Chapter 12: The Diamond Queen
Everypony was getting ready for an official royal visit. Which meant it was a big deal… on principle…
"Why is this a big deal again?" asked Ochaco, "Wasn't she here last week?"
"Yeah, but that was one of her covert visits." Said Starlight.
(Flashback)
Ochaco, Tenya and Izuku were eating lunch at an outdoor café when they saw Princess Celestia walk by… wearing a fake mustache.
"Princess Celestia?" asked Tenya.
"Nope! I am not Princess Celestia!" said Princess Celestia… because it was her, "I have a mustache you see!"
"Your mustache is falling off." Pointed out Ochaco.
Indeed, it was actually falling off, then she fixed her it.
"Well see you later! I have a friend I must visit." Said Princess Celestia.
She walked off leaving the three baffled.
(End of Flashback)
"That was covert?" asked Ochaco.
"I told you, she can't do covert." Said Starlight.
"I almost forgot about that." Said Ochaco.
"The difference is that it was planned, she comes here to visit the town as a princess, not force Cadance to take over her royal duties for the day just to hang out with Twilight." Said Starlight.
"Wait! She makes Cadance do her duties?" asked Ochaco.
Starlight nodded.
"She doesn't have much right now… but in several moons she will have her own kingdom to run so Celestial will stop doing it." Said Starlight, "I think… she might switch over to Luna for the day."
"Is she okay?" asked Ochaco.
"She's over a thousand years and barely had breaks." Said Starlight, "I'm pretty sure that would drive any pony nuts."
"Good point." Said Ochaco.
Meanwhile in the library, Momo and Sunburst decided to do some cleaning for the library as it was expected for Celestia to show up, and since it wasn't an informal visit, it should be cleaned.
Even if she regularly visited with weird disguises.
That was when Momo found a large piece of paper and saw it was some kind of chart.
There were "Reasons to keep" and "Reasons for restore".
"What's this?" she asked.
"I thought Twilight threw that out." Said Sunburst surprised, "It's a chart she made when she was having doubts about restoring the timeline. Starlight convinced her otherwise."
"I see." Said Momo.
"Yeah… Starlight is the one who will always pull Twilight out of such thoughts." Said Sunburst.
Momo looked at the chart, for reasons to restore there were "Everything to do with Wrangler" and "Rarity is missing".
While there were far more in the reasons to keep "Sugar Belle never goes to Our Town", "In the end it won't matter to Spike", "Celestia is happier" "Any positive change to the timeline will be permeant", "Our Town will never be built." And some sort drawing she wasn't able to discern.
"Our Town?" asked Momo.
"That was the name of the cult like town that... the pony who sent Twilight back in time started. Sugar Belle was one of the ponies who ended up living there. But in this timeline, she ended up moving to Ponyville instead." Said Sunburst, "A lot of ponies who did live in Ponyville the first time around don't live here, and of course there are ponies who didn't live in Ponyville do."
"Is there a reason for that?" asked Momo.
"The timeline has unpredictable changes." Said Sunburst.
Momo nodded.
"What's this by the way." Said Momo.
"I think it's diaper, Twilight or Spike never explained it, but Starlight and I think that Cadance and Shinning Armor are going to have a foal together." Said Sunburst.
"Oh…" said Momo.
Somewhere underground, strange dog like creatures gathered around a throne made of jewels. A figure wearing a cloak encrusted with gems approached the throne.
"Princess Celestia is making an official royal visit." Said the one at the throne who was clearly female.
"What the difference between this and when she normally visits?" asked one of them.
"She should have her royal guards with her. After all if we want to take over Equestria it's better to take them out." Said the mystery figure.
"But shouldn't we have another plan?" asked a smaller one.
"You dare question my authority!" yelled the mysterious figure in a very shrill voice.
The dog like creatures winced.
"I am the Diamond Queen! And you all listen to me!" she said in the very shrill voice.
"Yes my queen!" chanted the other dog like creatures.
"Very good! Now the scouts will watch over Ponyville, and they will inform us when Princess Celestia show up." Said the one known as the Diamond Queen.
Back on the surface everything was already, and Tenya was going over any last minute preparation.
"All right! The signs are ready! The flower bouquets are all set and… 40 cakes? This is this right?" he asked.
"40 cakes! That's as many as 4 tens!" yelled Raspberry in the distance.
"That's how many Princess Celestia ordered." Said Mrs. Cake.
"This your first official royal visit." Said Sugar Belle, "This is Ponyville. You need to how know these go!"
"Everypony in town has become numb to the presence of Princess Celestia." Said Sugar Coat walking past them, "And you better get used to it."
"What?" asked Tenya.
"I get your still new to town, but Princess Celestia when you get to it just another pony." Said Sugar Belle.
They heard a crash nearby.
"My bad!" called out Derpy.
That was when a bunch of goats ran past them.
"Stop breaking into my house you goats!" yelled Everlasting Imagination chasing them off with a sword.
