Dawnbreaker dropped to the ground as all of the pain he had received so far disappeared with only one thing remaining. Rage. He wanted to grab the stallion responsible for this, rip him to shreds and turn his entire body to dus...-
Looking around him his eyes widened at the burning forest, reddened sky and black, almost charcoal like ground.
"Woah..." was all he could get out.
"Woah indeed young one." he heard a voice beside him. A voice which made something snap inside him. Turning to it he saw Daybreaker having one of the brightest smiles she ever had all over her face. Not even waiting a moment he followed his instincts by running up to her being welcomed in one of the motherly hugs he had grown to miss so much...
Weird how much things could change huh?
"My little one, look at you grown to be so powerful, nothing less expected from the son of a goddess." she smiled at her foal. Dawnbreaker didn't answer and instead buried himself deeper into her coat... he wished this moment would never end...
Zip
His ears lowered although he didn't exactly notice. Of fucking course.
"Woah!... this..." a voice came from behind him.
"This... this is so cool!"
"Rainbow!" several voices shouted simultaneously.
A growl escaped his mothers lips as she pressed Dawnbreaker further into her coat.
"You..." she spoke with enough venom which would kill the entire forest, if it wasn't burning. Finally she let go before stepping protectively over him. Looking towards the newcomers he saw several new ponies standing there. 4 Alicorns, 2 ponies without wings or horns, 1 unicorns and 2 pegasus. The last five carrying necklaces with the exception being a crown of some sorts for one of the alicorn.
"Greetings Daybreaker." he instantly recognized the voice.
"Celestia?" he asked stepping out for them to see. Almost everypony gasped at his sight except for the mare in question who, for a moment shut her eyes only to smile sadly at him.
"Yes young one I am here." turning to the others she continued. "We all are."
Dawnbreaker could now finally see their true colors without that stupid bubble coloring his vision. He guessed the heat he emitted was similar to his mother now. Taking this opportunity he gazed upon them with
Celestia being painted in a pure white coat with rainbow mane and tail.
The mare next to her, he soon recognized as none other than Princess Luna, glaring at his mother above him. She, was in a dark blue coat with the same color applying to her mane and tail.
The other two alicorns took a little longer as he did realize one of them was Twilight, the other Cadence but with the similar height making it a little more difficult. As the brighter, pink coated mare however turned to him she gave him the same gentle smile Cadence did so he figured it out soon.
"Umpf." he muffled out as a leg stepped in front of his vision.
"How DARE you show your face and interrupt our first encounter ever since the last week?"
"You know why we are here, we can not let you take over Equestria." Celestia answered.
"Why not? You and your precious sister, your niece and your soon to be heir over there seem to do rather poorly on ruling yourself. Even those reformed knight order is not even the slightest near to what they should be."
"The bearers of the elements aren't knights anymore."
"It does not matter to me. You have become weak with your country being trampled upon by so many foes. I was able to watch all of this from the distance. Enemy after enemy with the recent ones even defeating you so you had to rely on those mortals!"
Dawnbreaker ducked as he heard the pure rage in her voice. He hoped he would never be on the receiving end of that. "And not to mention that you could not even take care OF YOUR OWN SON!" the last part making Dawnbreaker blink. What... hold on does that mean she is... oh...
"I admit... that I should have cared for Dawnbreaker better bu...-"
"Nothing but! You have always been inferior to me all of you were! Your student does not even compare the slightest to our son! It is time that I make this country strong again, become a ruler that ponies respect and to bring the eternal day!"
"Silence you fiend! You have no right to make such demands!"
Dawnbreakers head was in a rollercoaster right now. What the fuck did his mother just say?
"Twilight." Cadences tender voice spoke. "Go and take your friends back to the Crystal Empire."
"What?" the smaller alicorn asked with the remaining ponies staring at her minus the largest alicorns.
"We will not leave you behind!" shouted the cyan colored pegasus.
"Listen, the elements have perhaps worked once, but she spend most of the time at the sun to find magic ways to counter them. I will not have you or any of your friends set in danger. If she should really take over canterlot... submit please."
"B-But Cadence... what abou..."
"Just... tell Shiny I love him and take care of Flurry for me."
The smallest alicorn was stunned for a few moments before she nodded. Cadence was about to pull away before she received a hug by her, followed with the other princesses. Celestia stared down at her apparent 'heir' giving her a sad smile.
"I am sorry Celestia, I found hi...-"
"Don't be, it was my mistake to bring him here." she spoke giving the young one a glare which made him shiver slightly. Seeing this made Daybreaker almost growl. How dare she gaze at her heir like this?
With that he group of six left, leaving only the 4 alicorns and the small unicorn colt behind.
"I surely hope that you have enjoyed your time in Equestria because this will be your last day here!" Daybreaker laughed maniacally making the younger stallion lower himself slightly.
