Invasion of Ponyville
Five days had passed since we left Fillydelphia and we had been marching for four days since we arrived at the border when we finally saw Ponyville on the horizon. What shocked me was that most of it lay in ruins and as I took a closer look, I saw Tirek there banging on Twilight's castle. I ordered my troops to stop and said, "Alright troops, it looks like what I was hoping for has actually happened. Tirek is in Ponyville."
Yellow Star asked, "Seriously? What is he doing?"
I replied, "He has destroyed a majority of the town and is now trying to break into Twilight's castle."
One of my soldiers asked, "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
I replied, "It is a good thing. This is exactly what I was hoping for." I paused for a minute and continued, "Ok, well I didn't want to see the town in ruins but with him trying to break into the castle, perhaps we can sneak up behind him unnoticed and launch our attack."
Another soldier asked, "What do you think he will do when he feels himself getting pelted with spears?"
This was one of those facehoof moments. I put my hoof up to my face and said, "He will likely launch an attack on us and try to steal our magic. I'm going to be honest, he will likely steal a lot of our magic but once one of us kills him, that magic will flow out of his corpse and be restored to everypony he has stolen it from."
Morning Glory asked, "What about those of us who die in battle? Will his death cause them to be revived?"
This was another question that was rather irritating. I sighed, "No Morning Glory, if one of us falls, then that is it for them."
Yellow Star asked, "Starlight, if you are killed but we still defeat Tirek and overthrow Twilight, who will rule over East Equestria?"
I replied, "You and Morning Glory would." I looked back towards Ponyville and continued, "Now let's stop with all the negative talk, let's go and do this!"
My soldiers began to cheer so I looked back and scowled, "We can celebrate after we win guys. For now, focus!"
We continued our march northwards until we reached the edge of the devastated community. I looked back and gave them one final bit of advice, "Be strong, be fast, be accurate and keep your cool and we'll win this!"
The Demise of Tirek
My forces charged towards Tirek while I took flight. I will admit that this was one of those moments where I wished I had brought some pegasi with me but it was too late for that now. Once my soldiers got within range I yelled, "Fire!"
At once they fired their spears at him while I began firing magic at him, knocking him backwards so my troops could retrieve their spears and fire again. He saw me and looked stunned. He shouted, "Wait a minute. I thought there were only four Alicorn princesses in Equestria, NOT FIVE!"
I fired my spear at his face and scored a hit. It did not strike his eye but it did leave a good gash on his face. I levitated my spear back to myself and yelled, "You are correct Tirek, there are only four Alicorn PRINCESSES in Equestria. I am no princess, I am something much more, I am something FAR MORE POWERFUL."
A ball of energy formed between his horns and I could tell he was preparing to steal my magic. This is where teleportation comes in very handy. I teleported onto his back and began ramming my spear into his neck. He was screaming in agony but was able to steal a great amount of magic from my troops, causing him to grow larger. He shook me off and threw me across town. I crashed onto the ground but luckily I was unharmed. I was enraged when I saw him steal the magic from the rest of my forces. From this point on, it was me versus him and I was not about to lose to this creature.
As I flew back towards him I fired a powerful bolt of energy at him, slamming him up against the castle, causing him to fall to the ground. I began laughing, "Not so strong now are you?"
He yelled back, "Get ready to meet your doom you weak minded equine!"
Weak minded equine? Weak minded equine? Oh boy, now this infuriated me. I yelled, "Well this so called weak minded equine is going to crush you, you pathetic stupid centaur!"
He swung his fist at me and missed. Unfortunately though, his fist slammed into the ground, killing over one hundred of my soldiers. I realized I needed to finish this off. Name calling and magic stealing is one thing, but to kill my soldiers is another. I fired another powerful beam of magic at him, knocking him backwards again. While he was getting himself back up I fired my spear at him, striking him straight in the eye! Jackpot! He began to stumble around and groan in pain. I used my magic to force my spear further and further into his head, until finally the very earth shook as he collapsed.
Suddenly a huge burst of magic exploded from the fallen centaur and his body began to shrink in size. I landed next to the shrinking carcass and kicked it. He was indeed dead. As I was pulling my spear out of his head, my soldiers that were not killed were getting up as their cutie marks were restored to them. Morning Glory and Yellow Star rushed up to me and yelled, "We did it Starlight, we did it!"
The troops began to cheer in victory until I shouted, "Quiet. The cheering can wait. Right now we need to remember those who fell in battle."
We bowed our heads in remembrance as a gentle wind blew through Ponyville. I never was good at words when it came to things like this but we all thanked the Great Creator in our own way. Yes this made the victory much more solemn but I did not believe that we should be cheering when over a hundred of our own died with a single swing of Tirek's fist.
I faced towards the entrance to Twilight's castle and said, "Well troops, one down one to go."
Morning Glory asked, "So Starlight, will you be going in first?"
I replied, "No. I want you and Yellow Star to go in first, followed by the troops. I will be embedded in the troops and when the time is right, the soldiers will part into two rows and I will make my way forward."
Yellow Star asked, "Why do you want to do it like that?"
I replied, "I just want to do it like this. I think we will get a better reaction out of that tyrant Twilight that way."
While I had told my soldiers not to cheer and celebrate at this point, I was giddy inside. Yes I was sad over the loss of lives in this battle but I was about to go in and have one final confrontation with Princess Twilight Sparkle, the pony who was the reason I was expelled from Celestia's school and the one who destroyed the utopia I had created in "Our Town." But soon, the whole continent would be under the rule of Eastern Ponies. How ironic, for over a millennia it was under control of Western ponies and now, it will be the opposite.