Chapter 74-The Day the Darkness Fell
Princess Celestia allowed the helmet to rest perfectly around her skull, her aura of magic around it fading away. She opened her eyes. The image of herself in the mirror stared right back into her weary eyes. She wore pure, golden armor across her chest and body. Her mane still flowed freely even after the helmet was dawned on her head.
Celestia didn’t smile. She levitated the spear she would take with her to the city up above and placed it directly to her right.
It was her.
Celestia.
Ruler of Equestria.
She was going to war.
A few grunts appeared behind her. Celestia slowly spun around, her pale magenta irises landing on her younger sister. Her back was facing the older sister, her attention obviously drawn somewhere else. Luna grunted again.
After countless minutes of struggling with her chest plate, Princess Luna stopped and noticed a light golden glow consume her armor and adjust it properly. The younger slowly turned her head back, gazing into the welcoming eyes of her older sister.
She smiled at her, and then suddenly dropped her gaze. Her eyes took on an all new shade of sadness only seen a rare number of times from the elder.
Princess Celestia moved in and nuzzled Luna lovingly.
Luna sighed contently, enjoying the warmth of her sister against her, comforting her. It was an all too perfect moment to shatter, but they both knew it had to end eventually. When it did, Luna and Celestia stared into each other’s eyes, the same emotions flushing in and out, connecting and sharing.
Luna nodded.
Celestia levitated the midnight-shaded helmet over and rested it over her younger sister’s head. With the helmet, Princess Luna also noticed a second item her older sister brought closer into view. Luna sighed through her nose, but her eyes stared on.
She stared at the item that would be by her side to the bitter end.
It would protect her.
Kill for her.
Fight with her.
Princess Luna’s longsword, dark as night and deadly as the everlasting shadow.
Luna lit up her horn, the longsword glowing as bright as her magic that consumed it.
“To war,” Luna muttered.
Celestia nodded only once. Only once.
Prince Shining Armor, former ruler of the Crystal Empire, stared down the open road ahead of him. It was wide, buildings to the far left and right with excellent positions for sharpshooters to hide out. He scanned the area once, twice, three times and nodded.
Captain Armor turned back.
He was face to face with the Equestrian Resistance defensive line.
Piles of stone, sandbags, crates, and whatever dense material was available were stacked together to rise five feet above the ground and spread across the entire street, from building to building. Small openings were scattered here and there in the inner defensive lines to allow resistance fighters to bring in supplies to the front and second lines. Ditches were dug in from numerous Earth ponies to allow better coverage and more room to scramble between the lines. They didn’t care if they tore apart the street. Nothing would be left once the sun set that day.
There were five defensive lines. The princesses would be holding the front lines alongside resistance fighters providing rifle fire. The second line would be a backup for the front line if they were reloading or overwhelmed. Third and fourth lines were all defensive cover fire from unicorns and ponies lucky and or trained enough to carry a rifle. The fifth line was to be the supply line, offering medical treatment, ammunition, and extra soldiers if the upper lines needed assistance.
That’s where she was.
Princess Cadance.
His wife.
She would be leading the supply lines and providing as much defensive support alongside her unicorn medics. As for Shining Armor…
He was leading the offensive.
Captain Armor knew it would be no battle fought only with magic and bullets. At some point, lost in the midst of raining ash and dirt clouds, Shining Armor would lead an army of two hundred brave resistance ponies straight into battle with the Alliance and Decepticon forces. Nopony was afraid, nopony backed down. They were going to die for their captain, for their country, for freedom.
Shining Armor couldn’t have been more proud. He placed his helmet atop his head.
As far as his eyes could see, as instructed from him, Equestrian Resistance fighters lined the windows from buildings to the left and right. Shining Armor moved from the first line to the fifth eyeing the rooftops and saluting to each resistance fighter he saw. All one hundred and fifty of them saluted back.
“Alright,” he announced loudly while inside the fifth line. Medics stopped loading their supplies and faced him. Soldiers stopped readying their rifles and sharpening their sword to listen to him. Princess Cadance began to approach right as he started speaking again.
Shining Armor pointed to the far left with his left hoof. “I need a clear indication that the rooftops are secured and our sharpshooters are in place! Where is Lieutenant Broken Heart?!”
As ordered, a pure white unicorn with a long, purple mane stepped forward, shoving aside two resistance fighters. He pulled down his black bandana and saluted only once to his superior. He said, “Sharpshooters are in place on every rooftop from here to downtown, sir!”
