The monitor beeped but faintly as Luna, Twilight, Rainbow Blitz, Dash, and Scootaloo were gathered around the table as Applejack looked at the monitor and Rarity looked at the wounds in Celestia in microscope mode. It appeared Rarity was done as she transformed back into Pony mode, to which Applejack moved to hear the news, but saw Rarity had tears in her eyes as she gave the news. “I’m afraid the wounds are….” Rarity couldn't finish and tried her best not to just bawl her eyes out on the spot. Applejack took off her hat and clung it to her chest in respect. Scootaloo’s eyes began to water. “Prime, you can’t die!”
“Do not cry. Soon… I will be one with the Matrix.”
Twilight felt remorse and guilt at how Celestia was going to just let herself die feeling her eyes stinging a little. “Celestia…”
“Luna… it is up to you dear sister, as I pass the Matrix of Friendship onto you, as it was passed on to me.”
Luna felt confusion inside as Celestia thought she was worthy enough. “But Celestia, I know we’re siblings but you’re the wiser true leader… I’m not worthy.”
“Nor was I. But one day… an Autopony will rise from our ranks…” Celestia groaned a little but found her words again. “And use the unity of friendship, to light our darkest hour.”
Celestia used both her hooves to open a compartment in her chest, and another inside, revealing a hoof-held sphere with a handle on both sides as if it could be pulled open and inside was a crystal like ball with colors of the whole rainbow shimmering inside. Celestia took it out with her left hoof raising it up. “Until that day… Till all are Friends.” Celestia dropped it, and Twilight jumped down to catch it and managed to with her mouth. She felt a rainbow glow in her eyes and a brief non-existent wind move through her mane, before she gave it to Luna who took the Matrix and placed it in her chest. The monitor beeped for a few seconds before it flat lined, to which Celestia let out one final breath and closed her eyes. To everyone’s shock, the color in Celestia’s mane and horseshoes faded and the Late Autopony Leader’s head fell to its side. Luna couldn’t hold in anymore emotion and hugged her Sibling’s corpse, sobbing silently as her only remaining family by energon, was gone forever.
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Deep in space, The Dark Plum Planet stood there silently, inside the muffled sound of someone screaming in rage could be heard, in one part of it, a large Cluster of TV’s watched Celestia Prime’s death unfold, up to the point where Luna put the Matrix in her chest. At that point out at the opening, the scream of rage came through the hole, and as the scream happened, green fumes spewed out of it, eliminating all life on some planets caught in it, and engulfing others completely into oblivion.
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Nightingale flew through space but felt herself getting slower shouted to the others inside. “Jettison some mass, or I’ll never make it to Equis.”
Tirac saw an opportunity in this and grinned. She than turned to the others with her poker face one. “Fellow Kul’asepticons, Nightingale has requested that we lighten our burden”
Rainbone Crush flew up and onto Ahuizota’s head and puffed up her chest to intimidate the others. “In that case, I say its survival of the fittest.”
“Do I hear a second on that?”
Most of the Kul’asepticons agreed on this. “AYE!”
“And against?”
“Nay.” This came from the clones of the Insecticons Sontana Dusk, Aria Blaze and Suri Polomare, and the Seekers Sunset and Adagio, who were injured to the point of needing repair after the battle of Autopony City.
“The ayes have it.”
Nightingale opened her shuttle door, and Umbra and some of the Kul’asepticons began pushing the three Insecticons and Seekers out the door. “Go on, get!” Some of those injured objected to this. “No!”
“Sisters, don’t!”
The pleas fell on deaf ears as they were thrown out the shuttle. Nightingale flew forward a little faster so none of them could cling on, and then slowed down to regular speed. Tirac had Shi’va, who was the most damaged from her final battle with Celestia, personally in her hands at the edge of the door about to drop her out, Vinyl watching and fuming in rage at that opportunist of a Minotaur who did her best to look actually sad. “Oh how it pains me to do this.” at the end of her sentence Tirac managed to sneak out a smile of satisfaction and Triumph. Shi’va managed to lift her head trying to object. “Wait! I still live!”
