Rover, Fido, and Spot are currently looking for new gems in their cave. Their guards also keep digging to look for any rare kinds with their pick axes. Spot, the youngest one, bites on one of the gems to taste its strength.
"ICK!" he belches, "Not worth anything!"
"That's only diamonds…" Fido suggests, "Those stones fool anypony that they're worth something."
"Then find more!" Rover recommends, "We can finally make sweet bits with whatever is left!"
"You sure they'll trust us after we kidnaped that unicorn that one time?" Fido asks.
"Forget that mule! She probably forgot to tell on us!" Rover snaps, "Just inform some of our guards to take some gems outside."
"You heard him!" Fido yells at the other dogs, pointing towards the exit.
The guards shrug, pulling carts of the remaining gems they could find. They walked down at least a couple minutes through the carved hall of the cave. They then make a curve, turning right.
"KILL THEM!" a voice yells.
The guard dogs look around, seeing the treacherous crystal guards appearing behind them, pulling out their daggers and cutting deep into their necks. Blood gushes out, as the guard dogs whine and cough out the red liquid spurting like soda coming from a can. As they collapse dead, the guards head down the hall in silence, preparing to ambush the rest of the dogs.
At the gem section, Fido becomes worried if a couple of their guards would take too long. He turns around to head near the exit, to see if they're okay. Nearing an arc of the gem room, an automatic riffle is suddenly pointed towards his face.
"What the?" Fido barks.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" the head guard screams.
Rover and Spot turn around, ready to pounce at the intruders. But as they lunge, the butts of the soldiers' riffles hit them. As they're knocked down, the traitor guards shoot at the rest of the dog soldiers. Blood splatters all over the place, and spurts onto Rover's face with pure terror. All the guards are dead, and the head guard orders the rest of his soldiers to hold down their last three victims.
"Please don't hurt us! If we mistreated you, we'll give you anything! We'll repay the damage!" Rover begs, "Gems! Take as many as you want!"
"Oh, we don't want gems." the head soldier snickers, pulling out a cutting knife, "See, our new friend Mordum is wanting us to bring him a new rug made with dog fur."
Rover whimpered, knowing what he means. They're planning on SKINNING THEM ALIVE! The head guard then touches the blade slowly up and down Spot's cheek.
"So evil you pups are…" the head guard scowls, "It will be interesting to see you bleed to death in your own muscle exposure."
The three dogs are held down tightly, as they try to struggle away from the guards' grips. But they were to weak, and they only had one chance but to face sheer torture and death! The head soldier then brings of Rover's leg, and attempts to make his first skin peel.
BANG!
An explosion of rocks smash towards the guards, knocking them unconscious and letting the three diamond dogs go. The head guard turns around to see the Main Six ponies, Spike, and Discord coming toward the dogs to rescue them. Discord then snaps his fingers, and places an aura around the head guard betrayer, stunning him.
"You going to kill me?" the leader sneers.
"No… we're not going to do that." Discord informs.
"In fact, we want you to give a message to Mordum!" Rainbow Dash grins, as she trots toward the head guard, "He WON'T get his rug any sooner than later. If he wants to hurt anypony else like these dogs, he's going to mess with us!"
"What are you? Some kind of resistance movement?" the head guard demands to know.
"Yeah honey." Applejack smiles, coming over to him, "I guess we are."
She then makes an elbow hit to his forehead, knocking him out cold.
"Why protect us?" Rover sneers.
"Nice to see you too… dogs…" Rarity sighs.
"And why is that spirit of chaos helping you?" Spot growls.
"I'm not that suspicious just to let you know." Fido tells Twilight, "I'm just confused about what's happening."
Twilight sighs.
"I am a little confused at first too…" she admits, "But all I can tell you is that we have a new leader."
"And it's not Princess Celestia anymore?" Spot asked.
"Right, that dude is called Mordum…" Rainbow Dash answers, "And… he murdered the princess."
Rover winched.
"SERIOUSLY?" he asked.
"That's why we want to protect you." Discord answers, "Mordum is committing some acts of genocide, and he's probably aiming toward you next."
