The Diary of Princess Celestia

It has been two months after this Dark Light has taken responsibility for the destruction of Ponyville. And what has transpired since can only be described as a plague. Ponies and these 'Abominations' as he puts them, seem to be the only targets. Changelings and Griffins have not died by it, and it seems that Dark Light is trying to garner support from the Changelings.

I have also tried to reason with him, to offer some deal to stop the impending bloodshed that I feel will be approaching. Every messenger that I send returns unwhole. He even had the gall to send one back as a suicide bomber. He, luckily, did not get even remotely close to me, but I am saddened at his death. Every time I hear that a village or town or city has been leveled, I go deeper in despair. But I cannot appear as a weak leader. I must be strong, for if I am not, than I will have failed my little ponies. I fear for the worst, but I must leave. My kingdom needs me.

(Somewhere off in the castle General Spitfire reads this important status report)

To: General Spitfire

From: Lieutenant Commander Fleetfoot

GENERAL SPITFIRE, THE REPORTS ABOUT THEIR SPREADING HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER DIRTVILLE, AND IS MOVING ON TO MANEHATTEN AS WE SPEAK. IF WE CANNOT CONTAIN THEM, THEY WILL CONTROL THE MAJORITY OF EQUESTRIA. THIS WILL BECOME A PROBLEM, FOR EVERY CITY IN EQUESTRIA SURROUNDS CANTERLOT. I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT THIS A TACTICAL DISADVANTAGE. THEREFORE, I SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE QUICKLY. EITHER WAY, WE ARE ALL AWAITING YOUR ORDERS. END TRANSMISSION.

Spitfire rubbed her head after reading the report from Fleetfoot. Everything happened so fast. The Abominations had struck fast, and without mercy. Celestia's armies could barely keep up. A report requesting reinforcements would come from a town or city, and the next day, it would be in ruin, with Abominations prowling the streets.

Spitfire was surprised by the fact that the almost took over all of Equestria in the first month. But they seemed to be taunting them. They almost had Cloudsdale, but they retreated mid-battle. All the troops there had been so confused, but some kept shooting off their guns. Unloading clip after clip into the horde of abominations. It wasn't a good idea, because they got one of the enemy, but it got back up and blew a hole in the building they had to protect. The generator keeping Cloudsdale up had been destroyed in the process, and Cloudsdale had split apart.

The buildings fell apart, and the city was moved apart by the explosion and a few Pegasi being blown into the clouds.

A pony walked into the room, and Spitfire rose. "Princess Celestia." she said. Celestia nodded, and looked around. Eventually she just stared at Spitfire, freaking her out a bit. "I-is there something I can do for you Princess?" she asked. "Diiiieeee." Celestia said, growling more than speaking. She turned into a Night Spectre, and it's tentacles on it's back shot through her. She spasmed for a minute, then went slack. The Spectre retracted it's tentacles, grinned, then slit it's own neck. Two minutes later a Royal Guard came into the room and almost screamed.

There lie Spitfire and a Night Spectre, dead. They burned the Spectre and gave Spitfire a hero's funeral.

(Meanwhile, at what used to be Ponyville.)

Dark Light was energetic. Ever since he went into that portal, he became faster, stronger, and more powerful. He became an even more efficient killing machine than even Derpy. But he still needed her. Her established a connection between her and the rest of the army was very useful.

Dark Light ran through the ruins of Ponyville, dancing and prancing through the ash and rubble. Along with Vampires and Zombies, his army was growing. Howlers, Spectres, and Stalkers were being pumped out every day, and each one was almost as powerful as himself. But Derpy was still the best. She could think, and that was something that was essential in his army.

But back to the prancing, he was celebrating because of all the recent victories, and he felt like it. Jumping in the air, twisting mid-air, and just twirling about. It was something he had taken to in his bouts of insanity that had gripped him of late.

Sometimes it was talking to invisible ponies, sometimes it was seeing random things, or other times it was dark voices. This day it was dark voices and overly happy thoughts. A good combination in his eyes. The voice kept asking him why he did it. Why he killed all those ponies. But his happy thoughts combated them. Can you hear them screaming? It's all because of you! "Look at all the blood and rubble and ash! It's so beautiful!" Are you even listening to me?! "No, I don't feel like having a sandwich, but maybe later mom." the conversation went on for a while.

