The Chronicling of The Fall

by Timefly

1) - Foreword and The Fall of Discord

The Chronicling of The Fall
- By TimeForKronos

Chapter 1: Foreword and The Fall of Discord

Since the reinstatement of our beloved Princess Luna, two years has now passed. These two years have been both uplifting and unsettling in many ways. For the first time in recorded history, a precise and accurate history of Equestria has been compiled. This history; “Of the Origins of the Equestrian Peoples, Nations and Territories”, is the most significant piece of literature to have ever graced the nation. All research and chronicling of all cited articles and evidence was performed by Princess Celestia’s personal protégé, one Twilight Sparkle. The freedom given to Miss Sparkle to undertake such an endeavour was granted by Celestia herself. Now, at this point you may be wondering about matters of bias and censorship. To anyone who reads this history though, it becomes instantly clear that not only is this history audacious in its task, but is also brutally honest in its approach. Miss Sparkle has tenaciously given the most balanced view of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna possible with both the ups and downs of their rule presented as clear as day. From this, is portrayed a very heartfelt and moving history of both sisters and all that they’ve been through over the course of time. Hence, the motivation for this book.

This book is written to dispel the vicious rumours which currently circulate the land; rumours of civil wars and Luna republics and other absurdities. Anyone who begins to read “Of the Origins of the Equestrian Peoples, Nations and Territories” will quickly come to realise that it is not light reading. Because the weight the book carries, being given the royal seal of approval from day one, the book is written in a purely academic form and, because of this, is very hefty reading for the ordinary laypony. And so this book is written in such a manner that said laypony may understand one of the most important aspects of the history; the events that transpired before, during and shortly after the rise of Nightmare Moon and the fall of Princess Luna. To really understand the events a reading of the history is completely required as there is a vast web of complexities arising, but for those who would like a simple grasp, this book will suffice. It is written in a narrative form, but not in such a way that would provide factual inaccuracies. And so, all I wish the reader to be able to do is to understand the extreme and often heart wrenching emotions that bought about ‘The Fall’.

Brief Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Miss Twilight Sparkle for compiling “Of the Origins of the Equestrian Peoples, Nations and Territories” and also editing this book, providing useful help, suggestions and feedback. Also many thanks to the following from Miss Sparkle:

- Miss Zecora Zebra for providing Zebraan histories.
- Miss Futtershy for providing histories of Everfree.
- Mr Soarin for giving first hand accounts on the founding of the Wonderbolts.
- Mr Spike for help, support and his duties as a scribe.
- Princess Celestia and Luna for first hand accounts and interviews on gaps in the history and also supporting the history throughout.

And also from me, many thanks to my dearest Sunny Days, I love you greatly.

The Fall of Discord

Celestia felt the shockwaves rise up through her legs and coalesce in her ribcage. Her heart skipped a beat as she the realization hit her like a comet. With a deep breath she overcame her exhaustion. Drawing energy from a secret well in her soul she gathered the last of her strength together for the final push. With a sudden majestic aura encapsulating her being, she raised her head and began to pour her strength into her horn. She turned round to face the oncoming horde one last time, and with all her might she summoned forth a spell unlike any she’d ever performed before. Sparks began to shoot upwards towards her horn as her eyes glowed like coals in a fire. She reared up onto her back legs as bolts of lightning began to travel from the ground up to her horn which glowed like surface of the sun. With an almighty roar she forced her front limbs down with the power of a supernova. The instant her hooves touched the ground she unleashed her payload.

A huge cascade of energy erupted forth from her horn rupturing the air around her as her body shuddered under the tremendous volume of energy unleashed. A shockwave advanced forward, like the armies of the old world, immediately disintegrating anything that got in the way. The throng of possessed ponies turned to dust under the magical presence that pervaded their very being. There was no hiding from the spell, for it was Celestia’s very being that fuelled it. She had funnelled the entirety of her will into that last spell because hope was here. Luna had arrived.

Celestia fought to maintain consciousness as the exhaustion threatened to overtake her, but with an iron handed discipline she shut her eyes, took a deep breath and then opened them. What lay before her was the devastation that Equestria was to be born into. She observed with her heart, from a distance, the sorrow that she had seen countless times before. Ash was all that graced the floor of the stony mausoleum the Everfree castle had become. She had just killed her own children, ponies of all types; Pegasi, Unicorns and Children of the Earth. She had decimated their very being, but she had no choice in the matter. They had all been possessed by Discord, they had become puppets of a warlord, the God of Chaos. Discord, would have no difficulty killing Celestia at that instant if he only wished to, but instead, Discord wished to see Celestia and Luna suffer. He gained satisfaction, mere amusement, from watching the turmoil that they had to go through as he found new ways to torture them; physically and emotionally. This is what the Chaos Wars were, merely a way of Discord getting kicks out of slowly wearing down to goddesses. Until he got bored of course, then he would simply kill them, like all the others who dared stand up to his rule of madness. But now…now Luna had arrived, and she bought with her the elements of Harmony.