"But… more diamond dogs like us are still out in the open…" Spot stutters, "That would mean they'll be executed too…"
"And our guards were massacred…" Fido said in silence, "I don't know how to tell you guys this, but technically, we're the only three diamond dogs left."
"WHAT?" Rarity gasps, "How can this be? Aren't there any females like you?"
"They went extinct some time ago…" Rover sadly explains, "Repopulation of our kind is now limited and impossible."
The gang murmurs in shock, feeling HUGE sympathy for them. Spot then sits slowly on the floor, shaking in fear after he heard the news Fluttershy then comes over, and gently places her hoof on his shoulder.
"We know your pain…" she said, "And we're suffering too. But we can protect you."
"Is there something you want in return?" Spot asks.
"Actually, yes." Discord says, "Basically, we know you three are excellent diggers…"
"And you want us to dig underground to sneak you somewhere." Rover realizes.
"To rescue Princess Luna." Applejack adds, "She's Celestia's sister, and we need her to aid us in battle against Mordum."
"And if we help… we'll have the chance to retaliate?" Rover asks.
"We ALL will." Twilight nods.
Rover smiles with his teeth, and stands up tall.
"All right, we're in!" he decides.
Twilight grins back, happy they have new companions.
In the dungeons added to the basements of Canterlot, Luna is chained to the wall. She can already feel blood dripping from her nose, as Tirek beats her constantly. She looks up at him in defiance, with the look of rage in her eyes.
"I always dreamed to work with someone who hates princesses like you?" Tirek sneers.
"And what good will torturing me gain?" Luna asks, spitting out blood.
"You can start by telling me where you sent Twilight and her freak friends…" Tirek demands, "Were are they hiding?"
"I'd rather bite my own tongue then spilling the beans in front of a monster." she spat out.
"Well, Mordum offered me some tips on… extreme measures… if you want to open up." Tirek chuckles.
He then grabs her legs, and spreads them open. Luna is in deep shock and horror of what Tirek is then doing with his fingers. The painful, violating, sexual assault hurts her, as Tirek inserts his fingers in her genitalia. The genitals in her body starts to throb, as Tirek inserts his fingers up and down in incredible speed. Luna gasps and cries, feeling as if she's being raped.
Tirek them grabs her ass, squeezing it as he then digs deeper towards her vagina. Luna doesn't know the difference between pleasure, and hurt between this point. Tirek then leans over to her ear, whispering the most offensive slurs he learned from Mordum.
"You like that, don't you bitch?" Tirek mocks.
The assault lasted more then ten minutes, as Luna cries loud and clear, hoping somepony can rescue her soon.
The digging was a challenge for the dogs, but they have gone pretty far, and sensed that they already went under Ponyville twenty minutes ago. Pinkie Pie is also carrying a bag, carrying the tools needed for their rescue mission. She then hands out automatic riffles and ammo, the same ones the guards used to Fluttershy, Discord, Spike, Rarity, Applejack, Twilight, and Rainbow.
"GUNS?" Discord asks, "But they're banned. Can't we fight with our bare hooves?"
"We have no choice." Twilight says, loading gun, "All these changelings care about now is killing other ponies without mercy. And if there's no reasoning with these beasts, we must kill to survive and protect. This is now war, none other if we like it or not."
"But I've never handled a weapon before either." Spike says.
"I'll show you how to aim and fire, you rascal squirt." Rainbow Dash offers, "Just think of it as we're in a video game."
"Well this won't be fun for me…" Rarity breathe out slowly, "I don't want to get blood stained in my beautiful hair."
"Seriously?" Applejack says.
"We're almost here." Rover says, "But we must advise to find the right hollow spot to sneak in without those… changeling things you described… noticing us."
"I have the magic needed to help us, and I studied all the spells from my last remaining books before we left to meet you." Twilight said, "Hopefully it will work, but like you said, we must be careful."
It was under the room of the abandoned ballroom that the hole is punctured open from the floor. Tiles crack open, as the diamond dogs dig upwards and help the other ponies up into the room, including Spike and Discord. They keep hold of their new guns, as Twilight walks on her hind legs to run and lean against the wall. She paces near the entrance, to see if any changelings are passing by. She looks both left and right.
