//------------------------------// // Chapter 9 // Story: Equestria Crossover Confusion // by Garfield23 //------------------------------// Having fallen back deep within the Everfree forest, Lord Zedd sat upon the throne he’d created for himself and watched as his new puppet bowed in front of him, Shadowshy. He was exhausted as the effort required to create her had required a lot of his power but it was worth it, thanks to the intelligence provided by Queen Chrysalis, he had not only eliminated the most powerful weapon the ponies had but also had converted one of the users to his side. “Master, I am your loyal servant” Shadowshy said as she bowed her head low “What are your orders? Please let me loose to destroy more, my sword and I are ready to destroy!” It was then that a weak voice from a tree just to the right of Zedd’s throne said “Fluttershy?” Zecora raised her head weakly and a tear rolled down her cheek “P..Please…no! You have to resist this new found evil” Shadowshy ignored the zebra and looked at her master “Please let me kill, let me destroy those who dare to challenge your rule and let me do great evil!” she said with a cruel snigger. “How cute, the little pony believes her desires are worthy of note” Chrysalis said as she walked up with a cruel sneer “May I suggest, that we attack the Crystal empire, your highness?” Lord Zedd however laughed “The irony is your ideas are both right” he said as he stood up “Carnage, Vemon, Joker and Metal Sonic! I have need of you all” “Oooo I cannot wait to cause glorious carnage!” Carnage said as he jumped down from a tree with an eager grin towards Zedd “Where am I headed Z man!? Please let it be somewhere, where I can spill a lot of blood!” Lord Zedd laughed “Ah Carnage, I want you to lure those annoying ponies away from our true target. There’s a city in the far west called Vanhoover, take your putties, Brat Boy and Hydro Hog. Lay the city to waste!” Carnage giggled with glee “Ooo I can’t wait all that glorious destruction” he giggled as he ran off to fetch his one hundred putties and the respective monsters “All that delicious blood!” “I am ready to destroy! Order me and I shall obey!” Metal Sonic said as he passed Carnage “Where shall I go?” Lord Zedd turned to Chrysalis “I can’t decide are there any cities worth destroying?” he said with a evil look to Metal Sonic Chrysalis nodded “There is always Baltimare or Fillydelphia” she suggested with an evil grin “I can hardly wait to hear about their destruction” she licked her lips as the words left her lips. “Hmmm Baltimare sounds good, Metal Sonic take your putties, Hate Master and Pudgy Pig to Baltimare and don’t stop destroying whatever gets in your way!” Zedd ordered as the robot hedgehog left, Venom arrived and Zedd said “Appleloosa, take your putties, some changelings, the Centiback and Terror Toad. I want that little town made an example of!” Venom nodded “We’ll destroy all in our path!” he said before turning to leave as he left Venom moved away from a man who approached Zedd with a look of pure insanity. “Ah Joker, I have a special target in mind for you, take the putties and Mad Mike” Zedd said before someone tapped him on the shoulder “Oh no why’d I have to bring you back?” “Aw come on Edd let me in on this” the skeleton warrior, Rito said as he giggled “You need someone with my amazing awesomeness!” “Fool! Last time I relied on you, you managed to drop the Zeo crystal!” Zedd snapped but nodded “Go with Joker but he’s in charge” Rito nodded “Alright! Destroying stuff is my specialty!” Rito said as he paused “Uh I sorta twisted around here where are we going?” The Joker nodded “We’ll be able to make that city so red, they’ll need to rename it Redhatten! Hahahaha!” he laughed as he looked at Rito and Zedd who weren’t laughing “oh come on that wasn’t a terrible joke!” Rito shook his head “Sorry Jokey it was” Zedd groaned and said “There’s a city far to the east called Manehatten! I want you to destroy it!” he pinched his visor as the two left. He turned to Shadowshy “Now Shadowshy, I have a special target in mind for you, Cloudsdale take King Spinx and Silo there and do your best to do your worst” Shadowshy smirked and said “With pleasure!” she walked away and turned “Shall I spare any fillies?” Zedd cackled “Leave none alive, my glorious monster!” he said as he watched Shadowshy leave “Now Chrysalis as you requested the Crystal empire is all yours, take some putties, Knasty Knight and Octophantom with you” Chrysalis smirked and said “Revenge is the sweetest flavour! I’ll be sure to bring the head of that stupid Princess Cadence to Canterlot once we’re finished” as she turned to leave “Please save some of Canterlot for me!” Zedd laughed “I make no promises but there shouldn’t be any reinforcements coming from Canterlot when Pirantishead, Lizzinator and I are finished with it!” he said as he walked towards the zebra “You see my little hostage, with my plan your friends will be so busy to notice when my most evil ally destroys their homes! That castle, the farm, the sweetshop all destroyed and left for ashes. Their closest loved ones, dead!” Zecora screamed “No, you will not achieve victory!” she had tears in her eyes as the ground shook “What do you call that?” Zedd laugh would have left many unable to hear anything “That is my plan to destroy Ponyville!” he said as a monster, larger than any Megazord, stepped into the clearling, Zedd’s magic stopping any but only those within twenty feet of the monster, unable to see it and Zecora felt her heart stop “That Hydra was merely a test run, for Godzilla here, when this monster reaches the centre of Ponyville tomorrow, the ponies will witness the total destruction of their homes and families!” Zecora struggled against the ropes “No! You of little heart must stop this!” she begged hoping for the best “Please there isn’t a point to this!” Zedd cackled “Of course there is!” he said as he turned to leave “Once your friends fail to stop my allies, we’ll take our time killing them all and then this world will be mine!” An hour later the forces Zedd had deployed struck their targets with terrifying force. Many of the ponies within their homes saw, the massive dust cloud and then the explosions. Within Appleloosa, Braeburn and his fellow townsfolk were caught completely off guard. Within the cities of Baltimare, Vanhoover and Manehatten the attackers were deep within the cities before any pony could offer resistance. Cloudsdale didn't expect to get hit from below by a missile from Silo and the Wonderbolts were away at Canterlot. The disaster unfolding before Equestria was chillingly clear, Zedd was after death and destruction.