Rainbow's wings flapped as she she sped through clouds, each normal one popped within contact of her. She had one objective, learn the location of the Princesses while laying undetected. She dashed through winds, causing an updraft behind her. But, it will be necessary for speed, however. As she sped towards her objective, the others moved with her. Cole pushed forward, ignoring any chaotic mutated creatures as much as possible. Zeke followed Cole and Twilight as they moved, checking out any other problems.
"How much l-longer?" Zeke wheezed as he continued running.
"Not too long!" Cole immediately answered, pulling back a bit to keep track of his friend. "You okay, man?"
"Yeah, I think. We'll probably have to go back later for my lung." Zeke joked, they chuckled at that and kept moving. As they neared the castle, a rainbow blur came down toward them. Cole looked up to see the blur, he smiled to see his informant and friend arrive.
"RD, where's the Princesses?" Cole asked valiantly as she fluttered down.
"In the Castle, caged up by some barrier. I think Discord's magic or something like that." She fluffed her wings, getting comfortable.
"Why would Discord keep them in a castle?" Twilight pondered, Cole stepped forward.
"Plans. He's smarter than us. If he prefers brains over brawn, I can definitely use that to my advantage." Cole cracked his neck and continued forward. He planned on getting revenge after what he had caused. Hurt his own friends, involve freeing him... He knew he was in deep trouble, but no matter what, if he get's revenge, no penalty will break his pride. "Twilight, how do we get to the castle? He's got lots of... things, guarding it."
"Whatever they are, we can beat them. And for getting inside, you leave that to me." Twilight knew that this was a big operation, saving the Princesses AS A Princess will surely get her undivided attention... That - she didn't want but she'll worry about that later.
"Hey, Cole." Zeke spoke up, he turned his head at his friend. "How about you use your lightning rope thingy to get up top and then move to the bottom, helping us get in?"
"Yeah, that'll work. I'll see you guys in a minute, be ready!" As Cole told them, he took off. He used Lightning Tether to hook himself to the tallest spire and slowly made his way down, through the lookout. He jumped through the windows, rolling for safety. He picked himself up and dusted himself then moved on. The castle definitely had quality over quantity. Decorations that supported lovely shades of purples, yellows and even blue fill in the pristine white structure. Designs of the sun and moon dot the flags that give this castle it's order. Cole took in every little detail as he walked around. He felt as if whoever created the building this, put their very soul and essence into it. It was absolutely gorgeous, honestly. Cole shook his head and put away those thoughts. Princesses. Not admiration time. He quietly walked, making sure not to attract any unwanted attention from Discord's "Army". The "soldiers" were animals wearing really funky armor. Whether it was bubbles or chocolate, he knew Discord had some fun with his creations.
"Cole." He heard his phone go off somehow, he pressed the "Respond" button and continued forward. "There you are man! How's the search going?"
"First, Shush. Two, I can tell I'm getting close. You guy keep moving." Cole pressed the "End Call" button and continued. As he neared the throne room, the thick scent of chocolate hit his nose. He looked around the corner to see that the door was pure cocoa. His eye twitched but ignored it. He walked up to the door, slightly opening it to peek inside. There was Discord sitting on a golden throne as he talked with the Princesses. By the Princesses tone of voice, they were losing hope. Discord knew he was going to win. Or so he thought.
"Face it, Cole is under my control. That's the end of it, Princesses." Discord taunted them, Princesses getting obviously angry as well but for it was for naught, but they kept it up.
"You're wrong, Discord! He will pull through it." Celestia proclaimed, hope somewhat left.
"Sure, he is. Do you have any idea how bad he has it? He can't even make up his own mind, someone else has to do it for him!" Discord laughed and that tipped Cole off the scale. He cracked his neck the other way and pushed the door open, revealing himself. They all caught noise of the door and turned at this revelation. "Cole! There you are, I was just telling the Princesses how useless their hope is!" Cole stared at him, face ever so blank but full of emotion. He aimed his hand, golden electricity flowing around his hand. He then released an attack that surprised all of them. He fired a Alpha Rocket, blasting away Discord and blowing him straight out of the castle.
