"So," Luna asked, "this device can replicate the Royal Canterlot Voice?"
"Princess, when I turn this hunka-hunka-burnin'-love up to 11, it makes the Royal Canterlot Voice sound like the Royal Canterlot Whisper!" Vinyl assured Luna, "but at 11, you're gonna need these!" and threw out seven pairs of headphones, which were caught by each Element and Luna.
"I don't need these, maybe I should give these to the singer?" Luna offered.
"What about me, Luna? I sang the last time." Rarity said.
"No, Rarity. You need to stand in the position I gave you. Do you have a relative, perhaps that knows the song?"
"No, my parents are out of town and we haven't taught Sweetie Belle yet-"
"I know Yigdal! Will that help?" Sweetie Belle piped up.
"...you know Yigdal?" Rarity asked, "They didn't teach me any Lunarian until my Mark Mitzvah!"
"Well, Rarity, they didn't teach me Etz Khayyim, or anything important, but I'm there with Lyra, Cheerilie, Silver Spoon, and Derpy every Friday night in the schoolhouse when we say the Soosi prayers! I know Yigdal!" Sweetie Belle said while stomping a hoof. Rarity looked at her like she had grown an extra hoof.
"W-what did I do, Rarity?" Sweetie Belle begged her sister.
"DERPY'S A SOOSI?!" Rainbow Dash and Applejack said in unison.
"Ah thought Sooses're supposed ta be quick as whips. The othas ah understand-but Derpy...hoo-wee, ain't that somethin'!"
"Maybe the horn grew into her brain..." Rainbow mused.
"Rainbow Dash, how rude!" Rarity admonished Rainbow Dash. Dash looked away sheepishly, stifling a giggle.
"Oh, I invaded their privacies, didn't I, sis?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Well, that's neither here nor there, Sweetie." Rarity turned to Luna, "Will any Lunarian song activate the Tree?"
"Yes it will. 'Twas a gift to me from mine sister." Luna gave the headphones to Sweetie Belle.
"Now, kiddo, the song will broadcast to you at one," Vinyl said to Sweetie Belle, "but STAND BEHIND THE BASS CANNON. I can't stress that enough. It is a CANNON of BASS. On that note, try singing in an alto range."
"Out of curiosity," Twilight thought to ask, "what level was it set at when you blew back the cloud?"
"Five." Vinyl said with a wink.
Twilight shuddered. "Ok, so why are we standing in this formation again, Luna?"
"We're channeling Qlappalic energies. The tree represents Kingdom, Pinkie is Spirit, in front of her are Rarity and Rainbow Dash as Glory and Victory, and in front of them are Applejack and Fluttershy representing Strength and Lovingkindness, and Twilight in the middle is Beauty. Now off in Canterlot, Discord will be Understanding, I will represent Wisdom, and Celestia will be the Crown. Got that?"
The ponies nodded.
"Good. Sweetie Belle, ready?"
"Ready!" Sweetie said, standing behind the bass cannon, holding the microphone hooked up with her magic.
"Ready, Vinyl?"
"DJ-PON-3 IN DA HOUSE!!" Vinyl exclaimed as she turned the dial all the way to eleven, putting on her own set of headphones.
"Alright. RELEASE THE BASS!!"
Vinyl hit the top of the cannon, releasing Sweetie Belle's beautiful voice at an exorbitantly superfluous decibel range.
"YIGDAL ELOHIM KHAY, VYISHTABAKH, NIMTZA V'EIN ET EL M'TZIUTO"
The Everfree Forest was awash with a glow, that slowly connected to Pinkie, who giggled when it touched her.
"EKHAD V'EIN YAKHID K'YIKHUDO, NE'ELAM V'GAM EIN SOF LE'AKHDUTO"
The glow slowly overtook Rarity, awash with vibrant color.
"EIN LO DAMUT HA GUF V'EINO HA GUF, LO NA'AROKH ELAV KEDUSHATO"
It touched Rainbow Dash, her rainbow-colored mane flowing like a Princess
"KADMON LEKHOL DAVAR ASHER NIVRA, RISHON V'EIN REISHIT L'REISHITO"
The glow skipped over to Applejack, who shivered in its presence.
