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// Chapter 2 
// Story: Battle of Gods 
// by EmperorDalek 
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*Back at the battlefield*	

Celestia shouted, loudly, as magic shot from her horn towards the nearest Cybermare. Making it explode, upon impact – A few of the nearby Cybermares were also affected by the blast, by having the shockwave of the explosion throw them away from it…Some landing on the ground, unscathed, while others crashed into rocks, causing fatal damage to its function, rendering them useless and lifeless.
Luna, sword in hoof, galloped towards the Cybermare aggressors. Using her sword to deflect their laser bolts away from her, either by sending them shooting down into the ground, or by simply having them vanish once they touched against the blade.
Down the mountainside, the Spider-like tripod missile platforms, continued on their way down towards the Equestrians, unleashing violently fast missiles hurtling down towards their positions, making devastating explosions erupt up from the ground, killing multiple Ponies, but leaving only one in a state of being injured. These robots alone killed hundreds of Ponies with their powerful missiles, now that the Poinies had become cocky, and overconfident with how close their victory was.
Luna, upon hearing the screams and the sounds of the explosions from further down the mountainside, turned to look behind her, catching only the slightest glimpse of a lone Cybermare heading downwards, to join with the others in the battle. She moved her hoof up, and made a swift motion forward, and throwing her sword towards it.
*Shhhhhnng!* 
The Cybermare stopped, frozen, as it’s Audio Receptors picked up the sound of someone tricksing with their sword. It turned itself around to face the wielder of the sword. But just when it’s eyes back, seeing Luna at the other end, it immediately raised it’s hoof, pointing it’s wrist cannon towards her…
With a clean, and penetrating force, it was suddenly struck through it’s throat. It’s wrist cannon did not fire, and it became paralyzed, absolutely motionless where it stood. 
Before it fell backwards, though, a magical grasp enveloped the sword’s hilt, pulling it back out, as the figure leaped out over the edge, it’s wings moving out, catching the wind, as it, hastily, glid down through the air. But it did not continue downwards, it made a quick turn to the left, and reached it’s hooves out, holding them out in front of her. It’s speed building and building, as it went ever faster and faster, with another mighty bead of it’s wings.
With it’s automated movements, the mobile launchers continued down the side of the mountain, blasting forth more and more, missilies to force their Pony enemies further back. They would not stop until every Equestrian on the slopes on this mountain, were either in full retreat, or dead.
Their casualties now numbering in at 1957, the Equestrians were in full retreat, with the number of dead, rising as they were mercilessly cut down in their flight. Cybermares and mobile missile platforms, were the only living things that followed in the wake of the last shootdown. While missiles were not quite as fast as the Cybermare’s wrist cannons, there was no letdown in their results.
‘’Wait! Everypony halt!!’’ A lone Captain shouted. ‘’Look!!’’ He raised his hoof, pointing it up towards the mountain. Those Ponies that were at the far back of the army, who were in greater and more frantic retreat, stopped, turning themselves around, they directed their eyes up towards the mountainside where the Stallion was pointing.
‘’I-is that her?’’ A Soldier asked, confused. ‘’What is she doing!? They will spot her for sure!’’ Another exclaimed, staring her eyes towards the flying Alicorn with horrified eyes.
Suddenly, though, she turned to the right side, narrowing herself down a little, holding her sword close up until her body, as with a mighty flap of her wings, she picked dup speed. She directed herself down, and flew down towards the lower regions of the mountain – While still keeping her speed up to max.
With a steady march, the Cybermares and the mobile weapons platforms had the Ponies running for the hills, as the saying goes. A Cybermare with purple streaks running down the sides of it’s hooves, trotted alongside several of it’s Cyber ‘’Bretheren’’, discharging deadly blasts towards it’s enemies. It was then approached by a regular Cybermare.
‘’Cyber Leader.’’ The soldier spoke, upon getting close enough to it.
‘’Report.’’ The Cyber Leader spoke in a deeper, more gruff voice.
‘’Our Subwave Network is informing of a powerful being approaching our position.’’ The soldier replied.
‘’I am allready aware of that, soldier. I have been informed . Did the message contain anything else?’’ The Cyber Leader replied, asking the soldier back.