"Wrong, Discord. Dead. Wrong." Cole stood there, stoically. He then looked at the Princesses in their strange but powerful barrier like cage. Cole fired a Scythe Bolt at the shield. Upon contact, the shield shattered like glass, sending magic pieces everywhere
"Cole." Celestia steps up, unfurling her wings to stretch. As well as Luna. "How did you find us?"
"Your Elements of Harmony. Rainbow, specifically." Cole cracked his knuckles and readied himself. "Listen, you can punish me later but now, I got an evil god to take care of." Cole jumped out the hole in the wall and slammed into the ground with an Thunder Drop, sending waves of gold lightning around him. He looked around for Discord but nothing came up. He must'a ran, Cole thought. As he said that, he was hit with something hard. Cole fell to the right, reality fading to black.
"You wretched monkey. You can't even do one thing right. I give you a objective and you go ahead and fail that. Worthless trash, is what you are." Discord floated above him, mocking him. And that REALLY tipped Cole off the scale, something... snapped in him, he swore he heard a teapot whistle. Cole pulled himself up from the brink of non-consciousness and stared away from Discord.
"Is that what you think?" Cole asked, Discord looked at him smiling, but still interested in his "retort". "Is that what you REALLY think? Maybe, that's true on some accounts. You did give me an objective, sure I failed it. But, in that "failure", I realized that mission was wrong all along. I was doing the wrong things ever since the beginning. First, the Ray Sphere, killing all those innocents, siding with the Beast." Cole sighed and charged his electricity. It sparked around his hands, creating a gold glow around them. "And though, those sins may never be forgiven... I still have a life to forward to. One wise man, once said: Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." Cole turned around instantly and blasted Discord with his Firebird Strike. Discord flew a great distance away as Cole ran after him. "Time to repay my debts."
"Do you have any idea who you're dealing with?" Discord floated up from the rubble, staring down at Cole. "I'm a god! And you are just a pathetic ape, Cole."
"Sure."
Cole then fired more Alpha Bolt shots at Discord, the god dodging each one. Right into my ploy. Cole then fired a Sticky Rocket, it missing him and he laughed at that. The Rocket split apart, three mini rockets turning around and aiming at Discord while he didn't know. Discord created a large ball of rock, grass and dirt and prepared to throw it at Cole, but was stopped by the three rockets that landed a direct hit to his back, utterly disabling his wings. He growled in pain on the ground, but stood up nonetheless. It was Cole's turn to laugh, Discord threw that ball of "earth" at Cole. He used his Lightning Tether to hook to a building away. Cole then hooked near Discord, right near him to be exact. Discord smirked at his "foolishness" and readied to attack him, Cole flew near him. Cole dropped the hook near him and blasted him with a Nightmare Blast. Dark smoke blinded Discord as Cole unleashed many attacks varying from Grenades, Rockets and Bolts. After unleashing a torrent of electricity, Cole finally realized his GREAT problem. Power. And he was low - dangerously low - to be exact, Cole dropped on one knee, panting heavily. The Princesses took notice of Cole diminishing power and Discord's growing magic. They knew that had to help, but how was the million bit question. Celestia thought of something and whispered to Luna her idea. Her sister looked unsure but took off anyway.
"I hope Cole can do this." Twilight worried as they stood a great distance away from the castle.
"Come on. This is Cole MacGrath, we're talking about. That man refuses to give up even if the going get's r- Who's that?" Zeke pointed to a approaching pony. Midnight blue coat, wavy starry mane.
"Princess Luna!" Twilight and Rainbow gasped, as she arrived.
"Yes, it great to see you two. But, there are greater matters at hand. Cole is out of power-" They gasped at that, cutting of Luna. "-And he needs power. Rainbow, I want you to bring a great storm. I don't care how bad it is, just make sure it is filled with lightning. Twilight, I need you to enchant said storm to make even greater." She commanded, the Elements and Zeke looked unsure.