"Not in this life or another tyrant!" Luna countered. With that said the 4 alicorns stormed at each other leaving the youngest behind to watch. While Dawnbreaker thought that his previous antic was strength consuming yet powerful he nearly shat his pants when he saw this display. Spells after spells, Attacks after attacks with each one become more and more monstrous. Was this what he would one day turn into? He couldn't help but watch the grin plastered on his mothers face...
Why was something biting at his consciousness right now. He didn't even know which side of here was the 'good' one. Finally however the attacks came to an end with the three alicorns laying on the ground and his mother almost unscathed.
"... That was it?" she asked before howling into laughter. "This were the powerful princesses of the sun, night and love? Have you even used half of your strength already?" she grinned at the pony princesses who tried to get up but failed through their injuries.
"Hm I believe I now know the proper punishment for all of you. Your precious kingdoms will burn and upon its ashes like a phoenix a new empire shall rise. The eternal celestial empire, has a nice sound to it no?
"..."
"I love your enthusiasm, now let us continue to you weak willed individuals shall we?" she turned to the two sisters. "You have taken my own child from me, do you not know to never get in between a mother and her foal? I believe I will make an eye for an eye no? You and your sister will be banished to opposite sides of the universe for all of eternity, never to meet one another again.
Lunas eyes almost popped out of their eye sockets as she desperately held onto her sister.
"Now about your my 'niece'" she spat. "For your betrayal against the celestial empire you and your bloodkin shall be punished by death."
Bloodkin... wait does that me...-
"No!" the pink colored mare shouted her eyes widened and filled with tears. "Leave my daughter and husband out of this. Do with me what you want but do not hurt them please!"
"Your begging falls on deaf ears traitor!" she shouted before calming herself, though an almost sadistic grin came to her face. "Finally what to do with the elements of harmony and their bearers..."
"Leave... them..." Celestia managed to get out followed by a harsh cough.
"Hahh... I am not so sure, perhaps with a little more passion?" she grinned.
"..."
"Do you wish for her to die?!" she shouted as her grin went go a glare.
"please..." the princess whispered.
"Could you repeat those words please I didn't quite hear that."
"Please spare them... spare my... spare my Twilight and her friends."
"Something is still missing don't you think?" she spoke as if gaining sick pleasure from this.
…
The glare that followed made the princess glare at her for a moment before she lowered her head in submission.
"... my... empress."
"Hm... now that you speak of it that way... no." as soon as those words left her mouth Celestia tried to jump up only to be held back by Luna. The white mare almost bared her fangs only for her sister to give her a painful but still understanding look. Seeing this, her rage was gone before only something came to her face. Tears. Seeing the princess of the sun lower her head the newly self appointed empress laughed.
"I will enjoy thinking about the insanity that you had gone through... though just for safety." her horn lightened up before rings appeared on the sisters horns. "So you do not try to steal my idea." she grinned as her horn lit up now a lot more powerful, charging her banishment spell.
"Farewell Celestia and thank you for looking after my kingdom for me." the two sisters gripped each others hoofs as if trying to keep holding onto each other. Daybreaker prepared to fire the spell if it weren't for a small factor...
"STOP!" with the loss of her concentration Daybreaker almost lost her composure as she gazed upon who interrupted her in her march of victory. A small ball of burning fluff standing in between her and her eternal victory.
"Dawnbreaker, not now I am securi-"
"No! Wha... What are you doing mother?" he asked her as the mare shivered hearing the despair in his voice combined with the first time he actually called her mother face to face.
Daybreaker tried to keep her mother instincts from taking over at his tearfilled eyes.
"Little one listen to me..."
"No! You never told me of this! You never told me why you were banished, what you were planning to do to the kingdom. That you were planning to bring some sort of eternal day, to kill several innocents and to banish two siblings from one another!"
The remaining mares, despite the state they were in widened their eyes.
"Little one it is necessary fo..."
"For what? An empire? For a dictatorship like the one where I came from? Where my own father was killed for a conflict across the country for 10 FUCKING KILOMETERS?!"
The mare didn't speak as he continued his barrage. "For a oppressive regime which took my own mother from me just because she didn't praise its divine glory for 5 minutes?! For an empire, where ponies are forced to fly through space to help their own siblings medically? To be blown to pieces and send into the sun only to be brought back into a new world? If this is so then I don't want to be YOUR FUCKING SON!"
The mares breath broke just at the same time he broke down too.
"Don't you understand me? I never had freedom, I have lost my family and identity but I didn't care because you were there for me! But now you are straying to a path I can't follow."
"...Little one..." she almost whimpered.
"For fucks sake I love you!" he finally shouted but Daybreaker seemed to have enough. She gave him a glare before her gaze turned to Celestia. She charged her horn again only for the colt to close the distance, trying somehow to stop her-
WHAM