Robotic Busts: Chapter 11
With nothing else to lose, Discord, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna all started working hard on the reconstruction of Lunar Nights. There was just one particular problem, and that was that none of them knew how to start the process. Completely winging it, they all laid Lunar's body to rest on a table in the middle of the main room and started separating the damaged chips and parts from the good set.
When all was done and everything that could be removed was taken away, Lunar's body was left in a mostly hollow and empty shell. Discord wiped some sweat away from his forehead and looked towards Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.
"Whatever it takes," he said, "we have to do whatever it takes."
The two princesses nodded as work began on Lunar Nights, hoping to revive him and stop Twilight Sparkle's wrath on Equestria.
"Breaking news out of Ponyville! Princess Twilight Sparkle, the princess of friendship, is currently destroying the homes of hundreds of innocent ponies in Ponyville. This is all just moments after the Tirek incident from earlier today. Our sources say that this is all a result of Prince Lunar Nights, the robotic android we spoke to earlier in the week and the husband to Princes Twilight, being badly injured in his fight with the diabolical villain Lord Tirek.
"According to our sources, after the fight with Lord Tirek, the Prince was unresponsive and passed out. He was taken away by the lord of chaos himself, Discord, as well as Princess Luna and Princess Celestia. We aren't sure at this current moment if the Prince has awoken or if he is even responsive, but our guess is that, should he be awoken, Princess Twilight's rampage on Ponyville should stop but-...what was that?
"New this moment, as more information continues to pour into the studio, we are now learning that Princess Twilight Sparkle is under a corruption spell as a result from Lord Tirek's doing. She has been consumed by the clutches of dark magic, some of the most powerful magic in all of ponydom.
"For those who do not know, unicorns and alicorns possess dark magic that is only found deep within themselves. Dark magic can be accessed by them, but if too much dark magic is used over a short time period, ponies will fall to the likes of it, as if they were consumed by said dark magic. One pony known for such dark magic was the dreaded King Sombra, the former king of the Crystal Empire.
"These are live pictures from Ponyville, Equestria of the wrath of Princess Twilight Sparkle, under the control of dark magic. The Wonderbolts were deployed and were en route to the location, but were pummeled to the ground by Princess Twilight's powerful dark magic spell. At this time, we are not sure of the safety of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, nor do we know where they are. We are also unsure of Prince Lunar Nights' health or-...would you look at that! What is that?"
Twilight continued her wrath on her own kingdom, blasting so many buildings, homes, and nearby landmarks to pieces. She felt no emotion other than joy in seeing the homes of everyone she knew get destroyed and blasted into small pieces of rubble. She laughed evilly, destroying the town hall with a powerful beam of dark magic, sending pieces of debris flying towards nearby homes. She stopped to admire the work she had done and laughed some more.
"Understand that nopony can stop me!" She smirked, slamming another home with dark magic.
Behind her was a sonicboom. The sonicboom hit Twilight hard and caused her to momentarily lose her balance. She turned around rapidly once she regained her balance and was tackled greatly. However, this tackle was not one for dealing damage; it was actually one out of emotion.
Twilight glanced down and saw who it was that tackled her and stopped sharp in her tracks. She gasped, looking into their eyes.
"No...can it be?" She wondered. She began to feel her heart repair itself, so to speak. "L-L-Lunar...?"
He looked into her eyes and kissed her cheek. "Please...stop this madness." He kissed her again. "For me...?"
Twilight's eyes stopped glowing. Sense had returned to her as she glanced around to see what she had done. She stopped her eyes on Lunar and tightly hugged him, crying and sobbing on his shoulder.
Lunar smirked, slightly short-circuiting because of Twilight's tears, but he didn't mind it. He hugged Twilight as tightly as she did and stroked her mane slowly. He calmed her down and successfully managed to stop Twilight's wrath from getting out of control.
From a distance, an exhausted Discord, Princess Luna, and Princess Celestia all watched onward as their plan came into fruition. They all breathed long sighs of relief and watched happily as Lunar and Twilight continued hugging lovingly in the air. Discord then began to walk away from Luna and Celestia, thanking them for their help.
"Why thank us?" Princes Celestia asked.
"Because I now understand what it means to trust someone and live with that trust." Discord explained. "I see that it is a wonderful feeling in the world to have and I wish to find that trust myself."
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna both smiled happily, positioning themselves on opposite sides of Discord. Wrapping one wing around Discord, Princess Celestia smiled at him brightly.
"I am glad to hear that from you, Discord," she explained, "and I cannot wait to see how you learn to enfore that kind of trust in your life."
Princess Luna giggled, prompting Discord to ask her what was so funny.
"Well, Discord," she began, "there's just one little thing we ask from you."
"Oh?" Discord replied. "And what might that be?"
Princess Luna, still smiling, and Princess Celestia both used their magic to hand over a broom and a dustpan to Discord. Laughing, they explained everything to him.
"Because you were the one to free Tirek," Luna began.
"It is your job to clean up everything that happened as a result," finished Celestia.
"Oh poo..." Discord grunted, setting out to work.