TD: The Final Battle

by The Terror of Dimensions

TD's oldest and greatest enemy, The Nameless One, has finally come to exact revenge on the Chaotic human for defeating him many hundreds of thousands of years ago. TD is determined to defeat this foe- this time for the last time- before he loses everything he loves and cares for. But could this fight be the last for the Terror of Dimensions? [WARNING: Lot's of OC and cast deaths!]

5. The Battle Has Begun

A few things I didn't address in the last chapter that I want to address here: Bold Heart, Joy's oldest son, has a speaking problem he was born with and as such has trouble pronouncing the letter "r" in his dialogue. That's why you'll usually see an "l" in a word where the "r" should have been. For example, he'd say "allight" instead of "alright", or "bettel" instead of "better."

Also, it was brought to my attention that none of the heroes seemed to question that Virin was a Saiyan, courtesy of Virin's own author. My explanation is that, at this point in time, neither TD nor his friends would really question it, as they've seen or heard of many strange and bizarre things by now.

With that out of the way, I hope you enjoy this next chapter! And just to warn you all... LONG READ AHEAD!

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Sunny sighed deeply as she saw the sun rising from the east, while she was sitting on a cloud which was floating above the gardens. She was feeling so upset about the current situations.

"I just wanna see everything alright again..."

Below her, there was a sudden snapping sound, followed by a startled yelp and a thud. A voice drifted up to her.

"Man, dad makes it look so easy!" The voice said. "Why can't it be that easy for me?"

She looked below towards where the sound had come from. Below her, muttering to himself as he picked himself up, was a black alicorn who had a dark violet mane and tail. He glanced around, his wings flapping before folding flat against his back.

"Anypony here?" He called. "Dad? Mom?"

Sunny gave the alicorn colt a curious look, before she made a giggle and then called him. "Hey, up here!"

Looking up, he saw a pegasus mare with a yellow coat and light brown mane, who was smiling at him. The alicorn blinked, before taking to the air, flying up and hovering in front of her. Now that he was closer, she could see he had dark green eyes, and his cutie mark was a black rose, whose petals were surrounded by white fire.

"Hi. My name's Mortem," the alicorn said, introducing himself as he held out a hoof. "What's yours?"

"My name's Sunlight Bolossom, or Sunny for short..." she smiled, placing a hoof on her chest and fledged open her wings. "Were you looking for somepony?" she asked with a little concern. "Are you lost?"

"Well, I was hoping to appear near my father..." Mortem said, embarrassingly rubbing his neck. "But I'm newer to jumping between worlds than him and managed to overshoot location-wise, I think."

"Oh, so you're also from another Equestria." Sunny made a thoughtful expression as she realized this. "Now don't tell me, hmm... Your father is here to fight a monster along with his friend, right?"

"Yeah, he is," Mortem said, smiling. "My dad's the coolest! He'll make the monster wish they hadn't ever been born! And then he could probably make that happen, cause he can do stuff with time and life and death!" He exclaimed, doing a flip in the air.

"Oh, I see," Sunny said as she realized that the colt was talking about Prince Tempus, the Prince of Time, Life and Death. "Your dad is pretty cool. My dad would finish those monsters before they'd know what happened, and know that once he's angry, there is no stopping him," Sunny said with a proud smile.

"Your dad sounds pretty cool too!" Mortem remarked before adding sheepishly, "Any extra room on that cloud? My wings are getting tired."

"Oh, why not?" Sunny gave her own sheepish smile as she backed off a few steps making some space for him. He smiled slightly as he landed, stretching his wings out before folding them flat against his back.

"Thanks," he said, smiling at her.

"Ah, no problem," Sunny replied.

"So, what is your dad like?" Mortem asked, trying to start a conversation.

"My dad is a... what was the word...? a human," Sunny replied. "You know what a human is, right?"

"Yeah! Kind of like my dad's friend Michael!" Mortem said, smiling. "Just... without the wings!"

"Oh, but he can grow wings at will..." Sunny explained. "But usually, yeah he's without wings."

She gave a smile and shrugged after saying that.

"Cool! He sounds awesome!" Mortem said, smiling widely.

"Mmhmm," Sunny nodded and then suddenly they heard the voice of her brother.

"Sunny!" Looking down she noticed that Bold was calling her. "Mom is calling us to the palace."

"Okay Bold," she answered. "We'll be there in a while."

"We?" Bold asked in confusion. Mortem looked over the edge of the cloud, smiling at Bold.

"Hi!" he said.

"Hi," Bold greeted. "Umm... who are you?"

"Prince Mortem. Son of Prince Tempus and Princess Starlight," Mortem replied.

"Mortem, this is my little brother, Bold Heart," Sunny said as she hovered above the cloud. "I guess your father is in the palace as well, so let's go."

"Okay!" Mortem said as he lifted off, hovering above the cloud as well. "You first; I insist."

"Alright, so generous, aren't you?" Sunny smiled as she flew down towards her brother. Mortem smiled slightly as he flew down after Sunny.

"My father taught me to always treat mares with respect. So that's what I always try to do," he said in way of explanation.

Bold looked towards him before he smiled and said, "You bettel do that..."

"Bold!" Sunny gave light giggle at this. Bold just gave a smile as they walked towards the entrance of the palace. Mortem chuckled as he walked along beside them.

"Bold, I can promise you I will always treat Sunny well and with the respect she deserves," he said, shaking his wings out slightly before folding them back again. Bold gave him a seemingly wary look before he gave a small chuckle.

"Allight, I can trust you..." Bold said. "Now, let's hurry..."

Suddenly, Winter floated over to them and gave a neigh.

"There you are!" he exclaimed to Sunny and Bold. "The adults have been looking all over for you! The invasion is about to begin in the next two hours and they need to know where everyone is at." He then noticed Mortem. "What are you doing here?"

Mortem blinked, the sight of the Windago not seeming to startle him one bit.

"I just decided I was bored in my world and wanted to come and join my father," He said matter-of-factly.

Winter sighed. "Well, guess there's not much I can do about that. Come with me, please. All of you."

He started down the halls towards the throne room, the three of them in tow.

"Well, so much for casual talks..." Sunny muttered to herself. Mortem grunted in agreement, a habit he had picked up from his father.

"I can't be certain, but I think I'm about to get yelled at," he muttered. "I guess my ability to see the future is limited to random flashes of possibilities and feelings."

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Once in the throne room, they found the majority of those who had been called as well as the children all gathered together. As expected, TD had made the throne room big enough to house everyone present so there was more than enough room to move about. In one corner, where Winter was leading them, Sunshine, Aqua, and Sandflower were standing together as if assembled specifically for that reason. TD watched them enter from his place next to Celestia's throne and chuckled.

"Thank you, Winter," he said. "Now, are we all here?"

"Chuckie's still at the hive!" Pinkie called up. "I think he's checking on Cindy."

"Cindy doesn't need anyone to check on her," Red commented. "But I guess we can't wait on him."

Tempus suddenly snorted, his eyes narrowing as he took a deep breath.

"Mortem..." the alicorn began in a dangerously low voice. "What the hay are you doing here?"

Mortem chuckled nervously, smiling uncertainly. "H... hi to you too Dad..." He managed to say, stammering slightly. Meanwhile, Bubble and Joy sighed in relief to see all three of their children were safe and sound.

"It's not too safe to stay out you know?" Bubble said to Sunny. "You should be more careful..."

"Let's get back to the business at hand." Michael said, flaring his wings slightly. "As of now, we have..."

He glanced at Red, waiting for the hedgehog to give them how long until their enemies arrived.

"Oh... That'd be roughly about two hours, fifteen minutes and ten seconds," Red remarked. He was writing something at super speeds in a journal of some kind he was holding.

"Well, that's alarming..." Sunny said with a gasp. "Even I can't see the future! I can tell that's gonna be terrible..."

"Thank you Red," The Pyrunian said, before continuing. "Tempus has said to me in private that he cannot see the outcome of the upcoming battle, but through combining his ability to see the future with his ability to sense death, he has informed me that there will be deaths during it."

Tempus nodded gravely. "I can't tell who dies, or where they die, but I know that there will be deaths," The alicorn prince added. "Everyone here, minus the children, understand the risks? There is a chance that some of us here will not come out of this alive."

"We all understand," Phantom Void remarked, the alicorn son of Sombra looking about the room. "But it's one we're willing to take."

"We've faced Herobrine and his mobs, ClearSHC, and anything else you've thrown at us Tempus," the Crystal Shard of Tempus's world said, the Harmony Axe strapped to her back. "Task force Omega is ready and waiting for this new challenge."

"So are all of us..." Joy said in reassurance. Everyone in the room looked towards each other, with some hearts filling with the bitter feeling of sadness, no one could help this situation. Red stopped writing in the journal just then, having reached the last page.

"Well, now that's what I call a work of art!"

"What did you write even?" Twilight asked.

"I think Evan will find it handy," he replied. "Come, Evan. It's a gift for you."

"I'm here!" In a second Evan was standing beside the hedgehog. "What is it? A journal?"

Red handed the journal to Evan. "It's a written copy of all the information in your original book," he explained. "I had a skim through it a few times before I rescued you on Nameless's ship. It's not much, but... please take it."

"Well, thanks... that's all I can say," Evan said. "I can work with this, until I get back my original book."

"Anything for a friend," Red stated with a smile. Evan nodded before he disappeared from that place and in a moment was standing beside TD and the others. Michael nodded, looking at TD.

