Harmony's Savior (Sequel to Love on the Orchard)

I heard him barely speak through his teeth.

“N…no….stop….please.”

I reached out with my hoof to wipe the tear from his eye while still being choked.

“Dad….its okay you’re….not in control. None of this your doing.”

His eyes widened and I was flung to the center of the desecrated royal hall. I was beaten and there was no chance for me now. My body had given in. However I was blessed with light that shown through the destroyed roof and so I let myself rest and enjoy it since the end was nigh.

“Your time has come little Earthstrider now prepare yourself for your end.”

Chrysalis horn once again began to glow and all of the pillars around us lifted and shattered. She used her magic to turn them into a thousand spikes of stone and aimed them at me.

“Your final breaths are here now young colt you’d best use them wisely. Speak your last words before I strip you from this world.”

My eyes remained shut and blood began to find its way from my internal injuries to my throat causing me to cough it up.

“As…you wish. Chrysalis…you won’t win no matter what. You can kill me but you don’t understand that in doing so….my family will hunt you down to the end of your days. Trust me your army…wouldn’t…be able to protect you.”

“A cute idea from a dying pony maybe heh heh. You can keep that idea in your mind in the afterlife. Farewell.”

The spikes began to hum with the spinning force caused by her magic. As they shot towards me I could feel me father’s spirit awaken as if he broke out of Chrsyalis spell.

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“NO!!!!!”

My father leaped toward me and shielded me from the onslaught of spikes. he held me close in a tight loving hug. all the while fighting through death’s grasp slowly beginning to take its hold over him through pain. The sound I heard around us was similar to heavy hail hitting windows except it was ten times louder. The spikes blew up all around us but even though the sound was ear splitting All I heard was my father speaking to me as held me closer then he ever has before.

“RIO HOLD ON LIL BUDDY ITS ALMOST OVER TO STAY BEHIND ME!!!!”

“DAD DON’T PLEASE DON’T. DON’T DO THIS!!!”

“DAD NO….. PLEASE NO!!!”

when the hall finally went silent my father lowered his head to look me in the eyes and with the energy he had left he rested his forehead on mine. his words were soft and without any form of worry even with death so close.

“Rio don’t let fear take you lil buddy everything will be okay. I have full faith in you to be the hero of this world.”

I couldn’t hold anything in. I forgot all that was around me and only focused on my father. I reached to him and held him tighter then I ever have before. I was really going to lose him this time. I wanted to see my father again so badly and now fate has given me this. This wasn’t fair at all.

“Dad you can’t go I need you so badly….dad…. please.”

He raised his hand to hold my tear filled speech, and did his best to playfully lick my nose like he did in the past. I opened my eyes to see his warm smile shining through his pain to greet me with kindness.

“It’s okay son. I love you and that’s all that matters. I have always loved you and it makes my heart happy again to see you here right in front of me. To be able to hold you in my arms. To be able to feel your warmth again. I’m sorry it has to be like to be like this. Rio you my hero lil buddy you…always…have been.”

It was as if his spirit faded right in front of me as he fell to the floor.

“Dad…

No…

DAD!!!”

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My cutie mark began to shine brighter then the sun itself. My body’s color changed to a glorious ivory color with my mane and tail becoming a shining cyan. My eyes began to glow with a beautiful blue glow. The queen covered her eyes leaving the rest of subjects blinded with no cover. The hall rumbled with the magic that blasted forth from my cutie mark. My body dawned six wings of both angel and demon like. A spirit shield appeared in front of me making its way around my body creating golden Armour and then returning to its original place in front of me.

I was no longer Rio Earthstrider I was Harmony’s savior manifested. My voice was no longer mine either yet I was aware of everything. The queen became enraged and let  out an explosion of magic that destroyed the light that surround the hall.

“YOU DARE THINK YOU CAN STOP ME FOOL?! EQUESTRIA IS MINE. I WILL NOT BE STOPPED, NOT BY YOU NOT BY ANYONE NOW DIE!!!”

Her eyes began to glow a bright green and she attacked with a powerful beam of concentrated magic. My shield rose in front of me and I merely walked toward her without fear. The shield blocked every bit of damage that I would have sustained as if it were nothing. when her magic finally gave out I lowered the shield and charged her with thundering force.

My hooves left small craters with electricity shooting out from wherever I stepped. The queen launched spell after spell at me to no avail. My charge toward her remained.

“ATTACK MY CHANGELINGS DEFEND YOUR QUEEN.”

The shield once again rose before me but this time my wings flared and my speed increased ten fold causing me to fly toward her with such power that when I slammed into her I sent us both through the castle walls and out into the open air. I lowered the shield and grabbed her throat with my teeth, found the nearest cliff and slammed her down into it.

