Chapter 20

War's End or Celestia's Folly

A/N: this chapter is messy… really messy…. Just a warning. Not only that but its split into a whole bunch of parts with lots of follow shifts. That the point of course, its war, you can't exactly follow one person and hear the whole story. And before you ask, yes Discord is writing part of this… and yes I know what that risks… I can't help it… I'm a risk taker.

Also please note, that it is very gory in certain parts... mainly Discord's… what can I say, I can't control that guy at all…

Also, anything like this in page breaks is my live reaction when I first read what Discord had written…

The two sides collided with a splash of gore and blood. Ponies pounced on one another, horns fired deadly spells, and the plain was soaked in blood in minutes. The six ponies fought together as usual. They were more of a threat then the soldiers had thought they would be. Whatever they had been doing in the two years they had disappeared it had involved a lot of physical training. They crushed ponies under their hooves like it was nothing. But sheer numbers were on the Imperials side and they pushed the ponies back.

"Twilight!" Shining Armour shrieked as he and some crystal ponies secured a shack on the plains. the girls all rushed in and held the door.

"Nice going lover boy? Know what?" Fluttershy asked with an uncharacteristic cruelty

"Hey know! Stick ta the program!" Applejack shouted at the yellow pegasus, who rolled her eyes and helped hold the door.

"Captain, the bat ponies are coming in!" Flash Sentry cried from the window. They all looked out and could see dozens of bat ponies coming down form the clouds with loud cries. Leading them was commander Moon Dancer.

"FOR THE REPUBLIC!" the bats cried as they descended on the Imperial ponies. The group let their guard down for just a second. But it was enough.

"CAPTAIN! LOOK OUT!" Flash cried as a spear lodged itself in Shining Armour's chest.

…oh my god…DISCORD! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT! ON NO! SHE'S GONNA BE SO SAD! DISCORD!

"CAPTAIN!" Flash cried. The white unicorn stared at the spear sticking out of his chest.

"Twily…" he said quietly before he crumpled into a heap. The Purple alicorn screamed and slaughtered the pony holding the spear while trying to get it out. The ponies all stared at the corpse in shock.

"He's… gone… jus like that…" Applejack said with shock. Flash Sentry swallowed and turned to the crystal guards.

"You there! Pull his body off to the side! Defend it with your life! You, help us break through the line outside!"

"Yes captain!" They both said before they rushed to comply. Flash swallowed again and straightened his helmet. He walked over and placed a hoof over the mare's shoulder.

"Twilight… are you ready." Suddenly a loud bang rang across the plain. Every pony looked up and saw a great green firework light up the sky.

"Finally!" Fluttershy cried. All over the battle field green fire blazed and as they cleared the Imperial ponies began to scream. Changelings. Everywhere. The six mares them selves where engulfed in flames before the buzzed off in all directions. Flash stared at this in shock. But after a while he charged forward and began to defend the lands he loved. The battle seemed to rage forever and he watched as ponies he knew charge at him and he was forced to cut them down. Somewhere in the middle of the battle there was an explosion, massive and obliterating that threw dozens of ponies into the air indiscriminately. But he had been too far away to see who had been at the epicentre. Soon Flash grew wary. He could barely move his hooves and the Imperial soldiers just kept coming. The ponies all froze for a second when, from miles above them, lights began to brighten the darkening sky. The sun was setting slowly as two figures battle one another in the sky. After a while one figure retreated back to the castle and the other followed in pursuit. The sky was quite and still again when Suddenly a great scream filled the air. Then, the Canterlot castle was blown apart in a rainbow hued explosion, not unlike a sonic rainboom. A rainbow hued comet hurtled towards the sky from the explosions epicentre and with a second explosion in the sky the world quieted. The ponies stared at the spectacle. Slowly the sun sank from the sky. The ponies around stood stock still, waiting for a sign, a message to tell them what had happen. It came when the moon began to rise and the stars glittered above. There in the sky was a brand new constellation that looked an awful lot like.