"Do we have any plans on how we will deploy our forces for this battle?" he asked.

TD nodded. "I've got my methods of deploying troops to the locations they are needed at. We're using everything at our disposal: trains, roads, teleportation gates, even having me, Discord, and anyone with our level of power teleporting them personally."

"I just hope it'll be enough," Celestia said with a sigh. "I... feel that this may be my last time as a ruler to the subjects I've grown to love..."

TD placed a hand comfortingly on the princess's shoulder.

"We'll be fine, Tia," he reassured. "We'll hold out."

Blade just stared blankly. "Anyways... I need anyone to equip 3 of the 4 armors that i created," Blade spoke to everyone.

Michael unsheathed the Sword of Death placing the tip on the ground and leaning on the handle. A icy blue shimmer ran down the blade along with an inky black one.

"Will you have Sunrise taking command of the troops he has trained?" The Pyrunian asked, nodding towards where the white pegasus stood in his armor, spear strapped to his back.

"Yes. Sunrise, I hope your troops are ready," TD remarked.

Sunrise grinned. "They're ready. Plus, I have the Royal Guard from my Equestria to reinforce my ranks," the pegasus said.

Virin, still, looked confused at the moment what was going on.

"Why are you guys getting ready? I'm not going to go with armor, as it's not my thing. But, if you guys go with that, I guess I'll just have my Saiyan powers with me into the fighting, then."

"We're in a war. Was that not obvious?" Red stated.

"Red, be polite," Bill chided.

"I know that," Virin grumbled at Red. "Still, though, why the hurry? It's not like the villain is gonna pop up as soon as possible."

TD looked over to Virin with a dead serious look.

"Do not underestimate The Nameless One," he warned. "He managed to conquer entire galaxies and put people with powers like my own to shame. We have every right to hurry."

"Why should I underestimate him?" Virin gave a low groan. "Ugh, he should be the one not to underestimate me."

"Two hours is not much time," Red agreed. "And no Nightblade, you're not chopped liver. If you want to give some armor to someone, let the kids have them."

"Red, how adle-brained are you?" Diego demanded.

"I dunno. I could probably do some damage with that," Sunshine spoke for her uncle.

Blade thought for a minute and then nodded. "Sure I'll give them the armor," he said with a smile.

Tempus snorted. "I agree with Diego. I will not allow my son to fight."

"Dad, I can handle myself!" Mortem said, glaring at his dad. "I did fine without your assistance when we faced Thunderstrike before he was reformed!"

"And I'm still a kid too!" Ruby shouted, the Remnant girl's scythe instinctively being pulled out. "Does that mean I have to stand back too? Even if I am a Huntress?"

"Ruby," Weiss began, but TD stopped her.

"Sadly, Ruby has a point," TD noted. "She's young herself, yet she's out on the front lines in her world, fighting to make sure others are kept safe."

"Ya ain't seriously gonna let the kids fight, are ya?" Applejack demanded.

"Well AJ, I sure as Tartarus ain't gonna let them stand back," TD remarked.

"TD, you can't be serious!" Tempus said, glaring at his friend. "My son has only ever been in a fight once! And he was wielding the Element of death at that time! I can't allow him to fight!"

"Dad, for once in my life, let me choose what I want to do!" Mortem yelled suddenly, glaring daggers at his father. "I've had it with you always having to keep me away from danger! I'm old enough to help out! So let me!"

The room was silent for a moment, then it was Bill who spoke.

"He has a fair point. You can't keep him sheltered forever," he pointed out. "And if he wants to help in some manner... let him help."

"But what about the younger ones?" Celestia asked, although they all knew that she was mostly referring to Sunshine.

"I have a few jobs they can do to help out," TD stated. "Mostly non-combatant ones, but I say that it'll help immensely."

"Like what?" Twilight asked.

"Like relaying messages, helping with the sick and wounded... stuff like that," TD answered.

Virin looked noticeably surprised at Tempus, smiling at him.

"You know," he said. "You remind me of me when I sometimes scold my adoptive daughter, Scootaloo, for every one of her adventures. Though, sometimes, I can be harsh to her, yes, but other times, I'm being gentle and kind to her to let her go on her quest of finding her Cutie Mark with her friends. Maybe you should just give him one chance at this."

With a sigh, Tempus nodded

"Fine... you can fight Mortem," the alicorn said.

Mortem grinned as he took to the air, doing a quick flip before landing again. "Thanks Dad! I won't let you down!"

Michael glanced at TD. "I can help with getting wounded off the battlefield if I have a location that I can teleport them to."

"Wait a minute," TD's Scootaloo looked to Virin. "You adopted me back in your Equestria?!"

Virin turned to Scootaloo with a kind smile. "Yes," he said. "You, or should I say she, is one of my prized loved ones, whom I hold so dear to me. Yes, I have Twilight, my mother and father, along with the other pony friends that I've made on my Equestria, but my life is in the dragons of my birth planet, Earth. My kin has been through harsher things than anything before coming to my Equestria, so much you won't be enough to tell from experience."

"What about me dad?" Bold asked to Joy. "I'm also a teenagel now... and I can't just sit and watch you fight."

At this, Joy looked towards TD as if asking for an opinion while his eyes were clearly saying, "I really don't wanna say yes, but I don't know if I can say no either..."

"Joy, are you...?" Bubble wanted to speak, but went silent for some reason.

"This wouldn't be the first time we've had recruits as young as Bold, if not younger," Bill remarked. "How old do you think some of your men are, Sunrise? We've been recruiting from all over. In fact, some of you have fought alongside someone who may have been as younger or younger than Bold during the Crossover."

"What?" T-bone asked. "When?"

Red gave them a smirk. "Red Team... you probably knew him as The Master Chief."

Sunrise took off his helmet, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Well, there are a few young recruits in the Royal Guard from my world... how old are you Bold?" The pegasus asked, looking at him with his piercing blue eyes.

"I'm fifteen yeals old, and a few months maybe." Bold spoke with confidence, while due to his issue with speaking he couldn't help but sound a little cute. Sunrise nodded his head, before glancing at Bill.

"He's old enough to be a recruit into the Royal Guard." The pegasus said. "Personally, I don't see anything wrong with him fighting."

"I knew that would happen," TD chuckled, feeling a bit humored with all this.

At this, Virin turned his head to TD, asking, "And how did you know that?"

"Let's just say, this wouldn't be the first time," TD answered.

Bold smiled with pride as he looked towards his father. Joy wasn't looking so glad at his decision, but he sighed and went towards his son, and grabbed him in a hug.

"I know you're a brave colt my dear son, I... am, proud of you," Joy said to him while wiping a few tears.

"Thanks dad..." Bold replied. "I'll tly my best..."

Sunrise trotted up beside Bold, looking down at the colt, before looking at Joy.

"I'll keep an eye on him, I promise," the pegasus said.

"Thank you..." That's all Joy said in reponse as Bubble nodded with reassurance.

"Uncle William," Sunny spoke. "I will also help during the war..." She took a deep breath and then looked towards Mortem and then her parent who were standing beside her little brother, giving her a look of question. "I know I can't fight, but... I may help in other ways..." She looked towards TD once again. "Can't I?"

TD smiled. "Yes, you can help too. I won't stop you." He then looked up and said aloud for all, "And for the record, I feel the same level of worry for anyone's children; I'm just better at not showing that sometimes."

"Until you start to cry," Rainbow Dash pointed out.

"Watch it, Dash," Rarity scolded; a rare occurrence for her to stand up for TD publicly.

"So," Virin started. "How much time left?"

"I'd say we took up at least a half hour," Red stated. "I'd better tell Phantom Squad to get into position. On that note, I'm proud to announce that we've officially added at least one of each pony species to their ranks since I was called here."

"Wow, that was... fast," Bill admitted.

"Yeah, but just a fair warning... Sunrise, one of them might've been one of your Royal Guards," Red noted. "Sorry if that's a problem, but if they want to be recruited and they pass the tests, I let them into the squad."

Sunrise made a sour face, before sighing as a wry grin spread across his face.

"I think I set a bad example for them when I went from just being a captain of the Royal Guard to marrying Princess Celestia." He said, causing his Celestia to giggle. "So it's fine."

"Good to know," Red nodded, then TD's Celestia stood from her throne.

"Since this may be our last time seeing each other alive, I'd like to say a few words," she announced, and they could see the tears forming as she spoke. "Thank you all so much for your help. It... means a lot to me and to all of Equestria."

"Ah, don't cry, Tia," TD said gently. "You're gonna make me cry too."

Virin stared at her with expressionless blue eyes. "I'm glad to be helping out, Princess."

Tempus raised his head as he smiled at TD's Celestia.

"Tia, this world became a second home to me because of my time spent here," he said softly. "I would never stand to see it fall. I always help my family." He glanced around the room. "Just so you all know, as of right now, I consider everyone in this room a part of my family. If you ever want to visit my world after this, I will gladly welcome you."

Rubbing his chin in thought, Virin smiled at Tempus. "I'll be considering the idea, friend."

"TD, Twilight, Princess Celestia and everypony else..." Joy spoke up. "I just wanna say, if this is the last time we see each other..." He took a sigh. "I just wanna say that there is no better way to die for me than to die for ones you call your friends..." He wiped some tears. "And for the record, I really mean that."