Celestia’s mind evaporated into glistening vapours in the noon-day sun as she thought about the ‘Elements of Harmony’. As she reflected upon them she felt the sweet kiss of something she had not had the courage to feel for such a long time, hope. Before them, hope was just a dream, a flight of fancy, but now it was possible. The Elements were the heavenly embodiment of hope, love and peace. In a world of Discord, that’s exactly what you need, for without it Celestia and Luna were just another pair of freedom fighters, dreaming for a better world. But with it, they were the oncoming storm, the ending to the famine that Discord was. On that thought she took a deep breath and screamed forth at the top of her lungs… “We’re here Discord! It’s time. THIS ENDS NOW!”

Just as she finished her battle cry a silhouette like apparition landed beside her. Wings majestically unfurled and eyes shining with the vicious determination of desperation. Luna’s mane billowed and buffeted in what could only be called a nightmarish storm as she turned her head towards her sister and whispered, “I love you.”

Her whisper was filled with a quiet determination, one of an unachorable rage at the way the fates had treated them. Luna was scared. But she was not scared like a young foal crying out for her mother but rather scared for her sister, and it was that fear that drove forth a determination. She was not going to let anything bring harm to her sister. She had given up hope on saving the Earth, but she had not given up hope on saving Tia, her Tia!

Celestia glanced over to see her sister wielding the Elements of Harmony. With a wordless gesture she began to levitate the tiara over towards her, bringing it to rest on her own head. Luna did not mind her sister taking the lead, for she held no hope in the Elements anyway. Luna began to tense up as her senses awakened to her surroundings. She eyed Celestia nervously and, catching Celestia’s eye, she communicated everything she wanted to with a single look.

Celestia saw, at the moment, the unbridled ferociousness that Luna’s love for her was. She too stared deep into Luna’s eye and gave back the same message. In that one look they both exchanged their hearts with each other. This was no longer just about ideals, this was personal. They were going to rip Discord apart piece by piece, taking everything he was and tearing it asunder. This was to be his end.

Celestia once more shouted out, “Show yourself Discord.”

Her voice rang out like a bell, echoing off the walls and resonating in the glass of the slowly fading castle. The castle, once majestic and awe-inspiring was where the Alicorn sisters had grown up together; all three of them. Their parents magical protection had been sufficiently enough for many years to let the three sisters grow up in peace. But one day, it happened. Their mother fell ill, slowly becoming weaker and weaker until one day she passed. Her father went into bitter morning. He did his best to raise the girls on his own, but the bitter pain ebbed away at his heart, until one day it broke. One day his will splintered to dust and at that instant, Discord was able to enter. At first it was barely noticeable, the entropy of their existence barely increasing, but then one day their father too was killed. They never found out how, it was as simple as he was alive and then he was dead. But it scarred the sisters deeply, and they knew who to blame. That’s when they started their war against Discord. Many years of struggles and here they were, or two of them were. The war was not without its casualties.

“Oh how fun, Celestia.” Discord’s unmistakable voice rang out. “A last stand, how quaint. Is that like a dance battle finale to ‘the war’, as you like to call it?”

Discord sounded amused, as always. Celestia felt sick to the stomach, the endless onslaught of death was beginning to get to her, she knew she needed to be strong, but it was so hard at that moment.

“If so, I have do a brilliant ‘running minotaur’ that’s simply delightful.”

Discord materialized barely ten feet away from the sisters. He bore a big smile and his eyes glinted with a malicious sadism. Doubt began to fill Celestia’s mind as she looked upon the Serpentine-esque figure standing before her. She began to let fear take a hold as shivers ran down her spine. How were they supposed to defeat the most powerful creature in the entirety of creation?

Luckily, before Celestia’s fear got the better of her, Luna took a step forward. With an aura of intense rage around her she placed her hooves squarely on the ground and began to lower her body into an attack stance, her eyes trained on Discord, glowing with the heat of a supernova. She began to speak, projecting her voice with a tone as cold as the glacial misery of the one hundred years she’d spent fighting.

“Discord, God of Chaos, we, the Royal Alicorn Sisters descended from the fourth dynasty of the Everfree kingdom, hereby sentence you to death. Your crimes include one thousand years of pain, suffering and death to the inhabitants of Equestria, treason and the murder of a princess of the Everfree kingdom. Do you have any last words?”

The ground underneath her felt unsteady as the rage began to pour forth, breaking the walls of the mental damn that encapsulated it. Discord looked her directly in the eyes, and smiled.

“My Dearest Luna, I find you most hilari-“

“YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, TODAY!!!”

