The griffin Viceroy and his assistent as well as the three Sirens walked into the throne room.
"We have our scouts have reported that the king has managed to amass a small army." The Viceroy reported. "We're sending more troops to meet it. It appears to be made up of primitives."
"He is more foolish than I thought." The cloaked Siren stated. "This might work to our advantage."
"I have your approval to proceed then?" The Brown and white griffin asked.
"Exterminate them... all of them." The Siren said smilling evily.
All was peaceful when suddenly there is a disturbance as a deep war horn blared and Hart soldier emerges from the fog, followed by several others. A few of the soldiers lead huge, ursa miners with large crystal shield generators mounted on their backs following the marching warriors. The Hart army headed out of the forest and onto the rolling grassy hills. Hundreds of Hart warriors marched in long lines toward the horizon.
"Halt!" One of the stag generals ordered as crystal droid cariers and tanks moved over the ridge to wards them. "Start up the shield!"
A red ray shot out of the large crystals on the back of the ursa miners and spreads like an umbrella over the assembled warriors. The Federation tanks moved into range and stopped.
"Open fire!" A Crystal Griffin Droid ordered before the Federation tanks fired upon the Hart army hitting thier shields.
Puledro, the Crystal Knights and Sombra, stealthily makes their way toward the entrance to the main hanger. They are followed by twenty guards, and pilots. They stopped, and Puledro used a small red light crystal to signal across the plaza to Captain Strong Sword and twenty other assorted guards who signaled back.
"Sombra." Star Swirl said out of earshot of the other Knights. "Once we get inside, I want you find a safe place to hide and stay there."
"Sure." Sombra said off handedly.
"Stay there!" The elder stated firmly.
The crystal droid troops milled about the tank-filled plaza. Sudenly an explotion erupted at the far end of the plaza and several droids began to run and fire as the Neighboo toops fired back. As the ruckus erupted at one end of the plaza, Puledro, his troops and the Crystal Knights rushed into the main hanger. Captain Strong Sword and his soldiers continued to engage the droids outside.
The griffin Viceroy and his assistent looked out of a large window, watching the small battle in the plaza below.
"I thought the battle was going to take place far from here." The Viceroy said as a tank exploaded. "This is too close!"
Puledro and co. berst into the main hanger and were instently met with fire from a large group of crystal battle droids.
"Sombra, find cover, quick!" Star Swirl ordered as he and the other Knights activated their crystal sabers, deflecting the magic bolts.
Sombra proseaded to hide behind one of the many crystal powered aircraft, ducking as large magic bolts whiz past and explode near him causing the grill to fall off a ventalation shaft. See it as better cover the young colt climed inside as Puledro and his troops continued to destroy the battle droids right and left alongside the Crystal Knights.
"Get to your fighters!" The king ordered as the pilots rushed to the aircrafts, each begining to levitate out of the hanger as the pilot sat down.
The fighters quickly few over the landscape and past the shore line towards the droid control ship.
"Drioids straight ahead." The lead Fighter said into a comunication crystal as Griffin shaped Droids flew towards them.
"Roger, that." The other fighters said as they engaged the enemy.
The Federation Tanks continued to fire on the Harts, but where un able to penatrate the sheild.
"Cease fire!" Crystal Griffin Droid ordered, stoping the pointless effert.
"Steady, steady." Wa-waush-ka'-ehe said as some of the troops became uneasy.
The Harts continued to wait as they watch the doors to the massive transports open, and racks of battle droids are pulled out and lined up. The Harts got ready for the attack by loading large crystal energy balls given to them by the Neighboo into thier catapults.
Meanwhile, the battle raged on around the droid control ship. From inside a brown earth pony watched the battle.
"Activate the droids." The earth pony ordered.
"Yes, sir!" A pink pegasus said pressing a button which sent a signal to the battle droids on the island.
Receiving the signal the battle droieds reconfigured into their standing positions, turning and aim their weapons at the Hart warriors.
"Here they come." Wa-waush-ka'-ehe said as the the battle droids marched toward them.
The droids slowly marched through the protective shield and began firing at the Harts.
"Fire!" Wa-waush-ka'-ehe ordered before the catapults fling the crystal energy balls which fly through the air, along with smaller ones lanched from the deers antlers.
The crystal balls all explode on inpact sending shock waves of energy disabling some of the droids. However more droids made it through the shield and contiued their assalt on the Hart warriors.
The king and his troops along with the Crystal knights took out the last of the battle droids before regrouping in the center of the hanger.
"If I had to guess I'd say the Viceroy is in the throne room." Puledro said looking at Star Swirl who agreed. "This way." He said as he began to lead eveyone to wards the palace entraince.
"Hey! Wait for me." Sombra called pocking his head out of the vent when he saw everyone leaving.
"Sombra, stay where you are. You'll be safe there." Star Swirl ordered.
"But, I-" The young colt started before being cut off.
"Stay in that vent." The elder unicorn said sternly as Sombra noded before crawling back into the vent.
The group continued towards the exit but stoped when the door suddenly opened, revealing the three sirens.