"I wanna say something as well..." Bubble spoke to Joy. "I don't know, and I really don't, but if this will be last time we'll be seeing each other, I just wanna say that... I've cherished every moment of our life together, and even if something happens to... to tear us apart..." She suddenly gave a whine. "Then promise me... you'll not give up hope..."

Joy put a finger on her lips.

"Not a word more..." Joy said, giving her a affectionate hug. "I understand, and I... I promise... I'll never let that happen..."

"Promise me..." Bubble whispered.

"Okay... I promise..." Joy said, stroking her mane as he gave him a kiss on forehead. Tempus smiled as a tear rolled down his face, before he sniffed and ducked his head.

"Trying not to cry right now," he said, his voice thick with emotion. His Starlight walked up beside him, spreading a wing across his back. Michael let out a grunt, standing up straight as he sheathed the Sword of Death, trying to act like he wasn't getting emotional even though there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Well, I feel that the waterworks may come a little faster among my family, once I call in the Aunties," Red remarked.

"Dad, they're all here," Serena stated, to which Red gave her a bigger smirk.

"Not quite all," he said. His daughter's eyes lit up in surprise.

"You mean...?" she began. As soon as she had started, the "aunties" in question entered the room themselves. These were the aunties of Serena Dusk: Adagio, and Aria, the sisters of Sonata Dusk. Blinking in surprise, Virin hummed as he spoke up.

"Hey there," he greeted the Sirens. Tempus raised his head, blinking once before shrugging.

"Like I've said before, even though I can't see the outcome of the battle coming up doesn't mean I'm completely blind to the future." He muttered. "I saw..."

"Yes, we get it." His Starlight said, interrupting him. "For once though, why don't you just act like this is a genuine surprise?"

Tempus stared at his wife for a few seconds, his mouth hanging open in shock. As soon as Adagio noticed the hedgehog and their sister, she smiled.

"We're here... Sonata," Adagio spoke as she looked towards her sister and then towards her niece. "It's nice to see you, Serena..."

"Aunt Adagio and Aria!" the younger Siren rushed to her aunts and gave them a big hug. "I missed you!"

"I'm not... gonna cry..." Red struggled while smiling.

"I missed you too..." Adagio said, returning the hug while Aria didn't say anything until after a few seconds.

"Alright, enough of the hugging okay..." Aria snapped rudely. Serena let go of them, though she didn't take Aria's words harshly. Due to some of the powers she possessed, she knew Aria truly did care for her even if she didn't show it.

"Sisters!" Sonata gave them a hug next. "It's so good to see you again!"

"Watch out, babe. Aria looks embarrassed," Red quipped.

"What are you talking about!" Aria asked the hedgehog. "Why would I be embarrassed...?"

Adagio just rolled her eyes and replied to what Sonata said.

"It's good to see you too Sonata, it really is."

Michael grunted once more, before he tilted his head to one side, his eyes narrowing slightly before widening. Glancing towards TD, he jerked his head towards an empty area of the room.

"TD, we need to talk. Now." The Pyrunian's voice hissed in the chaotic entity's head. "I may have some good news."

TD sighed. "I'll be back, people," he said and followed Michael over to that side of the room.

Virin looked over to the others, eyeing suspiciously at them. "Anyone telling me why TD needed to follow Michael?"

The Pyrunian began speaking, his voice low as to not be heard.

"Remember Dark Enchanter? After he reformed, he left Tempus and mine Equestria, claiming he knew the location of several Pyrunian outposts that were a secret that Pyrus took to its grave," he said. "I just got a mental message from him. He's found two, and they have ships, weapons, and soldiers. I told him what we're up against, and he says he'll try to get here as soon as he can, but it'll be a while. They won't be here in time for this battle."

TD nodded. "I see. No need to get their hopes up for forces that won't show. Tell them when they get here to assist what resistance we may have left."

"Ahem!" Twilight called over to them.

"Sorry Twi!" TD called back, then to Michael, "Let's get back to business."

Michael nodded, before grinning.

"After you William," he said.

TD walked up to the group. "I think we've delayed this for long enough. We need to get a move on."

"Drat. And right when I thought these two were warming up to me," Red whined while looking to the other two Sirens. Sonata glanced between them and giggled.

"You're still sore towards him?" she asked in amusement.

"No, at least not me..." Adagio replied and looked towards Aria, who in a moment broke to tears and spoke.

"Are you kidding us Sonata?!" she exclaimed. "I may have been always a little rude to your pointy friend, but I never had a grudge over you. Never!"

"I know you never did," Sonata answered, then started to cry a little as she hugged them tighter. "If this is our last time together... I want you to know that I love you both so much!"

"We... we love you too Sonata..." Adagio said, giving a tearful smile. Meanwhile, Virin began to think of everything he had been through up to this point.

After fighting so many people at the Tournament of Power, I think this'll be the last thing I want to do. But, no matter what, I will win the battle with the allies I've made in this world. Twi, mother, father, I'll just say that I love you. If this is truly my final battle, then this'll be a good one, too.

"Oh how do you do, young Willie Mcbride. Do y'mind if I sit here down by your graveside..." Chuck hummed grimly as he arrived at where the others were. He was a man of little faith from the get-go, and even less faith in this cause. TD gave him a bit of a glare, while Red decided to get a bit more personal.

"Gareth Murphy Pie, where have you been, ya lazy bum?!" the hedgehog demanded.

"That's Chuck Pie to you, Pricky," He replied, not having it. "And if you must know, I've been spending some time to myself; a Shabbat if you will."

"Oh come on! Have a little more spring into your step, sir!" Cindy scolded, the AI walking into the room via Red's special suit he had made specifically for Chuck many years ago. "The least you could do is TRY to fight for the lives of your family."

"Since when have I ever been known for having a spring in my step?" the monarch replied, somewhat bitterly yet correct albeit.

Virin blinked, not getting him one bit. "Why is he so carefree...?"

"My master hates combat," Cindy remarked. "Well, actually, he's not really even my true master."

"You know Cindy, sometimes I wonder if you've taught Chuck anything about combat," Red stated.

"Not really. I've been doing most the work. Unless you count running away," Cindy answered.

That joke was enough to gave some of a good chuckle, if the situation weren't so grave right then.

"Well, so can we count on him?" Bold asked to seemingly lighten up the tension. "...for not running away this time."

"Anyone else wanna take a jab at me before I begrudgingly die alongside you schmucks?" Chuck droned, not enthused.

"Chuck, it's either you fight and make this world safe, or you die and your family dies too," Bill Prower remarked. "Either way, chances of survival are not looking too hot. The difference is that in one you're actually trying to stop some maniac from destroying our homes."

"Besides, who doesn't like a good fight now and then?" Cindy asked. At the sight of a lot of raised hooves or hands, she grumbled, "Right. Should've thought about that..."

"Did you not hear me say 'begrudgingly die alongside you?', that means I'm helping," he replied.

Virin gave him a small grin. "I'm glad you decided to help us, Chuck. We could use the help for all available."

"Well, that's reassuring..." Evan muttered to himself. TD looked about suddenly as he seemed to detect something outside.

"William, what is it?" Tempus asked him.

"They're coming here... to Canterlot..." he muttered.

Virin looked a bit surprised, as he heard the mutter of TD. "They seriously are...?"

Evan sighed and nodded grimmly. "I guess so, I can feel that, HE's with him."

"Who's with him?" TD asked.

"Your abandoned son, William," Evan looked at TD as he heard him speaking telepathically.

TD looked very disturbed to hear that, and it was clear for all to see. But instead of answering about that, he simply started out of the room, calling out orders.

"Everyone to their posts! Noncombatants, stand by for medical support and ammo resupplies or the like. And no Chuck, you do not count as a noncombatant. Get into your suit."

"Yikes! He can be pretty bossy when he has to be," Rainbow Dash commented as she followed him out.

"You have no idea," Twilight replied to her friend.

"Nag, nag, nag," Chuck droned as he approached the suit. "Gee Cindy, I really thought we were tight, but after all that you said, I feel it may damage our friendship," he teased.

"Don't make me eject you into the middle of a crowd of baddies, Chuck," she answered in just as much of a teasing tone as the suit opened up to allow him access. He climbed in with an albeit reluctant huff.

"Sometimes, I can never tell if you mean those things," he replied. "But hey, I can't gripe. You make me obnoxiously over powered," he quipped.

"Bubs, my sweetheart..." Joy said as he held her hoof "Looks like the time has come," he took a sigh "Wish me luck, I need this."

At this, Bubble grabbed him in a hug, but didn't said anything else. Just a silent, affectionate, and tight hug with some sobs before she released him and suddenly gave him a short and passionate kiss.

"Take care," she said as she caressed her hoof on his cheek.

"I will," He reassured her. "I will."

Cindy made a small sigh as she watched the two of them.

"You know Chuck, sometimes I wish I could have a sweetheart of my own," she commented. "I don't know how in the world that would work, but... yeah."

"There's someone out there for everyone. What are you into? I've got a nice HP Laptop back home I could set you up with, or are you more of a smartphone type?" Chuck quipped to Cindy. "But, in all seriousness, I'm sorry for you," he consoled.

"Eh, I've learned to roll with it," Cindy managed.

Virin sighed as he didn't had someone to assure to. "Well, guess that's it, then."

"Hey Virin!" Scootaloo called out to the Saiyan, waving a hoof. "Why don't you tag along with me?"

"Hm?" Virin looked at the young pegasi. "For what reason, Scoots?"

