It was hopeless.
No matter what the Ponies tried to do, they were defeated; the Monster who'd walked out of the icy cold was just too strong!
Blows from the strongest stallions were brushed aside, countered, or returned with just enough force to knock a pony out without real harm.
Unicorn magic was gently deflected, blocked, or absorbed by the bipedal creature's own mysterious power.
Even the mighty power of the Crystal Heart had been countered by a brilliant shield of cyan light.
Now, in the Palace of the Crystal Empire - where the 'final stand' had taken place – Princess Cadence and Shining Armor looked on as the creature came closer and closer to them. They were terrified, quivering as they sat upon their haunches.
What would the strangely clothed being do?
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I slowly approached the obviously terrified ponies and then picked up the male unicorn pony and – after carefully stripping him of his purple armor – sat with him on the Crystal Throne. 'Poor thing' I thought as he sat shivering in my lap, 'I didn't mean to scare anyone. He looks so tense…' I started petting him then; I cupped his muzzle in my hands, letting him snort his breath through my fingers, then stroked the 'bridge' of his snout, before moving to caress his cheeks. The big pony squirmed and seemed to resist at first - he simply wasn't used to it, having never felt anything like a human's touch before - but then, I gave the white stallion a gentle scratching behind the ears and he gasped, his eyes rolling back into his head
Soon, I began combing my fingers through his mane, scratching at the fur beneath. The big male nickered, groaned softly, and then collapsed into my lap, rolling over onto his belly, the pink alicorn with us blushing as he groaned with bliss—and then his groans intensified as I rubbed his belly for a time. Shortly thereafter, I gently nudged the stallion over onto his front before beginning a gentle yet deep massage as I stroked him from neck to rump, making the male whimper in bliss. Then - CRACKLE-SNAP-CRUNCH-CR-CRK! – he let out a choked sob as I rearranged slightly bent muscles and bone, relieving tension the poor fellow didn't even know he had.
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At first, poor Shining Armor had been scared out of his wits! Now, however, the Prince of the Crystal Empire groaned with sheer bliss; whatever the not-monster was doing just felt so good; especially that last part where the tension in his back had been seen to—he felt like he was in the Elysium Fields! Smiling down at him, the not-monster bade him to exhale as hard as he could. Shining did so, and while he did the bipedal creature used his utterly amazing paws to work down the stallion's spine quickly. Crk-crk-CRK-CRK-crk-crk. "Uhn Cele'sia sooo goooh…" Poor Shining Armor just couldn't get his tongue to work right; it hung from his mouth as he drooled blissfully on the creature's lap, utterly limp and satiated with life. He lay in the creature's lap as it just kept petting and grooming him; the not-monster's paws were everywhere, combing his mane, roaming over his white coat, scratching that area of his withers, cupping his hooves... A low, friendly whinny escaped the unicorn, then. To Tartarus with the Crystal Empire; the strange being could have it as far as he was concerned--just as long as he kept doing what he was doing...