"HINO ADON OLAM LEKHOL NOTZAR,YOREH GEDULATO U'MALKHUTO"
Fluttershy squeaked as the glow enveloped her and looped back to Twilight.
"SHEFA NEVUATO NETANO, EL ANSHEI SEGULATO V'TIFARTO"
As Twilight was enveloped with the enery, her wings unfurled as her eyes turned white. Her horn glowed with an undue radiance.
"LO KAM BEYISRAEL KEMOSHE OD, NAVI UMABEET ET TEMUNATO"
Twilight's horn shot out a Rainbow light that flew towards Canterlot. Luna took off, zooming past it.
----
Celestia breathed in heavily as she tensed he abdomen for another barrage of blows from Sephiroth, then grabbed his hooves, flew above the buildings, looked around, then saw it: Piano Emporium. She stole a smile, then drew both of them down into it, hard. Several off-keys were hit as Sephiroth's head fell into an open grand piano. Celestia stood up, limped over to it, and slammed the lid on his head, over and over again until the lid cracked against his head. She then levitated about seven pianos, and flung them into him, each one making crashing and plinking sounds as they hit.
Sephiroth burst out of the piano pile and lunged at Celestia. She moved her head ever-so-slightly out of the way, and then she felt his target: her mane. He closed both forehooves around her mane and started spinning around whie rising into the air buffeting her on the roof as they passed by. He kept spinning, faster and faster until he finally let go. She flew through an embroidery shop, a jeweler, Quills and Sofas II, a clothing store and a magilectronic shop, finally landing in Donut Joe's. She inhaled, when Sephiroth burst in through the roof, screaming. Celestia defected Sephiroth into the brick oven, and blasted a ray of sunlight below the oven, setting it ablaze. Sephiroth blasted out of the flames, and Celesta got up and bucked him in the face with a mighty force, hooves outstreched, shattering the windows and glassware from the sheer force of the impact. He flew out the roof at an amazing speed, bits of drywall falling onto her head.
Suddenly a clear voice rang out, "TORAT EMET NATAN LE'AMO EL, AL YAD NEVI'O NE'EMAN BEITO"
Celestia blinked. It was Yigdal.
"LO YAKHALIF HA'EL VELO YAMIR, DATO LE'OLAMIM LEZULATO"
She spread out her wings and followed Sephiroth, enveloping herself in gold.
----
Luna followed the rainbow beam as it flew across the plains, the glow dancing along the lakes and resivoirs. It sped into Canterlot at a breakneck speed, whereupon it dashed up to the landing pad, raising Discord up in a clear sheen as he examined his floating form. She flew up next to Discord, and allowed the glow to envelop her as she searched for Celestia among the carnage of Canterlot, when she noticed a black trail shooting into town. She panicked. She mused that the force of the bass cannon-amplified magic must have torn the dimensional seal open. She rushed, Discord in tow to find Celestia.
----
"TZOFEH VEYODEA SETAREINU, MABEET LESOF DAVAR BEKADMATO"
Celestia looked for any signs of impact, wishing that it'd be easier to find a pony in a two-pony wartorn town. Just then, she noticed a black trail heading towards Canterlot Mountain, a black glow forming inside of a newly formed crater. She flew towards it.
"GOMEL LE'ISH KHASSID KEMIFALO, NOTEN LERASHA KERISHATO"
A blast flew from the crater straight towards Celestia, and she put up a barrier to deflect it. Instead, the blast knocked her straight into the castle, blowing her into the stone crenellations surrounding the castle. She heard an unearthly roar and saw Sephiroth flying towards her, his shape quickly growing larger.
"YISHLAKH LEKETZ YAMIN MESHIKHEINU, LIFTDOT ME KHAKEI KETZ YESHUATO"
It certainly felt like the end of days, Celestia thought, as he noticed Sephiroth stop, tendrils of energy coming from the planet and drawing into him
"THE BEINGS OF THE NEXT WORLD WILL KNOW ME AS GODSLAYER! THEIR MIGHTY EL SHADDAI WILL BE KNOWN AS EL KHALASH V'KHASAR ONIM!" Sephiroth bellowed in an approximation of the Royal Canterlot voice with significantly more venom. The tendrils coalesced into a black ball, gaining mass until it overtook his form.