"Well, you seem a bit down, so I thought we could chat," she said with a shrug. Virin rubbed his chin for a moment, before giving a shrug of his own.

"Sure. Why not? It might give me a little assurance."

"I still don't feel comfortable with you being on the front lines, Applejack," Rarity commented as they trotted outside with the group. "I mean, what about your foal?"

"Ah've made my choice, and Ah'm not gonna stand back all helpless like," the country pony stated.

"Then at least take some form of childcare, AJ," TD called to her and then snapped his fingers. When he did, a flash of light engulfed her for a split second and then disappeared.

"Uh, what was that?" she asked.

"Basically, as long as it's unborn, your foal is now indestructible," TD answered.

"Huh. That'll do it," she managed. "Thanks."

Virin was currently taking a talk with Scootaloo. "So, what would you like to talk about? Anything will be fine."

"Well... how's your Scootaloo?" she asked. "Has she found her Cutie Mark yet?"

Virin gave her a small nod. "I'm thinking, that she indeed has found her Cutie Mark. It took her quite a long time, but otherwise, all of her experiences has paid off."

"That's awesome!" Scootaloo cheered, then asked, "Can she fly yet? Or is she still too young?"

"Well, technically in a lot of cases-" Red started, but then Bill cut him off.

"Red, it's best not to say," he remarked. "It'll crush her dreams knowing-"

"That I was never expected to fly?" Scootaloo finished, startling the two Mobians. "Well, I've known about that for a while, yet here I am now. Perhaps the second best flyer in Equestria!"

"Second?" several voices asked.

"Rainbow Dash takes first place every time," she explained.

Virin gave Scootaloo a nod of his head again. "She indeed has the ability to fly. It's been a wonderful experience to see her fly for the first time when she had come to age."

Scootaloo gave a smile. "I knew she's make it to the butterfly stage."

Giving her a small laugh, Virin smiled at the pegasus. "I'm curious, though. How long did it take you to get airborne? If you have the ability, that is."

"Well, it actually took until I was maybe thirteen or fourteen before I started flying," Scootaloo admitted. "But Rainbow Dash kept encouraging me and pushing me, and absolutely refused to give up on me!" She smiled. "Without her, I'd probably still be grounded."

Virin gave her a knowing look. "My Rainbow was almost the same, but in a kinder way than pushing my adopted daughter. I was rather glad that she didn't push her around, otherwise I'd probably had scolded her for it."

Scootaloo laughed. "Not that kind of pushing! I meant like telling me I could do better and to keep hard at it."

"Think of me as her coach back then," Rainbow Dash suggested.

"I meant that," Virin groaned.

"TD, I've given the Siren Song Armor to Serena," Blade said to TD as they walked along.

"And what does that do? Please lemme know before my daughter gets hurt!" Red demanded.

"The Siren Armor W will create massive shockwaves and soundwaves. Also controls Water and Ice," Blade explained to Red.

"Oh... That works," he admitted.

"He did a great job with it!" the Siren in question cheered as she admired her form with the armor on.

"I like it," Winter piped up. "Makes you look... tough and beautiful at the same time."

Serena blushed when she heard that.

"Well, that's great..." Evan smiled. "Even in such situations when war is literally at our doorstep..." Then he sighed and spoke to TD in his mind. "William, be right back in a moment, I need to see somepony as well."

"Be back in time," TD answered.

"Well I haven't got any time to give the other two Armors, so I just randomly chose," he said.

"How about you give one of them to my son?" Joy asked to Blade.

"I'll give your son the Python X," Blade smiled.

"Gleat!" Bold exclaimed "Tell me, what does that do?"

"The Python X Armor can transform into any creature: Dragons/Manticores/Hydra/Etc. and it has the ability to phase through solid objects," Blade explained to Joy Star. Joy nodded at this and looked towards Bold.

"Got it," Bold exclaimed "It's so cool."

"And last, but not least, The Bahamut Y... But the armor is too big to control," Blade confessed.

At last, they all were assembled in the streets of Canterlot, as civilians were being evacuated from the city limits by guards. TD got a worried expression upon seeing how many of them were assembled.

"So many innocents," he muttered. "We won't be able to evacuate them all to Ponyville."

Suddenly a burst of confetti appeared nearby and Screwball appeared next to TD.

"Uncle, I know a place we can bring them and maybe set up base later on too!" she suggested. "Remember where you found Aunt Pinkie's old hive?"

TD thought about it, then nodded. "That's actually not a bad idea. Plenty of wilderness and forest expanses to house everyone but also give our enemy much ground to cover. Alright, we'll send them there! And if any of Pinkie's Changelings can lead the way, then do it!"

"I can lead them there. Or at least assemble a group to do it," Chuck nodded.

"You're not going to have me miss out on all the fun, that's for sure!" Cindy exclaimed; she really had an unhealthy love for combat.

"Alriight Chuck, get the group to lead them, then all hands on deck!" TD shouted, then added, "Or hooves, or claws, or... you get the picture!"

"Task Force Omega!" Tempus called out to his alicorn squad. "Get into positions!"

"Phantom Squad," Red called on his coms, "Two of you stay with the civilian convoy and help protect it. The rest of you, keep your eyes peeled."

"I need to go back to the hive and alert my men on the situation," Chuck stated. "Then I'll assemble a team to get refugees to the hive."

"Or you could alert the ones already assembled here," Red suggested.

"Do what you will Chuck, but if you're not back here by the time the fighting starts..." TD warned.

"Relax! I can get us there and back in five minutes flat!" Cindy reassured. "And that's not a joke either. Your call, Master Murphy."

"Don't get your knickers in a twist," he told TD and Red. "You've already badgered me into this; the badgering can stop," he said as Cindy ignited her jets. "Alright, let's go."

"Up up and away!" Cindy cheered as they rocketed into the sky.

"And now we wait..." Bill Prower remarked as he sat down. Red did the same, but also brought out a ridiculous picnic blanket and basket, which was full of sandwiches. Virin, knowing the situation of what was about to happen, began to make some exercising. He started to make some push-ups on the ground, as he was a bit bored of nothing right now. Chris raised his arm and tapped the watch he wore, causing a hologram of his suit's helmet to appear.

"Gideon, activate the Mark II and send it to me," he said, and the helmet nodded.

"Right away sir," A male voice said, before the hologram deactivated, and a few seconds later with a metallic thud, his suit landed; although instead of the sleek one he usually wore, this one seemed to have much more weaponry and tech on it.

"It doesn't seem too good? Is it?" Evan asked as he was suddenly standing beside TD.

"Gah!" TD shouted, then hastily added, "No. No it doesn't. But hey, at least some of us are trying to lighten the mood."

He gestured over at Red, who was eating the sandwiches he had packed while sitting on the blanket of his. Scootaloo joined in soon enough, earning raised eyebrows all around, as they did not enjoy seeing Red doing it too much and now she was doing the same thing.

"What?" she protested. "I didn't have lunch today. Besides, this may be my last decent meal."

Tempus raised an eyebrow, before grunting.

"Scootaloo does have a point..." He said reluctantly. Meanwhile, Chris was tinkering with his suit, every so often tapping something on his watch before going back to working on in.

"I remember when my Earth was under attack..." Evan gave a sigh. "If we humans were more united like all you guys… maybe... just maybe... I wouldn't have seen the destruction of my planet when I was just a three year old toddler..."

"I've learned that if you want to unite even old enemies in the defense of your homeworld, all you need is a common foe," TD remarked.

"So in other words, if Nameless attacks the Griffon Kingdom and whatnot, then we'll have more allies," Diego stated.

"That sounds reasonable," Red agreed, still eating his sandwiches. He was doing it in a calm manner, as if there wasn't about to be an invasion. This did earn him some glares from two of the Dazzlings, but they didn't say a word about it.

"Sounds about right." Chris said, brushing his hair out of his face before making a final adjustment to his suit, causing the blasters on the hands to begin to power up, humming, before he tapped his watch again and they shut off.

"Okay, this suit should be good now," The human said, before adding wryly, "Although I wish its test flight wasn't a battle."

"I wish there would never be a battle..." Bubble muttered silently to herself.

"I hear ya, Bubs," Bill stated aloud, then looked to Virin. "Why are you working out?"

Virin, while still doing push-ups, heard what Bill said. "I'm getting ready for the invasion, if it was not obvious. Okay...fifty-five...fifty-six..."

He was now counting up. The sound of thrusters were heard in the distance and Cindy's suit dropped to the ground, presumably with Chuck inside.

"Told you it would take five minutes," she said cheerfully.

"Correction: Four minutes and fifty seconds," Red corrected.

"Really? Huh. I beat my own record," the female AI sounded surprised.

"I've got a group on the way, the citizens will be en route to the hive soon. Space is already being made for shelters," the monarch stated.

Blade wore his Armor. "This will be a long heavy battle," He said, adjusting his Armor. Chris blinked, before glancing at his suit.

"Gideon, run a diagnostics test to see if the weapons systems are online," He said, and the suit powered on, the eye slits glowing white.

"On it sir. Anything else I should check?" The suit asked, and Chris grunted.

"Check the thrusters and the cloaking shield," He said, and the suit nodded its head once. Cindy looked over at Chris's suit.

"Whoa. Who's the new AI?" she asked. "I don't think we ever got introduced."

"That's because you weren't," TD stated bluntly.