‘’Affirmative…It said that the entity has a power level consisting of 100 000, possibly even more.’’ The soldier replied. This ushered the Leader to back away, stunned into silence.
‘’That cannot be correct. Run it through again…’’
In that moment, though, a deep rumbling sounded in the distance. The soldier and the Leader turned their heads, and looked their heads up towards it’s point of origin.
Before reaching the ground, she turned to the left, fixing herself up, quickly, and flew straight forward, speeding towards the hostile force.
In bewildered anticipation, the Ponies watched her, as they observed the Princess doing something they had never imagined a Pony of her stature attempt to do.
*Getting closer and closer*
Her magic grabbed hold of the sword’s hilt, and held it out to the side. It’s blade gleaming in the sunlight, as she smiled, despite the intense speed she was going at.
As she passed by the Cybermares and their tripods, dust was instantly blown up, off the ground, and both the Cybermares and their ‘’spiders’’, became frozen in place. 
She landed down in front of their paralyzed enemies, looking up towards them with a wide smile on her face. 
‘’Too slow.’’ She said, chiperly, their blank, expressionless faces looked back at her, but neither one of them uttered a word, nor did they move an inch from where they stood.
Luna’s Ponies, nervously, strode slightly forward towards her, but the Cybermare’s still standing conditions didn’t point out too many good things. Slowly, the wind started to blow, brushing gently through the Ponies’ manes.
Being the only one of a thousands, a lone Pony strode forth, stepping out from behind the ranks.
‘’P-princess!? Back away from those Cybermares. They will-‘’
Before the Pony’s sentence was given the opportunity to complete it’s sentence, several Cybermares dropped to their knees, they fell forward, crashing down onto the ground with a loud *clunk*.
‘’Wha-‘’ The Pony said, confused, narrowing it’s eyes, as it looked towards the Cybermares. The spider-tripods’s legs were severed, causing it to emit sparks from it’s dis-connected body. Luna held out her wing, and with a swift shift, swipped it towards the Cybermares and spider-tripods, sending a breeze through them.
Then, all on their own, the Cybermares and the spider-tripods fell down, collapsing onto the ground. Luna’s smile grew, as her magical telekinesis sheathed her sword back into the hilt.
*The moment the sword touches against the hilt*
Suddenly, from behind, a large uproar of voices shouted up towards her. Her eyes widened a little, as she did not expect such a loud, and sudden sound. She turned around, and looked back out towards the large devastated landscape, her eyes falling upon the thousands of Ponies that had were still alive from the relentless assault on this region of the Cyberiad’s Kingdom/Empire, as they still did now know how far these evil creations held a grasp over creation.
Luna’s confusion formed itself into a smile, as she looked out across the devastated plains, seeing only the sight of a dead world, a world…murdered by the conflict that had overtaken it. It was not difficult to see that what was now a battlefield, had once been a beautiful world.
Luna’s ears seemed to dis-connect from her other senses, as she no longer heard another sound. She closed her eyes, and slowly opened them again…But when she looked out, once more, she was no longer on the ravaged battlefield in a region of Cardolan, but instead, standing atop a mountainside, looking out across a beautiful pasture, with little hills, rivers that ran thrugh the countryside, houses that looked like they had been built out of something must have been clay, but had the texture of wood as it’s surface, with a sturdy metal roof, and glass windows, through which one could look in or out through.
Unfolding her wings, and holding them out, she suddenly leaped out from the behind the cliff, letting the wind catch her, and permitting her to glide down through the air, as she ‘’flew’’ over the beautiful landscape below, looking down upon from a birds eye-perspective.
Gently, her hooves touched down against the soft grass, which brushed against her hoof, it was a little cold at first, but with time it passed, and she could the warmth beginning to move through her, once more. She inhaled a gentle intake of fresh, nice air, before raising her hoof up, and beginning to trot forward, making her way through the large, open, and solitude forest.
Each tree reached high up into the sky, they were utterly pale, but were surrounded in a sparkling glow, reminiscent of the stars high upon the night sky. They looked dead, but at the same time, alive, like diamonds. For miles upon miles without end the seemingly endless forest stretched, climbing up along the roots of the mountain, atop the little hills, and far across the far, wide, open plains.