"Are you sure, Princess?" Rainbow questioned her, Luna simply stared at her. Rainbow saluted and took off at her greatest speed. Luna nodded to Twilight and in return, she did the same. They now waited for Rainbow- "
That was fast. AND SWEET JESUS" They all stared at the greatest storm they have ever saw. The clouds alone are PITCH black and are absolutely letting down a typhoon. Rainbow flew at them, smiling.
"So, hows that?"
"Perfect. Twilight, you know what to do." She nodded and stepped forward. Her horn glowed intensely and the storm was surrounded in a magenta haze. The storm slowly grew, lightning getting so intense that the clouds even started to glow. Twilight finally stopped, her magic drained.
"That's it..." The storm neared and they all made their way inside, Discord's "army" left many hours ago. They rushed their way into the castle, Celestia greeted them at the door, but not after gawking at the large hurricane like storm. She shook her head and they all made their way into the depths of the castle while Celestia hovered a strange orb near her.
"What's that, Princess?" Rainbow asked her leader.
"A Mystic Orb. It will allow us to watch the battle from afar. Very far." They all reached a big door, Celestia used her magic on something and doors unlocked, revealing a whole hidden room. "This is where we will stay. For safety."
"Insolent Ape! Do you have any idea who you are facing!? I AM THE GOD OF CHAOS! You are nothing!" Discord roared as the dark smoke cleared, showing a angry god behind it.
"Yep. And if I die here, I know that the others will stop you. Things get pissed when they're close to defeat or even death." Cole, despite his weakness, stood up. He stared at his (most likely) demise. By the hands of a god, in a different realm, after trying to save it. Maybe, that'll earn him some heaven points. Maybe. As Cole finally accepted his fate, he looked upwards one last time. What he saw, made his current thoughts die. A storm. Not just any storm. A storm that neared a Supercell thunderstorm in size. Cole's mouth curved into a smile, he opened his arms and held them at his side.
"So you are giving up so easily? Good. Make it easy on yourself, wretch." Discord created a pink ball of magic, swirling it and forging it into a large sphere. "Farewell, Conduit" He threw the ball at Cole, he simply held his head upwards, eyes closed. He then opened them and a large strike of lightning hit him, blowing away the ball of magic Discord created.
"What?"
"Now. I hope you haven't changed your mind about that whole... god thing." As the smoke cleared, there stood a Conduit. Stripped of his peace and thrown into a new world. Life had great plans for him. All involving him being a true hero. He stood there, white lightning covering him from head to toe. Cole flexed his arms, getting a feel for this new power. He knew it wouldn't last long, that's for sure. So, he was going to make good use of it. Cole then reared back both his hands and unleashed a entire stream of electricity again.
Bolts, Grenades, Rockets, so on. It didn't not stop there either. A large smoke covered the battle field in dust. Cole then took this chance to unleash some of his greatest moves. Cole charged up more electricity and tapped into one of his newly restored Ionic Charges and released it in the form of a Ionic Storm. He channeled more lightning from the storm and struck the area down with the charge. Silence and white overtook everything. The speed and power from it was so great that it broke the sound barrier and blinded everyone.
"Is... it over?" Twilight coughed after regaining sight, they all coughed as well. But, Zeke spoke up
"Let's hope so, sister."
They all walked forward and there was the battered, weak Cole on the ground and a rock statute of what Discord used to be. Chunks of stone were missing from it, cracks paved the figure and electricity still sparked about around it.
"I'll take that as a 'yes'...."
They all made their way down, staring at the wasteland that was the side of the castle. Not much was left, rocks were missing from the mountain and pieces of wood, brick and dirt coated most of the side of it. It was awful to look at and what condition this whole place was in will cost hefty amounts of bits. As they stared, they heard more coughing. Not from them, but outside. Cole. They all rushed to him, they saw him slowly get up. He was covered in dirt, dust coated his now yellow and black shirt and even blood was dripping from his wounds. Cuts, small gashes. Cole was hammered to all hell.
"So..." He groaned. "It's over, right?" He then fell to the side, his vision finally going to black. I hope this ain't death. Because, I know I'm in a bad shape, right now, was his final conscious thoughts.