"This is Gideon," Chris said as he raised his wrist and tapped his watch, causing the hologram of the suit's helmet to appear. "I created him a long time ago when I created the Mark I suit, which I normally use. However, I decided to create the Mark II suit in order to use Pyrunian technology in the weaponry. So, I programmed it so he'd be in it as well."

"Oh... well, nice to meet you," Cindy answered, activating her own hologram form; a Mobian skunk in a pretty yellow dress. "Name's Cindy. Combat AI, and the first AI on Mobius to have full on emotions and the like."

"Nice to see you too," Gideon replied, before Chris's suit opened up. "Diagnostics test complete sir. Thrusters, Weapons system, and Cloaking system are online."

Virin was still doingsome push-ups, counting rather loudly.

"Nine-hundred ninety-five...nine-hundred ninety-six...nine-hundred ninety-seven...nine-hundred ninety-eight...nine-hundred ninety-nine...one thousand!" He jumped onto his feet, punching the air, produced some gust of wind afterward. "That's a new record."

"How many do you need to do?" Scootaloo inquired, looking to Virin.

Virin, answering Scootaloo, responded, "I needed to do just one thousand. It was a record that I managed to beat my last record of seven hundred from before."

Red suddenly looked to a beeping watch on his arm and winced.

"Oh... looks like Nameless did some kind of jump," he remarked, "Because..."

Suddenly, the sky opened up as a humongous ship appeared in the sky above the planet's atmosphere, several smaller ships appearing below it. They all looked futuristic and each was armed for war. Joy, and Bubble recognized them from the times their world was attacked by the same villain once before.

"He's here," Bill finished, drawing his sword as Red jumped to his feet.

"Sweet mother of me," Celestia gasped. "That's a lot of ships..."

"And each armed to the teeth, no doubt," Luna added. Chris growled, before he stepped into his suit, which closed up as he activated the thrusters. Tempus narrowed his eyes, and Michael snarled as the Pyrunian drew the Sword of Death.

"Well, why don't I introduce our friend to Pyrunian weaponry?" Chris asked as he raised his right arm towards the sky, the blaster powering up. The flaming yellow and orange aura flared around Joy as he transformed into Blazing Star. Two wings sprouted out from his back and a double edged sword appeared in his hands as he started to float above the ground, while Bold was standing beside him in his new Python X Armor.

"Well," Virin started, giving the ships a smirk that looked like he was ready. "IF he's here, then, I'll be needing this!"

He started to yell loudly, as an blue aura was beginning to surround him. His hair changed from brown to blue. Blade equiped his Omega Scythes and got into a battle stance.

"Hmm... you can transform too..." Joy said as he looked towards Virin. "I mean, kind of..."

"It's called 'Super Saiyan Blue'," Virin explained. "It requires me to pull something from within me."

"Oh," Joy said in some confusion. "Alright..."

"Save Dragon Ball Z for those that actually know it!" TD shouted. "Now is not the time!"

"Sorry," Virin apologized to TD. "Let's get back to business!"

Meanwhile, Red was shouting into his coms.

"All teams, report to Canterlot! This is not a drill! Red Team, Phantom Squad, all teams in battle formations!" A hum came from his body and his form transformed into Infinite, the Phantom Ruby humming loudly as he prepared for combat. "Let's give these guys hell."

"Sure!" Joy exclaimed as his aura flared around him. "Let's do this!"

As he spoke, a loudspeaker was heard from one of the ships, perhaps the largest one.

"Equestrians, you are harboring an enemy to our beloved lord and master!" a youthful, but angry voice called out, one that made TD and Zach stiffen in shock.

"No..." TD muttered. "My boy..."

"Surrender over the one who goes by TD now, or your residence will be terminated!" the voice continued.

"That doesn't sound threatening," Virin commented slightly to himself.

"William, you said something?" Joy asked as he heard what he was just muttering.

"Tempus, do I fire?" Chris asked, his voice synthesized by his helmet. Tempus glanced at TD, raising a questioning eyebrow.

"Equestrians," the voice started again, but then stopped when a bolt of red lightning suddenly fired from TD's hand and hit the largest ship, causing an explosion that, while looking small, could be seen from where they stood.

"What was that?!" the voice demanded.

"TELL YOUR MASTER THIS!" Celestia commanded in her Royal Canterlot voice, "WE WILL NOT ALLOW HIM TO ENTER OUR RESIDENCE, NOR WILL WE SURRENDER OUR FRIEND! NOW BE GONE, LESS WE BE FORCED TO ATTACK!"

Tempus snorted in agreement as his eyes flared silver. Virin grunted before giving an battle ready stance, as he was ready to defend the world from the invaders.

"YOU CAN'T JUST COME HERE AND COMMAND US!" Bubble spoke in her own Canterlot voice. "WHOEVER THE TARTARUS ARE YOU?!"

"YEAH, I'M YELLING TOO!" Pinkie hollered out.

"Oy gevalt." Chuck sighed. The voice was silent, then he answered.

"I am Sir Philip the Fourth, former leader of the Flame Tribe of The Sun, and the heir of the one you call the Terror of Dimensions!" he answered. "Now Commander of the Armies of The Nameless One! Seeing that you won't comply, your world must now burn and its resources be taken to further aid our cause!"

As he finished, hundreds of thousands of blue lights fell from the smaller ships and landed on the ground, revealing themselves as either robots or humans in futuristic armor. They all faced the Equestrians and aimed their rifles or readied their electric laser swords.

"I don't care if I'll get copyrighted for saying this; they're lightsabers. End of story," Red remarked. "Eve if they look slightly different."

"Agreed," Michael growled.

"Alright, now I believe it's safe to say you can fire whenever you wish Chris," Tempus said as he spread his wings, getting ready to charge.

"Understood Tempus," Chris said as he lifted off, the panels of his armor rippling before he disappeared. "I just hope that my advanced-cloaking technology works against them."

"Show them no mercy, as you shall receive none!" TD shouted to be heard by all those present. "Never give up, never surrender!"

"Galaxy Quest reference!" Bill commented as Team RWBY and Diego from Remnant stepped forward beside him, activating their weaponry.

"Just to warn you guys... I can turn into a frightening creature at times, so if you see a large black monster, it's most likely me," Diego warned.

"Huge black monster equals don't kill. Got it!" Blade shouted.

"Ready," Joy nodded as he looked around to his family and those who were standing close to him. Bubble gave a nod at this as well as two of his children Sunny and Bold.

"Let me just..." Bold said as the armor was activated and he was transformed in a dragon almost as large as Sandflower or bigger, with green scales and a white underbelly while a trail of dark green spikes could be seen on his spine. "I guess that'd do..." he nodded.

"You have three seconds to stand down!" the enemy humans called out.

"Got locks on all of them," Cindy stated as the suit's forelegs aimed at the enemy humans along with a mounted minigun and a few rockets. "Ready to fire on your command, sir!"

"Wait for it..." Red ordered.

"Three... two... one...!"

"Zero," TD finished as suddenly the ground beneath them turned to slippery soap suds and they all slipped and fell to the ground. The soap suds disappeared and they heard Screwball shout, "Now!"

"Charge!" Red shouted, rushing headlong into the battle with his friends (at least the melee ones) as more enemies poured down.

"Attack!" Twilight shouted as well.

"For Equestria!" the CMC roared.

There was a crack of thunder, and Thunderstrike flew into the sky as it darkened, and bolts of lightning started to crackle through the air as his horn lit up with lightning. The alicorn flew towards the enemy, lightning crackling around him.

"Attack!" Sunrise shouted as charged with his troops, the pegasus's troops charging behind him.

Tempus took to the air, letting out a battle cry as he shot down towards the enemy with Michael right beside him.

Virin was flying through the air, his hands beginning to be in a formation that looked like he was going to fire something. "KA..." he began to yell loudly, as an blue energy ball was forming in his hands.

Aria then shouted to her sisters, "What are we waiting for? You heard the Pin-cushion! Charge!"

"ME..." Virin was still going on with his attack, his blue energy ball growing a little bigger. "HA...ME..HA!"

He fired his attack on the enemies, as an explosion occurred with blue light.

"Let slip the dogs of war." Chuck said to Cindy.

"Ooh! What type of dogs are they? Beagles? Pugs? Labs? I just love Corgis!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"It's just an expression," Chuck replied, much to the sadness of his wife.

"BE PREPARED!" Joy shouted as he flew towards the enemy with his blazing weapon in his hand, as started to take on them, killing or hurting every enemy who tried to fight him. He grunted with anger as he went through the enemies tropes, almost making a clearing through them. Bold breath out a large ball of fire at the army of enemies.

"Master Murphy, on your nine!" Cindy shouted, abruptly turning the suit towards some flanking enemies and blasted them apart with the suits's miniguns. Blade dashed towards the enemies, then he jumped and threw his Scythe towards the ground.

"SHOCK!" Blade's Scythe created an Electro Shock, making the enemies get stunned. Virin started to fly down to the battlefield, literally punching an enemy human in the face as the human groaned in pain. The blue-haired Saiyan fired some yellow energy balls at the enemy, killing him after the fourth energy ball. Michael yelled as he slammed into the enemy, the Pyrunian swinging his sword as its blade glowed black, slicing through his opponents. Above him, Tempus flew through the air, blasting beams of power at their opponents.

"No mercy today!" Bubble muttered as her horn began to charge violently and her fired a large beam of energy at the enemies.

I'll fight to the death alongside Joy, even if that be the last thing I do, she thought. With him, Virin was surrounded by four robots.