"All clear." she whispers.
The rest of the gang follows her, as they turn right in the corridor.
"You know these castle routes." Rarity says, "Any idea how we find… this dungeon… since it wasn't added before hand."
"I had now idea how Mordum's assistants built it." Twilight replies, "But I think it's made near the storage area. It's like a basement, so they probably made an entrance to the chamber they made."
"How do we get there?" Pinkie Pie asks.
Twilight stops at another fork of the corridors, with the team halting with her.
"Discord, think you can transport us to the chamber?" Rainbow Dash wonders.
"I'm worried I might draw attention." he admits.
"He's right." Twilight says, "We need another way to find the passage to the storage room."
Spot then sniffs.
"YEEK!" he huffs, "Something reeks like… wine."
"Alcohol?" Applejack asks, "That sounds like this stuff is stored in a wine cellar. Maybe it's part of the storage room."
"Could be!" Twilight beams, "Spot, think your sense could take us there?"
"Fine." Spot sighs, "But the reek is not enjoyable."
As the diamond dog sniffs at the floor, the gang follows. They keep a strong grip on their guns, hearing the sadistic laughter of the changelings echoing in the hallways. Rarity winces, as they all then turn to go down a downward spiral passage. It was a bit of a loop, but eventually, they spot a big metal door at the end of the passage.
"That could be it." Applejack observes.
As Twilight approaches to open the door, a sudden turn on the knob is made.
"Eh… what a bitch…" a familiar voice mumbles.
"Tirek…" Fluttershy squeaks.
The ponies, dogs, dragon, and draconequus stay really close to Twilight with their ammunition, as Twilight notices the pushing of the door opening is turning towards her. Relieved that it's not away, she signals her friends to stay close, as they then rush quietly to stay behind the metal door. It was dark when they huddled together in the corer with the door hinges, but they were in the angle where Tirek can't see them in the corner of the room, where the side of the door hidden them.
"Ah… Mordum will be disappointed that she didn't break…" Tirek hisses.
The diamond dogs breath silently, worried that if they breathe heavily, the giant demon would find them. Eleven of these friends feel their heartbeats, feeling their blood run cold as Tirek stomps slowly up the corridor, muttering profanities he learned from Mordum. His departure was almost TOO slow for them, they don't know when it's right to come out. One wrong move, and they'll be…
Twilight herself didn't want to think of whatever word. She listened carefully at the sound of the giant hooves. She's praying that it will go away soon. What if Tirek turns back? What if? Then the stomps become quiet… quieter… loud again… quiet… then it slowly fades.
"What if he's still here?" Fluttershy squeaks.
Twilight knew that there's no choice but to move the door slowly to see if Tirek made a trick so he could catch them. Could he? No. He just came out after torturing Luna, probably not knowing if she and her friends arrived. Could he still have predicted that though? She couldn't wait any longer. Trotting slowly as she could, she moves the door halfway and peeks out. Is he…
"He left…" Twilight sighs in relief.
"All right, let's go!" Spike nods.
The team moved as quickly as they can, scuffling through the room door. Discord then closes the door softly, as carefully as he can. He then catches up with the rest of the others, as they all look around in the room. They can see the wine caskets all lined in a row, and there are a hundred of them. Then, they noticed that all the wine is emptied onto the floor.
"Why would they get rid of wine?" Applejack said, "Are they not a fan of alcohol?"
"Maybe it's apple cider?" Rainbow guesses.
"Wait… that smell from before…" Spot whispers, "It's not the alcohol after all… it smells like…"
"Rotting flesh?" Applejack predicts.
She can see the blood dripping from all the caskets, including the one she's in front of. She opens it up herself, lifting the wooden hatch to see what's inside. As she opens the front lid, the friends whimper and feel their stomachs turn as they see a gruesome sight.
