The Crescent Empire, Prologue
[ Frozen north, Mid summer, deep under the ice]
“Am starting to believe, we are being lied to.” A white furred Diamond Dog wearing lopsided glasses and a red vest grumbled. The canine was rather burly with a sharp wolf like muzzle, though his ears were rounded and drooped along the sides of his head. He rolled a rock past him to let it travel down the slope behind him to be picked up by the cart loaders to be dumped outside.
The cold ground and rocky terrain did not help the small packs digging ability at all. With the ten of them this had been very slow going and he missed the warmth of his den back in the Everfree Forest.
“Why god lie, alpha?” a gray furred dog in front of him questioned. “Him say treasure here, why not be treasure?”
“Peabody! We find something!” another dog screamed from further up the tunnel.
The white diamond dog shoved the other one aside rushing towards the end of the tunnel pushing past the rest of the pack.
Reaching the tunnels end, he looked down to the lead digger, a smaller miscolored hound by the name of Tunnel Rat. The tiny dog was clearing off a stone slab that was nearly as large as Peabody was and a good four or five heads taller than Tunnel Rat.
Ponies would have said it was about ten feet, but Peabody had never understood why ponies used feet as a measurement, they all had hooves.
Looking over the stone wall he took note of a number of symbols etched into the stone before him.
“Dig it out.” Peabody ordered and the other dogs scrambled to clear the stone free of dirt.
Peabody frowned pulling out a small bit of paper from the dirty red vet he wore and looked it over. The markings drawn on the paper matched those on this odd box. A smile crept into the fanged maw of the Diamond Dog. This was what the god had sent him to find, with the treasure in here, he would surely impress the Alpha bitch Jynx and have a proper pack rather than the castoffs he could gather.
The pack cleared a large space around the stone showing it to be a large stone box covered in the odd markings like on the paper.
This was it.
“Break it open.” Peabody ordered.
[On the surface]
Forthe frowned, wisps of snow blew through his form as he surveyed the barren snow fields around him while floating high in the air.
The pack he convinced to help him should have found the source of the power he felt by now.
This had not been an easy year. The summer sun celebration had come and gone in Equestria which meant that Luna had been free for two years now and he had not managed to so much as inconvenience her save once. And then he had failed to kill the Witch Wolf.
Still sending a message that Canterlot was going to be attacked would keep them all hunkered down and in one spot long enough for him to do what was needed.
Who knew, maybe he would luck out and the bugs would be found out. Then the two races could go back to trying to kill each other again.
He hadn't expected Luna to run off to Tartarus to check on the prisoners there. That cess pit of a prison was home to a number of gods and monsters that either couldn't be destroyed, or no one was willing to commit genocide to be rid of. The prison was run by the gods of Life and Death respectively, Grace and Troph. The one was a skeleton of some sort of pony, and the other great mutated draconic creature.
Some how the pair were also lovers and Forth did not want to think about how that worked. particularly given the size differences and that the mare had no flesh.
Still as far as he knew the pair were rarely in Tartarus, preferring to leave various guardians to watch it in their stead.
Perhaps he should swing by later if this plan failed and see what other trouble he could cause.
The return of the darkest chapter in Luna's life would draw the attention of the other gods and remind them of what they had lost to her last time. She had few supporters among those that paid attention to the world beyond their borders, If the other gods decided she was a threat, at the very least she would be locked in Tartarus. Then she couldn't get in his way when he made to kill the witch wolf.
Given her mentality, he expected Luna would try to fight, which would make it even more fun when she was torn apart and tossed in a cell in Tartarus. She would reform of course, but by then she would be trapped in a cell forever. Perhaps Celestia would fight as well and receive the same fate. Then he could wipe out the whole pony race, or make them all subservient to the diamond dogs, who were far stronger and deserved to rule once that foul taint of the witch wolves was removed.
His musings were cut short as he bore witness to a host of diamond dogs scrambling out of the mines they had dug,and tearing across the tundra at top speed. Peabody barely made it out of the tunnel before it erupted behind him. A black shard of crystal broke up through the ice like a dagger piercing flesh it shot into the sky growing out of the ice as a piercing scream rent the air around it as if the towering shard of black crystal was tearing reality itself apart.