“Wanna bet?” Tirac simply moved her hands off of Shi’va allowing Nightingale to do the rest and let Tirac watch Shi’va rocket away in the vacuum.
“TIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC!!!!”
Tirac dusted her hands satisfied than turned to the other Kul’asepticons. “Well as Shi’va has how shall we say” Umbra and Ahuizota looked at each other, both having one eyebrow raised. “Departed, I nominate myself as the new leader.”
"You? As leader? That day is still never going to happen, I'm more of a capable leader then your sniveling hide could be." Ahuizota complained.
"Death comes to she who crosses me." High Heel threatened wanting the role.
"You nearly die every time we fight against the Autoponies." Nightmare Moon retorted. "As a triple changer that makes me more qualified to lead then the three of you combined."
Midnight Shine had a major objection to this. “Wait! The Mirrorcons form Annihilator, The first combiner and most powerful Kul'ascepticon! We should rule!”
"Most powerful?" Bluebelle interjected with a scoff, speaking for her leader Callberona. "The Combaticons form Valkyrie, the first combiner to defeat Annihilator, dominion over the Kul'asepticons clearly belongs to us."
"As if!" Shadow Stalker yelled back standing with the Shadowbolts. "The Shadowbolts form Nightshade, she took Valkyrie out with one punch, it clearly goes to us!"
“Vinyl Mirror Superior, Combiner teams Inferior.” Vinyl simply stated knowing as the most loyal to the late Shi’va, she was the most Logical candidate as leader.
Pinkimena felt great offense. “WHO ARE YOU CALLING INFERIROR?!”
“No Pony would follow and Uncharismatic Bore like you.” Despairity replied seeing no reasons Vinyl could qualify as leader following up on her comrades objection.
Gilda jumped out of Vinyl’s chest followed by Babs Seed, Opal, and Owloucious jumped out not only supporting Vinyl as leader, but Gilda was mainly offended by the insult. “Hey no one calls Vinyl uncharasamatic!”
“Yeah! Let’s kick Cutie Mark!” Babs Seed concurred.
Midnight Shine saw and opportunity to show Vinyl her new spot in the Kul’asepticon diarchy: in the scrap pile. “MIRRORCONS, UNITE!”
The Mirrorcons combined and became Annihilator, only to be objected by Gilda and Babs Seed. “NO WAY!” their arms changed into their pile drivers and slammed at the ground separating the Mirrorcons, CruelerShy getting hit by Opal. It turned into an all out brawl as several Kul’asepticons fought each other. Vinyl got into a fistfight with CrulerShy and punched her across the room, than Umbra dove to tackle her only to get rammed to the side by Opal who proceeded to maul her maul causing Umbra to run around, her front legs flailing in panic. Tirac managed to take out Ahuizota than turned around only to find herself face to face with Selene, a Kul’asepticon that was more loyal to Shi’va than Vinyl, and she wrapped her hooves around Tirac’s neck.
“You betrayed our most glorious leader! I will pulverize your pistons into sheet metal and paint a shrine to her in your energon for your insolence, you scheming snake of an Infidel!”
Selene threw Tirac to the ground and proceeded to punch her a few times than wrung her hooves around Tirac’s neck again only for a Kul’asepticon to push her off. Selene looked up and saw Ahuizota. Or what looked like Ahuizota as her face changed than her body, a in her place appeared a Mare with a green tentacle-mane who looked at Selene crazily. “What’s the difference between you and a mallet with a cold? One’s a sick duck- I forget the rest but Shi’va’s dead, deal with it.” the Mare than broke out into a maniacal laugh only for Selene to smack her than try to choke her.
“It’s a Lie! Shi’va Lives! Die for your lies Blitzwing!” Blitzwing managed to get her off but ended up getting in a sissy fight with Selene until Pinkimena to crash into them and into a wall and than get pummeled by Gilda and Babs Seed.
Nightingale felt herself bouncing a little as she flew towards home.
‘What are those morons doing?’ she thought. ‘I told them to jettison some mass, not use me as a boxing ring.’