In the casket lied DEAD PONY BODIES AND CARCASSES, and their eye sockets are pulled out or either gouged. The bodies themselves are cut up into pieces, and flies are spinning around the corpses in the casket, sucking on the remaining flesh. A pipe is then seen in the casket, having a series of tubes connect to each body piece, sucking up the preserved blood and fleshes.
Rarity covers her mouth, as if she's going to hurl.
Spike then investigates another casket behind them, and is terrified to see that it's the same as the other casket they just witnessed.
"All the caskets…" Pinkie Pie whimpers, "Are storing dead… ponies?"
"Those… changelings… and Mordum…" Fluttershy hissed, "They're so cruel."
"Suck it up guys…" Twilight breathes heavily, trying not to vomit, "There's the entrance to the dungeon… I hope…"
As she points to the door, Spike closes the second casket he opened. As Applejack prepares to close the first casket, the gang suddenly hears cackles and footsteps coming from outside the room. It sounded like changelings AND more crystal empire guards who now work for Mordum.
"Man… does he really want more dead bodies to feed his monster?" the team hears outside the door, "He's sick."
"What monster?" Pinkie Pie peeps.
"GUYS! FORGET TALKING ABOUT SOME MONSTER!" Spike whispers loudly, "THEY'RE COMING THIS WAY!"
Twilight holds her breath, and looks into the casket of corpses that's still open. She then turns to the dungeon entrance, which is far out of their reach. The doorknob is then slowly turning behind them, and it's a slow process.
"EVRYPONY! IN THE CASKET!" Twilight whispers.
"WHAT!?" the five ponies, Spike, Discord, and dog whimper together.
"Or do you want to get caught?" she warns.
Having no choice, all of them hurry into the casket, feeling queasy and nauseated when stepping over the bodies witch cracking bones and squishing brains. Twilight then has her horn lift up the casket lid, and brings it forward to shut the casket. The gang shakes in fear, as they feel the rotting flesh around them in the dark wine barrel.
Twilight presses her ear against the casket door, and hears the door open. The enemies enter the room, as she can hear the footsteps trot by the casket they're hiding in. She's counting the number of henchponies in the room. Ten… twenty… THIRTY of them. She can hear them pull at least five wagons for the bodies they need to empty and carry. She knows she and her friends are outnumbered, and there's no way they can fight them. If they did, their enemies will raise the alarm and send more down to try and capture them. The gang can't afford that to happen, not after they came this far for Luna.
"Fuck dude… I can go for a tasty snack!" a changeling slurps.
"Save it!" another changeling orders, "It's supply and demand! Mordum told us to limit our intake until we find more, or choose anypony else."
"Good thing he's not targeting us." a crystal empire soldier snickers, "I can smell the sound of crystals… as crisp at dollar bits."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." the third changeling said, as Twilight hears them load the last batch, "Let's just take this shit up."
In the casket, Rainbow Dash, Spike, and Fluttershy hug Discord tightly, like they're squeezing on a security blanket. Discord hugs them tightly too, afraid to let them go. The diamond dogs stay close to Rarity and Applejack, and hold their hooves tightly to feel like they're not alone. Rarity and Applejack then hug the dogs, as they hear that almost all the crew is out of the room.
Suddenly, Pinkie Pie's foot accidently pushes down, and steps on a corpse's bone.
CRACK!
Outside the casket, a crystal empire soldier heard the noise.
"Did you hear that?" he asks his crew.
Twilight looks back at her friends in fear in the casket. They all whimper, thinking that they're all going to get captured, maybe end up in something worse. Twilight then looks down at the dead bodies.
Outside the casket, the crystal empire soldier looks at the casket the gang is hiding in.
"I think it came from that casket." he said, "The one in the middle of those two."
"I'll have a look." a changeling sighs, "If it's a couple of imposters, I'll love to hogtie them and eat their throats."
The changeling trots over to the team's hiding spot. He stands right in front of the door, and opens the casket slowly. He yanks the lid back, to see what's inside…
Nothing…
"Nope. You just THOUGHT you heard something." the changeling told the crystal guard, as he looks over the changeling to see for himself.
"Hmm. I thought somepony was actually in there." he said, "Guess I was wrong."
