//------------------------------// // Chapter 12: Charge of the Wonderbolts. // Story: Into the Beginning: The Life of Writing Glory // by Chaos Phantasm //------------------------------// The Life of Writing Glory By Chaos Phantasm ===================================================================== Chapter 12 Charge of the Wonderbolts =============== A month after the wedding the war had become even more heated. The entirety of The Crystal Empire had been militarized as had half of Equestria except the area surrounding Canterlot and the south. Soldiers go out to fight every day with Destiny Charge commanding the armies. Writing Glories days lately have been organizing strategies and raising Mira. Wonder Bolt had been crowned prince and been given a crown of his own though not as grand as the fausticorns. Shadow had become bolder, he planned to attack Canterlot in five days. This has put Writing Glory under more pressure then shes ever had, Destiny Charge has been pacing the map room in a state of Procrastination. Writing Glory enters the map room and looks at how far the army has advanced. "The Crystal Empire is making a grave mistake. Shadows decision to attack Canterlot will prove ruinous." "For us your highness, his armies are far too powerful for any of our soldiers to take down. Their armor is too thick." Writing Glory lifts her sight from the map and toward Destiny Charge. "But you are not taking a Magical approach to this conflict, it's all been weapons and arrows yet you do not use the very thing that gave you all the ability to even walk!" Writing Glories anger boils as the crystal armies march toward Equestrias capitol. the lack of magic utilized in the war has caused Writing Glory to doubt they'll ever win. "Aunt Writing Glory?" Destiny and Writing Glory look in Miras direction. "Please don't be angry..." Writing Glory no longer looks angry but instead looks concerned and worried, she walks over to Mira getting to her height. "I'm sorry Mira, I'm just a little worried that's all." Mira nuzzles Writing Glory. "Auntie the Dragons will help us right?" Destinies eyes widen. "You mean like those creatures that fly and eats rocks and spit fire?" Mira nods. Writing Glory freezes for a moment and thinks. "Mira... Destiny... your both geniuses." Writing Glory kisses Mira on the forehead then runs up stairs, through the throne room and outside where she jumps and takes flight. Flying upward to the monastery to finish the design of a creature she started creating months ago. Writing Glory tore through cabinet upon cabinet, bookshelf upon bookshelf to find her old book of creation. "Where is it? i don't understand i left it right.... under my bed..." Writing Glory runs outside and takes flight, flying back to the castle and quickly hurrying to the bedroom, upon reaching her destination, the fausticorn looks under the bed for the book of creation. "Honey is everything okay?" Wonder walks in. "Everything's fine dear ." Writing Glory moves things and tosses things out from under the bed as she searches. Wonder looks at the state the rooms in and watches as his wife tears the room apart nervously, smiling nervously as though this is normal. "Might i ask what you're looking for?" "A book, a very powerful book that is cold to the touch, and gives off a radiant energy that feels like time coursing through your very being." Wonder blinks twice upon realizing what Writing Glory is looking for, he walks over to a silvery glowing book in the book shelf and pulls it out. "Ahem." Writing Glory looks up and sees it. "I believe this is the book you were looking for." The alicorn princess takes the book. "Thank you Wonder," She kisses Wonders cheek, "love you honey." Writing Glory then runs out the door, going to find Clover the Clever, and Star Swirl the Bearded. Clover was arguing with Star Swirl, and Destiny over how they should combat the revelation of Shadows plan. As the argument continues Writing Glory enters the room. "Excuse me.." "Your thinking is irrational, your thinking of sending hundreds of soldiers to their deaths." "Abusing magic is a worse crime Clover the Clever. I taught you to preserve and use magic wisely!" Destiny stomps her hoof. "Leave my mother alone you old colt." Writing Glory tries again to get a word in but her words are blotted out by the three ponies yelling at each other, Writing Glory tries again but is still ceased. She takes a deep breath neighs loudly, her mane and tail flowing faster, her eyes glowing bright white, she slams her hoof down causing the whole of Equestria to shake. "SILENCE!!!" Star Swirl the Bearded, Clover the Clever, and Destiny Charge snap to attention, ceasing their argument and paying attention to the princess. Writing Glory takes deep breaths and calms down. "Okay, I have a plan that will beat the crystal armies for good." Writing Glory puts don a sketch of a Dragon, it had the appearance of a savage creature much different then the common Equestrian dragons seen in the present day. "What is this? It's like a flying reptile." "Exactly, a Dragon." Clover seems confused. "A Dragon? You mean the creatures inf airy tales you read to Mira every night?" "Eating Gems and minerals, rocks and