"METIM YECHAYEH EL BEROV KHASSO, BARUKH ADEI AD SHEM TEHILATO!"
"SISTER!" Luna bellowed as she flew towards her, the glow escaping Luna and enveloping Celestia, lifting her in between Luna and Discord, a pink sphere enveloping them. Three points of light shot out from Discord, Luna, and Celestia. Discord winked at Celestia, and she giggled,whispering "zot gamdah gamdim, adon harama'ee, ma'asot koondess he me'od khazako."
"HEY SEPHIROTH, DO YOU LIKE BANANAS!?" Celestia bellowed out across the expanse.
"WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO WITH ANYTHING...LOOK, I DON'T KNOW, ALRIGHT?" Sephiroth shouted from behind the ball of energy.
"SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE BANANAS, HUH?" Celestia bellowed out, winking at Luna.
Luna piped up, a ball of energy collecting between the three beings, "THOU ART A CUR WHO DOST NOT KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THOU LIKEST BANANAS!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" Sephiroth yelled out.
Discord shouted out, "FORGIVE LUNA, SHE'S A LITTLE OLD FASHIONED. WHAT SHE MEANT TO SAY WAS 'YOU'RE A BITCH THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER ON NOT HE LIKES BANANAS!'"
"YES, THAT'S RIGHT! THOU ART A, YOU ARE A BITCH THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE BANANAS!"
"YOU DARE MOCK ME!?" Sephiroth screamed out beyond the din of the flowing energy.
"SO YOU DON'T DENY BEING A BITCH THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT HE LIKES BANANAS?" Celestia shouted.
"I DENY YOU, FOUL MISTRESS OF HEAVEN!" Sephiroth yelled out as his black energy ball crackled, arcs of lightning shooting around it.
"WELL, GUESS WHAT!?," Celestia screamed out as her white energy ball buzzed with a divine energy, "YOU CAN FIND OUT FOR ME, ON THE MOON!" She belted out as she shot a beam of energy as wide as three houses towards Sephiroth, who countered with his own midnight black energy bolt, just as wide.
The balls of energy met above the palace, coalescing into a yin-yang pattern that started to vaporize the castle below them, sucking in bits of stone below them. The trees buckled from the force of the blast, wavering from the energy being thrown off from the force of the blast. Suddenly, Sephiroth gained ground in the beam war, grinning wickedly. Celestia felt her beam falter. What was going on?
----
"I can't hold it much longer!" Twilight whined as the mass of energy coursing through began to overwhelm her. Tears were streaming down her face as she fought to keep the connection going.
"ETZ KHAYYIM HE, L'MAKHAZIKIM BA, V'TOMKHEHA ME'USHAR..."
Twilight turned to see Cheerilie manning the bass cannon, singing Etz Khayyim. Twilight felt a fresh blast of energy course through her.
"DERAKHEI HA, DARKHEI NOAM, V'KOL NETIVOTEHA SHALOM..."
Twilight saw Lyra and Derpy join Cheerilie in the song.
"Keep it up, girls!
----
Celestia, Luna and Discord were visibly straining against the black bolt that was beginning to overtake them, inch by inch. Luna was sweating profusely, and Discord wore a pained expression on his face. She didn't know how much longer they could go on like this, when suddenly, a massive upswell surged up into them, followed by singing.
"Hashiveinu adonai, eleikha v'nashuva, khadesh, khadesh yameinu,k'kedem"
Celestia heard the ethereal voice frim halfway across Equestria, but it was accompanied by voices right here in Canterlot. She looked down to see a hundred ponies in the ruined streets, singing along with the voice. Chief among them she saw Twilight's father, Soarin' and Spitfire, Hoity-Toity, Photo Finish, and Fancypants. Her heart swelled with pride as she took control of the energy bolt forcing it towards Sephiroth.
"WHAT!? THAT'S N-NOT P-POSSIBLE!!" Sephiroth groaned against the mighty force pushing against him.