And like that, it was gone. He no longer danced, and he no longer had happy thoughts. Well, happy thought about mother were gone. Now the thoughts of killing filled his mind. He looked around, and saw an enemy pony sneaking around, trying to scout his base probably. This will be fun, he thought.

He jumped on top of a building that was still standing and looked at the messenger. It was a mare, and she looked scared. And with good reason. He jumped over to where she was, and stood next to her. He leaned in close and whispered in her ear. "You see anything?" she jumped so fast Dark Light almost didn't pull his head away in time. She shrank to the ground with fear, and Dark just laughed at her. "You know, you might want to run. I've been known to bite." he snarled, a smile going over his mouth.

She ran, and Dark cackled. He began jumping from building to building, torturing her with horrors and pathways to freedom, while blocking off the path's with building parts or just by standing there.

Eventually he became bored, and he just set himself upon her. He jumped on her, and ripped off one of her legs. She screamed for a minute, but he ripped off her lower jaw because it was annoying. Tears came from her eyes, but he just smiled and lifted her mangled face till it was close to his.

"Ssh don't cry. It's almost over. I know what you're thinking. Why won't he kill me and get it over with. Well I don't know. I think I'll keep you as a pet. Maybe whenever I'm angry, I can just do what I wish with you, eh?" her eyes went wide at this notion, and Dark laughed. "Nah, I'm not like that." he said, right before ripping her head off and throwing it over some fence.

He looked around, and ran to his base. It didn't take long, he just went to the town hall, moved a boulder,when in the secret passage before it, moved it back, then zipped through the many passages leading to some part of his base. He took the main tunnel, and ran straight into his command center. Killer, Master, and Insanity were standing around a map, and Derpy was off training new Abominations.

Dark trotted up to the map. "So, what's new boys." they looked at him, and smiled. They could still smell the blood on him. "We have found a weakness in Canterlot castle Sire. If we go in through the windows, I believe we can get into the castle without losing too many of our troops.

Dark Light rubbed his chin for a moment, and had thought. "I like your plan, but maybe we could go through the front gate. I like the idea of slaying every living being in the place, while showing off our might." everypony looked around, worried that maybe Dark had lost it earlier and was still tripping.

"No I am not off my shit, I just don't care about going in silent when we clearly have enough troops to go in through the front gates." he said, looking at the spirits, daring them to argue. They looked at each other before finally agreeing. "Good, now arrange the troops. I'll go and warn them about our attack." Dark said. "Wait, you're gonna tell them about our attack?! Are you crazy!" Master Mind said. Dark Light rubbed his chin before smiling. "Well now that you mention it, yes, I am crazy." he said, walking out the room.

(Three hours later, at Canterlot Castle)

Dark Light stood on the bottom of the steps of the castle turned military headquarters. Royal Guards were trained with greater abilities. Dubbed the Royal Paladins, they carried guns, with heavy armor covering their whole bodies. Dark had a black robe on, with a muzzle mask under that.

He walked straight up the stairs and immediately encountered two Royal Paladins. "Halt! By orders of Princess Celestia, nopony is allowed into the castle unless you are involved in the war effort!" the one on the right said. Dark laughed at them, and just swung his head around a bit. "Oh but I am involved in the war effort." Dark said. He jumped to the one on the left and pounded his helmet until blood began to squirt out of the holes. He cackled, and jumped on the other one, ripping off his helmet and taking a huge bit out of his face. The Paladin screamed, and Dark cackled. The bite he had taken had ripped the meat straight off the bone. Now Dark just pounded his hoof through the bone, breaking it and pummeling his brain.

He wiped off his mouth, and threw the mask off his head. He had bitten straight through it, and now it was no longer useful. He trotted straight through the large double doors at the entrance, and was immediately held at gunpoint. Eight laser's were pointed straight for him, and he wasn't even scared. He just laughed at them.

"Mind getting Celestia? I need to talk with her, and it's important. Oh, and you might want to get the two out there cleaned up. It was brutal if you know what I mean. But they were tasty, I won't deny it." he said, licking his lips. He could feel the anger rising in the air, and he loved it. Kinda like fear, but has a bit more of a smell on it.