utilizing that to breath fire and magic?" Star Swirl the Bearded looks it over. Writing Glory smiles. "If i can create this within five days, and give it life before Shadows invasion. The crystal armies will flee like a monkey fighting a powerpuff girl." Destiny Charge adores the idea. "I'm on the princesses side." "Well... if my daughters on Writing Glories side to make a Dragon then i'm in." Star Swirl the Bearded sighs. "Give me time to think... all this is quite absurd to me that such creatures could exist." Star Swirl the Bearded returns to his chambers as Writing Glory finishes the Dragons design. Wonder Bolt wanders around the castle thinking. He looks out the window to see the crystal armies in the distance, Wonder looks on worriedly and decides to go to Cloudesdale for a while. Later that evening at dinner Writing Glory waits for Wonder Bolt at the table, Mira eats her dinner while the fausticorn doesn't touch her food. Writing Glory turns her head in a guards direction. "Excuse me guard but do you know where Wonder is?" "He informed Clover the Clever that he was visiting family in Cloudesdale, everypony assumed you knew." Writing Glory looks down and looks back at her food sadly and begins to pick at it. "No... he didn't inform me..." Mira stops eating and looks sad at Writing Glory, she then hops up onto the table and nuzzles the princess. "It'll be okay Auntie, Uncle Wonder Bolt will be back, he would never abandon you, you can count on that." Writing Glory smiles at Mira and nods in agreement. A guard bursts into the room. "Princess! I have urgent news." Writing Glory stands from her seat. "What is it soldier?" "Shadow has requested an audience beyond the city walls." Clover enters the room. "Tell that dictator that the princess refuses to see him." "Clover, if Shadow wishes to have an audience with me, then he shall get it." Writing Glory furrows her eyebrows and walks down the hall to her bed chambers where she dons her princess armor, but keeps the elements of harmony where they are. She exits the castle and takes a chariot to the outside of the walls where shadow waits. A cold feeling of dread washes over the fausticorn the moment she laid eyes on Shadows black demonic armor which was near satanic to the alicorns eyes. Shadow watched the chariot descend from the sky, his long dark cape flowing in the wind that blew that cold winter night. "So, you've answered my summons." "I assure you I don't want to but curiosity got the better of me." "I sense that it was much more then curiosity that brought you out, perhaps you wish to negotiate, or perhaps you plan to kill me right here.... no that's not your way is it fausticorn?" "Unfortunately." Writing Glory dismounts her chariot looking less then happy to be there, and approaches Shadow, and he in turn approaches her. "Why did you want to see me Shadow?" "Must I have a reason? Can I not simply talk with my counterpart?" "I would like a reason as to why you are here? To study me? To scout out Canterlot?" Shadows pours a glass of apple cider, for himself and the princess. "To talk, i grow tired of speaking to the same, expendable ponies everyday. I need somepony else to speak with, to ease my boredom." Shadow levitates a glass of cider to the princess. "Are you trying to poison me?" Writing Glory takes hold of the glass with her magic. "It is not poisoned, I made sure of that, I do not believe in coward tactics and assassinations. I'd much rather kill you personally." Writing Glory looks watches Shadow. The frontal area of Shadows helmet comes apart and slides open, one mouth piece on the left and the other mouth piece on the right revealing a snow white muzzle, it was paler then any normal muzzle, almost sickly pale, almost bleached white. Shadows drinks the glass of cider then the mouth pieces close again, concealing the muzzle. Writing Glory sips the cider then places the cup down on a table gently. "You are awfully polite for a dictator." "I prefer conqueror, emperor, and your Superior." "I see" Writing Glories serious tone of voice persists. "This land is beautiful, rarely do I say such things. This armor rarely allows me opportunity to see things so beautiful and fair. You created this world in an interesting way, the beauty is blinding and unforgettable." Writing Glory is surprised, her tone becomes more pleasant. "Um... well, thank you." Shadows voice changes all of a sudden to that of a young colts, filled with sadness and loneliness, Shadows mouth piece slides open allowing him to speak this way. "In either case.... i'm sorry for what i am going to do... you've let your kingdom thrive while Crystannia decayed." Shadow slides the mouth piece over his muzzle once more reverting his voice to the cold metallic voice he had previously. "But it is necessary. Equestria will be mine," Shadows horn glows red, he was holding a knife behind his back. "And you will be a stuffed head on my wall!" Shadow turns around knife drawn charging toward Writing Glory, the fausticorn sees this and jumps back as Shadow tries to strike her with it, the fausticorn uses her fire sphere spell, the very one used to kill King Cocoon to decimate half of Shadows army and to distract shadow. Writing