The villainous crew didn't know it, but under the dead bodies hides Twilight and her friends themselves. They dug in deep under the corpses, choking up the rotten smell as they stay in place, nuzzling together, and trying not to throw up from feeling the stinky flesh touch their noses. Rarity's eyes also water, feeling her tail being crushed by the weight of a corpse's rotting head.
"All right…" the changeling finally said, "Let's move"
The casket door is then closed, as Twilight hears Mordum's crew finally leave the room with their wagons.
CLICK!
"They're gone…" Twilight coughs.
The team then rises up, shuddering as they shake the flesh off of them. Twilight then opened the casket lid, breathing heavily and throwing up chunks of vomit because she was so sick being EXTREMELY close to dead bodies. Fluttershy, Spike, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash cries, as Discord comes over to comfort them.
"It's okay…" he gently says.
"We know…" Rainbow Dash weeps.
Applejack then helps the diamond dogs out, as Rarity runs out of the casket as fast as she can.
"UGH! THAT WAS DISGUSTING!" she wheezes, "OF ALL THE WORST PLACES TO HIDE, WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE THIS? I'm so disgusted… I can just…"
"We have not time to faint Rarity!" Applejack reminds her.
"Hey, I'm a lady!" Rarity protests, "Can't I feel however I like?"
"Let's just go find Luna!" Twilight says.
The team then rushes toward the door, and Twilight puts her hooves on the handle. As she slowly opens, the creaking was unknowingly loud. REAL LOUD!
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?" one of the changelings outside the room said.
The gang sweats in nervousness. They haven't gone far away. In fact, they heard them drop their wagons and running back to the room.
"Stupid creaking door…" Rainbow Dash says while grinding her teeth.
"GUYS! Let's go! QUICKLY!" Twilight yelps.
The ponies, dogs, dragon, and draconequus rush through the door, as Twilight is the last to go through as she also prepares to slam the door shut. But before she could, the door far across them bangs open, and crystal soldiers and changelings fire their ammo toward her. The purple alicorn dodges the attacks, and slams the door shut with a clang!
She then uses her magic to seal the door shut with some sort of glue.
"That won't hold them for long." Twilight calls down to her friends, as they run down the stairs, "We have to hurry!"
She catches up with them, as they run together, refusing to separate but cautious not to trip on the steps. As they reach the bottom, they feel the mucky floor, and look around at each cell, trying to find Luna. They could then hear the door bang open from the very top.
"YOU'RE ALL HERE AREN'T YOU?" one changeling's voice screams, "YOU'RE ALL FUCKING DEAD!"
The team of eleven is now scared as hell, and huddle together as they walk faster.
"PRINCESS LUNA!" Twilight calls out, "PRINCESS LUNA?"
"Twilight…" a voice weakly sounds.
The ponies look around to see were the voice is coming from. Spot then finds a door and scratches on it. This has to be Luna's cell.
Applejack then comes forward, turns around, and kicks up her hind legs.
BANG!
One buck kick, and the door is burst open. Twilight rushes in to see Luna chained to the wall. Pinkie Pie then gasps, as the ponies see semen covered all around her face. Rarity then rushes to her, to release her from the shackles connected to the wall.
"LUNA!" Fluttershy cries, "What did they do to you?"
"Things… far… worse than I could imagine…" Luna shudders in horror, "Tirek… sexually assaulted me… to try and get me to talk…"
Discord growls when hearing that name.
"It's definitely not safe here now!" Twilight says, "We need to find a way out, now!"
Fido, the biggest dog, then makes a heavy stomp to create a giant hole that goes all the way to another underground they cave as an emergency.
"Good thing we gave Fido time to make another exit before we went in." Rover grins.
"Great indeed." Rainbow nods, "Let's go!"
The gang of eleven then carries Luna, and jump down the hole. Discord and Fluttershy hang on to Luna, as the gang runs with all their might. They can finally hear the changelings following them, as they too enter through the hole.
"We're just going to have to keep running!" Rover encourages to the other ponies.
BANG!