Celestia walked out from a door that was on the far wall across the way. Her eyes narrowed, and Dark Light could see that she was not happy to see him. "What is the meaning of your presence scum!" she yelled from across the hall. "I come bearing a message. Prepare your defences, and make sure you're forces are ready. Blood will spill here in a few days time. Now I know I just got here, and I know you probably want to chat and have a cup of tea, but I must go and prepare my own forces. Oh, and tell Flutter Twist I said hi." Dark said. He tried to walk out, but Paladins began filling into the room, and they were blocking the door.

"Now why would I miss a chance to put you down. You were foolish to come here alone, but I can thank you for that. Paladins! Kill him!" They all cocked their guns,aimed, and began to shoot each other in a haze. Dark Light had thrown a smoke cloud down at his hooves and was waiting for the smoke to fill the room. It was getting close enough for him to strike, so he took a chance and got up. His eyes were well accustomed to see through the smoke. He saw a yellow armor piece and he quickly dismembered it, taking off all it's limbs and leaving it a bloody screaming mess.

He moved between three more Paladins before he grabbed a gun and began shooting the place up with it. he used his magic to supercharge the gun and while making it shoot. He threw it on the ground and ran out the double doors.

The smoke began to clear out, and Celestia could see that four of her Paladins were dead in the haze. Two were injured by the friendly fire, and the rest were going out looking for Dark Light. Too bad he would be gone by the time they reached the stairs.

Celestia was in an uproar, not only had her best General had been assassinated, but possibly her only chance to end this war without too much bloodshed had slipped right in between her legs. She shook her head and walked off mumbling. Luna came from an adjoining room and asked her what was wrong. "It's nothing Luna. Just nervous is all." she lied. Luna saw the lie, but decided to leave it. She walked with Celestia for a bit, discussing battle plans and the best strategies.

After a while of walking, they were getting close to their bedrooms. They said their goodbyes, and left for their own individual rooms. When Celestia walked into her room, it was unusually dark. She looked around, lit her horn, and almost growled. Dark Light was laying on her bed, playing with her books. "Ah good, I wanted to talk with you." he said, getting up. She looked around, expecting to see an ambush of his creatures.

"Don't bother. I came alone, much like earlier." he assured her, "All I want to do is talk with you. I believe that a deal can be struck. And as much as you think I wish for the bloodshed to commence, I don't. Well I do, but I think we can control the whole of Equis if we work together. So what do you say, we join together, and we make war against the Changelings and the Griffons. So what do you say. Deal?" Dark asked, putting out his hoof. She looked at it, before scowling. "Why would I ever join with you. You and I both know that if you ever got the chance, you would kill me the minute the opportunity presented itself. No, it's not a deal."

Dark Light shrugged and looked out over the balcony. "I figured it would be a long shot. but what's the harm in trying right." he said, a smile crossing his lips. He looked over the balcony, and spotted a little filly being bullied by two older colts. The sight, surprisingly, made him sick. "You know, maybe this is supposed to happen. It's in just about every religion. The society goes on, it's good at first, but eventually corruption sows its seed, and then the society fails. A force comes in, wipes out the society, and rebuilds it, in a better way."

Celestia walked over by him and looked over her city. She didn't want to believe any of what he said, but something about it made a bit of sense. As great as Equestria seemed, there were obviously problems. Murderer's went mostly unpunished, thieves almost alway got away, and it was getting harder and harder to keep the peace. Sometimes she did want everything to stop, for her to never have been an Alicorn, but then she realizes that if not her to look out for the ponies, than who would do it. As old as Luna was, she could not rule over a kingdom. For as old as she may be, she was considered a teen in Alicorn years.

The two looked at each other. Dark smiled, and jumped off the balcony. Celestia looked over the side, slightly surprised. Dark LIght was scaling his way down the castle walls, avoiding detection and just having a blast. "Figures it wouldn't be that easy." she said to herself. She went over to her bed and got under the covers, just wanting to go to sleep and forget about the world for at least a couple hours. But she still had at least three more hours of sunlight before her shift was over.

She laid down in her plush bed for at least thirty minutes before she was interrupted by a Paladin. "Princess Celestia, Cadance has requested your presence. She says it's important. She's in the throne room." the Paladin left Celestia in her bed, and she groaned. She made her way down to her throne and saw Cadance and Shining Armor a mess. Shining was bloody, and Cadance was all ruffled up. As soon as Cadance saw Celestia, she immediately went over to her and hugged her, crying all the way. "Ssh ssh, it's alright. Tell me what's wrong." Cadance looked straight into Celestia's and told her everything.