That was when a cream colored Earth pony with a pink and blue mane landed next to them.
"Uh… just doing some checks before Princess Celestia gets here… nothing to see here." Said the pony who then walked off.
"Honestly I don't know how you're not used to it by this point." Said Sugar Belle.
Tenya didn't have an answer for that.
Not to long later, Princess Celestia arrived with everyone (but Twilight) in town gathered.
Princess Celestia smiled as no pony bowed, it was the only town in all of Equestria that didn't do that.
"It is great to see you again my little ponies." Said Princess Celestia.
"You were here last week!" yelled Katsuki.
"That wasn't me! I don't have a mustache you see." Said Princess Celestia.
Several ponies laugh as they realized that Katsuki didn't get her unofficial visits.
"Now what shall I do with this royal visit?" asked Princess Celestia, "Just kidding! CAKE!"
The Cakes (IE: Mrs. Cake, her husband Mr. Cake) as well as Sugar Belle brought her the cakes, while most the town chanted "Eat! Eat! Eat! Eat!"
"Are all her official royal visits like this?" asked Izuku.
"No… they're not…except for Ponyville they're what you expect for an official royal visit." Said Sunburst.
"This is what the chart meant." Said Momo.
"Chart?" asked Izuku.
"Just something old I found today." Said Momo.
However. That was when a royal guard approached them.
"What is it?" asked Sunburst.
"We saw some suspicious activity." Said one of the royal guards, "It appears to be some Diamond Dogs…"
"Diamond Dogs?" asked Ochaco.
"They're intelligent dogs obessed with gems." Said Spike, "I haven't dealt with them in a long time but they're annoying."
"There has been word about them up to something recently… and some were spotted. If they pull something we need you to be ready." Said the guard.
"Thank you for telling us." Said Tenya.
"No problem! I hope we do see some action! I heard awesome stuff about you guys! And I really want to see it." Said the guard.
"Seriously?" asked Momo.
"I should get back…" said the Guard.
However that was when several holes opened up in the ground and the dog like creatures (who were Dimond Dogs) popped out of the ground.
"Well never mind!" said the guard.
Many of the ponies, began to panic.
"I totally jinxed us! And I'm sorry for that!" said the guard.
However several of the Diamond Dogs began to attack them.
However they didn't know who they were messing with.
Two of them tried to attack Ochaco but she flew out of the way then, then touched both of them with horse shows pads on her hooves (which was how her quirk worked as a pony) causing the two of them float.
Tenya ran out of the away from their attack.
Katsuki dodged by using his explosions to propel himself through the air.
A couple of them were quickly frozen by Shoto.
Momo created a staff to fight off the Diamond Dogs while Izuku had activated Full Cowling (the name he gave for when he had One for All spread throughout his body.
"They just keep coming!" said Izuku.
"They're probably targeting you specifically since you know… super powers!" said Spike tying up some unconscious one, "By the way! I need several more ropes!"
Momo created some and Spike went to tie up more unconscious ones.
That was when several were flung away and Princess Celestia landed next to them.
"This is suspicious." Said Princess Celestia, "I have heard rumors about them united under someone… but I didn't know if it was true."
That was when one tried to attack Izuku but he kicked him away.
"By way the congratulations on learning how to control it." said Princess Celestia .
"Thank you!" said Izuku blushing a little.
Another tried to attack, but Izuku this time punched it away.
"I'm also proud that you're not that only ones fighting." Said Princess Celestia.
"We're not?" asked Izuku.
That was when he noticed that a Diamond Dog tried to attack Apple Bloom.
However Big Macintosh show up and kicked it away, it was flung miles away while whimpering.
Nearby Everlasting Imagination was fighting off the Diamond Dogs with her sword.
She managed to do a complicated motions and she sheathed the sword. When she did the Diamond Dogs were knocked out.
"You are such a hypocrite!" said H.P.
"Look I'm just angry you outed them! Fighting with them against an army isn't hypocritical!" yelled Everlasting Imagination.
Nearby that cream colored earth pony was easily fighting them off with crazy martial arts techniques.
Even chopping them in the throats.
"Oh wow! Bonbon! I didn't know you can do that?" a mint green unicorn mare.
"Just some skills I have… just a very particular set of skills." Said the mare named Bonbon with a shrug.
"Okay!" said the green unicorn mare.
Then more Diamond Dogs tried to attack.
"Apologies!" said Shoto freezing.
"Thanks a lot! I had a thing going here!" said Bonbon, "Go save some ponies somewhere else!"
"What?" asked Shoto.
"Come on Bonbon… you can go fight over there." Said the green unicorn mare.
Thanks Lyra!" replied Bonbon.
Bonbon walked over to where the spot filled with Diamond Dog.
The unicorn named Lyra just looked at Shoto and shook her head at him.
"What just happened?" asked Shoto.
However even with the high numbers of Diamond Dogs, they were still being whittled down.