A bullet shot from a changeling's gun then shoots through Fido's ankle, having him fall and twist another as he smashes to the ground. As the company goes farther, they then turn to see Fido in pain, crawling to try and get away.
"FIDO!" Spot shrieks.
The big struggles to move faster, but the changelings then pull him back after appearing behind him. One changeling then pulls out a knife, and CUTS OPEN HIS STOMACH! Fido spurts out blood from his muzzle, as the changelings feast on his intestines and guts.
"OH MY GOD! NO!" Rover sobs, terrified.
"What in…" Rarity stammers in horror.
As Fido makes his last struggling movements, he notices more changelings are heading toward the gang. Discord and Fluttershy alone are trying to think of a way to save him. But Fido knows the changelings will outnumber them, and more crystal soldiers are appearing behind him.
"Go… keep the ponies safe…" Fido grins at the two dogs.
"WHAT?" Rainbow Dash squeaks.
BAM!
Fido makes a might hit on the cave wall, as rocks collapse to separate the gang of ten now, leaving Fido on the other side of the debris to sacrifice his life. The falling rocks then fall on the changelings, crushing them to death as ooze bleed out from their limbs. The blockage is finally made, as a fatal gunshot is heard, meaning that the guards finally killed Fido.
"Fido…" Rover tears up.
Spike and Pinkie Pie then grab the two dog's hands.
"Come on!" Spike says.
The rest of the friends then run down the caved corridor, finally reunited with Princess Luna.
In Mordum's new throne room, he orders his changelings to remodel the windows.
"I want them colored blood red…" Mordum orders, "And all of you behind me…"
The changelings appear behind him.
"Fetch me more blueprints and diagrams about other cities of Equestria." he orders, "I want to get to know them before we set my new laws."
As the changelings leave to do his command, Tirek enters the room.
"Ah… Mordum." he grins, "I know this is to sappy, but I can't help but acknowledge you for making… something more genius than this. Even I couldn't have done that."
"And yet… you made more mistakes then I have." Mordum sighs.
"What?" Tirek asks.
Mordum then uses his aura to bring Tirek's head down, and slaps him real hard!
"YOU IDIOT! LUNA HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK BY TWILIGHT!" Mordum screams, "I've been informed just minutes ago from the crystal guards, and YOU DID NOTHING ABOUT IT? DID YOU NOT RAISE ENOUGH SECURITY?"
"I… I didn't know she was there…" Tirek tried to explain.
Mordum sighs, and lets him go.
"You may have freedom." Mordum says as he turns around, "But just remember, you still work for me. If you want to fix this err of yours, you better call in another invasion for me."
"And what good will that do?" Tirek wonders.
"To attract Twilight's attention of course." Mordum explains, "AND to conquer more than just the Crystal Empire, Ponyville, Appleloosa, and this here Canterlot. You'll expect her and her friends to arrive, I'm sure. And you WILL be ready?"
"With her, and passing out your laws to change the cities." Tirek agrees.
"Good." Mordum huffs, "You're dismissed now. Get the fuck out of my face!"
As Mordum turns around, looking out at the fire glowing from the burning villages.
"There's another city called Bearton." he says to himself, "And I think there's an additional challenger for me…"
As the diamond dogs crash a hole in the cave where the other ponies are hiding, Shining Armor turns around to see Twilight and her friends, including Rover, Spot, and LUNA.
"YOUR MAJESTY!" Shining Armor cries, as he and his fellow guards rush over to catch her.
They help her up, and set her over to an area with soft pillows to lay her down. Shining Armor then looks at the diamond dogs in suspicion. Then, his face changes when he sees tears in their eyes.
"They killed our…. Fido…" he cries, "They cut open his stomach… and…"
"Oh god…" Shining Armor gasps, already feeling sorry for them.
As Discord, Spike, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack comfort the two dogs, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash go over to Luna to comfort her. Twilight just stands frozen, seeing the sad looks on her friends faces, the injuries, the bruises, the other ponies, their pain…
"What's happening to Equestria?" Twilight sobs, "It's… almost not our home anymore…"