looked like a white cloud spared throughout the capital blasting most of the evil changelings out of the city or vaporizing them, leaving only chrysalis and the good ones inside the city.
“You see it may not seem like it. But we won here today but I’ve seen what’s in store for you son. And this thing isn’t even close to over.” They all heard as they were almost blinded by flash of light.
“This nation… equestira it needs a hero not Zulu it needs… a Prophet. So prince Raptor we don’t get to die just yet…”
“you’ve got to back, back where your needed.” They all heard. Then they heard the sound of hurrying hooves and the wine of engines.
“Princess luna we have come to aid you!” Captain Ultra Magnus said before noticeing the pony standing up in the center of the room being an alicorn he bowed immediately. And mech who had flown the V-tol there to disarm the missels.
“Im so sorry sir. Allow me to introduce myself Ultra Magnus captain of the Lunar guard at your servos. And um you are” they heard him say and when they finally opened their eyes. There standing on his hind hooves on top of the alter with the sun at his back his Blackwatch armor changed what was once cloth all on the armor was now blue armor plating in some parts the ribbon Applebloom gave him and the hood still remaining. His Goggles glowed a brilient red with black and with the Nano suit rebreathe device.
“Are you fucking stupid?” Quann asked earning a grumble from the guard captain.
“It cant me. It’s a miracle.” Were the unanimous statements made by the previous occupants of the room looking that the alicorn before them?
His mask and goggles disappeared and pulled down his hood and they all saw his pink eyes glowing with what looked like blue slits in there pink coloring, and as a small gust of wind blew his mane making it and the ribbon flow in the wind.
“Doc, heart stop. I want you to get out there and administer medical attention.” He said trotting forward levitating the Lancer onto his back.
“Mech, and Shock jock I want you to go to ponyville and see if they can spare a few doctors and get them back here as fast as possible”
“Reaper and Gunnfodder go help the wonderbolts and the guards get started on repairing the damage done in the attack and get rid of the bodies.”
“And Frost you stay with the princess.” He said
“Um witch one.” Frost asked making Quann sigh.
“I don’t fucking care pick one.” He said seeing that none of his troops were moving.
“Well What the hell are you waiting for an invitation? Get moving!” he yelled causing them to run off to do there assigned jobs but not before Cooper stopped in front of quann.
“Its good to have you back to your old self again quann.” He said.
“Cooper for what it’s worth I’m sorry.” Quann said.
“Its alright man.” Cooper said putting a hoof on Quanns shoulder piece
“Cooper get back to work.” Quann said
“Got it boss. Hay Gunnfodder lets go!” cooper said before flying off with Gunnfodder leaving quann with the others.
“Don’t you have a wedding to plan? Then get to it I want to actually walk my cousin down the aisle.” he said with a smile earning a cheer from them and they scurried off leaving only Chrysalis, luna, and Celestia behind.
“Aunties, Chrysalis?” Quann asked flatly.
“Y..yes Raptor?” they asked still in disbelief over what they just witnest.
“I will need one of you to catch me because im about to pass out.” He said and promptly fell over being quickly caught by Chrysalis.
“I’ll take him to a room then Celsetia we can discuss this alliance.” She said before she walked out the door.
music ends
Two days later.
epilog
Rainbow had just preformed the sonic rainboom and commented on this being the best wedding ever. With Quann standing as Cadences best stallion and Twilight Shinings best mare. And Then Celestia announced that the newly crowned Prince Raptor of Equestria had something to say much to his dismay but she told him it was time for him to make his first appearance outside of ponyville as his first more meaning full public appearance. And they all fell silent as the ponies and Newly allied changelings looked back up as Raptor walked out onto the balcony not wearing anything much to his dismay as Cadence and shining armor stepped aside.
He turned around seeing his friends and family looking at him gesturing for them to come up. The crusaders the first to go, followed by Chrysalis and the elements, then princesses Celestia and luna, last by Cooper and his other troopers. And they waited for him to start.
“None of us knows what the future holds, but we will meet it together, with full recognition of all that has been lost… All that we have sacrificed… and all that we have found again.” Quann said and paused
“First week of boot camp they taught us a lesson.” He said gaining the attention of most of the guards and wonderbotls present.
“What was that mister Raptor?” Sweety bell asked
“Well you see sweetybell.” Quann said as he levitated her onto his back.
“A good soldier knows there is only one thing he can rely on when the chips are down… Not his cutting edge Intel. Not his state of the art equipment. Not his top of the line weapon… just himself.”
“It took me a long time to remember that.” He said glancing towards his friends and new family and turned back to the croud.
“Some old friends told me once that everypony has a choice.” He continued
“For now… the war is over. I will admit that I have made mistakes along the way but… after all I’m just a pony.” Then he paused
“My name is Quann R. Barnes. They call me… “
‘They need a hero not Zulu it needs… a’
“Prophet. I am Prince Raptor of Blackwatch thank you for making me feel welcome.” He finished finished earning a cheer from the crowd. And as Quann truned and walked away his friends and family could have sworn they saw a tear fall from his eye.
Later on they had just seen off Cadence and Shining Armor. And as there carnage disappeared in the distance Celestia started the sun rise. And they all saw Quann Standing Looking over a small pond. They walked up to him.
“What is it raptor?” Rarity asked wondering what was in her coltfriends mind.
“nothing. Just remembering.” Quann said sadly.
“It’s beautiful isn’t it Raptor?” Chrysalis asked leaning on him somehow despite her being taller.
“Ya it is.” He said.
“I say we go to the beach.” Quann said earning strange looks from his friends.
“What I need a vacation.”
“Raptor there is something I should worn you about.” Chrysalis said into his ear.
“What is it?” he asked
“The mares heat cycle starts in a few days and there heats are very aggressive. So unles you want to be jumped by almost every single mare in canterlot I recommend you have a plan.” She said quietly to him.
‘count down initiated’ his suit said as a countdown timer apeard on his hud.
“point taken. But I won’t have to worry about you or my aunts will I?” he asked worried
“No you wont they are to old they stopped having them about 500 years ago. And me I want our time to be meaningful not brought about by uncontrolled hormones.” She said nuzzling him.
“And I would worn Reaper to about Fluttershy, and your one guard what was her name Heart stop.” She advised. Nodding Raptor turned and walked to mech who saluted.
“Sir what do need?”
“Keep the engines on the V-tol prepped for the next few days.” He orderd but whet surprised him was the look of almost fear on his face.
“Its that time sent it!?” Mech almost screamed gaining almost every stallions attention causeing most of them to run off and quanns male guard, and even some nearby wonderbolts and royal and lunar guard walked up.
“Tell us you have a plan.” Ultra magnus asked
“I do and hear it is.” Quann said before and explained.