"Dumb metals," the Saiyan smirked as he started to whirl around while firing energy balls at the robots, destroying them in the process. Blade ran and picked up his Scythe, then he hacked and slashed the robots like they were training dummies.

"SUFFER THE WRATH OF PAIN!" Blade combined his Scythes and slammed them into the ground to create massive spikes on the ground...

Basically, everyone was doing splendidly against their enemies, with the only downside being that the enemy forces kept on coming. Perhaps the most ridiculous fighter out there was Red, who had changed out of his Infinite form and was singing Hoodwink's "Be Prepared" song as he fought, often posing and even making himself seem to be an open target.

"I knew he'd pull that off," TD chuckled, "And now some certain Sirens are going to be pissed at him."

"Just them?" Chuck called out, blasting a line of enemies to oblivion with an array of firepower.

"I'm sick of this non-stop madness of your scrap junk master!" Joy yelled, charging his weapon and blasting a shockwave while he was almost surrounded by the enemies, which were instantly blasted away, deactivating many robots and wounding or even killing many of the humans.

"You deserve this!" he said as his eyes ceased to glow and he floated above them.

Virin continued to fire yellow energy balls against the enemies, be it robot or human. He also fired at least one more Kamehameha at them, killing or destroyed dozens of them.

There was a sudden blast of energy from mid-air that blew a robot to shrapnel, and then Chris's suit de-cloaked, and he slammed into another robot, stabbing it with a blade that came out of his armors arm and then decapitated it.

"Gideon! Activate the Mark I and join the fight!" Chris yelled, and after a few seconds the other suit shot through the air, blasting at enemies left and right. Evan smiled as he appeared beside a human from the enemy's side with some kind of scythe in his hooves.

"Goodbye!" he said as he slashed the scyth through the human and he was instantly crying in pain. Then he disappeared from his place to and appeared near another enemy doing the same.

"I can do this all day..." he muttered to himself with a smirk.

At one point in the battle, Applejack suddenly gave a gasp of pain and just barely managed to take out the human she had been facing earlier.

"Darn it!" she muttered. "Come on, not now..."

Rainbow Dash happened to be nearby and her eyes widened in fear.

"No... AJ, please tell me that wasn't a labor pain!" she demanded.

"How would ya know?" Applejack asked, trying to ignore the pain.

"I've had twin foals, AJ. TWINS!" Rainbow Dash remarked. "Heck, all the girls have had at least one foal! I think I know what a labor pain looks like!"

Red happened to come by and when he noticed it too, he groaned.

"You've gotta be kidding me," he deadpanned, then in an impossibly loud voice, "Nightblade! You may want to get over here!"

Blade heard him and he activated his Gaia Shield and rushed over to his wife. Virin continued to fire his energy balls against the enemies, killing and destroying serveral more of them. He began to pant as he started to feel a little weak from using almost all of his Ki.

"Dang," he cursed. "This isn't going to go well..."

Tempus shot down and hovered above.

"Okay, this is literally the worst time for this," He grunted. "I can have Nightmare take her out of the battle if that's alright."

"Ya know... that's actually a good idea..." Applejack agreed, somehow still standing despite the pain she was in. TD couldn't help but whistle and even Twilight was impressed.

"When that happened to me, I couldn't even stand," she remarked. Bubble and Sunny rushed towards Applejack as well.

"Not good," Bubble muttered. Joy went right behind them with a concerned expression on her face. Evan was real quick to notice Applejack's condition and quickly went towards her. For some obvious reasons he had to be there.

"Looks like, it's the time..." Evan muttered and went towards those who were standing close to Applejack.

"Nightmare! Get AJ to safety! Red, warn the others in the palace about her condition!" TD ordered. Red nodded and called it in while everyone else continued to defend Applejack. Blade just looked at TD. Nightmare nodded and turned into her mist form, shooting towards Applejack and enveloping her, before disappearing along with Applejack.

"TD, you seen Sunrise since the battle started?" Michael asked as he fought a robot nearby.

"Come to think of it... no, I have not!" TD shouted. "And I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but these guys aren't gonna stop coming! I need you to give me some time!"

"Time for what?" Twilight demanded, then followed his gaze up to the largest enemy ship, which was undoubtedly the flagship.

"No!" She shouted. "I won't let you do this alone!"

"I'm not asking for your help, Twilight," he told her. "It's now or never for me."

"Do what you must TD. We'll hold the line down here." Tempus said as Nightmare materialized beside him, before throwing herself back into battle.

Joy frowned as he heard this. "William, what are you going to do?"

"Is there any backup?!" Blade shouted as he shot the robots with his Creation magic. Virin was still fighting, despite his weak state. He was panting a bit harder than before. But, still, he can't give up. The others need him to defeat the invaders.

"Okay, that's it!" Virin shouted aloud. "I'm seriously not going to enjoy this any further!" He began to yell out loudly again, as an white light started to engulf his very being. His appearance, even his eyes and hair, changed to white as he had an red lining across his arms and upper belly.

"You do your thing, while I deal with Master Four-arms!" TD shouted. He started to snap his fingers, but then Twilight's aura surrounded his hand and he looked down at her.

"I won't let you do this!" she shouted, her eyes already filling with tears.

"Twilight... LET GO," TD told her, his last words sounding like an echoed whisper as he used a Command Spell. She did as told and before she could register what he had done, TD took the opportunity and snapped his fingers, disappearing in a flash.

"NO! You idiot! You can't fight all your battles alone!" Twilight shouted in frustration as the tears already fell thick and fast. Frost ran up beside Twilight, looking at her with a knowing expression.

"At least he cares enough about you to keep you safe out of it," She said, before freezing a robot solid.

"Twilight, hold yourself together!" Bubble said to her. "What's he going to do?"

"He's gonna fight the Nameless One. Alone..." Zach suddenly appeared nearby, speaking the words softly as he looked upwards. "Dad, what are you thinking?"

Bubble looked towards that humongous ship and gasped as she heard what Zach told her.

"HAS HE LOST IT?!" She asked in surprise, accidentally using her Canterlot voice. Virin, who was now in his new white form, started to beat up his enemies endlessly. He punched, and kicked them with his arms and legs, before starting to fire a Kamehameha at them, killing and destroying dozens of them like the other times. The young adult human continued his ways of fighting the enemies, blasting them with his energy balls and using his bare fists and kicks. Tempus sighed, before blasting another enemy as Michael raced around, searching for Sunrise. Joy just understood what TD was up to as he heard Bubble's voice.

"I told him not to do something too crazy!" He muttered while crushing a robot's head with his aura grip. Evan didn't take long to understand the situation as well.

"I had some doubts... but now it's official... William, you're a overconfident fool."

---

"I really should have brought backup," TD said to himself aloud as he found himself within the depths of the flagship, heading for the command deck where he knew his enemy was waiting for him. The path to the command deck was empty, as if he was taunting the chaotic entity to come closer and face him. TD sighed. Whether he wanted to or not, he had to go on. For his friends, for his family, for the fate of existence as a whole.

He walked over to the doors of the command deck and they opened automatically, allowing him to walk inside. As soon as he did, they shut behind him and he heard a loud "click!" from the doorframe's interior, signaling that it had locked behind him. In case that wasn't enough of an indicator, there was also a green light above the door that turned red as soon as the click was heard. TD looked ahead to see the one he was searching for already waiting for him, calmly sitting on a large chair that was facing the doors. The Nameless One gave an evil grin as TD stared him down.

"So, it is down to you, and it is down to me," the Robot Master remarked casually, his four arms either crossed over his chest or gripping the arms of the chair. TD was no fool, however; he knew that the relaxed pose could turn into a combative stance in an instant, so he kept his guard up.

"I should have made extra sure that we had killed you the first time around," TD stated bluntly, his teeth clenched together in anger as he spoke.

"Oh, but you did know I was still alive, didn't you?" Nameless taunted. "Deep down, you knew it wasn't over, yet you still ignored it all. You wanted to believe it was over, even when it wasn't." He stood up from his chair and all four arms suddenly had a sword materialize in their grips. "You brought this upon them. You caused this when you and your brothers tried to kill me the first time."

"You were threatening my family!" TD argued. "I'd say that gave us more than enough of a right to kill you. You can't expect to threaten someone's family and expect no consequences or retaliation to occur!"

"And you have proven that on many occasions," Nameless agreed, then added, "You have grown in power, William. I'm honestly surprised that you managed to survive all those challenges that I sent your way. Chrissy especially was a real thorn in your side, wasn't she?"

TD's eyes opened in shock. "That was... you?!" he demanded. Then it all fell into place for him. "It was you! You're the one who gave Chrysalis that scroll! The one who made me attack my own friends and family for the gains of a dark being using my body! The one who brought Sombra back from the dead and made him become a menace to Equestria! The one who sent Lord Rage Wolf to attack Canterlot! The one who gave ClearSHC and Herobrine their opening to attack Tempus's Equestria! All those attacks, and more... It was all you!"

The Nameless One chuckled as he circled the human before him, standing over a foot or two taller than TD was.

"I had many spies and allies at my disposal," he said. "It would've been pointless to not use them. I simply wished to test you, see how strong you truly were." He sighed as if sad or disappointed. "Guess we've both improved over time."

TD was silent for a moment longer, still pondering over the attacks on Equestria while he was around and even attacks outside of it. It had all been a ruse, a means to test his power. It infuriated him inside, to feel as if he had been nothing more than a puppet or pawn in his enemy's game. He growled and he felt his blood boil within him. If the Nameless One wanted this to be a game, then it was one he was going to win. Even if it cost him his life.