Glory fires a megaton of electrical volts at Shadow causing the dark unicorn to scream in pain as his muscles spasm uncontrollably. He drops the knife which Writing Glory takes and rams it into the armored unicorns hoof pinning him in place. Writing Glory then returns to the chariot and stomps her hoof twice. "Back to the castle and step on it!" The pegasi fly as fast as they can to the castle. Upon arriving Writing Glory steps off the chariot and hurries inside where she announces to everypony that Shadows invasion of Canterlot has begun. ~~~ Guards lead Citizens to underground bunkers where they will be safe. Crystal Pegasi fly over Canterlot, dropping bombs and other objects that pose a serious threat to anypony unlucky to be caught in the blast these bombs discharge. Writing Glory this time joins the battle like she did during the 1st attack, but this time Destiny Charge and Clover the Clever assist the princess. Writing Glory doesn't use weapons instead she utilizes powerful magic to maim or kill her attackers, even using an attack Celestia used against the Nightmare Moon cultists years later before Nyx was born, to blast her opponents away if they surround her. Destiny Charge, and Clover the Clever, both armored and protected., lead citizens to safety. Crystal centurions enter the city and begin breaking into the bunkers and slaughtering anypony they can until the Canterlot soldiers appear and end the lives of the crystal ponies. Writing Glory flies around canterlot firing explosive fire balls from her horn at the enemy nearly wiping them out. "Destroy Canterlot, break the princess, I want to make her suffer for the amount of lives she fails to save." Shadow laughs. Catapults are fired at the city, towers crumble, streets shatter, and countless lives are lost. Writing Glory flies alone beyond the city walls and fires at the catapults destroying them. Shadow fires beams at Writing Glory missing every shot until one hits the fausticorn, grazing the alicorns leg, blood pours from the wound angering the princess, she charges up her most powerful sphere and fires it at Shadow. Shadow takes the attack full force and is nearly blown away by it, but alas he still stands among the burnt patch of land which his hooves tread. "Send in the Night raiders." The General nods at Shadow and whistles. A flock of bat pegasi emerge from behind the army hissing and screeching fly toward Canterlot, they cover the princess and begin biting her but the vampire antidote in her veins prevents any disease from harming her, especially vampirism. She creates a sunlight flash that scares many bat Pegasi. Writing Glory quickly flies back to Canterlot. "Clover, Destiny, get everypony out of the bunkers and into the castle, NOW!" Clover and Destiny nod and gets to work while the fausticorn and some guards deal with the evil pegasai. The bat pegasi dive downward on the Fausticorn and Canterlot armies killing many and even being killed themselves. Writing Glory fights the majority of them, utilizing powerful magic to kill her opponents. The sun starts rising and the sounds of a Pegasus war horn is blown. Writing Glory, the crystal and Canterlot armies look up to see Wonder Bolt standing on a cloud. "Oh how the fires of war blaze, canterlot needs a fire fighter or, eighty." Eighty Pegasus wearing Wonderbolt suits and goggles appear on the same cloud. Writing Glory smiles and etars up, happy to see her husband. "Wonderbolts, charge!" Blinding Flash charges downwards at the Crystal armies with the Wonderbolts in tow. Shadow orders a retreat before using a teleport spell to take him back to The Crystal Empire. The crystal armies and bat ponies are decimated and defeated by Canterlots new army. The Wonderbolts use complex maneuvers in their attacks. Moving just as swiftly as Soarin, Spitfire and the other Wonderbolts in the present. Wonder Bolt is quick to try and find Writing Glory as the Wonderbolts drive the crystal armies back. Wonder and Writing Glory finally find each other, the fausticorn runs toward her loving stallion and hugs him, and he hugs back, Writing Glory then uses her front right hoof to smack Wonder on the back of the head. "Ouch!" "Reckless! You left Canterlot without my knowing, you charge toward a killer army head on without any thought, you do dangerous stunts to drive them back. You are just so so reckless!!" "Sorry dear. I'll tell you where i'm going next time I promise." "Just shut up Wonder, I don't want to hear it. I'm just happy you came to save us when you did." "I'd never leave you hanging." Wonder kisses Writing Glory she kisses back and smiles with her cheeks flashing red. Mira runs out of the Castle toward her aunt and uncle as they walk toward Mira smiling happily but filled with the knowledge that Shadow will try to attack once again. At The Crystal Empire, Shadow watches as a crystal pony is outfitted with a massive weapon. "It's finished then?" The engineer nods. "yes mi lord, The Hyperion soldiers are ready and at your disposal ." Shadow starts chuckling slightly, he rears his head back and his chuckle evolves into a dark evil laugh. "Excellent, hahahaha!!!!" =====================================================================