The massive monolith stopped jutting up like a dagger. The scream started again making even the ghost god clap his paws over his ears.
The black crystal suddenly exploded in a flash of magic spreading shards across the landscape along with a blast of arcane brilliance. Briefly Forthe thought he saw an annoyed white rabbit with a pocket watch in the light.
Forthe winced turning his head as the light grew brighter, feeling like it was blinding him, far below several of the diamond dogs screamed out in pain from the noise and the light as well.
Forthe shook his head with a snarl, blinking away spots as the screaming stopped. When his gaze cleared enough, he beheld a massive city before him made completely out of crystal.
Forthe smiled darkly for a moment, before howling his success to the heavens.
A moment later a blast of black energy caught him in the chest, ripping apart his partially corporal form.
The ghost cursed, wincing in spite of himself at that attack. Something was watching him, something that had woken with the city. And it didn't want him here.
It mattered little, what he set out to do was done. It was time to spread word to the other gods of this, and what they should do to stop Luna from reclaiming her dark throne.
Forthe took to the winds letting it carry his spectral form to where he wanted.
Around the city a black miasma swirled, glowing eyes green trailing purple motes opened in the midst of it.
“Crrrrrrryyyyyyyyysssstttttaaaaaaaalllllllls....”
Far away in Canterlot, Princess Luna woke with a scream.
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From just reading the description, I'm hopeful that Sunset has an appearance towards the season end.
9654203
Putting EQG in here is the plan.
But will this season include moon pies?
Like and fav!!! Okay, now to actually read it.
LETS DO THIS
9654223
too many of them in fact.
Something tells me that Forthe didn't think his plan through. It's based on the assumption that Luna wants to reclaim the throne, and that she's the same pony as 1,000 years ago.
Also, nice Mr Peabody reference. Wonder where Sherman is.
9654287
He doesn't care about her wanting it, he expects the other gods to THINK she wants it and act on that thought. a thought he's going to put in their heads.
lol, the first season was dog puns, the second cat, so this one's moon?
yea new book,
Here we go! I wonder what will happen if Rahs tries to take a bite of Sombra.
9654306
a great many terrible and unseely things, and thats all ill be speculating on the matter...
Forthe again huh? I have to say I can't help but feel sympathetic for him. Luna just doesn't seem to at all care about what she did to him, nor is it believable that she has any intention to help him or do anything about his current half-alive state. Despite her actions Luna goes and claims ownership of all the Moon Dogs (that she corrupted and stole from him), as well as claiming Rahs as belonging to her. This says she'd rather keep all that she took and lord over it rather than make amends for the harm she caused.
Speaking of which, are they ever going to deal with Luna claiming Rahs as belonging to her, at all, ever? Because every time it seems like her being so imposing and presumtuous is going to be addressed the story seems to suddenly forget about it and its frustrating as hell. And in hindsight its probably the root of why I don't like Luna at all in this story because is makes it look like she doesn't actual care about him or what he wants whatsoever.
9654287
What throne? Do you mean the Crystal Empire? I wasn't aware Luna had any dominion over that.
9654358
Luna offered to help him before, he denied her and then set out to spite her every chance he got.
Luna has calmed down about keeping watch over her Grandpup, and it only ever comes up when funny.
Solomon had the throne but Luna was the main 'face of the dark empire and more know her than solomon, so her recovering her 'throne ' is just a way to get the other gods against her.
9654368
Hey... I'm names Solomon... Can I sit on the throne
of want?Thanos and Deadpool like to have a word with you.
I'm very interested in this "mysterious thief from another world"
If those start glowing... run
Is that the god of time ?
I was wondering what kinda of puns you would use this season
Would Luna blaming Nightmare Moon on Celestia's TERRIBLE Taste in men, using Discord as proof of such claims, be enough to calm said other gods down somewhat on Forthe's Manipulations?
9654470
Actually that's how she convinced Bleu and Kaz that she was cool again.
Onwards to the Glory of Stairs!