"Celestia." Flash said in awe. The ponies stared at the collection of stars.

"That's it?" one pony cried.

"We won?" a bat pony asked. The ponies all stared at each other.

"What were we even fighting for?" Flash asked them all. It was then that a great silence fall over the fields…

The battle of Equestria was over.

After Octavia's speech Morning felt miles high. He could do anything. It was the kind of speech you only heard once in a lifetime, one that would stick with you for the rest of your life. So as he charged forward he said a prayer to Luna for his daughters's and granddaughter's safety and banished them from his head. The fight began the moment one of those dammed guard was in hoofs range. He punched them and bucked them and did everything in his power to stop them in their tracks. For hours he did this, never tiring as Octavia's speech kept him strong. But suddenly a scream he knew all too well ran through the area.

"Sparkler!" he cried before he galloped over to where the unicorn was being cornered. He bucked the guards in the face but as he turned to his daughter a spear stabbed his bad wing. He crumpled in pain and screamed, as the wing was slowly and painfully ripped open by a viscous upward tug. The guard cackled madly before he brought the spear down on the pegasus's head. Sparkler watched this with wide eyes as the gore spattered everywhere.

HOLY HELLS DISCORD! I SAID ONE PONY! THAT'S… YOU HAVE ISSUES!

The unicorn screamed and changed forward, impaling the guard in the stomach with her horn. She ripped it out of his body savagely and he fell down dead. She turned to the mutilated corpse of her father and wept. She threw a ripped cape over the body and began to fight in earnest now. Before her father's death she had been fighting but weakly out of fear. She had tasted death now, and knew that these monsters had to be killed. A flash of dark blue caught her eye. Princess Luna! She thought before skidding to halt before the princess.

"Your highness!"

"Subject!" Luna cried turning in a circle.

"Move on Sparkler!" Moon Dancer said angrily. The guards were swarming the princess, trying to overwhelm her. Sparkler fired a spell from her horn. There was a bright flash and a loud bang. She dragged the two shocked ponies to a small building near them. She bared the door and stood with them.

"Well… I never thought this would be my end." Moon Dancer said with a sigh. Sparkler turned to him.

"It's not the end yet."

"It is for me… I'm gonna go out and distract them, then I want you two to run." He said before he picked up his spear in his hooves. "And your highness…"

"Yes bat pony." The alicorn asked. Sparkler looked at her funny.

"Tell princess Luna I loved her." He said before her burst through the ceiling. Their was more thumping before the sounds of battle retreated to normal levels. Sparkler stared at the pony in confusion.

"Princess Luna?"

"No foolish pony." The mare said before she blinked her eyes revealing the green blue eyes that were hers. Sparkler made a shocked noise. Chrysalis rolled her eyes before she turned to the door. Sparkler followed despite knowing that this was not truly her princess. The two burst out from the door and were assaulted by the two guards who still stood outside. They made quick work of them before a shrill laugh filled the air.

"Well, well, well, princess Luna. What a pleasant surprise." The pony said from under her hat. Sparkler rolled her eyes.

"Where have you been Trixie? We could have used your help!" Trixie laughed.

"I've been here." She said with a haughty voice. With a swirl of magic she removed her hat and cape and Sparkler's eyes widened. "Getting these." She finished before he flapped her wings and flew into the air.

"Catch me if you can!" she shrieked. Sparkler watched in awe as the Luna spectre flew into the sky after the mare. Their battle was viscous, each spell willing to kill the other. Soon Chrysalis landed in the middle of a small opening in the guards.

"Run you fool!" she shouted angrily at Sparkler before she closed her eyes. Her horn began to glow a greenish hue and Sparkler didn't need to be told twice. She turned and galloped as fast as she could. From behind her came a great explosion. She turned to see the guards flung into the sky. The unicorn barely dodged the fallen debris. As she walked back to the clearing she could see Chrysalis standing in her usual form. She breathed out a heave sigh before turning to the pink unicorn. "She is dead." Sparkler sighed in relief.

