"Before I go kill Celestia and Luna, I think I need to put an end to you however." He spoke over the wind coming from him. Nightshade just sat there, kneeling on the ground, looking up at the sky, screaming in pain. Discord brought the sword in line with his head, wound up, and swung.

"YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" Discord was thrown off balance by the war cry. Looking into the sky, he saw a massive ball of flame, obscuring the eclipse, casting it's glow on the entire town. It was headed straight for him. The ball narrowed, becoming like an arrow as it sped up. Even though he was in terrible pain from having his entire body destroyed and rebuilt what he was conscious, Nightshade opened his eyes, and saw the most amazing thing he had ever seen. Spike was holding Firebolt under his body, his wings spread wide. She was aglow, brighter than the sun, making her painful, yet beautiful to see. Her flames had wrapped around her dragon boyfriend, the two of them becoming a massive arrow of flame, with his outstretched wing as a plane. They arced across the sky, coming in low, headed straight for the chaotic serpent. As they flew through the town, the building they passed caught fire just from being in proximity to them. They collided full force with the Draconnequuis, pulling up, lifting him into the sky.

"NOVA!" The mare and dragon pair shouted at the same time, Spike adding his own flames to the mix. They flew up above the cloud line as they stopped and sent their flames forward. To Discord, it was the equivalent of standing on the sun.

"NOBODY HURTS MY BROTHER!" Spike yelled. The sheer force of the directed explosion sent Discord clear to the moon, literally. He collided with the massive rock, causing it to shudder slightly. Exhausted, they flew down to Nightshade, who was writhing in pain on the ground.

"Hey, come on, the princesses are gonna do it, we need to get you out of here!" Firebolt proclaimed.

"No! You don't understand, I'll be fine! I'm not just saying it! Something is happening to me! I can't explain it! Just trust me!" He yelled back. They looked at each other, before suddenly they were knocked over by another massive gust of wind. Shade was glowing bright white, with a small tint of green.

"Shade?" Spike asked nervously. His older brother stopped glowing. He had regained his former musculature, white feathered wings, wearing green robes, wrapped in a green flame, and wearing a green crown, similar to that of the princesses.

"Call me Gaias. Geez, First I'm Davis, then I'm Nightshade, now I'm Gaias, I have way too many freaking names. Anyway, you two clear out of here. I'm gonna finish Discord."

"Well, if you're sure...." Before they could argue anymore, he opened his wings with such force that the gust sent the two flying. Spike grabbed his marefriend and flew her out of the city.

Standing on opposite ends of Ponyville, Princesses Celestia and Luna raised their horns to their respective heavenly bodies, and at the same time shouted in their loudest voices.

"I don't believe this, those two sent me clear to the moon. What the hell. Where did little Firebolt get that much power? Oh, right, she's fueled by her anger, and that gust of wind was full of energy. I've been fighting for the past hour, and I was tired till Black Law broke, then I was all hunkey dorey. Well, until that last hit. Well, time to go kill ever......." Discord stopped. He looked at the two celestial bodies, feeling a strange energy coming from them. His eyes went wide with shock.

A brilliant spiral of magic, both light and dark at the same time, struck him square in the chest. The power of the sun, focused through the moon, right at him.

"They wouldn't, they couldn't! Ponyville is...... deserted. Oh for goodness sake!" He yelled in pain and anguish as the combined might of both alicorns, and all the force of the great orbs they represented, was forced down upon Ponyville, with him in between the two.

Seeing a flash from above, and hearing the Royal Centerlot Voice, Nightshade pushed off from the ground, creating a crater that knocked over Twilight's library. It didn't matter, the whole town was going to be toast anyways. Spotting Discord, he flew directly at the screaming serpent, with a smile on his face.

"It's OVER!" Nightshade said with a smile, his fist colliding with the fiend, driving him upwards into the beam of light and shadow. It was unstoppable force meets immovable object, and Discord was right in the middle of it. As he contacted the spirit of disharmony, he used his powers to drain every last bit of energy he could from him, weakening him. Discord said nothing, simply crumbling into a fine stone powder with a look of horror on his face. The remainder of the blast went past them, incinerating Ponyville, turning it to ash and leaving a black burn mark and indent where the entire town was, save for a single spot, directly under where Shade and Discord had been.