"THIS IS THE END FOR YOU, SAFER SEPHIROTH!" Celestia bellowed, half the castle sucked into the meetings beams, "YOU COULD HAVE DONE SO MUCH GOOD WITH YOUR POWER, BUT YOU INSTEAD SQUANDERED IT ON EVIL. I HOPE THAT YOU MIGHT RETURN FROM THE MOON SOMEDAY AS, I DON'T KNOW, A BETTER PONY, I HOPE." Celestia then held a hoof up to her forehead and saluted Sephiroth, a gesture mostly for herself, as Sephiroth's view was blocked by the blot of energy in front of him "SHALOM, SEPHIROTH!"
Celestia then held her forehooves in front of her, and she let out a vicious scream that originated in her gut, her pupils pinning as blood vessels crawled down her eyes. The white beam overtook the black beam as Sephiroth held up his hooves, trying in a last ditch effort to block the beam. Just then, Discord and Luna screamed as well, forcing all they had into the blast. Sephiroth's hooves slipped against the bolt and it caught him square in the chest. The beam overtook him as it curved upwards, shooting into the sky and impacting on the moon. A horse-shaped shadow appeared on the moon, signifying their success. Celestia, Luna and Discord let go of the energy and Celestia plummeted towards the ground, with Discord and Luna following, three craters forming in the palace gardens.
Celestia got up, and walked over to Luna holding out a hoof. Luna looked up, smiled, and hoof-bumped her from her prone position. Discord just smiled.
----
Twilight collapsed on the ground, her hooves and wings splayed across the pavement.
"Twilight!" Her friends yelled, unable to move themselves, having been paralyzed by the arcane energies that had swept through them.
Vinyl rushed over to Twilight, gingerly picked her up, then brought her into the library.
----
Twilight opened her eyes to see her friends standing above her.
"Twilight! I'm so happy you're alive!" Pinkie giggled as she hooked Twilight into a bear hug.
"Hey, Pinkie," Twilight giggled back, "but why the bear hug?"
"You was out fer three days, sugarcube," Applejack replied.
"I knew you'd pull through!" Rainbow Dash assured Twilight.
"But you were the most worried out of all of us! You were crying in the corner most of the time," Fluttershy pointed out.
"No I wasn't!" Rainbow Dash shot back, sniffling. Twillight could see she was fighting back tears.
"Nonsense, darling, we were all worried," Rarity stated.
"And I most of all," said an angelic voice walking into the room.
"Princess Celestia! Y-you're limping? And you appear to have burst a blood vessel in your eye." Twilight noted worriedly.
"Just the cost of victory, my dear. I came to check on you before I attended to other business in Ponyville," Celestia stated. Twilight looked into her face. It appeared worn, almost haggard, "Don't worry Twilight, I'll be fine in a few days." Celestia looked out across the room. "Does anypony know where I can find Vinyl Scratch?"
----"
Etz khay-etz khay-etz khay-etz-etz-etz-etz..
Vinyl was fiddling around in her sound studio. After three days ago, she had a feeling that Lunarian music was going to come back in a big way, and she wanted to ride the wave of the trend. Just then, she heard a rapping on the soundstage door.
"Come in!" She yelled over the music.
The door opened and shut, "Sorry about the mess, Applejack, I'll get the dishes up...stairs..." Vinyl said as she spun around in the chair and coming face-to-face with Princess Celestia. She leapt out of her chair into a bow.
"Get up, Vinyl," Princess Celestia said to the white pony, "I don't allow my friends to bow to me in private."
Vinyl raised herself up, a look of shock awash her face. "F-friends? Y-you and me, f-friends?"
"Most certainly, Miss Scratch. My sister told me that the reason that those voices projected all the way to Canterlot was because of your, 'bass cannon', was it not?"
"Y-you heard that all the way in Canterlot!? Awesome!" Vinyl said as she reached out a hoof, suddenly pulling it back when she realized who she was offering her hoof to. To her surprise, Celestia followed through with the hoofbump.
"Oh yeah! I just hoofbumped the Princess!" Vinyl exclaimed while dancing around.
"As delightful as that was, it wasn't why I came down to see you...
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"...thus declaring you a knight of the Royal Order of the Equestrian Empire!" Celestia said to Vinyl Scratch as she bowed before the Princess in front of all Ponyville. Celestia tapped her horn on the right and left shoulders of the DJ, "Rise, Lady Vinyl Scratch!"
The crowd cheered as Vinyl rose up, her face beaming with pride. She had to tell her mother in Hoofington about this.