She watched from afar. Not in her castle, not in the ruins of her old home, but on top of a small hill. Ponyville, abandoned, was like a ghost town; torches were still burning, radios played static, cottage doors creaked open and closed violently in the wind. The purple Alicorn watched the fire as it spread around her, starting from a small glowing ember to a giant wildfire. In her hoof, she subconsciously played with the small purple star. Her hooves had learned and memorized each and every smooth cut, cranny, and nook in the glass-like object.
The stars above twinkled in the night sky, the moon hazed from the smoke. Her castle aflame and demolished reminded her about the Castle of Two Sisters. She took a deep breath and smelled oak and cedar smoke, both stinging and soothing her mare lowered herself onto the ground, her head resting on the itchy grass that waved peacefully underneath her.
Twilight Sparkle watched peacefully as the flames surrounded her, and closed her eyes. She knew she was not immortal, and knowing so soothed her heart and mind as the orange light lapped at her body. Soon, it engulfing the element of magic and sent Equestria asunder; Harmony disrupted and in bedlam.
Part 3: Chapter 1: The Mountain
The two mutants hovered over the citadel's wall, unseen to the guards below. The light behind them began to glow brighter and brighter as more and more Estefanias revealed themselves. The moon was high in the sky; a first in the last three years. The light from the ground seemed brighter than the light from the moon, lighting up the clouds that littered the night sky. His ears picked up the faint sound of shuffling and looked below to see the guards shielding their eyes with their hooves, the light turning out to be quite bright, even for those who fight in the day.
The young mutant felt a nudge within and looked behind to see two figures upon a cloud, both in armor. One was the Legendary Nightmare Moon, her armor glowing in its own entrancing way, and the other, the Queen Changeling. She had no helmet on, her head bare to see more clearly. The metal on her wings did not feel as comfortable as they should have so she discarded them. The two were talking to each other, slightly nodding their heads, pointing to places of interest.
Alpha turned around to see the hoard of earth and unicorn ponies crowding upon rocks and hills, trying to get a good view of what they were going about to go up against. His eyes saw movement and noticed that some were in groups, giving out orders; telling others where to go. He saw a faint ghost among the rocks and recognized the infamous King acting as the general he was when everything seemed perfect. He was facing the opposite way, talking to a few.
"Dash," Alpha spoke aloud.
The mare flew to his side. "Yeah?"
"Choose five of your best and scout out Cloudsdale."
"On it!" She gestured five pegasi before flying off.
Alpha teleported down to the hoard of earth and unicorn ponies and looked around. "Where is Rarity?" Only the sound of metal scraping metal as heads turned to look at him responded. "Is she not here?"
"She's probably with her." Somepony responded.
"Right." Beta acknowledged with a groan.
"Is Sweetie Belle here?"
A loud squeal pierced the silence and the suit ran to Alpha. "I'm here. What do you need?" Belle sounded excited to be chosen.
"Grab Scootaloo and AppleBloom and go to Ponyville."
"Why?"
"If any Royal Guards come through, fire off a flare into the sky. You do know how to do that, right?"
The metallic suit shifted its weight to its right nervously.
Beta sighed. "Just teleport back here and tell us."
"About that…" She sounded embarrassed.
This time, Alpha turned to look at her. "Seriously?"
"It's hard, okay?!" She cried out.
"What can you do?"
"She can't do anything, she's a blank flank."
Alpha turned around to see another suit of armor. "And you are?"
"Diamond Tiara."
Alpha just noticed the tiara that was sitting just above the forehead.
"Piss off, DT." Scootaloo said, landing beside her friend. "He didn't ask for you."
"Shut up, you Blank-Flank Fuck, besides, between me and Sweetie Bitch here, I am the only one who can both teleport and fire off flares." She turned to Alpha. "I'll take it from here." Before he could respond, she turned around and walked away.
"I don't think so." Beta spoke out. "Estefania, halt."