"This is bad!" said one who was on the top of the buildings watching as he wasn't a fighter, he was more of the right hand dog to the Diamond Queen.
As most the army was now taken out.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE"! yelled the Diamond Queen coming out the ground with her shrill voice all of the Diamond Dogs covered their ears.
"So that's the leader." Said Katsuki.
"It's a pony." Said Ochaco surprised.
However nearby, Spike heard the voice and started to sweat.
Indeed, also though was wearing her gem studied cloak, they could tell the body type was a pony.
"My Queen I apologize!" said the Diamond Dog from the roof.
"Rover! Untie everyone!" said the Diamond Queen, "It looks like I have to handle this myself."
"Yes, I will." Said the diamond dog apparently named Rover.
The 6 heroes in training all gathered.
"I've heard rumors about you." Said the Diamond Queen., "And I heard the green one is your leader."
"What?" asked Izuku.
"The fuck!" yelled Katsuki, "No way is he our leader!"
"Yeah…" said Izuku, "I mean… I can't be the leader… I'm not that…"
"Now's not to time for muttering." Said Shoto stopping him.
"It doesn't matter! As much as I would love to take out Celestia first! He's the one to take out." Said the Diamond Queen.
That was when her hood was readjusted, revealing a horn so she was a unicorn.
That was when large rocks that were covered in gems came out of the ground.
Izuku jumped out of the way, however thanks to the rocks he was separated from the others, however Diamond Queen was fast.
She managed to get in a punch in the face.
"I know how to fight… is that really surprisingly… after all if I want to take down Celestia, you have to know how to fight." Said Diamond Queen.
Izuku knew he had to fight back.
"I'm sorry if you get hurt too badly." Said Izuku.
"Oh you're so cute!" said Diamond Queen.
Diamond Queen had speed on her side.
She managed to kick him in the stomach but thankfully Izuku quickly recovered.
He managed to punch her in the face. However as it was still covered by the hood, she recovered.
"Oh did I forget to mention my cloaks attack like an armor, it not only fashionable but also quite good as taking the brunt of attacks." Said Diamond Queen.
However she wasn't expecting a hit from behind from Katsuki. Burning off the hood.
"Kacchan!" said Izuku.
"She has an army Deku! She was planning on doing the same thing!" yelled Katsuki.
Izuku noticed a coupe tied up Diamond Dogs that were clearly going to attck him from behind.
"I guess calling you out would be the pot calling the kettle black." Said the Diamond Queen.
They saw that that the Diamond Queen was indeed a unicorn mare, one that was white and had a purple mane.
Spike who was along with Starlight was the ones to tie up the Diamond Dogs stared at Diamond Queen.
"I knew it…" whispered Spike, "Rarity!"
"What?" asked Izuku, "Did you just say Rarity?"
"I don't know how you know that name… but she died scared and alone in a mine years ago." Said Diamond Queen.
Spike started to cry.
"No…" he whispered.
"You know I honestly don't know how you thought you could take over Equestria!" said Princess Celestia showing up.
That was when Diamond Queen looked at Princess Celestia.
She looked at the 6 heroes in Training, all of them ready to fight. She realized she couldn't win at the moment.
"Fine! I will admit defeat this time! But I will be back!" said Diamond Queen.
She kicked the ground and a Dimond dog came out of the ground and carried her away.
At the same time other Diamond Dogs appeared and carried away the others that were tied up.
"Of course there was more." Muttered Katsuki.
That was when Spike fell to the ground.
"I can't believe." Said Spike, "Rarity… is…"
"Are you okay?" asked Izuku.
"Sorry… in the original timeline I had the biggest crush on her…" said Spike, "Even then we were really close friends."
However that was when Starlight started to laugh.
As she did tears poured down her face.
"It figures!" she cried, "It just figures!"
She blasted the rocks that Diamond Queen brought up to the surface while screaming.
"Starlight are you okay?" asked Izuku.
"It figures! One pony turns good in this timeline and another turns evil! I guess it has to balance out!" said Starlight.
She started to cry even more.
"Please, what's wrong..." asked Ochaco,.
"Everything! Everything's wrong! You all trust me right! I mean Twilight earned your trust! Means I earned your trust!" cried Starlight, "So it's time for you all to learn the truth!"
"Starlight…. "said Izuku.
"It's time for you to learn the name of the pony who didn't care about what she was doing to the timeline! The pony that trapped Twilight… the mare I consider a big sister back in time! And cursed her to make her suffer! The name of the pony who is the indirect cause of why you're trapped here!"
She cried some more as she shook.
"That pony's name…" said Starlight, "Starlight Glimmer…"
Next Time: How did Twilight and Starlight meet? It's the story of the first time Twilight decided to make things right, befriending a lonely young filly, her best friend who flunked out of magic school and making vows to make everything right. What will happen? Find out next time!
A/N: Yep! Whatever happened to is what they thought...