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// Chapter 3 
// Story: Rise to Power 
// by ChronicPony 
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  I slowly awake to see that it is now night outside and that Celestia has returned. I slowly get up and stretch and decide to walk out to the other room and grab an apple. I quietly begin to tiptoe towards the cupboard, trying my best to not wake the sleeping unicorn hanging from a hammock above. I look up above to see if he is there and I see that he is gone. A bright burst of magic flies by the window and I quickly dart outside.

Once outside I quickly begin to look around to see what I can, Discord is here! The overlord of Equestria has shown up and is in a magic duel with the stallion. He takes one look at me and points at his neck with his hoof then at the room with my sleeping sister in it. I honestly have no idea what it was supposed to mean so I run back inside and quickly shake my sister, who is reluctant to get up. "Celestia please get up! Discord is here!" I plead. I continue to shake her and she finally awakes and sees Discord at the one window this room has and quickly darts to the other room. I follow close behind trying to not get in the way. She grabs the moon and sun necklaces and quickly puts the moon one on me and drags me outside. I'm trembling with fear, Celestia finally decides to speak, "I have the necklaces now what?" she asks frantically to the stallion.

"Put them on you shall see, that there is no where left to flee. Maybe its time to fulfill your destiny's," he blurts out, that awful rhyming once again means I have no idea what he means. Celestia quickly takes action and is using her magic for some reason or another. I feel something take hold of me as I begin to float in the air, Celestia by my side. A big burst of light comes out of both necklaces, and they shatter. The one hope for Equestria gone, or at least why I think is our only hope.

I land on the ground with a hard thud. Celestia slowly levitates down, and lends me a hoof to get up. "Your precious amulets are a joke," he chuckles. I see that shattered remains to shimmer, but a large light comes out of the stallions horn and blinds everyone.

I go to look back where the amulets were and they are gone. I begin to cry thinking Discord has one and it is all over. A purple cloud of smoke flies by my head. I jump in terror of it, not knowing what it is. As I jump I land on a sharp piece of gold and see six amulets on the ground. I begin to feel cheer as light blue cloud of smoke flies by me, then an orange one, then a yellow, pink and last, but surely not least white. The clouds begin to take the shape of six ponies all gathered around the Unicorn Stallion. There are two of each type of pony. Two unicorns, two pegasi, and two earth ponies. The six amulets attach themselves to the spirits, making them come to life. I slowly take a step forward, but the orange one speaks, "Stay back der' Princess." I obey the pony or spirit or whatever it is. A rainbow burst comes from the six ponies and turns Discord to stone.

The big cloud of smoke finally clears, and I notice the six ponies have all vanished back into thin air. Still observing I hear Celestia crying and quickly run to her. About halfway to her I see her sobbing over a dead body, and its not one of the spirits or Discord, but the green haired unicorn. I'm not even all the way to them and I am on my knees sobbing. The generous pony who shared his home with us is now dead.

Celestia is now standing beside me, hugging me tightly. Something seems different about Celestia though, her hooves don't feel normal and I think she is wounded badly. The moon falls, but the sun hasn't come up. Terrified, Celestia and I walk into Ponyville. Everypony is terrified that the sun has not risen yet. A bright light glows and I see nothing more.