DT's suit froze in place. Alpha, grinning, walked to her. "Listen up. First off, you should know that Alpha, I, Charlie and Delta are blank-flanks, so stop using it as a fucking insult, all four of us can easily kick your flank, not to mention rip it to shreds, quite literally. Second off," Beta lifted up his hoof and swiped to the right. The armor on Diamond Tiara flew off, leaving her. "Get the fuck outta my army."
"But I can do what they can't!" She whined.
"I honestly couldn't give a fuck even if I wanted to and tried to give a fuck. You are a bully."
"So?"
Beta took over the suit, the color turning blood red. "The reason I went insane was because of bullies. In my opinion, ALL BULLIES NEED TO DIE. However, because there is about to be a fight against the one Alicorn I have always wanted to kill, I shall let you leave. But if Scootaloo, Sweetie Bell, or Apple Bloom EVER tell me that you bullied them again," Alpha took off his helmet and leaned close to Diamond's, his eyes glowing dark red. "I will kill you with your own fucking cutie mark, do you understand me?"
Diamond began to whine and complain; buckling her legs quickly. Alpha ignored her and turned to look at the three, who had their own helmets off. "Go, scout out the village."
"What if Royal Guards come through?" Scootaloo asked.
"Kill them all."
Alpha watched as they donned their helmets, nodded to him and left. Charlie walked up beside him. "You okay?"
He nodded and leaned forward and picked up his helmet, looking at it for a few minutes before taking it putting it on. "Just getting ready. Go tell Sombra that we will be waiting until sunrise." He extended his wings and took to the sky, flying towards the two in the cloud, leaving a worried Charlie only to nod his head, watch his friend fly away before going to the King and spreading the news.
They were both quiet. Chrysalis was sleeping while Nightmare was taking watch. She knew he was coming before he even saw her. Only a slight turn of her head was enough for him to know that she knew he was there.
"Anything?" He asked.
"No."
He walked up beside her and Chrysalis, who looked up at him before closing her eyes, her head resting on the fluffy pillow of cloud. "You would not believe how comfy these things are; so much comfortable than thunder and rain clouds."
"Guard Rotations?"
"Every hour by the hour."
"Weapons?"
"Swords, Spears, Maces. They brought out a couple of catapults, but nothing too powerful."
"Celestia?"
She nodded her head. "Still on her balcony, with her telescope."
"Discord?"
"Haven't seen him. Hopefully he fled."
"But..."
"But that's not his nature. He will try to surprise us."
Alpha looked around. Nightmare Moon's list was solid; he spied catapults as well as fully armed guards.
"How long can they stay there?" Alpha asked.
"Who's 'they'?"
"The other ponies."
"A pretty long time; that citadel was used when both I and Beta attacked, so weeks at least. Before you suggest it, sneaking in will be hard, even if you are cloaked. Celesta has the ground littered with sensors. It can tell her who is moving, where they are, and even their weight."
Alpha however wasn't focusing on the castle, but the mountain that the castle was beside.
"We can use the mountain next to the Castle."
"Explain."
"Take a large chunk off it and let it roll into the castle."
"That will kill everypony, guard and civilian there."
"If she doesn't stop it." Alpha added.
"And if she does?"
"We attack. The Guards focusing on us, Celestia on the rock. The Queen can't be in two places at once."
"But what if she doesn't?"
"That's the fun part. If she doesn't, hundreds of ponies will die. We go back to the mountain and wait a couple of years. Then we slowly come out and spread the question."
"Why didn't she stop it?" Nightmare Moon slowly finished the plan.
"Exactly," Beta laughed. "Revolution, and this time, there isn't one pony that is the revolution, it's everypony."
"Your teacher was awesome." Nightmare said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, you are."
"Now, how the hell are you gonna take a chunk off the mountain?"
"Let me handle that." Alpha took off into the air, flying towards the mountain.
"But Celestia will hear it."
"All part of the plan." Chrysalis replied softly, yawning as she stood up, stretching.
"But how will he take off the top?!"
"I'm sure he will find a way."
Sorry for the wait. Homework, finals and grades for school were playing hell with my schedule.
Chapters are gonna be released once (maybe twice) a week.