Logic, Common Sense, and Physics looked over the scene in earnest. The presence of Pinkie Pie and Lokey unnerved them, and the presence of Discord gave them the screaming willies, but they felt perhaps they had some say over the other twelve ponies present. Logic peaked into the black shifting ball of malice. She shook her head, they would not be needed here. She motioned to the others they should just go back to helping things make sense elsewhere. She waved goodbye to Pinkie, who waved back, smiling warmly.
"Bye guys, see you at the poker game next Tuesday!"
"Who are you talking to?" Rainbow asked tersely.
"Tell you later Dashie!"
Everypony was watching the amalgam of their two most dangerous enemies, wondering what horrors awaited them. The dreadful laughter and blood red moon was not filling anypony with confidence at the moment.
Luna knew most of all what Nightmare was capable of. Furthermore, she had seen Discord at his worst. If she had been corrupted by Nightmare's influence, what was a being of Discord's demeanor capable of when augmented by that kind of malice? That was the real question, Discord was malicious, there was no doubt of that, but he had a certain warped logic about him. He was a being you could, to a degree, predict. His motives were known only to him, but his actions were always to promote the spread of chaos. He did not kill pointlessly, he preferred live victims. Nightmare had wanted power; over ponies lives, over the day and night cycle, over Luna. Nightmare Moon had been the resulting combination of Luna and Nightmare. In her own, twisted way, she had cared for her subjects in that form. The Eternal Night had been her gift to the world, she felt if ponies could not appreciate her work more exposure was needed, whether they wanted it or not. What would a being with the pure malice of and power of Nightmare and the chaotic nature of Discord do?
Celestia feared for her world, The energy brewing in that ball of evil was vast, and potent, she was uncertain if the day would be won here. She felt her heart grow heavy with dread, not for the first time she wondered what choices she could have done to prevent this very situation. She always planned so carefully, it was a trait she had developed of necessity. In her younger years as a mere foal of one thousand years she had been so flighty, so sure that effort and force of will could best any problem. Then she had lost her best friends, and later, her sister. She looked around her. They were restored to her, for how long she did not know, but they were here now. New friends had joined their ranks, loyal and true all. She had an army here, delivered to her by fate. There was no planning for such occurrences. Perhaps will and effort was in order again.
The ground shook, lightning arched in the sky. The blood red moon eclipsed the sun, seeming to swallow it whole. A scream began, as if the cosmos itself was in agony. Something was emerging.
Lokey cried in anguish. Her cutie mark showed Tragedy in the forefront. "It begins! It is coming!"
A single, massive, leg was the first to appear. It was the leg of a bronco. The color was impossible to describe. At first glance it appeared black, but as you looked closely it was as if the color itself was sucking in all colors around it. This was not a color, this was an absence.
A second leg emerged, the leg of a dragon, the claws looked horribly cruel and sharp, ready to rend anything it grasped. It too was the same impossible lack of color.
Both legs were clad a thick plate armor, the metal was of a type unknown to anypony present. The body followed, its shape that of a lion's, its color nonexistent. More of the armor covered it. The tail emerged, wicked looking spikes and a barb adorned it.
The scale of the being emerging was horrifying. Each of its legs appeared appeared hundreds of hooves in length, the body longer still. How it was emerging from the amorphous ball of energy was anypony's guess. It was almost as if logic had taken a sudden holiday.
The arms followed. The left, a raptor's claw, talons gripping the air as if searching for prey. The right a lion's paw, claws extended. Both arms clad in the dull metal armor. Both devoid of color. It's like, how much more black could this be? The answer is none. None more black.
Finally the head emerged, while the shape was familiar; this mouth on this being held no smile, mischievous or otherwise. Its eyes were slitted. Its expression was cold. Black fire wreathed its head. It surveyed its surroundings, the assembled goddess before it, the lush world over which it hovered in precisely the way a brick did not.
It extended it's senses. It saw the staggering jewels of the night in their infinite dust and it's mind sang with loathing.
For a while it merely examined the universe in all its majesty, all its possibilities. Its various lifeforms with their hopes and dreams.
"It'll have to go." It declared in a voice that was neither male nor female, and echoed with the screams of thousands of souls gibbering in madness.
For a moment, everypony was silent. Then screams erupted from the lips of Luna and Celestia. The assembled mass of ponies looked at the sisters with concern. They were falling to earth, their bodies limp. Nopony knew what to make of this, there had been no movement from the being before them. Then they were clearly able to see both the sun and moon vanish from the sky. Or rather, were able to see, until the source of light and life shed its last rays onto them.