“And the bomb squads, how are they doing?” Shining asked.
Another pony stepped forward, this one being a well-built brown Pegasus. An eye patch covered his right eye, but that didn’t stop him from staring his captain in the face, saluting just as straight as any other able pony.
Sergeant Echo said, “We have resistance fighters in the sewers as we speak. In little to no time, we’ll have the entire street ahead of us lined with enough explosives beneath to sink fifty Alliance Spider Tanks to the ground!”
“Not to mention the battalion we got hidden under our hooves,” a resistance pony added from a group of soldiers, prompting all heads to be turned his way. “Those Alliance bastards will have no time to pick themselves up when they're mowed down by a hundred rifle rounds!”
A collective roar erupted from the resistance squads scattered among the fifth line.
Shining Armor smiled, wrapping his foreleg around Cadance.
“I have a bad feeling about all of this,” Cadance whispered among the shouts from the other resistance ponies. Shining leaned in with his ears open.
She continued. “What if we can’t hold the line? If the Decepticons break through and get to the supply lines…or worse…the wounded…then what are we supposed to do? I…I-I won’t be able to hold the shield up forever, neither will any of the unicorns, and-”
Shining pressed his lips against hers, silencing the Alicorn.
Once he parted, Shining Armor offered a tiny smile, staring into his beloved’s eyes.
“I won’t let anything get passed me…I promise.”
“But-”
He let his hoof fall on her muzzle.
“I promise.”
The two stared into one another’s eyes, neither wanting to break or separate. A husband and wife not separated but together in war. No bond was greater, no strength far superior than love. It ended too quickly when the helicopter came soaring overhead.
The skies were torn apart from the blades’ power. Dust rose up from the charred cement to gather into small cyclones underneath the helicopter blades. Resistance ponies did not fire on the intruder, nor did Shining Armor give the command.
He lifted up his foreleg to block the upcoming thrust of wind and moved forward towards the helicopter. Nopony noticed, but he was smiling the entire trek.
Ponies cleared the way as the helicopter touched down…and transformed.
Shining Armor was so intrigued from the morphing robotic alien that he didn’t even notice the royalty coming up from behind.
“Clear a path! Their majesties are coming through!” a gruff voice shouted from a random squadron of fighters.
Both Cadance and Shining Armor spun around to be met with the Royal Sisters stepping through the crowd of filthy soldiers. Their attention was not on the captain, nor the pink Alicorn, but on the Autobot rising higher and higher into the air.
Shining Armor and Princess Celestia both exchanged glances as she walked by. They both nodded to one another.
That is when Celestia brought her attention up to Drift.
A towering skyscraper in the center of the road was the end of the fifth line for the Equestrian Resistance, and standing right in front of it was the newly born Autobot Drift. He observed the area, as if constructing possible battle strategies in mere seconds. He quickly brought his attention downwards to the two sisters approaching from the ground.
Drift offered a polite bow. “Your highnesses,” he said.
Celestia and Luna nodded back. Luna was the one to speak for the two.
“Drift, we are most pleased to learn of your involvement in the revolution. It will greatly bring us closer to victory…and freedom,” the lunar goddess told him.
Drift nodded, standing straight up once again. “It would be my honor to fight and die by your sides. If I am to die this day, at least I’ll die knowing the cause I fought for was for true freedom, and not a lie.”
“We have no intention of dying here, Drift,” Shining Armor added in, standing next to the solar goddess. “Our efforts, alongside the Autobots and princesses, will bring us total victory against the Decepticons and Alliance forces.”
Drift’s eyes narrowed. He turned towards Celestia and asked, “Are you certain you can hold this area long enough for the diversion to be enacted?”
Celestia nodded, planting her spear in the ground next to her. “We can distract them long enough for you and your team to get into the Nemesis.”
“Then I pray you can create a distraction…and still defend yourselves with all that you are,” Drift told her. The sound of two heavy doors opening caught his and the princesses’ attention. The entrance to the warehouse, the entrance to the sewers that housed the resistance for over a month had opened.
Out came the rest of the army.
Ironhide, Jazz, Bumblebee, Jetfire, and Cliffjumper entered the streets first. By their feet, minus one who hovered above the rest, were the five Elements. Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash walked in a group behind the towering giants. Spike was with them, alongside a mischievous spirit of chaos.
