Chapter 14: last stand
NIGHTINGALE PARK
Princess celestia, the main twelve, shining armor, princess cadence, and the royal guards walk through the park looking for night shadows army. A storm starts to come over there heads as they stop and see a an empty ditch in front of them.
"ohhh please tell me that were not going in that ditch are we. It's so muddy and wet. I don't want to ruin my mane. It's bad enough that I have walk in the dirt and mud as it is" rarity whined.
Corey then kneeled down and picked her up into his arms, "awww thank you darling. Oh you are such a sweet heart" she said to him as they both shared a smile, there small embrace was soon interrupted when they all saw something that was a few feet away from them.
Twilight then squints her eyes to see that it was a white leafless tree "hmm there's something there..I can't make it out from here" suddenly pinky pie then jumps in the air "oh oh oh I think I can tell what it is!" she says as she then climbs up on jack's back and holds on to his shoulders as she pulls out a telescope out from nowhere.
She looks into the telescope and sees that it's princess luna tied to the tree. "it's princess Luna! It's princess Luna!" pinky pie shouted happily, celestia smiled brightly hearing that it was her sister "oh thank goodness" she thought as shining armor then huddled everypony into a group, "alright everypony here is what the plan is. They might be camouflaged in this area so we need to careful and need to watch out for our-".
"Charge!".
Everyone then turned to see Clayton point at the tree with his katana in his left hand on his shoulder. As soon as he said that some of the rocks and dirt in the ditch then transformed into black alicorns as they then started attacking at the royal army.
Shining armor and princess celestia then shouted in unison "attack!".
Soon the main twelve and the royal guards then started launching at the black alicorns, some of the guards were pushing them back taking them out one by one. Princess celestia was using her magic as she froze every black alicorn that she saw as she was trying to reach her sister.
"ugh there are too many of them. I won't be able to reach luna" she said to herself as she keep freezing more of the black alicorns that kept coming at her in swarms. Rainbow dash was taking out black alicorns left and right with her lighting speed, fluttershy was using her stare on some of the alicorns making them run away, rarity and twilight were using there magic on some of them, applejack was bucking all of the black alicorns, while pinky pie was using her party cannon on some.
The boys were punching down the dark army as hard as they could dillon was slashing half of the wave of alicorns with his windmill shuriken as his cousin was cutting down some of them as well. As the royal army was taking down the dark army princess cadence was taking out a few as shining armor was charging into some of them, just then he stops to see something move from the other side of the battlefield.
He saw that it was going after princess cadence.
"princess cadence watch out!" he yelled.
"shining what is it?" she yes back to him.
"behind you!".
She then turned her head to see a large figure with a long blade machete in his right hand as she then stumbles back and falls to her feet trembling in fear at the figures dark grin showing, twilight then glances over a bit to see how the other s are doing as she then spots princess cadence on her hoofs.
"princess cadence!" twilight yells as she watches the figure raise his weapon over her "oh what a shame that you have to go my dear" the figure says to her "but I have to stop you no hard feelings", he smiles more as he see her start to shed tears as she closes her eyes waiting her demise.
"your not stopping nobody vanish!".
Vanish then looked up to see Clayton run at him as they then clashed blades grinning at each other like there first encounter.
Princess cadence then opens her eyes to see that her attacker was blocked by her human ally.
"clayton".
"go. Get moving and help out the others. I got vanish".
"but".
"go. ll'l be fine. Just who the hay do you think I am".
She didn't get what he meant by that but she did what he asked her as she go up and ran over to help twilight and rarity who were now having there hands full.
Dillon and sam were taking down the black alicorns one by one. Jack then grabbed one of the black alicorns and used him like a weapon as he swatted hundreds of alicorns, max then dropped kicked one of them making him fall back into a group of them, Corey and applejack were back to back as they kept swinging hoofs and punches and kicks at each one sending them flying.
One the other side of the battlefield Clayton and vanish were exchanging clashes with there blades as they made sparks fly off there swords, they kept gritting there teeth as they landed each swing of there weapon.
"so. This is how it's gonna end huh vanish".
"for you maybe. But for me not so much".
"hehe you'd be surprised. Karma is a real fucking bitch!".
Vanish then smiled at his saying "how really? How so?".
Clayton then lifted his black kamina sunglasses "like this. Now guys!".
Vanish then looked up to see a group of royal ailcorn guards raise up a huge amount of rocks and throw them down at vanish and some of the black alicorns, vanish then looks back at Clayton glaring at him "Clayton you fool! This was a trap wasn't it!".
Clayton then pulls his sunglasses back over his eyes " yup sure looks that way!".
He then runs at vanish and body slams into him knocking him back.
"I'm gonna put all our might, luck, and metal all on karma!" he then jumps on one of the rocks and runs after the white tree determined to rescue princess Luna, luna watched as the battle raged on she couldn't bear to see her friends put there lives on the line for her sake let alone her own sister. She tried to move but the rope that she was tied in was incased with a magic energy making her magic useless and her wings unable to move.