All the Ponyvilliens watched in horror as their town was reduced to cinders. At least nobody was in there. Slowly the human with far too many names flew down, landing on the only unscathed spot, standing with his arms crossed.

Lyra, it's over. Take a look. Closing her eyes, Lyra saw what her human friend saw. Suddenly, a mental brodcast went out across the entire world.

Report from Ponyville! The town has been destroyed, I repeat the town has been destroyed. All who heard it suddenly prepared for mourning.

Only one casualty, and it's Discord! It's over! We won! A massive cheer was heard across the entire world, the bound Ursa's returning to normal, giving the bear version of an apology, returning to their various caves. The sun and moon slowly moved back to their regular positions, ending the eclipse. The evacuees returned to their homes to check the damage. Although it had happened in the past due to a tidal wave, the Hoofton ponies still cried at the loss of their beloved home, which the Zebra's gracefully offered to help rebuild. Trottingham was okay, only having a few smaller buildings topple, and some broken windows, with Nohvak being the center of a massive, city wide group hug, to which he replied,

Canterlot was much worse for wear, as it had fallen off it's foundations and split in two, it could not be rebuilt. They would have to break it apart piece by piece for building materials as they built a brand new capital. There was a prime building location nearby, which had just been cleared. The sight of Discord's demise was a perfect place for the new city. As the mane six, and the rest of their friends entered their former home, they began to cry.

"Sweet Apple Acres! Yer okay! Musta been cuz you were outside the town!" Applejack jumped with joy.

"Our house is okay! I would be pissed if all the hard work I did building it went to waste." Dash said sternly.

"My cottage! Oh, all the poor animals must have been so scared! I'm glad they're all okay though!" Fluttershy.

As the continued into town, Rarity, Twilight, the Cakes, and most of the remainder of Ponyville criednot in joy, but in loss.

"Oh relax Twilight, What do you think I was doing in Ponyville while everypony else escaped? I was sending all your books, notes, and whatnot to the royal archive. They're all fine! Except, as soon as this place gets rebuilt, I'll be burping for a month and a half nonstop. My stomach already hurts thinking about it." Spike said sullenly.

"Well then I guess I'll just have to put on that nurses outfit won't I Spiky?" Firbolt smirked.

"Where did you two learn how to do that? I saw it from outside of town." Twilight asked.

"What, you think you're the only one who has super strong magic? We practiced that move a lot. Okay, so maybe we had help from Shade's weird green wind thingy, but that's besides the point!"

"Shade, wait, where is he?" Fluttershy looked at the center of town to see a strange, white winged, green robed form.

"Shady, is that you?" Fluttershy and Dash asked, gawking at the majestic form standing with his arms crossed.

"Nope. I'm better than alright. I learned a whole bunch of crazy stuff that'll make your head spin. Let's go find Celly and Luna."

The whole group walked to the edge of Ponyville where the princesses were waiting. They didn't look regal, they looked exhausted. Their manes weren't flowing, rather hanging limply at their sides.

"Apparently, I'm father freaking nature. Have been the whole time. Reincarnation of the creator of this world. Aurora called me 'Gaias'."

"Yeah, she told me to break the sword, destroying it and the elements to regain 'my' power. So pretty much, Black Law and the elements were originally a part of me, and now they are again."

Well, that's the end. Not. There's going to be a few more chapters, going over what happened after. Yeah, I know the end seemed a little like an anime where they have to call out their attacks when they use them, but the reason they do that is because it's way more epic. I mean, it just wouldn't have been the same if Shade punched Discord and said nothing, or maybe something completely out of context like boom headshot. I told you all we'd see Scoot's and Claire again. So, Shade is basically a god now, even more so than the princesses. Absorbing all the power of the Elements AND Black Law, which HE created in his past life. Everyhting he's ever done was just to prepare him for that, meaning Aurora set him up! That bitch! I guess she can do what she wants though since she's dead. By the way, if you don't like the ending, TOO BAD. It took me a whole day to write, and I'm not changing it, and it's not actually the end, just a chapter or 2 BEFORE the end, but it was the final battle.

Ascended

by BlackWing

Godhood (29)