“GUH…WAIT PLEASE DON’T KILL ME PLEASE I’M BEGGING YOU.”

I slowly walked up to her readying my horn to end her when another changeling attacked me from behind her. I figured it latched onto her when she flew through the castle. This changeling however was different. This changeling held the body of a mare, but what sent my fears over the deep end was that it had mane and tail both shredded. The mane and tail were golden blonde. It couldn’t be true she changed Applejack into a changleing. The love of my life was torn from my world and one of the elements of harmony was gone.

“I can change her back but only if you let me live.”

Rumbling could be heard coming from the earth around us. My face held anger like I had never felt before. White light magic began sparking from all over my body and the rumbling began to worsen. I spoke finally in such a roar that the mountains began to shake. The bottom of the mountains began to crack trailing up to their peaks. I was in control of my form now. my voice started off restrained but that quickly changed.

“You dare….HOW DARE YOU BARTER WITH ME. FILTHY SCUM OF EQUESTRIA. YOU DO NOT DESERVE LIFE FOR THE AMOUNT OF BALANCE YOU HAVE DISTURBED. YOU HAVE DESTROYED THE BALANCE OF THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY, YOU THREATENED THE LAND OF EQUESTRIA AND WISHED TO RULE OVER A LAND THAT YOU DO NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO UNDERSTANDING ALL FOR YOUR SELFISH NEED FOR POWER.”

Her eyes were locked with mine in fear of what I might do.The fury in my heart remained strong but my voice calmed down and the magic that was emitting from me no longer sparked uncontrollably. My wings folded to my sides and I walked up to Applejack. She thrashed at me yet I paid that no mind. I placed my horn upon her forehead and magic began to surround her end to end. The carapace that once was her skin was now her beautiful orange coat once again.

“My dearest love I gave you my heart and you gave me yours. Now my love I will give my life to return you to what you once were.I prey that you live happily even though after this exchange I will only be with you for a short time until I must go. I love you Applejack and no matter what happens I want you to know that I will never forget you.”

When Applejack came to after the re transformation her first words gave my heart some warmth only because of her cute little accent.

“What in tar nation just happened. Whoa there mister who are you?”

I looked upon her with a soft expression and let my magic fade so that she could see the real me and not my manifested form. her eyes were filled with shock and confusion.

“Hey AJ its me Rio.”

She walked up to me cautiously and placed a hoof on my face to make sure it really was me. Then she began to cry tears of relief and wrapped her arms around me.

“Rio….Rio oh my stars did I missed you sweetheart. I was so scared I had lost you. Chrysalis took me away from you and then I was surrounded by changelings….Everything went black after that. What happened to me? how did I get here?”

“AJ Chrysalis turned you into a changeling and that big white stallion was me. I changed you back. I never told you this but my special talent is being the saviour of harmony. Within my heart holds magic beyond normal limits. hehe I bet I could give twilight a run for her money eh.”

I added that little comment only to lighten the mood. It worked slightly thankfully. she chuckled a little and we began to make our way back to the castle when Chrysalis got up and roared at us.

“A FOOLISH MISTAKE YOU MADE BY FORGETTING ABOUT YOUR ENEMY BOY.”

I cocked my head towards her and let out a chuckle. “

Oh I didn’t forget about you trust me.”

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I pointed to the sky and yelled at the top of my lungs

“STRACH. DROP THE BASS!!!”

Chrysalis turned her attention to the cliff to see a blue fur coated unicorn with a white and black mane and tail readying himself. Two massive speakers at his sides blared were ready and able at his command.

“Ever seen a real bass cannon chrysalis? WELL TONIGHT YOUR IN FOR A TREAT SUCKA.”

Stach’s horn began to glow and his magic began bursting from his horn which shot to the two turn tables in front of him. The two massive speakers shot forth a blast of pure sound energy which blew Chrysalis clean from where she was standing.

“JAMES SEND HER FLYING AMIGO.”

A black coloured unicorn with a while blade like mane and tail launched into the air and pointed his horn straight where Chrysalis was going to land and created an explosion of such power that the whole landscape began to shake dangerously. She was launched into the air with ease.

“DEMI. IRON. ASH SHOW HER THE MIGHT OF THE WARPTROTTERS!!!”

Three ponies appeared in the air surrounding her. A pegasus with a Gray fur coat and spiked mane with a smooth tail with a teal color to them. The unicorn had a brown coat covered in royal guard Armour that shined the sun’s brilliance off of it. The next is Ash who is a black colored alicorn with a waving mane and tail of pink color.

