//------------------------------// // No Dawn for Mares // Story: Shattered Harmony: Starfall // by NightmareTRXY32 //------------------------------// Damn it's starting to get a bit cold early, Dash thought to herself. She hated the cold, now more then ever. Especially after Starlight took power. That mare had no clue what she was doing as far as Dash was concerned. She Could remove a Pony's special talents, but she could barely control the Sun , moon, or the weather. That moron Starlight had no way to control the Sun or Moon, so the days were shorter, and the nights longer and a bit colder then someponies had anticipated. That's what they get for supporting a lunatic. And by all means, Glimmer was a Lunatic in Dash's eyes. She had broken up their circle of friends, and plunged Equestria into civil War after taking power. Starlight and her Equality Party were nothing more then thugs in fancy armor. If Dash had her way, she'd of put a bullet right between Starlight Glimmer's eyes the first chance she could get. She also knew that if Twi was successful in getting back to the past, she'd be able to put Starlight in her place. After all, what was all this worth if not for the love they shared between one another. As she spotted a marker stone with three balloons carved into the rock, she knew they were getting close to the meeting site. It wouldn't be long now and they'd see the rest of their friends. Well minus Applejack of course. Also, leave it to Pinkie Pie to be the one that came up with the idea of what marker should look like. They were almost there. Rainbow couldn't stop looking at Twilight though. maybe it was due to the guilt she was feeling for what she couldn't confess to her marefriend. That she was acting as a spy for both the Resistance and for Luna's forces. She knew that the time was approaching she'd forced to tell her, she just wasn't ready to yet. While Rainbow Dash took Twilight to a secure location to meet with the rest of their friends and the Leaders of the Resistance Against Starlight's Dominion, something was brewing elsewhere in Equestria. No one could of foreseen the events that would transpire soon. Not even Starlight. Her quest for revenge all those years ago had an unfortunate side effect. An unseen consequence that would plunge the countryside into a war the likes of which none had seen in nearly a hundred years. And Starlight Glimmer would have to face the music as it were, for her actions. After the meeting, it had been decided by a majority vote that Twilight and Rainbow Dash would find a way into Canterlot Castle and confront Starlight. She would either step down or they would be forced to execute lethal force against her. It was strange for Twilight to see her mirror opposite on the Resistance' Council. But at least she was alive in this reality, The other Twilight listened as her time Traveling self explained her confrontation with AJ earlier that week. Rainbow and Twilight set out for Canterlot immediately. The Long Night ]The Darkness is coming Bearing the Wisdom of her years the sun will hide behind the night sky never to been seen again She knows how to dry up your tears as the Blanket of night cover the lands and all shall feel her sorrow and one shall eternally know her fears Creatures across Equestria We always honor Princess Celestia Somewhere deep in the Everfree forrest, far from the prying eyes and ears of Starlights Equestrian Dominion, an ancient order was in the process of gathering its forces. "A new power is rising. Its victory is at hand. This night the land will be stained with the blood of Mares. March to Canterlot. Leave none alive. To war! " A shrouded figure spoke from atop the newly constructed balcony of the Castle of the Two Sisters, deep in the Everfree Forest. "There will be no dawn... for mares.," The shrouded figure shouted down towards the army amassed beneath them. It was an army bred for one thing and one thing alone, to destroy the world of mares, and along with it any and all opposition to its sole Monarch. The army was the Longma, or Bat Ponies as they were once called. Everything about them spoke of their thirst for combat if nothing else. Their armor was serrated and their claws and teeth could tear the flesh from almost anything breathing. Starlight had no idea that they were still around, lurking in the shadows just waiting for the opportunity to strike. Luna had raised an army of more than a thousand Long Ma, Bat Ponies for the laymen. They would unleash hell in the name of their monarch. They would restore order to the land as they had seen it over a thousand years ago. Victory would soon be at hand, and Starlight would be dead or dying before her. There would be no dawn for her enemies. Unknownst to her, was the existence of Twilight and her battle to restore the affected timeline because of Starlight's meddling. But she would soon. Twilight didn't know that Dash was working for both the resistence and Luna as a spy. Luna only had her tell her of where Starlight's forces were camped, never compromising the location of the Resistance, though none of them knew it. Rainbow knew if Twi found out, her trust in her pegasus might shatter, and that was something that Rainbow vowed would never happen. They loved each other, and there was no denying how strong it was. Dash swore never to hurt Twi like that, Ever. After the death of her sister, Luna had gone into seclusion. Not wanting to see the land be subjugated by a pony like Starlight, she vowed to get revenge by any means necessary. Even if that meant she had to reawaken the beast inside her. She would be the reaper in the night. The one that drove others to fear. The Nightmare that would once again grip Equestria in its throws. Not even the Resistence would dare challenge her, not now anyway. They had a common enemy, but that's all that they had in common. If Celestia was still alive she'd of cursed her sister for taking this course of action, but she wasn't and it was the only way Luna could ensure her survival, and those of her followers. From the ashes of the Equestrian Dominion would rise the New Lunar Republic, and with it Nightmare Moon's return to power. And the ever lasting night would shroud the lands of Equestria for a generation or more. Neither Twilight nor Rainbow Dash could of foreseen something like this ever happening again. And Starlight would come to regret ever battling Twilight out of revenge. If she couldn't of seen the consqeunces of her actions before, she certainly would now. As the Battle cries of Long Ma roared up from the base of the Castle, The Army of the Lunar Republic turned about and set off to war. You could hear the clanking of the armor and the grunts from the soldiers as they trecked out of the forest and towards the border with Canterlot. After Starlight had overthrown the Royal Sisters, she used Canterlot Castle as her home base of Operations. She would soon come to regret that decision. Guns were rare in Equestria, and the only ones made were suprisingly in her sole possession. Not that it would do her much good. She had no idea until this day of what type of hell she had incurred. Starlight sat in her office and wondered what life might of been like if Twilight had won. It dawned on her for once in her life after what happened with Sunburst that Twilight could of been the first real friend she had made in a long time. She knew from reading a scouting report that the Transport Twi had been in was attacked by rebels, though it didn't specify how many. And that she had escaped with someone. Starlight got up to take in the fresh air near the balcony of her office, when she thought it was odd that night sky was so early today. She knew it had fallen on Princess Luna to raise both the sun and moon, especially with what Starlight had done to take power. What she didn't realize until now was that with in a day or so there would thousands of Lunar Republic soldiers amassed at the gates of Canterlot Castle. And what she didn't know would.. Kill her.