"I suppose you're right. We've gotten older, stronger, more powerful," TD remarked, almost in a friendly tone. "We became more than we were in the past and have learned from our mistakes. But even with all that, it still comes down to this." He looked to the Nameless One with a curious expression. "You know... you were the first to ever pose a real threat to me in my entire existence. We could've been partners, friends even. Do you think, in another life or an alternate timeline, we could've...?"

"Perhaps," Nameless answered, lowering his weapons for a moment and also looking somewhat sad. "But not in this life. Not in this timeline."

TD sighed. "Then... do what you must, as I shall do the same," he managed. The Nameless One nodded and he finally gave TD a glare as he raised his weapons once more, the chaotic human returning the gaze.

"Let's end this," The Nameless One growled.

"Ladies first," TD taunted, his hands glowing red as his magic built up in his body for the fight. Then they both charged towards each other and collided midway.

TD landed blow upon blow at the Nameless One, who parried the attacks with speed and precision before attempting the same on TD. Fortunately, TD managed to either parry the attacks himself or teleport out of the way if it was too fast or too intense for him to fight back against. Whenever he was at a distance, he would conjure up fire, lightning, or some other ranged attack, even using his chaos to alter reality the way Discord or Screwball would in a fight. Sadly, his enemy seemed to have a counter for everything that was thrown at him, although he seemed surprised at TD's power levels. If it wasn't for a special upgrade he had given himself so many thousands of years ago, TD could've ended the fight in an instant- with a simple "snap" of his fingers.

They both fought with their all, each with a different energy fueling them. For the Nameless One, he was fueled by rage and a lust for revenge; for TD, it was with a more desperate energy. For it was a fight not just for his own life, but the lives of his friends and family below. Unfortunately, TD found himself at a great disadvantage whenever close combat ensued. For TD was a master at magic and ranged attacks, not physical combat. Still, he managed to keep the odds even with his enigmatic and destructive powers. Another edge was in how they fought that made it difficult for either side. TD was relentless in his attacks, never giving his enemy rest or a chance to retaliate if he could help it; The Nameless One was fast and precise, taking even the slightest opening and using it to try and get in close to TD, as he knew the human's weakness in close combat. In this deadly game, it would take only one mistake from either side before it was all over for him.

And sadly, TD was the first to slip up.

An unsuccessful parry that was only a second too slow to stop one of the Nameless One's sword strikes caught him in the side where his ribs were located, causing the Lord of Chaos to screech in pain as he fell to the ground, saved only by a shockwave of energy blasting back his foe away from him. TD cursed himself for slipping up like that and tried to rise, but the pain was too much. His power had been used up quite considerably, his limits- his true limits to his power- starting to bear down on him. He was almost out of magic to spare for the fight and he knew he was going to die if he kept this up. The Nameless One knew this and gave a laugh.

"Give up now, surrender to me, and I will spare your life yet," he ordered. TD's response was a groan of pain before he spat on the robot master's feet, a flame of defiance in his eyes even when he lacked the strength to fight on.

"As long as there's breath in my body, I will never submit," TD coughed. The Nameless One gave another smirk and grabbed TD in one of his hands and slammed him against a wall, then with one of his other hands he stabbed a sword through TD's gut. The pain was unbearable, and if TD could've screamed he would've. He grimaced and made near-silent yells of pain as the blade penetrated deep into his body. The Nameless One laughed.

"How does it feel, Terror of Dimensions, to permanently die?" he taunted. "How does it feel to know that with you gone, your friends and family will soon follow?"

"N-not die..." TD managed weakly, so low that The Nameless One had to strain to hear. "S-sacrifice!"

He abruptly pulled on The Nameless One's form, driving the blade inside him all the way out through his body and into the wall behind him, but also pulling the robot master closer to him as a knife appeared in his hand and he stabbed it into his enemy's neck. The Nameless One dropped his weapons and staggered back as he pulled the knife out, a blue-colored blood spilling from his wound as he too stood on the doors of Death. TD meanwhile screamed out in pain as he used his magic to enhance his strength and pulled the sword out from his body, unpinning him from the wall and he fell to the floor in a pool of his own blood, gasping heavily and feeling the room go dark around him as his consciousness started to fade. Desperate to keep himself in the fight a little longer, TD's hand turned to fire and he pressed it against his wound, screaming again as the wound burned shut. The external bleeding had stopped, but not the internal.

At least he had bought himself some time. Placing his hand on one of the control panels, TD started to shock it terribly with his lightning, causing an AI's voice to call out over intercoms on the ship.

"Core overload! Emergency shutdown, overridden! Core explosion estimated in twenty seconds!"

The Nameless One, hearing this, staggered to the locked doorway, stumbling right when he reached it. With amazing strength, he tore it open with his bare hands and started to exit. An escape pod was nearby; if he could make it to the escape pod, then he could still survive this fight and leave TD to die in his ship. However, right when he started to leave, a cord of magical energy wrapped around his neck and forcefully pulled him back into the room. On the other end of the rope, hanging on with a desperate yet fiery energy in his eyes, TD pulled his foe closer to him and then locked him in a headlock.

"If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me!" he hissed, just as the countdown started to reach its end.

"Seven... six... five..."

Still holding onto the Nameless One, TD summoned the last of his magical energy within him for one last spell.

"...four... three..."

A peaceful smile came on TD's face and a tear ran down his cheek, as he managed to hold Nameless down while looking at a small picture he had kept on his person all this time with his other arm outstretched away from him: a picture of him and Twilight, side by side, with Zach, Diana, and Tracker beside him as well. His family all together in one photo. More tears escaped him and he let out a happy sigh as he brought the picture close to his heart and closed his eyes, time seeming to slow down for him.

Thank you, Twilight Sparkle, he said in his thoughts. Thank you for the memories, and for giving me the best adventure of my life. I love you guys... I love you all... Don;t forget me...

"... two... one..."

The last thing he remembered was briefly hearing the sound of the command center exploding with a loud roar, and then... silence...

---

All the others heard from down below was a large fiery explosion come from the flagship as the entire ship was torn apart from the inside out. All fighting stopped as they all looked heavenwards.

"That was the equivalent to several atomic bombs at least," Red commented. "Cindy. any survivors?"

"I... can't tell..." she admitted. "I'm not picking up anything from this distance."

"My scanners aren't picking up anything either." Gideon said as he hovered nearby, still controlling Chris's original suit.

"Great Wagstaff..." Chuck remarked.

"Is William... alright?" Joy shouted in fear. Virin looked surprised, even in his new form, but didn't say anything. Blade used his magic to detect any life signals.

"I can't See any Life Signatures..."

"No," Bubble whispered.

"Uncle William!" Sunny and Bold shouted. All eyes turned to Tempus, especially TD's family.

"William... did he...?" Twilight asked, practically begging.

Tempus blinked, a tear rolling down his face. He wished he didn't have to say it, but he knew it was his responsibility.

"I felt it... I'm sorry everyone, but... William's gone." The alicorn said, as he lowered his face towards the ground, closing his eyes as his wings started quivering.

It sent an emotional wave through all the heroes.

Virin looked quite shocked at the news. "You mean..."

His new form calmed down, transforming him back to normal.

"GONE!" Joy shouted in rage and sorrow "NO! He can't die this easily!" Joy said in seemingly in sadness and rage. "He can't!"

Bubble fell to her knees as she heard this, still shocked from the realization as she looked towards Twilight. Blade was shocked by what Tempus said.

"No..." He lowered his head.

"I was wondering what the first toll this battle would take would be," Chuck said solemnly. "It should have been me."

Twilight and her family were dead silent, lowering their heads as the enemy glanced back at them.

"NOOO!" Pinkie wailed, understandably.

"Don't... cry, Pinkie..." Rainbow Dash pleaded, about ready to break herself. "Stay... strong... for him..."

Rarity, Starlight and Fluttershy had already burst into tears to mourn. Bill, Red, and Diego all closed their eyes.

"Sleep peacefully, old friend," Bill whispered. Joy went down on the ground falling on his knees while he started to breath heavily. His wings disappeared as he breaths became more and more upset.

Just then, something seemed to change in Twilight and TD's family. Something snapped. With a howl of rage, Twilight's horn and eyes glowed dangerously as beams of magic fired off madly from her body, striking enemies without mercy and leaving none around her alive. Zach and Tracker were also on a rampage, smashing through enemies like plywood. For Zach, Tempus could sense that his darker side had taken over for the time being and Tracker's eyes had turned blood red, signaling that he was enraged as well.

"You monsters!" he yelled in rage and sorrow. "I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!"

Tracker simply hissed violently as he tore into his enemies in a feral manner, seemingly incapable of speech while mad. Blade remained silent and he punched at a wall to subdue any anger

Joy's wings disappeared for a moment before he his body started to glow with blood red aura. He looked up towards the enemy with his eyes shining bloody red.

"DARN YOU ALL!" Joy shouted, transforming once again, his wings grow even larger but now they were shining in sharp red color as his weapon appeared in his hands. "How DARE YOU KILL MY FRIEND!" He flew towards the enemies carelessly with only one aim in his mind. "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU REGRET THIS! I'LL TEAR YOU ALL APART!"

Tempus seemed to be in shock, his wings still quivering, but then a ripple went through his skin as his light brown coat suddenly darkened to almost black, and when he raised his head and opened his eyes again, they were glowing red.

