//------------------------------// // The Solar Tyrant Dethroned (Chaos in Canterlot Part 2 of 2) // Story: Shattered Mirror // by The Bricklayer //------------------------------// On seeing Twilight, Celestia chuckled and shook her head in what could only be described as pity. "You know, I had such high hopes for you. You were the only one to take my power freely. Did little Miss-ever-faithful-to-my-sister extend the hoof of "Friendship"? You wanted to be the best." Celestia told her former servant in a disappointed tone of voice. "But that was before I knew the cost." Twilight replied sadly while wiping a tear of guilt away from her eye. "The price was too high, and the guilt would have ate away at me eventually." Twilight told her, and Nightmare's eyes widened going unnoticed. In her mind, her thoughts raced. Was it possible that some small part of her student still existed in Twilight? "You think you can stop me? I'm a goddess, the Solar Queen!" Celestia roared. "All gods and goddesses fall." Starlight replied as she sent a spell thrown her way back at Celestia who dodged it with ease. "You shall be no different, and soon will be just a bad memory. Nopony is unbeatable." "You're boasting." Celestia admonished as if she was speaking to a child as she stamped her hoof and sent spiderweb cracks glowing with dark energy towards her attackers. "Very naughty, you shall have to be punished and your ego brought back down to acceptable limits. I think I'll have to spank you." Twilight scoffed in disbelief as she sent magical balls of light towards Celestia who created a golden shield of magical energy to block them. "Ha, you're one to talk about ego." Twilight said in a amused tone. "My power in limitless, infinite! What have you got?" Celestia challenged and Starlight rolled her eyes and muttered "A smaller ego...?" before she glared hard at Celestia. "Now who's boasting?" Starlight asked sarcastically. "As for what we've got. We've got courage, and we never surrender no matter what." She stated proudly while Celestia chuckled darkly. "Never surrender huh? We'll see how you feel about that after a round or two with me. Prepare to die!" Celestia yelled as Starlight and Twilight readied themselves for the next attack... Canterlot Town Square Using his chaos magic, Discord very quickly set up a stage to carry out his plan to stop the hoard of brainwashed soldiers. Amps were plugged in, and instruments to play the song he'd selected were set up and quickly given musicians to play them. "ALRIGHT, HELLO CANTERLOT!" Discord yelled into the mic. "READY TO GET YOUR SOCKS KNOCKED OFF AND YOUR BRAIN FREED FROM CONTROL OF THE MAN DRAGGING YOU DOWN?" Nearby were several female ponies of great beauty and dressed as cheerleaders chanting "Discord, Discord he's our man! If he can't do it, no one can! YAY!" On seeing this, Lovely couldn't help but to facehoof in disgust while Chrysalis rolled her eyes and Sombra blushed red on seeing the beautiful mares cheering on Discord. Chrysalis saw this and for some reason she didn't know at the time, felt slightly jealous. Then the first chord was played, and the song began in full force as everyone who was still free of control covered their ears to block it out although that was just futile. I'd give you the song they played, but you'd never get it out of your head so here have this one instead. If it gets in your head, at least it's a good one to have stuck in it. At last, and to everypony's relief the song was over. Discord blinked at the now back to normal Canterlot Royal Guard who were sharing confused looks and generally wondering what had happened and why the city was so devastated. "Huh, I didn't actually think that would work on such a large scale." He muttered. Canterlot Castle, Throne Room "You think you can take over my home, hurt my friends?" Starlight roared in rage as she got into a fullblown rant of endless fury her emotions that had been building throughout the day finally let loose in a metaphorical tsunami. "THINK AGAIN WITCH! You started this, so now I'm helping to finish it. The other element bearers have been found, and even now they work to stop your madness. But you know what else? Find the other elements and give them their bearer and you unlock the sixth and final element. And do you know what that is?" Starlight asked. "No, and I don't care in the slightest!" Celestia snapped before she threw another pillar which Twilight and Starlight jumped out of the way to avoid before they threw up a bubble made of a substance which also happened to be what