“Oh, what fun! At last, some excitement fills the veins of our little ponies going to war! I’d suggest a new chorus of cheers for our little veterans!” Discord shouted from above, disappearing and reappearing in a bright blue uniform, a small whistle in his mangled hands.
He blew a quick tune through the whistle, a band of floating drums playing right behind him.
“Oh, the spirit of chaos went to town, riding on a pony!” Discord snapped into reality…right on Applejack’s back. “Stuck a noodle in his hat and called it-!”
He was quickly bucked off from the orange mare, the annoyed pony picking up her hat that Discord tried to stick a long, wet noodle into.
Discord rose up from the spilled medical supplies, to which a flurry of unicorn mares quickly tried to reorganize. The draconequus snorted, teleporting right next to Drift’s leg and leaning on it.
“Well, that’s some way to treat a friend trying to lift up your spirits! The next time you ponies want some morale, don’t come crying to me!” he shouted, crossing his arms over one another and sticking his nose in the air.
“Oh, the morale won’t be necessary, Discord.”
Discord opened his eyes, turning his head to the two sisters approaching him.
“We have something more suitable to your…special needs,” Princess Luna quipped, knowingly smiling at the disorganized creature of chaos.
“Don’t you use that smile with me, young missy!” Discord accused, pointing a jagged claw at the night ruler. “You know how much I love that wicked smile!”
“Then you know what we’re asking of you,” Celestia said, joining her sister with the knowing smile. Discord could hardly stand it, and he hopped up and down on his tail like a giddy filly on Hearth’s Warming Eve.
“Come on, come on, come on…” Discord panted, his eyes growing wild.
“Discord…”
“Yeeeesssss…?”
“We would like you to provide air support.”
Instantly, Discord’s smile faded away like mist. Literal mist. He broke apart into numerous pieces and remained a crumbled wreck of what he used to be: a crumbled wreck that could stand up. Only his sad eyes remained, the twin orbs staring up at the two sisters with tears in each eye.
Princess Luna smiled, rolling her eyes. “And we’d like you to cause as much chaos as possible for the enemies.”
Just as quickly as when he fell apart, the spirit of chaos came together and cheered to the heavens, fireworks dancing and exploding off of his body. When he came back to the earth, Discord bowed to the two sisters, his eyes closed.
“You can count on me, your majesties.”
And with that, the spirit of chaos was struck by a lightning bolt and disappeared.
“I really dislike that guy,” a resistance fighter mumbled to another. The other nodded.
“I think he’s wonderful.”
Both soldiers turned their heads to the yellow Pegasus standing to their lefts. Fluttershy caught their wandering eyes and instantly shrunk back, blushing brightly.
“What do you mean I can’t help out?!”
The two soldiers brought their attention from the cowering Pegasus and onto the small baby dragon currently having a face to face argument with lunar goddess herself. One soldier nudged the other, chuckling quietly.
“This oughta be good.”
The current argument had brought forth Drift, the five Elements, the two princesses, and even Shining Armor and Cadance. Spike stood his ground, glaring daggers at Princess Luna. He pointed his claw right at her chest, shouting, “I’ve been hiding out in those sewers just as long as everypony else, I deserve to at least be out here when everything goes down!”
Luna narrowed her dark eyes. She didn’t speak, it was the pink Alicorn to steal the words right out of her mouth.
“You’re just a baby dragon, Spike,” Princess Cadance told him, leaning her head down so she could be eye-level with him. Spike crossed his arms even as she continued. “You can’t fight in this battle, even for a dragon that’s saved an entire empire. This is an all new type of conflict, one where none of us have experience in fighting in. It’d be better if you hide somewhere safe. Our soldiers can take you back to the warehouse.”
“But that’s not fair,” he complained, turning to the medical supplies perfectly restacked. “Let me stay with you, at least! I can bring supplies to the soldiers on the front lines! Better yet, I can take them just to the third lines if you want me to!”
“What we want…is for you to be safe, Spike,” Princess Celestia interrupted, staring down at the small dragon. Spike stared right back up at her, almost trying to retaliate against Celestia’s hard stare. It wasn’t even a fight. Celestia was just too strong.
With his eyes drooping low, the young dragon slowly turned around, making his own trail back to the warehouse.
“You’re alright, kid. Keep your head up,” Rainbow Dash said as he passed by, giving him a soft punch on the arm. His eyes lingered over to the pure white unicorn giving him a soft smile.