"You know I thought this would be simple." The cloaked siren said in a famiure voice.
"No it can't be." Puledro said recognizing her voice.
"My sister and I sow the seeds of chaos into this small kingdom, that we could feed off of and spread our influense across Equestria. But those stupid princesses just had to get you Knights involved." The Siren said pulling her hood back to reveal her self as Adagio Dazzle.
"So that's why the Senat went along with the Federations blockade of the kingdom." Clover said after thinking about it.
"We'll handle this your highness." Star Swirl said as he and the other Cystal Knights steped forward.
"We'll take the long way." The king said as he and his troops begain walking towards another door.
"You'll handle us?" Adagio laughed. "We'll see about that." She said as she and her sisters removed their coaks, the Knights doing the same.
The sirens and the Crysatl Knights activated their crysal sabers and began to fight, the sirens dodging the knights attacks and countering with their own which the kightsbearly manage to block, as Puledro and his troops exited into a palace hallway.
Back at the battle field half, a dozen unicorn droids ran toward the battle. Running through the shields before firing bolts of magic at the near by deer.
Not looking where he's going Wa-waush-ka'-ehe acidently steps on a disembodied griffen droid arm, still cluching it's crystal weapon, causing it to fire randomly, blasting several droids in one process.
The Hearts blast the unicorn droids with crystal energy balls, destroying many of them but more droids take their place and blast many of the hearts.
The Cystal Knigets contined their fierce fight with the Sirens. Sparks showered all around as all maner of spells, and other abilties were used to by the knights to subdue the Sirens as they have moved into the center of the hanger. The three Sirens's moves were incredibly fast and they managed to fight all six kights at once, flipping into the air, outmaneuvering them at every turn and driving them out of the hanger and into the power generator area next door.
The Neighboo fighters atempt to attack the Federation battleship but none of their attacks make it to the hull as they are exorbed by its shield.
"Their shield is too strong." One of the pilots said before being hit by one of the griffin droids and crashing into the ocean.
Puledro and his troops ran down one of the hall ways of the palace when they were ment with a large group of droids and where forced into a fire fight.
"We don't have time for this!" The King exlaimed as he fired at the droids before noticing that one of the near by candle sticks on the wall was slightly diffrent then the others. "This way!" He ordered as he pulled the the candle stick down to reveal a hidden sevents passage way.
One by one the kings and his troops fled into to narrow passage way. Some of them stayed be hind to cover their escape.
"This passage should take us close to the throne room." Puledro explained to his troops as they made their way through the passage way.
No match for the unicorn droids the Hart army begins to retreat. One of the unicorn droids blasts one of the shield generators, causing them to explode and the ursas to run off. With the protective shield gone the tanks entered the battle. The harts fled as fast as they could.
Thinking quickly Wa-waush-ka'-ehe opened the back of a cart full of large crystal energy balls which roll down the hill disabling any droids they hit. The Harts try to renew their attack on the droid army as the crystal energy balls destroy several more battle droids and tanks but it's not enough and the droids soon overwhelm.
All was quiet in the upper hallway as a section of wall moved away and Puledro and his troops walked out of the secret passage and head for the throne room. Suddenly, two unicorn droids run in front of them blocking their path. The king turned around and sees two more appear at the far end of the hallway, trapping them in the middle.
"Throw down your weapons. They win this round." Puledro ordered as he and his troops put their weapons on the ground.
"Uh oh. Not good." Sombra said, watching from a near by vent as a half dozen more battle droids come up behind them.
Nine sabers crossed in an intense display of swordsmanship as the Crystal Knights and Sirens fight their way across the narrow bridge between the crystal power generators.
"Fos Ro Dah!" shouted, using his Thu'um in an atempt to knock the Sirens back but only suck seading on knocking his fellow knights off the platform and onto a lower one. "Oops!" He said when he reized he know had to face the sirens alone.
Repeating his actions the drake managed to knock the the sirens onto the platform the others were on. Flaping his wings the drake landed hard on a ramp where the others were in gaged with the Sirens.
The Crystal knights begain to gain the uper hand driving the sisters back along the catwalk into a long small corador. The Chaos lords taugnt the knighs as they retreat down the corador followed by Slithodyas, who runs after them, braking from the group.
"No wait it's a trap!" Star Swirl yelled runing after him.
It was too late however. As Slithodyas chased the Sirens into a dead end room with a larger energy crystal in the middle, the sirens fired up their horns and a seires of sheilds went up blocking the other knights from helping.
Slithodyas and the Sirens battle around the energy crystal as Star Swirl watched, frustrated that he was unable to do anything. Sudenly as the Drake blocked two of the sirens with his tail and saber, the third on caught him off guard stabs her crystal saber through his mid-section.
"Noooo!" Star Swirl Screamed as he watched his friend slump to the floor in a heap.
The Harts had been overrun. Some fled into the hills, chased by battle droids. Many others were herded into groups. Wa-waush-ka'-ehe was held in a small group with other officers.
"Don't give up guys. We can think of someting." Wa-waush-ka'-ehe said trying to come up with a plan.