"You'll pay for taking the life of my friend!" He yelled as he took off running, going so fast that he broke the sound barrier. The enraged alicorn smashed into any enemies he saw, not holding back his dark side as he let his anger drive him. As his rage drove him forward, he suddenly noticed a crystal-like Mobian figure, staring at him with poisonous green eyes. He aimed his hand at Tempus and the alicorn could sense energy being charged up by the evil entity.

"You want revenge so badly?" he taunted. "Why don't you come and take it, Prince Tempus?"

Tempus glared at the figure, his red glowing eyes narrowing before they lit up silver.

"With pleasure!" He screamed, racing towards him as he began charging his magic up. Mephiles gave an equivalent to a smirk and fired his beam of magic at the Prince of Time. They collided midway and for a moment, it was unclear who had won. Until the dust cleared and the alicorn was nowhere to be seen; instead, the hated entity was there, laughing wickedly.

"That takes care of him," he scoffed. Starlight stared at where Tempus had just been. The alicorn closed her eyes, and when she opened them again they were blazing with fury.

"I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" She screamed, as she began blasting every enemy around her with her magic. But it was clear even with this newfound rage and strength among our heroes, the city was lost. There were simply too many of the foes coming in at once, and they'd soon be overrun.

"Everybody get out of here, now!" Chuck ordered, flying upwards to address the army. "We need Canterlot completely evacuated pronto!" he commanded.

"WHAT ABOUT AJ!?" Blade shouted. Michael raced up beside Red, the battered and bloodied form of Sunrise slung over his shoulder.

"Nightmare took her to a safe location Nightblade! She'll be fine!" the Pyrunian yelled.

"Fall back! Everyone, fall back!" Red shouted.

"Live to fight another day, soldiers!" T-bone added, the Clone-turned-pony firing several shots into the figures following them. Joy grunted in anger as he heard that they had to evacuate.

"WE AREN'T FINISHED YET!" he shouted while joining in the retreat along with his family.

"There's nothing else we can do, unless you wanna get yourself killed!" Chuck called, flying overhead, leading a crew away. Joy didn't reply to Chuck's statement as he and his family rushed towards the palace along with the others. They had to bring their young ones away from the Canterlot as soon as they could.

At the same time, Tempus's Celestia and Luna found themselves being surrounded by both Timestopper and Nightmare, as well as Thunderstrike, Chris in his suit of armor, and Crystal, who had the Harmony Axe slung across her back.

"Task force Omega, we're retreating!" Crystal yelled as her horn began to glow. "Brace yourselves!"

There was a flash of white magic, and when it cleared the group that had just been there was nowhere to be seen. Red meanwhile kept up the chain of retreat, rushing among the ranks of his allies to call them off.

"Fall back!" Red called out! "Fall back!"

Everyone started to retreat, with Red and some others covering the retreat. However, Red was unable to retreat himself when he noticed Mephiles standing before him, blocking his path.

"Time for a rematch, hedgehog," the entity taunted. "And this time, you will drown in the darkness I possess."

Red gave him a steely glare. "You're going to pay for all the lives you've taken, including that of my friends."

Mephiles laughed. "Fool! I exist in the past, present and future! You have no means of killing me! Surrender now, and I will spare you from the same fate as your friends."

Red, understandably, did not comply and simply smirked at what Mephiles has said to him.

"That's all it took to take you down? Why didn't you say so?" he asked sarcastically. Mephiles's face lit up in shock as Red landed a punch to the jaw, followed by a rapid flurry of blows before he was forced to jump back as Mephiles released a shockwave of energy. The evil entity growled and several clones of himself appeared all around Red.

"Die, you little pest!" he shouted as all the clones attacked him at once. Red, however, teleported out of harms way with some of the chaos powers he possessed within, and then rushed in and out of the crowd of clones, killing them off easily. He smirked as he stared down the entity.

"You couldn't defeat Shadow in physical combat, and I have proven to be his better," Red remarked. "You don't stand a chance."

Mephiles growled and charged up the same energy he had used to kill Tempus as Red charged at him full speed. Mephiles fired his beam at Red, making it almost look as if it would be a repeat of Tempus's mistake. However, at the last possible second, Red slid underneath the beam and up to Mephiles's feet, the entity seeming very surprised to see him. Red quickly stood to his feet and landed a flurry of blows to the dark entity's face, dodging when necessary and then returning to retaliation. In this fashion, Mephiles soon fell to the ground, battered and beaten. He started to use his power to go back in time, but seeing this Red made a gesture at him and the hedgehog's hand glowed with a negative or grey light. Mephiles felt his power diminish and his time jump fail.

"Impossible!" he shouted as Red's form became a full grey color. "You can't... defeat me..."

"Word of advice," Red stated as he placed a hand on Mephiles's head. "Never tell your enemy about your weakness, and never underestimate them."

His hand glowed brighter as he held it against Mephiles's head, and the entity screeched in vain protest as his form slowly started to disintegrate. Before he had fully disappeared, he made a final resolution to Red.

"I... will... return..." he vowed, and then he disappeared completely.

"Don't count on it," the hedgehog stated bluntly as his form returned to normal and he rushed to join his comrades, who were all pulling out of Canterlot. Even with the superior warriors and power at their disposal, it was especially clear to the heroes that this battle was lost; they would have to live to fight another day.

---

Down in Ponyville, the evacuated civilians all watched their approaching army with fear and worry. There were many wounded, and many whom were simply missing. Several questions were raised, such as, "Where's TD? And Prince Tempus?" "Where's my child?" "Did you push them back?" But their answers were given by the solemn silence that was portrayed.

"I've got to say, war life is aging you horribly," Chuck's former piano player, Ivory Keys remarked as she embraced her old friend once the monarch rejoined his old friends.

"Yeah, one of these days I'll end up looking like you," Chuck quipped.

"I should've died as well..." Joy muttered as tears started to flow from his eyes. "This shouldn't have happened..."

Virin started to train harder, even if there were an evacuation going on. He punched the air, producing some gust of wind as he took a deep breath before doing some more push-ups, starting from where he left on to a higher number.

Meanwhile, Michael raced around Ponyville looking for Red. He had found Chris and had talked to him already, and now he was looking for the hedgehog. He found the hedgehog sitting on the steps of the Castle of Friendship, looking defeated.

"Why didn't I help him? Why didn't I go with him?" he asked himself.

"Red, snap out of it!" the Pyrunian said as he skidded to a stop. "Sunrise is hurt bad, and I need you to come with me. Now."

Red followed Michael to where the pegasus was located, checking over his wounds.

"He's terribly wounded, but I've seen worst," the hedgehog remarked. "Get me medical supplies, then leave us. This is not gonna be pretty."

Michael nodded, before he raced off, coming back with the medical supplies just as Chris landed nearby, stepping out of his suit as he knelt beside the Pegasus, raising his watch and scanning him, before checking it and grunting.

"You realize what we'll have to do, right?" The human asked Red.

"Probably not, but I'll do my best to save him," Red remarked, then began to work. Outside, hugging each other tightly, Celestia and Sunshine were also expressing their grief and sorrow so far, the Changeling in particular looking somewhat traumatized.

"Mommy... does this mean that we lost the war?" she asked.

"No my Sunshine," Celestia reassured, one of her wings gently holding the Changeling close to her. "We haven't lost the battle yet. Today... we just lost the fight."

Aqua seem sad as well, and somewhat upset. Joy went over and sat beside his son. Then Aqua spoke to his father.

"If I'd been there, I'd kill them in an instant!" Aqua shouted in anger. Joy gave him a small glare, which also seemed to be caring yet sad and worried at the same time.

"Don't worry my son," Joy said to him gently as he grabbed him in a hug. "I'll make them regret what they've done..."

Meanwhile, inside the Castle of Friendship itself, Twilight was in her bedroom, crying till her eyes refused to release anymore tears while hugging a picture of TD close to her. She had suffered loss before to some extent, but this felt like the final nail in the coffin, breaking her very soul to its deepest depths. Sniffing, she looked to the picture of TD in her hooves.

"I'll miss you dearly... my Prince of Chaos," she whispered tearfully. "No stallion... can or will replace you in my heart..."

She sobbed some more as she looked to her stomach and held one of her hooves to it.

I never got to tell him, she thought to herself as sleep slowly started to overcome her in her sorrow.

"Sleep... peacefully... my one and only... love."

---

At the ruins of Canterlot, admid all of the chaos and destruction, a shadowy figure looked around at the battlefield. He was holding a kind of staff and his face was currently hidden by the shadow of the building he was standing beside.

"Hmm... Looks like the battle has just begun..." he remarked. He took out his staff and magic coursed through him and the staff, as he summoned ten Black Wolves and one Alpha. They turned to him expectantly and he gave a gesture.

"Go forth, young ones..." he commanded. The creatures nodded and they scurried around Canterlot, careful to avoid the soldiers of the Nameless One who were already occupying the once-proud city.

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No! RIP TD and Tempus!

I'll be honest, I literally cried when writing this chapter. It was that emotional for me. I feel so bad having to kill characters off. I think I might cry again just by re-reading this when I post it...

Big thanks to all who participated in this chapter: Admirer Boy, Nightsoul Distortion, Impressionsguy, Darkstalker728, and Daniel Clausen! Without you guys, this chapter would not be possible!

Cya in the next chapter! Hope y'all are hyped!