The foundations of the earth shook as Luna’s scream tore through the air shattering the smile on Discord’s face to a fragmented past. And so it was done, the toying was over, the battle lines were drawn. The God of Chaos began to look angry, he began to boil, he began to overflow with wrath.

“No Luna, it’s time for you to lay your head.”

Discord’s words were but a whisper but punctured the air with such aggression that Luna almost choked. Her heart rose up to her throat as she felt it. It began as a quiver, turned into a shudder and then an almighty shake. A roar exploded into the air from Discord’s mouth as he arched his head down in a gaping arch, summoning towards him the very energy that kept the earth together.

“LUNAAAA…!!!

Celestia shouted towards her sister but her cries were cut short as she felt the energy surge towards Discord. A blinding white light flashed around him as his profile began to rise into the true size of its hulking form, the light enveloping his form with a luminescence not of this earth. Wordlessly, Luna and Celestia both knew what they needed to do. Celestia, with all her might, flung herself at Discord, as she neared him she sliced through the air with her horn in a wide arc. Her horn collided with Discord’s throat slicing through like a Hattori Hanzo sword through a baseball. Discord reeled back in pain with a roar, clutching at his throat. Blood spewed forth like a fountain but Discord quickly diverted the energy flowing through him to healing himself. Under the bright illumination of Discord’s magical power, Celestia was only able to tell she’d hit her mark by the warm blood that began to soak her coat. She knew she’d only managed to buy herself and Luna only a few seconds but it was enough.

A shout rang out as Celestia and Luna sacrificed all they had left to the elements of Harmony. They gave them everything, for what they needed required everything. Their offering upon the altar was considered by the heavens and was found to be enough. With a huge rumble of the ground and a light that dwarfed that surrounding Discord Luna and Celestia were hoisted into the air. Their eyes were ablaze with the heat of a thousand suns and the beauty of the two in their awesomely powerful tranquillity was deadly. In an eruption of colour a spectrum of light was unleashed upon the world and at that moment Discord looked up, as he did his mouth dived into free fall, his end was here. He never imagined that he’d see it. Tears began to crawl down his cheeks after he thought of all the souls he’d never be able torture, and on that melancholy regret, his thoughts stopped. His life processes were frozen as he turned to the coldest stone in the brightest day. It was over, Discord was defeated.

Celestia and Luna fell to the ground, unconscious, as the light around them began to dissipate and the chaos that enshrouded the world began to depart. The Elements of Harmony dropped to the floor with a metallic clinking sound, and that’s all they were once again, worthless metal.

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Celestia was the first to come round to consciousness; she glanced up and saw nothing. She took a double take and saw before her, Discord. Except he was unmoving, he had been turned to stone in a pose which she could not tell if it was of sorrow or of anger. Celestia looked down towards the floor. She tried to remain brave, but then they began to come. In shuddering wretches she began to sob, she began to sob like she had never done before. For the first time in one hundred years she looked at the faces of all those she’d killed. She actually looked at their faces and saw their pain and anguish, and the worst part was she felt for every one of them. She cried for the destruction. She cried for her mother. She cried for her father, and most of all, she cried for her, her sister, the one she could have saved but failed to.

At that moment Luna came back around to the world of the living. She groggily opened her eyes and just sat there a while, watching her sister cry. Luna was overflowing with joy, her sister had lived. She thanked the heavens for her. She wanted to go over to her sister and nuzzle her and hug her and never let her go, but she knew better, she knew Celestia needed her time, and she knew that she too needed time. She shakily stood up and hobbled away, over to a corner. There she sat down, she thought about her lost sister, and she to, broke down crying.

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Neither knew how long they just sat there and bared their souls, all they knew was when it was time to stop, duty was calling. At this point Luna looked up and for the first time saw the statue of Discord.

“I thought he was dead?”

She whispered over to Celestia who was still composing herself.

“He’s a god Luna, and we are but mere demigods. He cannot be killed but we can, the only thing that can happen is what has happened.”

“And pray tell what has happened.”

Luna’s words were almost a whisper carried on the wind, she said them with a worry that buried its way into Celestia’s heart.

“He is frozen in time. The heavens smiled upon us and decided that the reign of chaos is over, but for how long I do not know.”

“So he may come back at any moment.”

“Yes, and there is nothing we can do about it, fate has sealed his and our destinies.”

“But why?”

“Because this is our role in life Luna, this is our responsibility.”

The room descended into an uncomfortable silence as both Alicorns wondered what they should do next. Luna spoke up first.

“Sister, it’s time to start with our work.”

Celestia sighed within herself as she considered the work that lay ahead.

“You’re right Luna, it’s time…to build a kingdom.”

Celestia shuddered at her own words for she knew that the war was over, but the real conflict was only just about to begin…

Comments

[Steelhooves]

Looks good so far *Watching* Lets see where this goes

[Feren]

Looks interesting, definitely putting it on my watch list.

[Timefly]

Gosh this is crap.