King of Equestria

by Neroson40

Sacrifice

The First time Wayvern ever saw his Second-Order form was when he went unconscious during The Fight with Oren. To Unlock a Reaper weapon’s Travel Form is to unlock the Reaper’s Second-Order form, which, for Wayvern meant an upgraded sword called Apocalypse. The code for this transformation was sent to the Transformer, “Kōtei Wayvern” (Literal Translation: Emperor Wayvern).

“Evolution! Execution!” Wayvern readied Hummingbird for the Travel mode. “Kōtei! Wayvern!” hummingbird went from a giant sword to a hover board, and Apocalypse appeared on Wayvern’s side. His duster’s outside became a shiny blue hue and the straps turned white and wrapped around everything. There was a crown on his head that had a visor in front of his face. His hair even grew to just above his knees.

Wayvern hopped onto Hummingbird and rushed off in the direction that Avalanche told him to. There was a great sense of speed as Wayvern soared above the chasm that separated Tabletop Mountain from the road to Canterlot City (Yeah he could’ve Taken the Tram, but he was flying at the moment and that seemed easier). Once he reached the Tabletop part of the mountain, it was a cinch finding Storm and his friends.

“Yo! Shadow!” Wayvern yelled at Storm once he found them.

“You really care about your friends, huh?” Storm said with his back turned to Wayvern. He turned around and the smugness went away. “Second-Order!? King Relius didn’t say anything about that!”

“Then you won’t have a plan of action while I take my friends back!”

“You wouldn’t hurt them, right!?” Storm snapped his fingers and Flash and the others jumped out of the bush with fighter’s stances, still wearing that blank stare. “If you cancel your Transformation, I’ll drop the spell on them!”

Wayvern… Avalanche commented. Don’t think for a moment he’ll break the spell… but I have a plan to do the trick… unfortunately it requires that you cancel the Transformation. Avalanche explained the plan to Wayvern… and Wayvern immediately wished there was another way. Since there was not, Wayvern cancelled the Transformation. And, true to Villainous spirit, Storm sicked his friends on him.

Wayvern, now!

“Shojiki!” Wayvern cast a Reaper’s hex and brought Applejack out of her trance, and was already working on the next one.

“Yasashi-sa!” Fluttershy’s Hypnosis was broken and Wayvern started the next hex.

“Warai!” Pinkie collapsed after a small jolt to Wayvern’s side.

“Kandai-sa!” Rarity was blown back into the bushes and Wayvern tried to focus on Rainbow Dash.

“Chisei kokoro!” Dash tumbled into a heap on the grassy surface of the mountain top.

“Majikku!” Twilight stood frozen in mid-attack.

“Oncho!” Flash woke up totally.

“Wha-What? Where am I?” He looked at Wayvern on the ground beaten up and drooling. “Wayvern?” Wayvern stood up, and pulled out his transformer.

“Storm! Give it up! You can’t hurt me, or my friends anymore!” at their mention, the others woke up from their suspended states.

“Where are we!?” Twilight asked. “I was in the lunchroom one minute and the next I’m here.”

“I’ll Explain later… first I’ll need your help fighting ugly here.”

“How can we help!?” Rainbow asked. “I mean we’re not Reapers!”

“You are now! I’ll Explain later! Just do as I do!”

“Evolution! Execution!”

Wayvern looked at the others to see what their transformations looked like. The girls all looked kinda like their Equestrian counterparts, horse ears, extended hair and, in Rainbow, Fluttershy and Twilight’s cases, wings. All the girls now were wearing cloaks over their clothes. Flash had a similar Cloak but he wore a mask on his jaw.

“The power… is awesome!” Twilight said.

“It’s scary,” Fluttershy said. “This power in the wrong hands could hurt someone.”

“But in the right hands, we still intend to bring the hurt!” Wayvern said. “Protectors of the Universe! United we Stand! Together we Fight!”

“So, what!?” Storm yelled. “Contracters won’t save you now!”

“Contracters?” Flash asked.

“There a different form of Reaper, I’ll explain later! Just summon your weapons!”

Applejack stuck out her hand and a bladed circle, a chukram appeared in it. Fluttershy held out her arm and a shield materialized on it. Pinkie got a pair of laser guns, Rarity got a lot of knives, Rainbow Dash got six lances, Twilight got a magic book, and Flash got a large, oddly shaped guitar.

Wayvern drew Hummingbird and Focused on the others. The field around them became more familiar, so this was a Focus Field.

“Everyone just focus, think of your weapon as an extension of yourself. The Focus field is supposed to help us Synchronize with each other and fight more efficiently.” They gave it a try, and it worked. None of them fought like they ever held their weapon before, but they were still able to knock the core out of storm.

The Problem was Storm’s Core was hard to cut, even with a blade as big as Hummingbird’s so Storm’s first life regenerated quickly.

“You can’t cut my Core!” Storm said.

“If we can’t cut it, we’ll Harmony Cannon Blast it!” Wayvern said. He cut Storm down to the core again, and told the girls and flash to combine their weapons. When they figured it out, the blast almost knocked them back a mile. Then the Second life grew out of the ashes.
Sacrifice

“Without another Master Reaper, we don’t stand a chance!” Wayvern said. “We have to run! Get to the trams!” easier said than done. It was half a mile to the trams from where they were. They just kept running, getting more exhausted by the minute. The exhaustion made Wayvern think less about himself and more about the others. They didn’t belong in his world, and he didn’t like the fact that he had to pull them into it just to save them. When they did reach the trams, Flash and Wayvern ushered the girls on, but Wayvern stopped Flash before he could get on himself.

“Flash, Promise me something.”

“Anything, just say it.”

“Protect Twilight, and make her happy.” He grabbed Flash’s shoulder, and pushed him onto the tram. He closed the doors and punched the launch button, getting his friends safely across the gorge. He turned to face Storm, mustering courage he didn’t even have and rushed to the hill. He hoped his sacrifice would be worth something… but he found Dream Runner there at the foot of the Shadow.

“Need help, son?” he said.

“You bet,” Wayvern accepted. They got into the positions and said the incantation.

“We call upon the Colossal Sword and the Spirit Babylon who wields it!” the fight was long and hard, even when they went into space. They countered blow for blow whatever Storm threw at them. Then Wayvern got an idea to throw Storm off track… and destroy him all at once.

“You’re asking me to burn my Babylon,” Dream Runner said.

“Remember, you’ll be able to summon it again.” Wayvern said.

“That’s not the issue! We need a pair of pilots to operate my Babylon! What you’re suggesting is suicide!”

“You can bail if you want, dad,” Wayvern said. Dream Runner looked at him with the realization that Wayvern didn’t want to get out of this.

“Remember to eject.” And he disappeared. With complete command of Dream Runner’s Babylon, Wayvern grabbed Storm by the shoulders, and dragged him towards the nearest sun. He grappled Storm and let go when the trajectory was towards the sun… but Babylon was headed in the same direction. Wayvern gave up hope that he would see any of his friends, his family, or Twilight ever again. And he was at peace.