Their fury together left Chrysalis without a chance. They all created portal that surrounded the helpless queen. All three of them entered portals and exited them attacking the queen on different sides beating her on every angle. They then created three portals under her and launched themselves at her sending her farther into the air. Demi waved at me from the skies giving me the all clear.

I nodded and called upon Noir, Dragran and Avari.

“NOIR, DRAGRAN, AVARI YOUR UP SHOW HER WHAT YOUR MADE OF.”

Noir, Dragran and Avari shot up from the portals under Chrysalis and the trio began their assault. Noir conjured a bow staff and unleashed his martial art talent that none of us knew about but it was extremely impressive and dangerous. Noir unleash a flurry of blows upon her breaking the carapace that defended her while Dragran zoomed by her bashing her hard shell with heavy strikes leaving even more dents and cracks upon her flesh. Avari flew at her as conjured up her scythe with her magic and launched a endless number of slashes and deep cutting strikes to her.

As they finished she began to fall and Noir was caught by his close friend Dragran who brought him down to the ground gently.

“Alright darlin you and me. lets take her down.”

“You got it sugar.”

We both began to charge her from different directions while she was still stunned. Both AJ and I were in perfect synch with our heavy blows to the queen. I rammed he dead on and sent her into AJ’s direction. AJ slammed a hoof into the round or support as she swung her rear hooves straight into Chrysalis’s face. sending back in my direction. I turned around and readied myself to launch her into the air. With a powerful buck I sent her into the air and yelled.

“DERPY CRATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Now whenever any pony has ever said those words everypony knows to run like mad to get out of that area. Derpyapples is a sister of mine and James’s thanks to me becoming part of the Apple family and I have come to learn something very important about her. If you see something in the sky that looks like a fire ball coming at you expect destruction in its wake.

“EVERYPONY TO ME ON THE DOUBLE. JAMES, NOIR, IRON, ASH YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.”

They nodded and everypony ran to them. All of their horns began to glow and created a powerful bubble shield which we all hoped would protect us from the coming Armageddon. We looked out to the sky above us and saw the fireball approaching  The fireball grew in size and a small Pegasus could be seen in the center of the inferno. Her form was focused, deadly and terrifying. Her eyes draw a bead on Chrysalis and once Derpyapples collided with the queen a blinding flash of light shown beautifully before being engulfed in a pillar of flame.

What remained in the aftermath was the cute little Pegasus wagging her tail excitedly and with a smile at her face while she admired her work. Bare in mind when I say the words “DERPY CRATER” I mean crater. the whole cliff side was missing and replaced with a massive hole measuring about two kilometers wide. Though she may be small never ever doubt the power behind this adorable little Pegasus. she’ll end you.

When the shield went down and we regrouped around Derpyapples and any of the ponies who were not us to seeing Derpy in action were shaking in their fur. I walked up to her and gave her a hug and nuzzled her.

“Nice work sis. I knew I could count on you to finish the job in a very well executed and destructive manner.”

She gave me a smirk and then playfully punched my chest.

“Wubs bro.”

She returned the hug and walked toward the group of ponies while I made my way to what was left of the edge of the cliff overlooking the water. Applejack took notice and walked up to me. she looked concerned and pushed her head against my neck to get my attention.

“What wrong sugercube?”

I attempted a smile but I could not bring myself to lie to her either. My time was here and I had but a few moments left before I faded away.

“Applejack I need to tell you something. I was not born I was merely created with one specific purpose.”

“Whadda ya mean Rio?”

I turned to her and sat in front of her with my head drooped slightly and my ears resting on either side of my head lazily. I felt as though I was confessing to murder.

“Luna created me to be the saviour of harmony. When you were turned into a changeling the imbalance became real and I had no choice but to give my life in order for one of the elements of harmony to return to its place in Equestria. Balance had to be maintained. I thought everything was going to be okay and that your life would never be in danger. I hope you know that I never meant to mislead you into thinking that we could get married because I truly believed we would. I wish there was some way for me too stay here with you forever sweetheart.”

“Okay haha Rio you had your joke now be serious with me.”

My sorrowful eyes met with her’s. That’s when she knew that I was very serious.

“Yo…you can’t be serious Rio. Ya just can’t be.”

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My cutie mark began to fade slowly and my strength followed suit. I fell to the ground in front of her laying flat on my side. She was lost in confusion and was begging for answers.

“No…no there has to be some way to save you. You saved me…. now its my turn.”

She placed a hoof on my side and yelled for the other to come to us.

“RIO IS HURT….. PLEASE SOME PONY HELP US!!!!”

My family came rushing toward us and circled round.