"Hooves up!" A griffin droied ordered pointing it's weapon at them.
"We give up. We give up." One of the Harts said cowering as Wa-waush-ka'-ehe face hoofed shaking his head in shame.
Puledro and his officers were lead into the throne room and brought before the Griffin Viceroy and his assistent.
"Your little insurrection is at an end, Your Highness. Time for you to sign the treaty... and end this pointless debate in the Senate." The griffin said picking up a large scrole off a desk.
Suddenly a second Puledro appears in the doorway with Captain Strong Sword and several troops.
"Viceroy, your occupation here has ended!" The second Puledro said blasting one of the droids with his crystal weapon before bolting down the hall way.
"After him! This one is a decoy!" The Viceroy ordered relising he'd been had.
Six of the droids rush out of the throne room after the second king. Puledro slumps down on his throne and immediately hits a security button opening a hidden compartment filled with crystal weapons. The king grabbed two of them, and tossed them to his officers. He then took a third weapon as his troops blasted the last of the battle droids.
"Not So Fast!" Sombra Said jumping out of a near by vent, pointing a sword he'd found at the Griffin Viceroy, blocking his path to the door as he tryed to excape.
"Jam the doors!" The King ordered as one of his officers rushed pased Sombra and closed it, moving a large desk in frount of it.
"Now, Viceroy, we will discuss a new treaty." The king said as Sombra poked the griffin with the sword.
The Sirens sheild broke as Star Swirl let out strong bust of magic from his horn and began attacking the Sirens. The Elder Unicorn was relentless in his assault on the Chaos Lords. Firing bolt afte bolt of magic as well as slashing at them with his Crystal Saber, the Star Swirl had finaly managed to disarm the sirens of their Crystal Sabers.
"Stand down!" The Crystal Knight ordered only to have the three sisters laugh at him.
The Sirens continused to laugh as they slowly began to levitat into the air.
"Do you honestly belive you can beat us?" Aria Blaze asked. "The battle for this pitiful kingdom has brought more chaos then we could ever hope! And the more they fight the more power we reasive!" She said as their was a flash of light and the three sirnes changed into their true forms.
The Sirens circled around Star Swirl and atacked so fat he was unable to defend himslef, falling to his knees. The Sirens smiled as they went in for the kill. At the last moment, however, Star Swirl gathers as much magic as he could within his horn and fireed it hitting the energy crystal causing it to glow in bright light as it changed into a floting silver mirror.
At first nothing happened but then there was a huge gust of wind as the mirror started to spin and suck the sirens into it causing them to disapear one by one.
"No!" Adagio yelled as she tried to fight the pull of the mirror. "This isn't over! We Will Have Our Revenge!" She vowed before being sucked in.
Star Swirl sighed trying to catch his breath as his horn went out and the the strange mirror fell to the floor with out braking.
The pilots continued to race around trying to hit the droid controle ship with out getting hit themselves. Suddenly a huge blast of energy hit the ship causing an explotion.
"What was that?!" One of the pilots asked seeing that parts of the ship were now on fire.
"We didn't hit it." The lead pilot stated.
"This is Captain Que of the SS Titan of the Draconequus Kingdom." A new voice said over their comunication crystals. "We have the reinforcements sent by the senate with us. Sorry we're late." He said as four dozen fighters and eight battleships joined the battle.
The battleships fired all at one and hit the side of the Federation ship.
"What was that?" The brow earth pony asked as another explotion rocked the controle ship.
"Sir, we have fires on decks 6 through 10!" The pink pegasus reported.
"Impossible!! Nothing can get through our shield!" The earth pony exclaimed
"Sir! I have eight battle ships on my radar. The Neighboo have reinforcements!" The pegasus explained before the ship exploded.
All the pilots start to cheer and laugh as the droid controle ship exploded and what was left sank to the bottom of the ocean.
"This is the SS Titan. Mission acomplished. Heading towards the island now to help with the ground assult." Captain Que reported.
Wa-waush-ka'-ehe and the remaing Hart warriors were kneeling, waiting to be exacuted, when suddenly all of the droids began to shake before freazing and falling over. The Harts carefully moved out to inspect the frozen droids.
"What are they doin?" One of the Harts asked.
"The control ship has been destroyed. Look!" Wa-waush-ka'-ehe said as he pushed one over.
"they're all broken." The Hart said as he two pushed one over.
All the Harts cheered in victory as they pushed the crystal droids over.
Catching his breath Star Swirl rushed over to the dying body of Slithadius.
"It is too late... It's..." The Dake said as Star Swirl lifted his head.
"No!" Star Swirl said looking around for help but the other knights where still stuck behind the sirens sheld.
"Star Swirl promise... promise me you'll train the boy." Slivadius said in regad breths.
"Yes, of course, my old friend..." The elder unicorn weeped.
"He is the chosen one... he will... bring Harmony... I have seen it... train him!" The Drake said recounting what his dragon eyes reviled to him in his moments of death.
With those final worlds the The Crystal Knight master died. Star Swirl cradled his friends head, as the other Knighs finaly made it through the shields, some of them going over to examin the stange mirror.
