My Little Pony: The Seal of Death

by Azrael the alicorn

02: Assault

Chapter 2

Assault

The mane 6, the 2 princesses, Spike, and Azrael came rushing out of the palace, desperate to find out what was happening. Much to their horror, they found King Sombra and Queen Chrysalis surrounding the castle, as well as has a huge army of snarling Changelings.
The guards had been defeated and lay on the ground. Strangely, despite Canterlot having been under attack, there was an eerie silence lurking about the city. A silence which drove menace into the mane six’s hearts.

“How nice to see you again, Twilight Sparkle,” said King Sombra in a truly haunting, echoey voice. The evil king had grown 3 times the size of Celestia, towering over everyone and coating them in his shadow, and had grown wings. He was an alicorn now, and a very powerful one.

“GIVE BACK THE SEAL OF DEATH,” Twilight shouted, her voice filled with rage.

“Have you stuck your nose into things that do not concern you, Sparkle?” Said Sombra. “It appears that you have…. but oh well, it’s not like you can stop me.” He let out a maniacal laugh, and then paused, eyeing Twilight’s wings in similar fashion to how Azrael did. “Nice new wings, but I’m afraid being an alicorn will make little difference when trying to take me down. Not when I have this amount of power.” at that moment, his horn glowed ominously.

“Sombra, stop this NOW!” Growled Celestia, her voice filled with malice and fierceness.

Sombra cuckled. “Oh, I should stop you say?,” he said. “So that you can and your little minions can try to KILL ME!” His tone suddenly turning truly frightening. “Do you think I forgot how you and your sister tried to destroy me, as well as your little friends.” He then looked at Chrysalis, and then back at Celestia. “I’m sorry to end our little chat, but I have a promise to keep.” With that, Sombra and Chrysalis flew up towards the palace, hoping to enter it.

Celestia was about to attack, but at that moment, an energy beam shot out of Sombra’s horn, sweeping the mane 6 and the others away.

The swarm of changelings quickly rushed over to them, hissing when they found themselves just in front of their targets. But if they thought they had an easy win just because their enemies were outnumbered, they were wrong.
Twilight drew a victorious grin when she conjured the Elements of Harmony that she had made invisible with a spell. Meanwhile, the rest of the mane 6, Spike, and the alicorns started attacking the changelings with whatever they could use: magic, wings, hooves, or all three.
They defeated dozens of enemies. Knocking them off their hooves with wing power, blasting them into oblivion with magic, breaking their skulls with strong hooves, and many other attack methods. However, it seemed as if the army of changelings continued forever.
Princess Celestia knew immediately what had to be done.

“We’re wasting time! Twilight, you, Azrael and your friends have to find Sombra and put an end to his treachery.”

The purple alicorn however did not agree. “No, princess, I wont leave you. I won’t let you be killed,” she said, almost crying.

“We can’t abandon our friends!” Rainbow Dash said as she butted heads with two changelings.

“Sombra must be stopped before he spreads darkness across Equestria,” replied Celestia, softer this time. “Me and Luna will try to fend the changelings off, but the you 6 have the best chance of defeating Sombra, as you are the bearers of the Elements of Harmony.”

Twilight was about to obey and attempt to find Sombra and Chrysalis, but then she noticed that someone was missing.

“Spike? ”

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The purple dragon had followed Sombra and Chrysalis unnoticed into the palace. Eager to show himself useful to his friends, he was trying to figure out what the duo of tyrants were up to.
Spike noticed with horror as guards who dared to oppose the two tyrants were slaughtered instantly with Sombra’s dark magic. His mouth twisted into a horrified expression.

“It must be the power that artifact gave him,” Spike thought, as he saw Sombra snapping a guard’s neck with a simple blink and small spark of magic.

He wondered if the Elements of Harmony could be enough to stop him, but then he calmed. His friends until today had never failed to stop the usual aspiring conquerors of Equestria. The power of a foe didn’t matter when the Elements of Harmony were around……. right?
Eventually the evil duo came to a door that appeared familiar to the purple dragon. It was the room where one of the most dangerous magical relics was kept: The Alicorn Amulet.

Sombra turned to Chrysalis.

“I want you to wait for me to get it,” said Sombra. “There are powerful charms on this door.”

Chrysalis simply nodded. In less than a minute Sombra was back; the Alicorn Amulet in his magical grasp. Chrysalis watched the amulet with the same amount of passion as Pinkie Pie would if Sombra was holding a frosted cake. She smiled evilly.

“Finally,” she said, practically drooling, “now I WILL be able to raise the sun and moon.”

Sombra then turned to face Chrysalis, and then looked up at the wall

“Now that we’ve ended this little thing, I would say that we can start taking things seriously,” said Sombra smoothly. “And maybe we can finally settle the score between our enemies.”

Without warning Sombra glared at Spike, his corrupted eyes piercing his heart. The purple dragon started to run away, but he found himself being pulled towards the dark king in a magical grasp.
Spike understood all too well that in an effort to help the mane 6, he had been lured into a trap.

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[Azrael the alicorn]

5963636 She won't be fearless for long. Or at least, she gonna be less arrogant.