Something had attacked her kingdom. They laid waste to the ponyfolk living there, and the spared nopony. They burned the houses and Pushed over the statues. When they reached the castle, all that was left of ponies were guards and Cadance and Armor. And even they were dying off. They were lucky to get out alive.

Celestia had made Cadance head up to Luna's room and Shining Armor to head up to the infirmary. She had completely forgotten about Cadance's own kingdom, and now because of her actions (- for lack of a better word) she had caused her nieces sadness.

But there was also something else. A message in the ruins of the Crystal Empire that only Celestia seemed to see. Dark Light was serious about what he was about to do. He no longer cared for safety, or he never even did. All he wanted was bloodshed, no matter whose it was. But now, Celestia had to take charge and fortify the castle as much as she could. She had no time to waste.

(Somewhere in the Everfree forest)

Derpy had went into the Everfree Forest with two Howler's in order to find a suitable area to train Dark's already vast army. She was chopping her way through the forestry with her blade when a Howler ran forward. She heard a yelp and went to go investigate. What she found was a huge castle on one side of a giant gorge. Stairs led down, but at the bottom lay a Howler, bloody and unmoving. Dead.

Derpy looked around for an entrance and decided to instead to just call the castle in. She thrust her hand into the other Howler and drew a circle of blood with it. The Howler was swaying on the spot, when Derpy picked it up and threw it onto the circle, activating the rune. The Howler did exactly what it's name implies. It howled, but it didn't call for backup, it was howling in agonizing pain. It's skin seemed to boil and slide straight off. The meat was dissolving, just dripping off in sticky glops. The heart fell in the middle of the pile of Howler meat and skin and bones and sucked it all up, then blew up in a violent, bloody explosion.

In it's wake was a blood portal, perfect. for getting messages between the lines of the battlefield or from spies to Dark Light. Dark Light appeared in the portal. He noticed her and asked if she had found anything. Derpy picked up the portal and showed him the castle. "Oh. Now that will be a good place to be. Wait there, I'll transfer the army over there in about 3.. 2.. 1!"

There was a flash and Dark Light, followed by what seemed like thousands of Dark Stalkers, Night Spectres, and Crescent Howlers, appeared on the scene. Dark trotted up to Derpy and took the castle in. "Good job. I like it." he told her. He activated his magic, and formed a stone bridge across. The army marched over it, storming the castle. In a day, they had repurposed it to their whim. While in one day Celestia had been able to fortify half her city and dish out at least double the Royal Paladins.

On the first day, Dark overlooked the courtyard of the castle, Derpy by his side. He took her aside and told her to ensure that the army was ready. He wanted to find a certain book. An ancient book called The Way of Shadows. And on that day, he descended deep into the castle's catacombs in order to look for it.

While Dark was doing that, Celestia was fortifying her city and training as many Paladins, Guards, and Battle Mages as she could. She would definitely need them. "Now to be a little honest, I don't think it's all that important to tell you in story, so I'll tell you in blunt form. Princess Celestia will have gotten at least three fourths of her fortifications prepared by the end of the second day. You can call it being lazy or being a bad author, but I'm just trying to avoid a bunch of useless reading about something that really won't matter in the long run. Like this. Now, on to Dark Light!" said the Author.

By the second day, Dark Light had descended deep in the catacombs, and found the book. In it were three very distinct spells. Shadow Cloud, which allows the caster to become a cloud of darkness,.Shadow Possesion allows the caster to use a Shadow Cloud to possess other beings. And Shadow Walker allows the caster to see a plane of nothing but shadows, and to use them as a walkway, bypassing walls, doors, and even other beings. Dark practiced his powers and used Shadow Cloud to return to the surface. By the time he got back, the time for attack was almost on them.

He looked at his army, and smiled. "I think it's time to march."

-Woohoo! I kinda rushed at the end because I'm really excited for the next part. Sorry for the new spells, I know they seem kind of forced and unexplained, but what can I say. Also I am pretty sure the story has like two or three more chapters before it's done and I'll be working on a new story. I was at a relatives for a week and so many ideas went through my head I thought it would burst. But details on them at the end.