An Equestrian Lifestream Corrupted and Manipulated

“What you have done to the citizens of Equestria is unforgivable. My sister and I will not stand idly by while you kill those under our protection!” Pincess Celestia made it clear her stance on the man’s presence in Equestria.

“Is that a threat?” Sephiroth asked.

“Consider it an ultimatum,” Celestia response. “We demand your leave of this world!”

“No,” Sephiroth said flatly.

“Excuse me!?” Celestia was getting quite angry.

“This planet will be mine and I will do with it as I please,” Sephiroth butted heads with the most powerful ruler of Equestria.

“No you will not! Do you have any idea who you are talking to or where you are!?” testing the man’s sanity.

Sephiroth raised his right hand to his chest pointing to its center. “Those spirits I control are telling me you both are the princesses that raise the sun and moon of this land called Equestria. I am not sure if that is the region itself or the entire world. However, it matters not. I know who you are. It is you two who don’t know me.”

“Who are we talking to, then, that is so bold as to talk down to the rulers of Equestria!?” Celestia wasn’t really interested in the man per se but spoke out in aggravation to one who murdered an entire empire.

“Sephiroth,” Sephiroth spoke turning his back to the princesses extending his arms as though to embrace the sky. “My name is Sephiroth. Remember it well for this day you will lose everything with nothing but a name to go on.”

In a blink of an eye, Sephiroth gripped his sword, turned around, and charged the two princesses. Celestia didn’t see this coming but Luna was well prepared firing blasts of magical energy with enough force to stop Sephiroth in his tracks whose only option was to guard against it.

Celestia raised herself into the sky spreading her wings in the beams of sunlight. Sephiroth shielded his eyes in order to not be blinded. “I am Princess Celestia, ruler of the lands of Equestria. Remember that name for it will be your last memory in this plane of existence.”

Celestia fired a powerful beam of magic which Sephiroth could not see hitting him squarely in the chest. The force of the blast was so great it kicked up much dust and created a small crater with the man at its bottom. Sephiroth struggled to his feet but was hit with a second beam from Celestia’s horn. Luna combined her magic with her sister’s creating a small explosion.

Both sisters waited for the dust to clear. The man burst out from the cloud of dust his sword pointed at Celestia intending to run her through the chest. Celestia saw this and gripped the man with her magic throwing him into one of the few remaining houses that stood unaffected to the chaos happening around it. Sephiroth emerged from it staggering a little bit.

“The more you resist, the more this is going to be painful,” Celestia warned.

“For you, it will,” Sephiroth replied leaping into the air to attack the princess.

In midflight, however, his sword transformed into a balloon animal at the same time Luna used magic to slam him into the ground. The princesses looked around when they heard laughter.

“Discord! Now’s not the time for your games!” Celestia called out to the empty sky.

“Just having a little fun, Celestia. Calm your pretty little hooves,” Discord appeared next to Celestria stroking her chin to which she abruptly pulled her head away. “Having trouble with this, man? Don’t worry. I’ll take care of him. Don’t want her highness to get dirty, you see.”

Discord teleported to the man looking down at him. “Odd little creature,” he said poking Sephiroth with a stick.

Sephiroth jumped to his feet trying to hit the being before him. Discord dodged it easily.

“Feisty, aren’t you?”

Sephiroth said nothing fuming with both fists clenched.

“…And a little angry too.” Discord twisted around the man whispering into the man’s ear. “How bad do you want this? Let’s make things a little more interesting.” Discord snapped his fingers taking away Celestia and Luna’s horns and wings.

“Discord, what is the meaning of this!?” Celestia demanded an explanation falling to the ground below.

Discord teleported to the other side of the street onto a red couch conjuring up a bag of popcorn. “Just having a little fun making this booooring fight a little more interesting.”

“We don’t have time for this!” Celestia yelled at him.

“Might want to keep your head in the game, Celestia.” Discord pointed to the man charging at her.