As clayton was running to get luna he saw a few black alicorns I'm his path, as he was about to strike rainbow dash, fluttershy, and dillon attcked them. "need a hand" dillon said as he raised his hand up to receive his windmill shuriken. "yea you look like you need it" rainbow dash said in a serious tone smiling a little bit.
"yes...we saw that you might need it. I mean if it's ok with you" fluttershy said smiling a little bit under her pink hair, Clayton nodded at them as he ran to the tree. Vanish then teleported over on his upper left side "alicorns ignore the small those fools turn back and defend the tree from that human!".
Clayton then turned his katana backwards as he then ran over to a black alicorn and jumped on it's head making him fly into the air a tiny bit but enough for him to see vanish, he then pulled his left arm back and thee his katana at him making the blade pin vanish to the ground as Clayton landed back onto his feet and ran past him.
"sorry but your not going anywhere!" he said as he then slammed into a bunch of alicorns and tripped as he then started to roll over to the white tree that was holding princess luna.
As soon as he stopped himself he then got to his feet and looked at princess luna who was smiling at him as she tried to move her body so that she could hug him. "Clayton!" she yelled as he then walked over to her and started untying the rope around her, as the rope fell to the ground she launched into his arms kissing him and nuzzling his cheek.
"you and your friends saved me. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you" he then lifted her up and smiled at her with her in his arms "yea we did. Come on let's get you back home safe and sound ok".
She nodded as she then got out of his arms and opened her wings and started flying over to her sister, princess celestia was overjoyed as she saw her sister come to her side as she as she pulled her wings over her hugging her tightly. Everyone cheered as the two were reunited together again dillon then yelled out to his cousin.
"we did it bro! We did it!".
Clayton then scratched his head smiling at there victory.
"we sure did man. We sure did. Come on let's go to equestria and-" his words were stopped as he then heard a thundering roar, everyone then stopped cheering as they were trying to find out the noise. Rarity then looked over at clayton's feet to see a blue glow underneath him, "darling look out below you!" she yelled.
As soon as he looked down the blue energy blasted out of the ground hitting clayton's left shoulder. "ahhh!" Clayton shouted as he was thrown into the air by the blast as it then exploded.
Dillon then had a look of shock on his face "oh crap!".
Rainbow dash's mouth dropped in fear as she then yelled for him "Clayton!".
Clayton was In mid air in pain as a large figure then came out of the ground. "well well if it's isn't the bastred that cut my eye!" the figure then ripped of his hood to revile that it was Richard.
"Richard! Damn you! You stupid son of a-" he was cut off as he was hit by his katana in mid air stunning him as it slammed into the hard muddy ground, "you dropped this have it back!" vanish said mockingly at him.
"vanish! Why you!".
Richard then aimed his firelance at Clayton and shoot a high powered energy bullet at his right side making a gash in his right side.
"ugh! Shit!".
Richard then grinned at him "you sure are a fucking handful to kill. But now it's time for you to pay me what you owe!" he then raises his firelance over his head and slams it down into clayton's chest in mid air as they then bullet drop and come crashing into the ground as the blade on the tip of the firelance impales right though him.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Everyone then goes dead silent as fear and horror take over there faces after they all hear clayton's scream. Rainbow dash covers her mouth in horror at what she just saw "no...I-it can't be", princes Luna and celestia's faces go pale as they both try to hold back there tears "c-Clayton" Luna says In a wisher, shining armor closes his eyes he tries not to think the negative about what just happened "it can't be".
The boys look away not looking at the crater that Richard had left. Fluttershy then looks up at dillon
"d-dillon?" dillon didn't say a word as he was still in shock by what just happened.
"no...no...no" he muttered.
Fluttershy who was shedding some tears then poked at dillon's leg "dillon?".
Dillon then snapped "BRO!".
Dillon then gripped his windmill shuriken in his hand as he then started to emit a yellow aurora around his body, but the yellow aurora then changed colors as it went from yellow to purplish black. His weapon then transformed into a large windmill shuriken almost the size of a car, He then ran into the ditch and started to going on a rampage killing all of the black alilcorns that he saw. Fluttershy then flew away from him In fear as she then hid behind the boys max then looked down at her "fluttershy. What's happened to dillon? What is he doing?".
Fluttershy then peaked from max's leg "I don't know ...I think that he's going berserk or something" she said as she was shaking watching the person that she cared so much act like this in front of her.
Richard then looked at him in fear "what the? What is that freak doing?" dillon then started spinning his windmill shuriken at him making him and vanish fly into the air. "what the fuck!" Richard said as he was being blown away, "everypony retreat. Back away from him!" princess cadence said as everyone then ran from dillon's path of destruction.
As dillon was on a rampage inside the crater was clayton's body his broken black kamina sunglasses next to his side. As he lays in the dirt he then starts to open his eye a bit.
"I-I'm not going down...not yet".
As dillon was still going on a rampage the others were calling out to him to try to get him to calm down, "dillon relax! Dillon!" applejack yelled "dillon please. This isn't like you at all" rarity said "come on man. Please stop!" Corey, max, sam, and jack all yelled out in unison.