the final Element was. "Magic." Starlight stated. Hearing this, Celestia went into a even more powerful fury. "You will burn in my inferno, you will get reduced to a crisp for me to step on!" Celestia roared in rage as magic blasts flew everywhere either shattering the room's stained glass windows or bouncing off Twilight and Starlight's bubble shield. "Does she always talk this much?" Starlight asked in disbelief. "Nah, I think it's a insane villainess thing." Twilight replied sarcastically. "Whatever." Starlight muttered as she shook her head. "I'm about tired of her, time to end this don't you think?" Starlight then shared a nod with Twilight before they combined their powers and fired off a huge purple and cyan blast of magic which when it hit Celestia shattered her armor and made her crash into the floor with enough force to crack the tile in spiderweb fashion. Celestia was breathing hard, trying to stay conscious but eventually gave up and her head fell against the floor. Then something truly amazing happened as Celestia became smaller and her mane shifted from one of multi colors to one of pure orange. She was no longer the mad Solar Tyrant Celestia, but was back to normal and Solar Flare once more. "Is... Is it over?" Starlight asked nervously as Nightmare approached her sister before the Night Princess did a scan of Solar with a special spell before she broke out in one of the first true smiles she had ever done in a long time. "Yes. It's over, it's finally over." Nightmare said. "And my sister is back and is here to stay." Later, Nightmare now joined by her sister addressed the populace of Canterlot from a castle balcony, her voice magnified by a spell so everypony could hear her. "My Little Ponies, today we faced a challenge to our reign. But we overcame it, and in the process gained some new heroes of the realm." Nightmare said, and turned to look at Twilight (Who looked as if she wanted to be anywhere but there) along with the Six Element bearers who now wore medals pinned to their chests. Sombra in particular seemed nervous about being on display for all to see. Discord on the other hand seemed very proud of himself. "But that's not all, in the process my beloved sister was returned to me and the throne of the Sun is no longer empty and has it's bearer. Solar Flare has returned, and we shall never lose her again!" Nightmare exclaimed joyfully, and all across Canterlot and everywhere else who got the message by radio or by some other means there were cheers to go along with the statement. Over the Castle, there was a loud whoosh that could be heard all over Canterlot as Rainbow and the Wonderbolts rocketed overhead leaving contrails behind them before Rainbow did her personal stunt and broke the sound barrier in a Sonic Rainboom leaving the sky ablaze in color. Down below in the streets, there was dancing and in some cases even other ponies kissing. A new era in Equestria had begun... Later that evening, even as the celebrations continued into the night Starlight found Twilight out on a castle balcony gazing up at the sky, where the moon was beginning to rise and the sun was beginning to set, this time of Solar Flare's doing. "Come on, you really need to join us Twilight." Starlight said. "You're missing out." "I don't deserve to be down there." Twilight replied bitterly before glancing at the medal she wore. "Tartarus, I don't even deserve this medal. Not after what I did." Starlight laid a hoof on her fellow unicorn's shoulder before it was brushed off. "Don't touch me. I'm tainted." Twilight muttered in disgust with herself. "No you're not. You don't really believe that do you?" Starlight asked kindly. "Actually, I do." Twilight replied. "I don't deserve to set foot in this castle. I've got a long way to go before I do that." Twilight said as she walked off sadly. "Don't try and stop me." Twilight said as she looked back at Starlight before teleporting to arts unknown in a flash of purple light. Starlight looked at the spot where Twilight stood a few seconds before and a tear slipped from her eye. "Be safe Twilight Sparkle..." Starlight whispered before Discord peeked his head from around the doorway with a big grin set on his face. "Come on, what are you waiting around here for? Me and the Wonderbolts were just about to start a conga line in the Ballroom and annoy old Moonbutt!" Discord laughed, and Starlight allowed a small smile to slip on her face before she ran after Discord in yelling his name and firing off spells in mock anger. Not that she'd ever admit this of course. END