There can be no good without evil. ~ An old Russian proverb.
Sunset was eating lunch in the gardens with her mother and father when she heard the sound of sobbing. She turned her head towards the maze when the sound was coming from and stood up. "Sunset? What's wrong?" Sunset did not hear her mother and entered the maze. Slowly she worked her way through until she reached the center where she saw a little colt crying, the strange thing was that he had a monkey's tail.
"Hey kid! What's wrong?" The colt stopped sobbing, turned, and faced Sunset revealing an evil grin. He stood up on his hind legs and began to transform. His teeth elongated into fangs, his muscles bulged out and he grew hands and feet. His heads shape changed to that of a gorilla. It wasn't a pony, it was a demon. It grabbed Sunset before she could scream or run and lifted her off the ground.
Celestia and Mord turned the corner to the center and saw the ape demon holding Sunset. "If you wish to see your daughter ever again then you will shed the blood of the monster king!" The ground rose up and covered the demon and Sunset. The mare began to scream but was silenced as her mouth was covered by dirt. They then began to sink into the ground.
Mord and Celestia charged but they were not fast enough. The demon and Sunset were gone. "Mord... Who just took our daughter?"
The arch demon looked at his lover. "That was The Thieving Monkey, Vul Dief. He is an archdemon just like me. Celestia... Do you want to see Sunset ever again?"
Celestia gave Mord a sharp glare. "What kind of question is that!? Of course I want to see our daughter again Mord!"
"Then we will have to kill Fang." Celestia blinked and saw something in Mord's eyes. Tears. In the five hundred years they had been lovers Celestia had only seen him cry once before. The day Sunset was born.
Celestia's glare softened. "If it is the only way to see my little Sunset again...." She closed her eyes and sighed. They shot open revealing a small fire behind them. "Then I shall have his head on a pike!" Her anger and despair were so great that the clouds over Canterlot began to pour rain and strike the ground with lightning. The lovers went inside to prepare. In three months time there would be bloodshed.
Three months later.
Twilight was in shock at what she had just heard. She had been called to Canterlot along with Cadence and Shining Armor by Celestia and Luna. She had entered the castle under the suspicion that they were all just going to talk about the ongoing events in Equestria and how to keep all their treaties in play. She was wrong. She blinked and looked at her mentor. "Princess Celestia... Could you please repeat that?"
Celestia looked down at the table and sighed. "I said we must prepare for war against Fang." She looked up and turned to the ponies who she had called to this meeting to see their reactions. Luna was angrily grinding her teeth, Cadence was holding a hoof over her mouth, Twilight had tears forming in her eyes, and Shining Armor was switching back and forth between grinning and being confused.
Twilight stood up and slammed her hooves down on the table. "Why!? Fang has done nothing to harm Equestria since he returned! In fact he has done nothing but help Equestria in my opinion! Why do we have to go to war with him!?"
"Twilight is right sister!" All eyes turned to Luna. "Is it not Fang who is fighting and sealing the demons who escaped from Tartarus? I see no reason to fight him! He wishes for peace between our countries!" Cadence nodded in agreement with Twilight and Luna.
Celestia growled. "We must go to war sister! I can not tell you why, but we must!" The room was silent for a moment. "There is no other way! I wish there was, but there isn't! Fang must die, for the greater good!"
The sound of a chair falling over and breaking against the marble floor caught the attention of everypony in the room. Twilight was standing up with her wings flared out. Her eyes were freely flowing with tears. "Y-you want to go to war, and kill Fang, but won't even tell us why!? You can't even have the decency to tell me why you want to kill the stallion I love!?" She began to back up until she reached the door. "The Celestia I know would never do something like that! The Celestia I love not only as a princess and mentor, but like a second mother would find a way to settle her issues with somepony peacefully! But with the way your acting, it is obvious that you are not the Celestia I know and love!" She opened the door and turned around to leave.
"Twilight Sparkle! If you leave this room then you will be considered a traitor to the Equestrian crown!" The room was silent. Then they heard the sound of sobbing. All eyes turned to Twilight, who had turned her head so that she could look at the other royals. Celestia blanched. "T-T-Twilight... I-I'm so sorry! I-I didn't mean it! I was just so angry that I-" She was silenced when Twilight raised a hoof.
"Save. Your. Breath." The entire room gasped at Twilights words. "You're wrong Celestia... You meant it, and you know what?..." Twilight stepped out of the room and turned to walk down the hall giving Celestia one more look. "I guess I'm a traitor then... But in my opinion... Being a traitor is better then living under the rule of a tyrant worse than Nightmare Moon!" Twilight galloped down the hallway with her brother, Cadence, and Luna, calling and chasing after her.
Shining caught up and ran up along side his sister, followed by Cadence and Luna. "Twilight get a hold of yourself, turn around, and apologize right now!"
"No!" Cadence ran up next to Twilight and gave her a sad look.
"Twilight I know that Celestia went to far calling you a traitor but you need to understand, she is doing what she thinks is best for Equestria!" Twilight just kept running and kept her head forward.
"No! I don't understand and I don't want to understand!" Luna ran up and Cadence slowed down, switching places with the moon princess.
"Twilight please! Don't do this! I know she is acting like my dark side but she must have a reason! Please just calm down!" Twilight growled at Luna.