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Six horns flared in the darkness. The six melded their powers and began to reforge that which was destroyed. They had remade the world countless times, remaking the sun and moon was not beyond them. Creating a celestial body took time however, precious time they did not have. The process begun, they then saved the royal pony sisters from their descent, if only to avoid further injury to them. Dawn caught Luna, cradling her gently. Sapphire caught Celestia, holding her as if she was the most precious object in the world. The primordial light of the forming sun brightened the scene again. The moon was beginning to reform, a swirling cloud of dust coalescing into the shape of the orb it once was. Dawn cast a teleportation spell, sending each sister to their respective celestial body, they would recover as their creations renewed themselves.
Everypony looked back to the huge creature who had apparently snuffed out the sun and moon with a thought. It began to laugh. It was a long, hollow, joyless laugh of a being who may have never expressed enjoyment. It's laughter was a mockery of all things good.
Two ponies flew into its field vision. One with mane of pink and coat of yellow, the other with a mane and coat of lush green. Their gazes locked with the eyes they flew in front of. The being froze, unable to do anything but meet their eyes.
A quiet voice emerged from the mare with the yellow coat. The voice was barely more than a whisper, yet seemed to drill itself into your head. "Excuse me, I can't help but notice you snuffed out the sun and moon just now."
A gentle voice emerged from the pony with the lush green coat. It was a voice that spoke of caring, and kindness. It also had an undercurrent of barely suppressed rage to it. "You see, we happen to like those particular objects, and the ponies who keep them in the sky. Would you care to explain yourself?"
The voice spoke, it bore no malice, the tone of voice would have been equally well suited to telling somepony the weather schedule for that week. "I am the one known as Omega, born of a need to exist in a place that will not tolerate my existence. I am the end of all. I shall erase everything until only I remain. Then I will be free to roam unhindered. If the cosmos will not tolerate me it shall be removed."
Fluttershy nodded. "That's nice. Girls, let's blast him in the face now."
Rainbow's jaw dropped. "Wha-"
"I said blast him in the face! Nopony hurts my friends!"
Rarity sighed. "That's just 'New Fluttershy' peeking through a bit, I'm afraid. Still, she has a point. No point in putting it off."
The other five bearers lined up, and the elements activated. Light the color of the element they bore shone out from each and merged. The magical forces swirled and danced about the six bearers, and arched down towards the large figure. The magical blast hit Omega square on, showering it with energy. Then it was swallowed up in the blackness.
Twilight was floored, as much as a pony flying several thousand feet in the air could be said to be floored. "Huh? But I-- WHAT?! It didn't work?! It always works!"
Omega loomed before them, silently. Parts of the landscape began to disappear. Stars were blinking out of existence from the sky.
Yea Lovecraftian horrors! Reminds me of one of my favorite video game quotes.
I am the lucid dream.
The monster in your nightmares.
The fiend of a thousand faces.
Cower before my true form.
BOW DOWN BEFORE THE GOD OF DEATH!
Good luck girls!
Hello. My name is Brony. You hurt Equestria. PREPARE TO DIE.
Well...damm. I too would have taken a holiday if I were to confront a draconequus and spirit of chaos, and two alicorns and elements of harmony with chaotic power in them as well. On any case...Omega...he is omega badass that's for sure. Nonetheless, may I ask if that attitude from him and then name are a bit from the game "Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus". The bad guy there is quite a lot like this guy. Also, Fluttershy FOR THE WIN! LET'S GO AND FREAKING KICK HIS ASS!...I mean if you don't mind. The climax...nice title there. Let me see you on the next chapter of awsomeness that will ensue!
403023 Oh, yoggy, you are ever so fun.
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I've probably been watching too much Devil May Cry stuff, but I can so see most of my main group just sharing a look, shrugging and drawing weapons with the comment: "God of Death? Yeah, so was the last guy we killed...."
403073 Yes, I know,but you mash chaotic neutral with neutral evil and out comes chaotic evil.
i predict something like the gigyas battle...
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You rock, man! show that big meanie who's the boss!
403233 Perhaps if I can borrow your TARDIS, we can feed Omega to the Daleks! IT'S THE PERFECT PLAN!
Ok anyone good at drawing? I NEED to see Omega drawn, NOW!
And to wrap it up somehow all the alicorns will combine and become Alpha. Since one is beginning and other is end something cool will happen.
Fusion powers go?
Destroy everything? You know total destruction is one of the fastest ways to perfect order. Discord a creature of pure chaos, potentially to be partially responsible for causing complete order in the universe, now that is ironic.
wellllp, this should be easy :P
as for Omega causing complete order: if he brings about the entropic end of the universe (all mass and energy spread out evenly) the world might not be chaotic as seen in the show (dancing bison, etc) but he would have completely destroyed order (no structure existing anywhere), which would be a different kind of chaos I guess :P
bonus points if he destroys the universe completely, causing an end to the laws of physics :P
I agree with nightwing , it might have to be done like the gigayas battle where everyone on the planet has to will them power to defeat him.. its just an idea.