With slow, calm trots she stepped through the forest, looking her head up, taking in her surroundings. Watching strange, but cute creatures scurry through the trees, and on the ground. Occasionally, one would stop, and look at her, but would then continue to follow after the others like it. Luna smiled at this, and continued on her way, passing through the forest.
*Sudden stop*
Luna’s hooves, suddenly, stopped moving, they became frozen in place, as out in front of her, standing in an open spot of the forest, staring back at her with the same confused and amazed eyes, was the recognizeable form of a Pony. Neither spoke, but both knew that the other really wanted to.
The Pony wore a set of blue robes that covered it’s entire body, giving off only small points where one could it’s hind legs, while it’s front hooves were much more visible. It wore something bore the texture and hue of an armored chestplate, but was still mere fabric. It wore a broach which she could not make out it’s image – It was like it was constantly shifting, changing between one image, and then going to another. It’s mane reached down to just above it’s shoulders, and just from looking at the Pony’s face, could she tell that it was a Mare.
Slowly, the Mare started to back away, nervously, from her. It quickly ducked down behind a tree, but when Luna went to investigate, to make sure she was allright…the Mare was gone. She looked up, turning her around, as she looked in every possible direction for a clue as to where the Mare was, but there was no possible she could deny it – She had simply vanished away, even though she wasn’t a Unicorn.
Luna continued on her way, trotting through the rest of the forest at a steady pace. As time went on, the forest started heading inwards, passing inbetween two giant mountains. Luna noticed this, but chose to ignore it, as she entered deeper and deeper into the forest.

With a final step forward, she took her first step out of the forest, and her first out onto a long landscape that stretched for a little bit. But what really got her jaw to drop, was the sight of large, towering buildings that rose up high into the sky, their forms like spires, as they pointed up high. On the outskirts of the vastly populated metropolis, stood a solitary structure, It was raised higher than any other structure of the city, and in the center stood a vast tower-like structure, with multiple spiring structure-like buildings spread around it. It bore many close resemblances to her home, except for one particular, and very obvious thing...But before Luna was given time to think about it, the sound of hoofsteps approaching her, sounded – Her ear perked itself up, twitching a little in the direction of the sound.
She turned her head, looking it to her left. Up, alongside the edge of the forest, a Unicorn Stallion trotted up towards her. It greatly resembled the Pony she had meet in the forest, that had just disappeared into thin air when it ducked behind that tree. Getting closer, her eyes noticed that it wore the same kind of robes that greatly bore some resemblance to that of the Pony in the forest, except it was a purple.
As she looked her eyes towards the newcomer, she drew notice that it was…just a normal Earth Pony. She crossed her eyes a little, as she looked towards it, in confusion. The figure smiled, as it stepped forward, approaching her.
‘’Princess Luna…’’ It said. Her eyes narrowed a little, crossing her eyebrows, as she looked into the face of the Unicorn.
She closed her eyes…And opened them up again, almost immediately, but no longer finding herself standing in the beautiful, and lively landscape, surrounded by the forests, the mountains, or the immense bustling city. Everything surrounding her, was once again back to the dead and desolate battlefield that she had borne witness to for these latest couple of months.
‘’L-na’’ Her ears picked up several faint, but growing voices. Her attention shifted down towards the Equestrian army that stood atop the darkened plateaus. Her suddenly-confused expression changed into a smile, as she looked out upon them.
The wind started to blow rougher, the weather beginning to build, getting a little rougher.
Suddenly, rough, red bursts of lightning shot down from the clouds, striking the ground in front of the Equestrian forces, not just in a single spot, but all around the mountain. Making the ground explode, upon impact, and create large craters in the ground. 
Luna turned herself around…Stopping herself half-way, as her eyes looked towards the top of the mountain, for a split second, but doing a double-take, and shifting her eyes back towards the mountain top, all that way up…
She was not the only one to notice this strange occurrence, as many Ponies in the army, looked up towards the sky in shock, and surprise…At the top, atop the the mountain’s very tip, stood a bipedal figure.