//------------------------------// // An Axe Meeting And The Outcome // Story: The Battles Of Today, The Wars Of Tomorrow // by Fryguy //------------------------------// Celestia opened her eyes, she was in a room with no windows, trash lied everywhere, the white paint on the walls was coming off, and an odor filled the room, it was disgusting. When Celestia tried to move, she couldn't, her hooves were spread apart. She looked to see them fastened against the wall, she was trapped. She also realized Luna wasn't in the room ether, like if Neffison was doing something terrible to her. That's when she heard a laugh, a very familiar one, one of a lunatic. "Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" The laugh became louder and louder, until Neffison walked into the room, Celestia's enemy was smiling an evil smile at her. "Where's Luna?! And why do you have me here?!" Celestia asked harshly, even though her body couldn't move, her mouth still can. But Neffison chuckled and said. "Oh Celestia, you have nothing to fear, your sister is safe, behind bars!" He then started laughing again, his armor clattering against his skin. After he stopped his laughter, he lifted an axe and pointed it at Celestia, then said. "Tell me who the head of your army is, you know, if you're not leading it, who is. Or I'll keep your legs as a trophy." Celestia's jaw dropped from the threat. "You wouldn't dare!!!!!" She yelled, but Neffison just shrugged and said while waving his axe in front of Celestia. "Hellooooo, I'm insane." Celestia knew the answer to his question was Twilight, but in the first battle, he said she would lay a role in his master plan, would it involve treachery? But her thoughts stopped when Neffison readied his axe towards her Cutie Mark, and began to swing it. She had to tell him, or ether be severely injured. She then started to shout her answer. "IT'S TWILIGHT SPARKLE! TWILIGHT IS THE HEAD NOW! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" Neffison stopped swinging his axe, he got his answer, he was pleased, because his master plan might go quicker, but he wouldn't take any chances. He smiled and said to his captive. "Thank you! You may keep your legs! But now you must join your sister, you want to see her right?" Celestia wanted to see her sister so much, but Neffison said he had Luna behind bars, what does that even mean? "Yes please, I want to see her." Neffison smiled and unfastened Celestia's hooves from the wall, but put a covering on her horn as well when she was on the ground, he then smiled and pointed towards the doorway, saying. "Celestia, you go ahead towards the dungeon, I'll follow, there is the meeting place where you and your sister will come face to face." Confused by what he said, she went outside the door, unaware Neffison had a what he thought funny trick planned for her, he opened a compartment, and inside was a switch, he pulled the switch. A rumbling startled Celestia, and before she knew what was happening, the floor fell from under her, when she landed, she saw Neffison peer down laughing tears out of his eyes. "You should have seen the look on your face! Priceless! "Ahem" Now I must deal with my slaves, give them a time of their life!" Neffison said in a sarcastic tone, still laughing from his success from his trap, the trap door then closed shut. Celestia looked around her surroundings, she was in a cell in Neffison's dungeon, and most of the cells were empty. "Guess that's where the slaves stay for the night." thought the sun princess. "Sister?" Celestia flinched from the second voice in her cell, but it sounded so familiar, like a warm fuzzy feeling had been knocked inside the princess' body, she turned towards the source, to find Luna! How happy Celestia was! "Sister?!" "Yes Tia, it's me! I'm so happy to see your alright!" Me too sister, you won't believe what Neffison almost did to me." Luna looked at her sister uneasily, like if Celestia was almost killed. "Why? What happened?" "It's a long story, I'll tell you later, but all I can say is that Twilight will have to be careful, or she may have to make a decision that will change Equestria forever." Luna nods, understanding that Twilight will have to be victorious in not getting captured. The royal sisters huddle together on the stone cold ground, they may not get out of their confinement, but they will always be together, always. Meanwhile, in a tent near the border of Equestria and Salvania, Twilight and a bunch of other unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies, including Twilight's archer friend, were planning a strategy to free the ponies and princesses from Neffison. Earlier that day, Twilight had shared her power over the army with some of the other unicorns, Pegasi, and earth ponies. Twilight had the army set up camp near the border, and in that huge tent in the middle, was where she and the other leaders were planning a way to defeat the enemy and force them to free their captives. "Twilight, that plan is very risky, and we'll need to figure out where the princesses and slaves stay at night." A unicorn stallion didn't like Twilight's idea. The purple unicorn mare frowned, and said. "Well, I was about to say we were going to send some scouts at sunset, but you interrupted, does that mean you want to be a scout?" The stallion agreed to be a scout, but others hesitated, until five more pegasi and earth ponies agreed to figure out where the princesses and slaves stay at night. Twilight smiled, and said to her fellow leaders as they left the tent. "Neffison will lose, but if the scouts get captured, we'll have to go to battle, you understand?" The other leaders nodded, and soon they retired to their tents, the scouts already on their way to learn as much as possible.