The Corrupted Heart cracks but doesn't blow up. I look around quickly to see what's wrong and realize Twilight, while waiting for me to do something, didn't overload the Heart with magic like last time. The hit caused Sombra to drop on the ground and start groaning in pain but we're still here and alive which isn't exactly a good thing.
"TRAITOR!" screams Scream and her horn darkens the sky over the city.
Well duh. What did she think Element of Betrayal meant?
I wasn't able to disperse Luna's magic most of the time and Scream... she's just on a completely different level.
Black aura appears around the golden alicorn and the sky above us turns to its normal color.
"crack"
The sound comes from the damaged Heart and suddenly the shimmering barrier separating both worlds becomes a bit less see-through.
Scream disappears, then a spark of golden light is pulled towards Void by tendrils of darkness and she then reappears in front of him. Moments later, said tentacles grab me and pull me back right before the rift between realities fades into nothingness.
"CELESTIAAA!" yells Scream and an inferno of golden flames begins speeding towards the solar princess.
Without any effect, it is stopped by a blackfire wing of immense size.
"Enough," says Void and scowls at the golden alicorn in front of him.
Standing tall, golden eyes glowing with inner fire and both wings spread seemingly into infinity, the alicorn of Death measures his marefriend who is looking at him, wide-eyed and small.
"But she's the cause of all this!" Scream barks at Void.
"Yes. Even the greatest ones can make mistakes."
"I got you out of Tartarus!"
"Partially, yes."
"Then why are you angry at me? She deserves to suffer as much as I did without you! As much as you did down there. FOREVER!"
"That is a point of view," says Void and his gaze falling on Celestia makes her shiver slightly.
"Then let's break her together, love!"
"If you do not stop this madness then we are going to have 'the talk'."
Scream freezes immediately and her lip begins trembling.
"B-b-b-but I can't live without you. Please don't even joke about that," she giggles nervously.
"That was not a joke."
Tears are now openly streaming down Scream's cheeks. After seconds that seem to last forever the dead silence is broken when she crumbles on the ground and puts her forelegs over her head.
"...dontleavemepleasedontleavemejustdontleavmeheavensthiscantbehappening..."
The black-purple wings close around the sobbing golden pile of fur.
"I would never do that," smiles Void to himself.
"You can't just let her off the hook-" begins princess Celestia but immediately stops when she hears Void's low growl.
"Do. Not. Push. Your. Luck. Celestia."
Then Void's eyes stop on the only pony who isn't frozen in shock, me. I'm just looking at the spot where Scream is hidden by Void's wings and smiling slightly. When I feel his gaze I wink at him, knowing everything worked out.
To my surprise, he scratches his chin and his expression becomes completely unreadable. Then his hind leg kicks Chokey who has been standing next to him the entire time.
"Right. Erm, since everything's worked out somehow, what about a reward for the heroes?" asks the batpony and looks at princess Celestia.
The solar princess seems shocked by the proposition but recovers quickly.
"I suppose you deserve something. All this wouldn't have been possible without Void and you. What can Equestria offer you for your valiant efforts in saving its citizens?"
"Anything?"
"Just say the word."
"Are we talking prisoners of war or just things?"
"There are no prisoners, everypony from the other side disappeared when-" Celestia stops and smiles.
"Yep, I want that!" Chokey grins and points at me.
I tense and stand up.
"Wha?" is all I have to say.
The Element changes its form from a longsword into a choker with a long chain ending wrapped around Chokey's hoof.
"Very funny, Betty," I comment.
The choker tightens considerably.
"What did you say?" comes from the air.
"I'm sorry, oh mighty Element of Betrayal."
The snorting from Luna turns into open laughter, infects everypony around and eventually the laughter goes silent as Void disappears in a flash along with his golden cargo.
A quick but determined tug on my neck tells me that it's time to follow my new owner.
Who am I kidding? My old owner.