9654488
So Definitely two non-pony Gods on Luna's side. White I am sure isn't going to buy anything Forthe Says considering he was there, The Zebra one, what with her prophecies, likely knows he is full of shit. And Chryssy herself seems to bear no ill will towards Luna and she needs her for her plans anyway. So that is a decent amount of gods who would be against putting Luna in Tartarus.
What is Angel doing here?
9654553
Not angel, White, Angels grandpa
9654526
there are however a lot more gods who suffered. Dragons, Buffalo, griffon, harpy, orc, breezy, and so on.
9654527
Well in the show Season 3 did start with Sombra.
9654571
nah final was new toy line twilight.
9654625
Yup
9654527
they already covered some of the relationships in previous stories Sombra is not related to celestia in any way but he is the son of someone Celestia dated and later mind controlled Luna, to use her.
9654691
True, but given Sombra's level of power, my bet is that he is Luna's son.
Awwwww yeah...
Sooooo
How many chapters till we get a mooning pun?
Also, I wonder what Sombra taste like.
Probably like💩
9654957
Black licorice, or burn meat, or maybe it just tastes like smoke.
You forgot the pegasus that walks on 2 feet and has a permit to punt the sparkle trio into walls if they get out of hand with a giant nurf hammer (joking but can you imagine that just randomly being punted by somone who does it for comedic timing )
I call sombras either Lunas ex or her son
9654986
Neither remember? He was Solomons son.
wow three seasons before long this will be as long runing as mlp fim has been.
and it all began from such a silly little concept...murrr keep going you mad genius you.
9655120 who's that
9654368
She relented? When did this ever even happen? That seems like something you would want to not have offscreen. She never relents anywhere that is actually visible qnd it makes it look like she'll keep on claiming ownership of him. Luna just isn't believable as trying to atone, and it makes Forthe look more sympathetic than her.
So we have somepony who think he is a hero who try to prevent the conquest of Nightmare Moon? Plus he think is powerful enough to kill Witch Wolf? I am looking forward to seeing what Twilight would do to him once she get a hoove on him.
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Forthe wants to commit mass genocide of innocent creatures just to spite her, and he is returning to normal so he has very little reason for his anger.
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Don't you remember? In Luna's story of how she became Nightmare Moon, she said that she was attacked by Solomon the King of the Crystal Empire and Celestia's romantic partner. However, instead of loving Celestia he attempted to control her by hitting her with a spell that increased her fears. Seeing it didn't work on Celestia he turned to Luna when she was hit with the spell she became Nightmare Moon and called out the Moon Dogs to protect her and her new "Master" thus creating the Witch Wolves. After Solomon died his son Sombra took up the mantel and was even worse than his father. This is the backstory of Nightmare Moon and the Witch Wolves. It was told not long after the "Mysterious Mare-Do-Well" incident after Rahs left for Canterlot because of how pissed he was with Twilight and her friends for coming up with such a stupid plan.
You named him peabody. And he's white.
...where's Sherman?
9655377
And the glasses don't forget he has glasses
9655321
Oh wait if they know the backstory why the buck would the other gods want to imprison her when the others would more then likely be on her side and you have pinkie pie I'm pretty sure gods and spectral or not shes gonna knock you out for messing with her friends lol
9655275
Forget twilight they have pinkie pie
9655874
They other gods don't trust Luna not to fall back into Nightmare Moon. it happened once, why wouldn't it happen again?
9655892
Because it's been shown she was attacked and manipulated into being the nightmare against her own free will and now she knows what causes it shes got a better chance to defend against it and not be punked by it and can give sufficient warning shes under attack by it to celestia and the others which would lead to her requesting to be held until it's been removed again which considering they got the elements can he done in a snap to free her so shes gonna be pissed somone went after her and sunburns gonna be pissed somone tried to harm her sister
9655898
The elements were also used on Discord.
And he's still an ass.
Not all the gods trust the Element's of Harmony and Forthe knows this and is whispering in the right ears.
not saying they will all be out for her blood, but there's a chance it can all go south for Luna depending on how it plays out.
9655906 so would it be direct intervention by them or would it be from a proxy/one tasked by the gods to do it?