“It’s for the best, Spikey-Wikey,” Rarity told him, leaning in to place a soft kiss on his forehead. Even then, Spike barely looked at her.
The Autobots watched him leave. The five mares watched him drag his tail all the way back to the warehouse with two resistance fighters holding the door open for him.
“Be safe…” Rarity sighed. The massive doors closed with the two soldiers safely inside with Spike.
“Alright!” Captain Armor shouted, frightening all who was around him with his powerful voice. “I want all able soldiers to the front lines before I count to ten! I’ll determine if you get to defend the front lines or move back! Do I make myself clear?!”
“Sir, yes, sir!” the entire resistance shouted.
“I can’t hear you! Are we gonna kill some Decepti-creeps today, or what?!”
“Sir, yes, sir!”
“Battle stations!”
On order, every single resistance fighter picked up a rifle and sword and scrambled to the front lines. The five mares stood their ground alongside their Autobot companions. The two sisters nodded to one another, spread their wings, and took off to the front lines.
Shining Armor and Princess Cadance shared one quick hug before the princess fell back to the fifth line. Captain Armor looked back at Drift. He nodded, quickly galloping off to join the rest of his army on the front lines.
“Autobots,” Drift began, ripping out his twin swords. He stared down the long road ahead of them, the road to war, to their death.
To freedom.
“Activate your weapons…and prepare for battle.”
Cliffjumper chuckled, morphing his right fist into a Subsonic Repeater.
“That’s the first thing you’ve said that wasn’t completely asinine.”
Drift smiled at that.
Hours later…
The streets of Manehattan were quiet.
Too quiet.
There were no innocent bystanders in the streets. All citizens who didn’t want to fight were evacuated by resistance fighters into the sewers or buildings on the outskirts of the city. Manehattan, from the bridge to downtown…would be completely consumed.
Nothing would live.
Death was to be constant.
There was to be one victor.
One loser.
All war.
Resistance fighters sat patiently behind the windows inside the far off buildings. The windows were partially opened to allow the ponies to constantly scan the skies, search for a threat. Rooftops were magically protected by a camouflage spell, ensuring the safety of the resistance sharpshooters from Decepticon bombers or any other unwanted visitor.
Down in the streets, in the defensive lines, ponies either adjusted or polished their weapons. Supplies were high, so there was no need for refilling anytime soon. Some even brought diaries or journals to record their final hours on the battlefield. Tears were shed and slight cries were heard echoing off the buildings.
Crumbled letters littered the trenches engraved in the streets. Nopony could think of what to say to their loved ones.
They were dying for freedom? They were dying for a lost cause? They were dying for a war with no end in sight? Some just couldn’t think of which topic to discuss in their letters or journal entries.
On the front lines, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna stood proudly, decked out in their battle armor with their weapons close by. Celestia’s weapon was of course her spear, Luna’s being her longsword. Their weapons rested peacefully by their sides, only to awaken and unleash the wrath of the Royal Sisters when the time called for it.
The two sisters stared down the road. Neither of them blinked. Neither of them spoke. Neither of them moved. All that was heard coming from the siblings were their long, deep breaths.
They stared down the long and quiet road and waited…
And waited…
And waited…
Celestia closed her eyes.
It instantly got darker. Numerous voices spoke out from behind them.
Celestia opened her eyes.
Her sun was gone.
All eyes turned towards the sky, noticing a dark shadow deathly overhead and approaching fast. The sunlight that once filled Manehattan began to crawl away as the darkness fell, covering every living thing in the massive city.
Fluttershy began to whimper from behind the fifth line. Applejack wrapped her foreleg around her, gently stroking the Pegasus’ mane.
Her gaze landed on the darkness. Applejack’s eyes narrowed. She didn’t show it, but a heavy chill raced across her skin, even down her spine. Rainbow Dash gulped nervously. A bit of sweat could be seen traveling down her forehead.
Resistance fighters picked up their rifles, many made sure they were loaded first before pointing them at the sky. No other move was made, no motive in sight.
The Nemesis had entered Manehattan.
With it came a very large ship, very familiar to the five mares.
And airships…
Hundreds…of airships.
Hundreds.
The city was no longer quiet as it was minutes ago. The airships lowered closer to the ground, dotting the sky like uncountable insects swarming a dead beast. Their bottoms opened up and out came the Alliance, just as expected, with heavy artillery.
Spider Tanks rained down from the skies.