4175987 Hehe, killing off.
All I can say is wow. You've really out done yourself and I don't really compliment as such often. From day one I knew the story would grow prosperous when I stumbled in looking for bat ponies and found such a peculiar attraction. From day one, when the writing was a bit off, I now sit proudly in front of your creation, finished with the beginning becoming a far away memory and yet written in a flash. I cannot express the awesomeness I feel and I bow to you in respect of great story telling, as you bow to the audience ending the preformance.
-With Celestia's Great Seal of Approval, Franky
How does this only have 261 views? Mabe I'll have Seatte's Angels take a look at it and see if they think its worthy of a feature
4424646 I'll pretend I know what that means and say YAY!
4424892 Here, have a link.
http://www.fimfiction.net/group/1734/seattles-angels
4424903 Pretty cool. Now I'm flattered, nervous and sweaty.
4477969 I'm glad you're enjoying yourself. May it last as long as possible.
I am going to give this story a favorite - not just because it manages to reach a delicious insanity I never thought was possible but because it kept it the whole way through.
From start to finish, I am glad I stuck around for the descent into madness.
Now, excuse me while I play sudden death tennis with Alice in the underwater city of New New York.
Quick Edit: Mother of Celestia. There's a sequel.
4550701 Actually, every story here stems from Imbalanced. For some reason people don't like Guardian that much though.
So... I don't know. Prepare to be sorely disappointed or something.
4808277 I think Scream later explains Chrysalis had no idea what she was doing.
Why can't I figure out if this is anthro or not?
5132496 Huh, it's not although I'm relying on Pinkie Pie physics a lot of the time where she had no trouble holding things and balancing on back legs in the series. Seems I did something wrong if it's that confusing.
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No, I think there's just some confused terminology, such as using chest instead of barrel, or hand instead of hoof (I think that happened once.). Also, for some reason I just immediately think, 'oh, he wears actual clothing, must be anthro.' But I eventually figured it out, when he was trying to open his door drunk.
5134222 Aaaah. Not a native english speaker here so there probably will be more of that sort. Sorry.
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Meh, it's ok. The mistakes were pretty minor, and they darn well won't keep me away from a good story.
Finally finished... And this is definitely in the top 3 best stories I've read on this site. And has earned a place in my list of fanfics that I would have happily payed money for. Seriously, this was that good.
Holy fucking shit there are sequels?!?!?!
How the actual fuck can you still pull content from this? (Well I see a few ways, but that's besides the point.)
5150227 It helps to think of the entire storyline as one story rather than sequels. Some are calmer, slower, and more slice-of-lifey, some are not. Hope you enjoy Blaze's forever gloomy approach and Choking's slow path to finally realizing he might be worth a relationship.
Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you had fun.
Small warning though, the next part of the story isn't too liked but the others are quite nice
Also, if you look at either of my last two blog posts there's the timeline and branching of all stories so you don't need to look for sequels and stuff.
5150609 yeah, just part of my shock comes from the fact that I thought the story was going to end before it actually did. 'Oh the main character died, guess it's going to end soo- wait there are HOW many chapters left?' And, 'oh they resurrected him guess it's time for the last Minuit redemptio- HOW ARE THERE STILL THIS MANY CHAPTERS?' Are just a few examples.
5151295 Yeah, there still is quite a few chapters
This is a very well done and excellently made story. I am glad to have the pleasure to read such a masterpiece of literature. There have been very few stories that I will always remember on FIM Fiction, and this is defiantly one of them. All I can say is;
Job well done, mate.
5268130 Thank you. Hearts like you keep me going.
5663763 Actually, probably the single most important chapter concerning this and the next arc.
5663701 It might be explained later, or it had been before (not sure, wrote it a year ago), that Choking prefers a daytime job unlike normal batpony night shifts so instead of going home through Canterlot after she's done she likes to bug Blaze.
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As if he would ever have the mercy of staying dead...
Well, they won. The invasion is over. Scream has been calmed down. And Blaze and Choking are going to live happily ever after with nothing bad happening ever again... right..?
...right..?
Heh.