Even with a lack of horns or wings, Celestia and Luna evaded Sephiroth’s punches with ease. The sisters, on the other hand, landed quite a few kicks that had Sephiroth reeling in pain. One such kick from Celestia hit Sephiroth in the face very hard. As a direct result, the impact forcibly and sharply turned his head a little more than ninety degrees. The sisters backed off with the man lying on the ground making no movements of life.

“Splendid! Now this is entertainment!” Discord shouted throwing popcorn into the air which promptly exploded when it hit the ground.

The sisters glared at him and he put a hand to his mouth much like when a person says too much.

“I’m no one’s entertainment,” Sephiroth said struggling to his feet hiding his face.

“It’s the end of line, ‘silver hair’ and I’m calling the score,” Discord said. “You’ve lost. Time to accept your punishment like a good boy.” Discord raised his left hand – insanity burning in his eyes – taking the bones out of Sephiroth’s left arm and making it ooze a light green liquid.

In pain, Sephiroth kneeled and clutched his left arm.

Discord lowered his left hand.

“Everyone likes jello, right? Much more tasteful and interesting than silly arms.” Discord waved both arms when he said this.

Sephiroth let go of his arm and stood upright still hiding his face. “You’re a complete joke.”

“Excuse me?” Discord stopped waving his arms and put his right lion’s paw to his ear. “Can’t quite hear you.”

“Jello? That’s your idea of punishment? You’re a joke and so is this land of ‘Equestria’.”

“Let me see you come up with a better one, then if you’re so smart.” Discord responded folding his arms like a child not getting his way.

“Wish granted,” Sephiroth raised his right arm and extended it as though reaching out to grasp something. “It is foolish to build on the sides of unstable mountains. Shall we learn from the mistake in choosing that location?”

Celestia, Luna, and Discord didn’t catch onto what the man was talking about until they heard a loud noise emanating a long distance away. Turning their heads, they saw the source of the noise in horror. Before their very eyes, the city of Canterlot was engulfed in a rock slide as the whole mountain shifted its entire weight onto the city and its unsuspecting population.

At a loss of words, the three watched as the city vanished beneath tons of rocks falling on top of it.

“Oh my…” Celestia gasped.

Luna had a few tears appear in her eyes.

Even Discord lost his jovial personality.

*****

Outside Ponyville, Cloud’s party and the ponies were preparing to give Cloud what he wanted when they heard the loud noise. They too noticed the entire city of Canterlot crushed as the mountain gave way. The whole group stopped what they were doing holding hands and hooves to their mouths in complete shock. They had seen Celestia and Luna arrive to confront Sephiroth but did not expect this turn of events.

“Mother…Father…” Twilight started crying. The rest of the mane 6 and Cadance hugged her in an effort to provide comfort.

“Damn you, Sephiroth,” Cloud talked out loud.

*****

“I turned your arm into jello! I certainly didn’t killing anyone!” Discord shouted at the man.

“Unlike you, I am not a joke,” Sephiroth pointed his finger at Discord. He then turned away from the group raising his right hand toward the sky. A congregation of grey and dark clouds blotted out the sky. “This planet is now under my complete control. Tell me, how would you like me to end you?”

“Discord, give us back our horns and wings, right now!” Celestia demanded with much worry in the man’s ability to control the planet’s environment.

“Oh, right,” Discord snapped his fingers giving back Celestia and Luna’s horns and wings.

Both sisters fired a magic beam at the man blasting him into the ground. The dust cleared and the man was nowhere to be seen.

Discord, Celestia, and Luna looked around for any signs of the man finding none. It was though he vanished.

“Up there,” Luna said.

All three looked up to see the man looking down on them with shadows covering his face. His arm looked restored to its previous state holding the sword he had lost. What was even more remarkable was the one black wing protruding from his right side.

“No more games. I ask you a simple question. Do you have it in you to slay a God?” Sephiroth stared down at the three foreshadowing his intent. “Now is the time to bid your loved ones a final farewell. Through me, Despair and Fear will be your only end. Can you hear your planet crying for you? It is whispering your fate. Say goodbye for your past and future are now forfeit.” Sephiroth raised both hands to the sky commanding the entire planet, sun, and moon to his will.