The Nemesis began to release its fighters, hundreds of Decepticon Jets and soldiers falling to the earth below.
They rained from the skies like meteorites, destroying and devastating the lands of Equestria. All the while, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna could do nothing but sit in their throne room and read letter after letter describing the death toll. The stained glass windows stared down at them, at their failure.
Princess Celestia picked up her spear.
Princess Luna picked up her longsword.
They stared the entire time, never flinching as Decepticons landed in the streets.
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So.
The final battle has begun. Manehattan will be our last stand, even we are out numbered and outgunned by the enemy. We will not fall, we will fight until the Decepticons and the Alliance are no more! This final battle will be the fate of all of Equestria!
By Gandalf's beard.....
The Requiem has begun....
For the final battle draws near as the Autobots and ponies make their last stand against the Decepticons and the AAA. Once they go, there is no turning back. Either they will die as free Autobots and ponies, or they will die trying. For the fate of Equestria will be decided on the victor. No matter who wins at the end of this day, only one thing is certain.
One shall stand, one shall fall....
Now go out there Autobots, prove to them who you are and why you're here!
5989142 Dude, I have the SAME issue
Perhaps Galvatron will be finished by the time the outcome of the battle nears, shifting the balance of power into the Decepticon-Alliance alliance's favour.
It has come. The world as we know it ends. It's the culmination of everything we've come to know.
This is our one true last stand. The world hangs in the balance of this one final battle.
Time Runs Out. Everything Ends. The Requiem Commences.
Who are you? And who is Optimus Prime?
Gentlemen, I think I have the solution you're looking for.
We never die, Princess. We only........transform..........
I'll kill you. Not a threat. A promise....
I am no leader. They need someone better...
You've gotta have faith, Optimus. Maybe not in who you are, but what you can be.
You still fight for the weak! That is why you LOSE!
Why do you defend them?! They don't deserve to live!
They deserve to choose for themselves!
Then you will die with them! Join them in extinction!
I may not be that being, Princess. But he existed before. He wielded it before, and I was there to bear witness. With the Matrix of Leadership, Prime is helpless to stop us. With the Dark Spark, we ensure no power can stand in our way. With the T-Cog and Crystal Heart, he shall be reborn...............Behold....Galvatron!
Until that day...............Till all are one......
One Shall Stand. One Shall Fall.
Why throw your life away so recklessly?
That's a question you should ask yourself, Megatron......
At Long Last. Transform Your Destiny. Transform and Transend.
Transformers (1984-2015 onward)
My Little Pony (1983-2015)
They were always real to me
Autobots... Ponies... today, we take the battle to them! TODAY, WE FIGHT IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM!!! ATTACK!!!hdwallpapershd.in/walls/optimus_prime_on_dinobot-wide.jpg
ALRIGHT GO DECEPTICONS!
Ponies and Autobots alike are so very willing to defend Equestria from Noctune and the Decepticons despite the odds not being in our heroes' favor. But, I have a feeling that Galvatron and/or Lockdown will make an appearance any moment now.
The war has come,Fight till the end!No matter what.
So...uh...Lockdown kind of disappeared did he.
I got an idea, why don't they give Spike a bunch of shit and have him grow up to fight?
I know you said that chapters were to be coming out more frequently, but you don't have to post them everyday. Don't want to rush through and finish it that quickly.
"From this day, one shall stand... one shall fall!"
5994896 More like when Lockdown shows the hell up.
5995401 what would anyone do to keep this world from burning?
Let's watch this city burn!
From the Skylines on top of the world!
Til' there's nothing left in her!
Let's watch this city burn the world!
5992524 The greatest sh*tstorm of our time has begun.
5992591 It's all or nothing from this point on. Seriously, the rest of the story is like full-blown war.
5992637 I loved how you pulled in all those quotes!
5993314 Oh, it's coming soon.
5993545 Nope, he's coming soon.
5993794 I'll give it a good two to three day rest before I post again.
This world will not be ready for our war.
Our warriors.
But we have come.
Our fate...
and the future of this planet...
shall be decided here.
5994907 How bout, when both show up, shit will go straight down to Hell
This was my reaction when I read that line
This is it, the final battle begins. Everyone stands together or falls together. For peace, for freedom, and for her... FOR TWILIGHT!
That is how you start things off. When Celestia gets ready for war, you know things are serious.
As serious as this chapter is, I enjoyed this moment with Discord. Maybe it is my inner patriot.