"Good…" the changeling smiled.

"Now we must away, there is still more vermin to slaughter. Come, little pony." She said before the bug like queen reared and entered the fray with vigour. The ponies quivered in fear at the changeling and Sparkler soon followed.

The ponies darted up the path as quickly as they could. They tried to remain invisible. As they approached the castle gates they were pleased to see that they were empty.

"Bloody convenient that!" the Doctor shouted as they galloped into the streets. They began to walk silently so their hooves wouldn't echo and it was then that the silence rang around them. "This can't be right?" The Doctor said looking about. The streets were deserted, not a soul in sight. "Where is everypony?"

"Hiding." Said a quite voice from beside them. They looked to the right and saw a pony cloaked in a black garb with a blue crown broach. Rarity walked up to the stallion.

"F…Fancy Pants?" she asked incredulously. The stallion pulled off his hood. His coat was grey with dust and dirt, his eyes blood shot and runny. He had no jacket, save for the cloak and his hair was dishevelled and matted.

"Hello Rarity… it has been a while." He was smacked soundly across the face.

"You are a turncoat and a bloody coward," she said stingily. The stallion held his face and sighed heavily.

"You're right, as always."

"Give me one good reason why I should forgive you Fancy?" the stallion smiled.

"Because I am a turncoat and a coward." He said before he looked around and gestured for them to follow him. He led them down into the soiled underbelly of the once glimmering city to where there was a great gate over a massive pipe. "That leads into the Canterlot castle. It's a bit smelly but it's the easiest way in past the guards." The ponies all grimaced but nodded and climbed into the pipe. Rarity stopped before she went in.

"Come on Rarity! Do you want the war to end or not? What's a little…" the cyan pegasus paused and took in her surroundings "on second thought, take your time " Rainbow said grimacing. Rarity shook her head.

"I'm not hesitating, sacrifices must be made, just give me a moment." She stuck her head back into the street. "Fancy darling." The stallion turned to her. She placed a kiss on his swollen cheek. "I'm glad you're a turncoat and a coward and if you live through this, I might just accept your apology." She said before she galloped down the pipe into the darkness. Fancy held his hoof and stared after her a slight smile on his face. The ponies ran down the pipe for quite some time getting lost once or twice. Finally they found a ladder. As the climbed it or rather followed the pegasi as they flew the light above them grew brighter. The grate opened up into the kitchen. One of the maid ponies screamed at that. They tussled her up in the pantry.

"Sorry about that? Precaution you know." the Doctor said before he closed the door. They walked through the halls silently, avoiding the guard as best they could soon the found the throne room and burst through the doors. The sight they found was straight out of one of Doohickey's nightmares. Celestia was in full battle armour. She glared down at the ponies before her.

"The generals leave the ponies I see." She smiled, her lavender eyes flashing evilly "how are you no different from me?"

"The general still stands among her ranks." Twilight said before she turned her head and fired a bright spell out a window, the window of Discords banishment. There was a great green firework that filed the sky. Celestia looked out the windows before her eyes widened in fury. The field below filed with green fire before the see of blue and gold changed to a sea of black and blue. "Changelings!" she cried in fury.

"That's right! And bat ponies! And crystal ponies!" Doohickey said. The white alicorn turned to the filly. "All of Equestria is fighting you tonight Celestia… and you will lose."

"This is but a fly buzzing in my ear! This is nothing! You are nothing!" she cried. Doohickey stuck her nose in the air.

"All my life I have been stepped on by your values! All my life I have seen my parent fall to your cruelty! It ends now! I will never be your slave! Ever!"

"I am your queen!" the alicorn shrieked in fury stomping her hoof before the filly. Doohickey quivered for a second then stood taller.