Cool. And sweet new cover picture.
nice, we're to expect a super badass final boss battle!! can't wait for more
Great work! yes, someone draw Omega!
I... I have no words.
Also, how do we keep missing each other? I feel bad editing without you there in case you disagree, and because more seems to get done when we discuss it.
403837 we need to setup a time via messages.
... so he is immune to light based attacks, huh?
Was that a H2G2 reference I spotted with the "It will have to go." This is why I love this fic!
Omega?! *facedesk* Come on, you have this giant awe-inspiring monster and you named him Omega?
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So was "over which it hovered in precisely the way a brick did not".
Omega is a one-creature Vogon Constructor Fleet!
Totally reminds me of the X-Death fight from Final Fantasy V. Mixed with the Cloud of Darkness from Final Fantasy III. On a totally different level. Epicness level broken.
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Yeah, we really do. It's getting pretty bad. I check every chance I get, but it doesn't seem to be working.
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Time for the sh*t to start hitting the fan! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!
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You can't draw Omega, since it is colored by an absence, and would envelop out be rendered invisible by whatever media attempts to depict it.
405732 just find the blackest black you can, then some greys
405732 Balance. Balance will happen, and with that, TRUE HARMONY.
Nightmare Discord is from Krikkit?
... and then Discord woke up from the stone, before it was erased. Noticing the lack of chaos and more malace he simply poked Omega turning it back into a frog. Then Celestia got buthurt.
Perfect ending! or you know... whatever is fine.
*looks at D&D ending*
Wait, immune to light attacks, which the Elements are. Inititive bonus... rolled a 18, got a 21, beat a natural 20, ect, ect...
*looks at this chapter*
Immune to the Elements, destroyed the sun and moon before anyone could move, ect, ect...
*thinks*
Wait a second... Dash and Tornado's wings are gonna get destroyed. BOTH OF YOU, FLEE, NOW!
hrm... and here i was expecting tirac
not sure how i feel about this
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That would have been fun!
I'm sorry but Hoooooooly... what in all of buck is this madness?! This is one of those fics that isn't on crack, but crack is on the fic!
Actually, I don't mind that. The only other fic that I've EVER read of that caliber is Shinji & Warhammer40K, which STILL isn't DONE!!!
I just... I... I'm out of words to say about this. Forget paying money for drugs, read this. and you won't need a drug for the rest of your life.
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I am returning to post after a break in which I regained my composure, and I apologize for my previous comment... but wow... If you could print this, distill the information into a liquid, and drink it... you'd be drinking an overdose of complete, utter, and irrevocably tasty liquid... well, for the lack of a word being made to describe the concept, existence will suffice.
I am making a special subset of favorite listings on my homepage specifically for this fic and penultima fics like it... though I don't think any other fic here (even the empty room, because of it's darker feel and the Moonstone Cup, because it's not escalated enough) even qualifies.
On another note... I think I just got mind-bucked.
414518 I'm glad you enjoyed it, celestia knows I enjoyed writing it. Still, a bit more to go, then on to other projects.
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Cool, I'll watch for more of your work... wish I knew how to run a chatroom, I would love to get a crew together and start a fic of my own... I learned the hard way not to do it solo.
Just reread the entire thing from the beginning, reminding me of how far it's evolved from that initial joking entry. Great fun! With enough Adams thrown in to keep my inner geek shufflin' along happily! I'll be sad to see this one wrap up. I swear, why the networks don't renew this for another season, I'll never know...
415271 Well I'd like to think I've gotten better as I go, I've gotten alot of help on the way
403113 Why couldn't it have been True Neutral? A like... timid Discord using powers of creation for good, and for laughs or evil!
Our powers combined...
We are CAPTAIN HARMONY!
GO HARMONEERS!
~_^
New fluttershy yay
(Thank you dictionary!)
o·me·ga
[oh-mee-guh, oh-mey-, oh-meg-uh]
noun
1. the 24th and last letter of the greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
2. the vowel sound represented by this letter.
3. the last of any series; the end.
Ok, points for the name.
There is only one solution........................
PINKIE PIE
Wow... your omega is truly a terrifying creation.
We need Shenron to voice Omega. NOW!
Also, props to the epic fusion.
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Um, actually, omega is the last letter in the alphabet. Or did you mean that's he's the last, ultimate, being? 'Cos if that's the case, you, my dear, are awesome.
That is no draconequus, that is more thyme rely a monster, the thing is Entropy, nonexiststance, Nothing, the lack of anything existing, it will only be satisfied when like Unicron from Transformers, it rests in a void of pure nothing.