Dillon didn't hear there pleas as he kept taking down every single black alicorn in sight, "I can't...I just can't...I'm nothing" he thought to himself.
"hey! Just what the fuck do you think your doing!".
Dillon then glanced over to his side to see a large rock hit him in his chest knocking him back as he fell over, "ouch! Damn what the hell was-" he soon looked over to were the rock was thrown and saw his cousin bloodied, badly wounded, and shirtless.
"Clayton! Your ok!".
Clayton grinned at him
"dillon you got some nerve showing that kind of weakness".
Dillon smiled as he saw his cousin point his finger at him.
"come on were broines for godsake. We never give up and never show weakness. I told you no matter what always keep your brony pride strong".
Dillon still stared at him as he nodded "right you got it".
He then turned to his friends and waved at them "hey everyone! Everything's ok! Come on let's all go home!" everyone cheered in victory but were then ducking there heads as a energy bullet was shoot at them. "you worthless jackasses aren't going anywhere! Richard shouted "I'm not letting you go! Not until I see everyone one of you dead and in bodybags!".
Clayton then closed his eyes "that fat bastered doesn't know when to quit dose he...dillon hey...let's work together on this one".
Dillon then looked at him.
"what? What do you mean by that".
"let's kick his ass one last time...you ready for it!".
"yea man! I'm ready!" dillon then sees his cousins katana a few feet from him and runs after it as Richard starts shooting at him with his firelance, he grabs it just in time as one of the energy bullets scratch his leg. He ignores the pain as he then throws clayton his katana at him as he grabs it and runs to his side.
Dillon then throws his shuriken in the air as he runs up to his cousin as he catches it, they then look at each other and grin at each other.
"no matter what we never back down" Clayton said.
"no matter how many times that we fall we will always get back up" dillon said as they then spoke unison.
"no matter we have to endure in life we will always have our brony pride! And no one shall take that from us!"
They then pointed in the air at the grey sky together as they both shouted.
"just who the hay do you think we are!".
There friends cheered at two as rainbow dash was staring in awe at her lover and fluttershy was smiling at hers, Richard then aimed his firelance at the two "ugh! I'm getting real sick of the both of you! Now just fucking die already!" he then shot a large energy bullet from his weapon as dillon then emitted his yellow aurora and blocked his attack as he then shot it into the sky.
"what! Impossible!" richard shouted Clayton placed his hand on dillon's shoulder as whispered in his ear "remember dillon. Never back down. And never give up. And always remember your brony pride", dillon looked at him "Clayton? What are you saying?".
Clayton then emits a blue ball of energy in his hand and aims it at Richard "looks like this is the end fat ass!" he then shoots the ball at him as it then transforms into chains wrapping themselves around him as they knock his firelance out of his possession. "my weapon! You fucking pussy!" he lashes out at him, clayton then holds up his sword over his head as it then starts to glow a rainbow like color.
"sonic rainbow blade!".
He then brings down his sword as it then blasts a shock wave out of the sword as it then hits Richard.
"no no no NO!" Richard screams as he is destroyed by the attack as it then explodes into a mushroom cloud as Clayton turns away from the attack, everyone stares in awe at the beautiful technique that Clayton pulled off, as Clayton puts his katana into the ground he falls to his knees as he then looks at his wound and sees that he has lost a lot of blood from richard's attack. He then slowly closes his eyes as he utters out two final words.
"Farewell...comrades".
Dillon still looks at the attack that Clayton pulled off "wow dude that was awesome! How did you do that?!" he doesn't hear any response from him "Clayton?".
Rain starts to fall as everyone runs over to them, rainbow dash then taps dillon's back "oh man that was so cool! You have to tell Clayton how he did that" she said with a huge smile on her face, dillon turned to her with a sad look on his face.
Rainbow dash's smile then started to fade "dillon are you ok?".
He then leans over and whispers in her ear. Her ears then flop down as she shakes her head.
"no that's not true. We saw him. He was fine" she says as tears are coming down her face, twilight then walks her to her side, "rainbow dash what's wrong?". Rainbow dash then whispered into her ear making twilight gasp In horror "no...no. But we...I mean" she stared to shed tears. Princess celestia then looked at her a worried "twilight what is the matter!".
Twilight then looked up at everyone who all had worried and conceded looks on there faces, "it's Clayton" luna steps forward "what about him. Is he alright?" she asked.
Her head lowered down "he's...he's dead".
Everyone gasped in shock at what she had said.
"WHAT!" sam said, they all walked over to dillon to see that he had his cousin's lifeless body in his arms. Princess celestia leaned down to his face as she stared to cry, she nuzzled his face a bit as then leaned up and faced everyone.
"come everypony...we...we must give him a proper burial" she said as she tried to keep her composure.
Dillon got up holding his cousins body in his arms as they walked up to the hill were the white tree was. They may have won the war against night shadows army but they lost something that could never be replaced.
They lost a family member.