"NO!" she screamed. Celestia's lavender eyes glazed with fury "My name is Doohickey Donna Whooves!" the filly cried. There were a few gasps from behind her but she ignored them in favour of the white pony before her. "And you're not my true queen!" suddenly the filly was flying through the air. She broke through the windows of the defeat of Nightmare Moon and sunk down below the dark cloud cover of the battle below. The ponies stared in shock. Ditzy went to go and try to catch the little filly when a sound shocked her into inaction.

"What have you done?" Said a deep evil voice. The ponies all turned to Luna. Her eyes were slit like a dragon and burning with fury. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" she screamed before her hair warped and grew and she began to change. The ponies watched in fear as Nightmare Moon stood before them "YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE CELESTIA!" the white alicorn showed fear for the first time and flew into the sky blasting a hole in the ceiling. Nightmare Moon followed her with anger "COME BACK HERE YOU COWARD!" the too powerful mares flew into the sky trading spells creating a plateau of colours across the darkening sky.

"LUNA!" cried twilight from the throne room below. The black mare turned to the group below and flew down landed before them. The ponies all quivered slightly. "Fear Not My Little Ponies, We Are Still Luna On The Inside." She could see Celestia diving in the corner of her eye. "We Must Do It Now!" she cried before she turned to the descending mare her eyes glowing. The six mares activated the Element of harmony rising into the air. They blasted the rainbow light at Nightmare Moon who caught it on her horn. There was a few seconds where the ponies thought it was too much as Luna's face slackened. But just as the white alicorn landed, the black one threw her head down. The rainbow light shot out of her and slammed into Celestia. She screamed loudly and the throne room exploded violently in a sonic rainboom like light. The rainbow ball of light hurtled into the sky and another explosion rang across Equestria. The black mare stood still before the Doctor spoke one quiet phrase.

"Black queen takes the white queen… check mate." The ponies' heads sunk. Even Nightmare Moon bowed her head. Slowly the sun sank under the horizon. After a few seconds of darkness Nightmare Moon raised the moon and brought out the stars. It was then that the mare's eyes widened.

"Doctor, look." Ditzy said, pointing at the sky. There was a new constellation.

"Pegasus." He said quietly. Then he laughed. "That's why I couldn't get back to earth!"

"What?" Ditzy said shocked.

"Bloody doesn't exist in this time, all I'd ever been doing is space travel, bloody time changed too. " he said with a laugh.

"What have I done?" Luna said quietly before she changed back into herself in a flash and sunk to the ground. "What have I done?" after while she looked up at the constellation and stood again. As she turned to the ponies and they bowed before her. She sighed and walked up to them, bowing lower. "There is no bowing among friends." she said. The ponies looked up "we are all equal here." She turned back to the sky "Tia simply forgot that." She turned back to Twilight "go down to the field and declare the war over. Equestria is at peace once more, there will be no more fighting." Luna said. She raised her head. "Equestria is free."

A/N: Well… Authora has crawled up into her bedroom to cry… that means I did a splendid job. Oh come on, you knew it was coming! They couldn't all be happy at the end, it wouldn't be realistic! It's war! people die! Don't yell at me for it! Yes I killed off Gleaming Chest-plate and yes Wonky Eyes's father is dead but who cares? The story gets integrity now!

And just so you know, it wasn't my idea to kill off Doohickey, that honour rest with our dear beloved author.

Who is anxiously awaiting your feedback and "reviews"

Feel free to read that however you like, I'm off to mess with more of Authora's stories…

WHAT SO YOU MEAN IT'S TRIPLE PASSWORD PROTECTED AND ENCRYPTED? Grumble when did she get such a good security program.

See you next Saturday…

She took away all my fun… wait! There's a file that's not encrypted.

Discord! STOP POKING AROUND MY FOLDERS! AND DON'T FORGET TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE MUFFINS! -Authora

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