"I SAID NO!" The front doors of the castle slammed open, Luna, Cadence, and Armor had to stop so that they did not get hit by them. Twilight took to the air and soared. She just soared. Through the skies over Canterlot, down to Ponyville, past Rarity's house, Rainbow's house, the library, Sugar Cube Corner, Sweet Apple Acres, Fluttershy's cottage, and into the forest. She flew through the trees, dodging them until she reached Fang's castle. She braced herself as she crashed through the window to the throne room and landed on her side. She hit the ground and bounced before hitting it again and landing right in front of Fang. She then cried out in pain.
"Twilight! Are you alright!?" Fang bent down and began to pull the shards of broken glass from her body, summoning bandages and wrapping them as he did so, before trying to lift her up, causing her to yelp in pain. Gently running his hooves along her he gasped. She had broken her wing in seven places when she landed. "Don't worry Twilight I know a spell that can speed up the healing process."
"Fang Celestia is- Ahhhhhhh!!!" Fang grabbed Twilights wing and straightened it before summoning a splint around it and casting a spell, making it so that her wing would heal in half the time it would naturally. "T-thanks... Fang! Celestia is going to declare war on you!" The room was silent. Fang lifted Twilight up and took her to his room. He set her down on the bed and called for Ana, who appeared in a flash of light and snow.
"Yes Fang? What do you- OhmygoshTwilight! What happened to you!? Are you OK!?" Ana ran up to Twilight and climbed onto the bed, slowly as to not hurt Twilight, and looked at her with a worried expression. Her eyes looked on Twilight's. "You've been crying... What's wrong Twilight?"
"Ana I want you to watch Twilight and get her anything she needs OK?" Ana nodded. "I need to... Awaken my generals."
"Cousin Fang? Are you going off to war again?" Fang nodded. "With who?"
"He's going to war against Equestria Ana. Celestia declared war today... But I can tell that Fang will win... To be honest... Compared to his soldiers... Our military is hopeless..." Just before Fang left the room Twilight remembered something. "Fang? Can I stay here for a while? I've been branded a traitor to Equestria..."
Fang just gave her a small smile. "You can stay here as long as you want Twilight. If I may ask... Why are you a traitor?"
"Because I came to warn you, and I came to warn you, because I want to be by your side... Because... Because I love you..." Fang walked back over to the bed and smiled down at Twilight before kissing her.
"I love you to Twilight." The door burst open and everypony turned to see Shining Armor as he threw a guard to the side and stepped into the room.
"Twilight! Princess Celestia said that if you come back now you won't be a traitor, but if you stay here you will. Come on lets go!" Shining glared at Fang who glared back at him.
"I don't want to." Shining went wide eyed and looked at Twilight. "Sorry big bro... But I want to stay here with Fang."
"Twilight... I won't let any member of my family be branded a traitor. If you won't come willingly I will drag you back to Canterlot." He took a step forward but was met by Fang's hoof.
"No means no Armor." Fang removed his hoof from Armor's face and gave him a strong head-butt. Shining stood there for a second before falling over. Fang turned to Twilight. "It's your brother Twilight so it's your call. Do I send him back to Equestria with a warning or do I lock him in the dungeon? I promise he won't be mistreated in the dungeon. You will be able to visit him if you want."
Twilight paled at her options. On one hoof she would be giving Fang an upper hoof in the war to come, on the other hoof she would be locking her brother in a prison cell. Finally she made her decision. "Lock him up... It's for both your safety and his." Fang nodded and two guards came in before carrying Armor off. Twilight got up and walked over to Fang. "You said you were going to... 'Awaken' your generals... I won't ask what you meant but... Can I come with you?"
Fang smiled and nodded. There was a small tugging at the two alicorns legs and they both looked down to see Ana. "Yes Ana?"
"Can I go and play with Jack?" Fang nodded. "YAY!!!" Ana ran out the door followed by Fang and Twilight. Ana went to the left while the couple went to the right. The two continued down the hallway until they reached an intersection, they could go either left or right. Fang just stepped forward and gave a stomp onto the ground causing a hidden door to open.
The two entered the hidden passage and took a few steps before the door closed behind them. Twilight gave a small eep before flames began to ignite and a small trail of fire lit torches that led down a spiral staircase. The two walked down the stair case for what seemed like hours until they reached a door. Fang opened it and they both entered. Twilight looked around the room. Ten statues, each depicting a wild animal. One stood out to Twilight as it depicted not an animal, but a teenage dragon. It had a crown of curved horns, and was standing next to a pile of, what looked to be, bones.
Looking at the other statues Twilight saw a wolf, a jaguar, a bat, a bear, a lizard, a crab, a scorpion, a eagle, and a frog. Each was the size of a pony. "Fang... Are these your generals?" Fang nodded and pulled out ten amulets. The simple stones glowed and flew towards the statues. When each reached a statue they entered where the heart of the animal would be. Slowly the statues gained color and began to move.
"Twilight! These are my generals, in their animal forms." He pointed to each. "Lóng The Dragon, Qīngwā The Frog, Lǎoyīng The Eagle, Xiē The Scorpion, Pángxiè The Crab, Xīyì The Lizard, Chéngdān The Bear, Biānfú The Bat, Měizhōu hǔ The Jaguar, and Láng The Wolf." They all nodded as they heard their name. "Generals prepare yourselves! For tomorrow a new era dawns on Equestria!" The generals all growled and took the forms of ponies. They then quickly received their orders from Fang and left.
Twilight gave Fang a worried look. "Nopony is going to get hurt right?"
"Of course not my love. I will do everything in my power to make sure that no blood is truly shed in this war." Twilight smiled and hugged Fang who hugged her back.
"C-can we just stay like this for a while?" Fang nodded and they began to dance before kissing each other in the torchlight.
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. ~ Leo Tolstoy.