Fallen Crown, Rising Sword

   Infinity set hoof into a chamber that was hidden within the mountain. Judging by how it looked and was built, it wasn't an actual part of this world nor any other. Just a large room meant for something and almost looked like an arena. He carefully scanned his surroundings for any possible threats from anywhere other than where he came in.

Then he spotted a form in the center of the chamber. Three of them to be exact. This discovery sort of brought hope to Infinity.

Ponyville

   Spike nearl jumped out of his skin when the door to the library was knocked clean off its hinges from a rather powerful kick. Of course the pony responsible was anything but happy.

"SPIKE!" A familiar accent sreeched in his ears. "What in tarnation is Twhi im Canterlot and why did'n she tell nopony?!"

"Well, AJ, you see.... she went to go find Princess Celestia and Princess Luna." Spike replied sheepishly.

"And ya let her go by herself?!" Applejack slammed a fist on the counter.

"Of course I didn't let her go it alone!" Spike quickly countered. "I let somepony she trusted go with her.

"Just who did ya let her take then?"

  Spike started to look nervous as he thought about his answer.

"C'mon Twi... wake up!" Infinity shook the lavender mare in his arms gently.

   Celestia was barely conscious, having set herself up against one of the pillars surrounding the area. An ever growing feeling of something watching Infinity was present and increasing at an alarming rate. Twilight began to stir just a bit. Celstia, on the other hoof, was a bit curious of a certain somepony.

"If... if I may.." she piped up, exhaustion ridden all over her tone, "... but... how did you...*yawn* manage to find us?"

Infinity looked over to Celestia before looking back to Twilight, his mind at work to answer her question. "I have ways..." was his simple reply.

"Finding us... must've been a task. Just... how long did... it take you?" Celestia had asked.

"Several hours maybe... you need to rest. Gain your strength." Infinity gently put Twilight before grabbing Edge off the ground.

"Peculiar..blade.." Celestia commented, yawning yet again as he sheathed it.

"Crafted far from Equestria. Is an interesting piece of metal." Infinity responded, his tone getting a bit urgent.

  Twilight finally snapped awake, quickly looking at Infinity and ensaring him in an embrace that even surprised Celestia. Infinity returned the action before breaking off.

"About time you found us." Twilight in a feign scorn but couldn't hide the smile.

Infinity then stood, looking at the other princess with question. "Is that your sister, Celestia?" Infinity asked with a single digit pointed in the direction of the mare.

   Now that he thought about it. Celestia's mane wasn't its usual multi-color, physic-defying self. Instead it was in a more natural state, a more natural, pink state. Fit her rather well. But when he look towards the other princess and saw the same thing on her, only a more of sea green or very light shade of blue. Something was definitely off here.

"Celestia, have you been feeling... well... lately?" Infinity asked as he began to stand.

"Besides exhaustion? Very little.... just a feeling of being very distant from my sun." She replied.

"Okay.... not that troubling..." Infinity slowly made his way over to the sun monarch and kneeling before her. "What's your sister's name?"

"Luna..."

"Good. Good." He began to examine her face. "Could you pay attention to Twilight for me?"

   Celestia nodded and did as told without question. Her eyes met the warm smile of her student's and a soft gaze. Somehow, this put the princess at ease as Infinity was performing his thing. If it's one thing he never left home without besides Edge, it was a special mix of nueral powders specially designed for sleeping and quick recoveries. Taking a small pinch in his fingers and blew the powder right into Celestia's face. She sneezed once before falling into a deep slumber. In a fluent motion, Infinity quickly put the pouch away and held his palm over her forehead, working a bit of his own magic to protect her from any further nightmares.

"Will she be all right?" Twilight chimed in, looking at her lover.

"She'll probably awaken in a few minutes, maybe a few hours." Infinity shrugged as he looked over to Luna. "Now for her sister."

   He noticed the expression on her face as he got closer, the various twiching of her limbs from time to time. It pained him to know that others of this world suffered at the merciless hands of a being not of this world. With some newfound motivation, he quickly used the same spell the was casted upon others. Infinity smiled at the results now that her mind was at ease. Her expression softened and movements ceased. Infinity looked to the mare he came to love with a smile. Twilight returned the gesture with a grin of her own. Luna snapped awake and quickly became aware of her surroundings. Infinity was quickly knocked down by a swift punch to his jaw.

"WHAT HAS THOU DONE TO US?!" Luna boomed, a deadly glare directed towards the pale pegasus she just struck.

Twilight was quick to act, immediately rushing over to the lunar monarch.

"Easy Princess Luna. He's here to help us." Twilight hoped that would help the situation.

"What hath he done with our dear sister?" Luna seemed to have lowered her voice for the mare.

"She's okay and sleeping quite well..." Infinity answered.

"QUIET KNAVE!" Luna seethed, throwing another seemingly-deadly glare his way.

"Damn...." Infinity rubbed his bruised cheek and jawline. "The mare has a hook to her."

"Luna, please, he hasn't done anything bad." Twilight assured the glaring lunar princess.

"How would thou knowest? He could've done something to Us!" Luna protested.

"I would know if he had any malicious intent, he's my personal guard."

"Oh..." Luna was taken a bit off guard at the young princess' statement. "We apologize for our action."

"It's alright princess." Infinity stood tall again, taking a slight note at how much taller she was compared to him before speaking. "I've been through worse. A lot worse."

   With a silent and a bit uneasy nod, Luna turned her attention to the younger princess and began conversing among themselves. Infinity continued to examine the rather sizable chamber. From what he heard from Celestia and how they booth looked, this was definitely a heavily enchanted room, if ever it was really a part of the mountain. His ears started to focus on a sound that.... was coming right at him.

   It was too late for him to react. Infinity saw the blunt end of a short stick hit his chest before bursting into a massive cloud of heat. Dark smoke heavy on him, he was flung across the room from sheer force, his back slamming into one of the pillars and cracked it. Both Luna and Twilight gasped as the spectacle they just barely witnessed. It all happened so fast.

"Oh my goodness!" Twilght yelped near a higher tone than usual.

Infinity started coughing out the dark colored vapor as he forced himself out of the pillar.

"Are thou alright?" Luna asked, a bit of worry sprinkled in.

"Yeah...." Infinity hit his chest a few times, a nice hole burned into his shirt. "Twilight, get the princesses outta here. I don't want anything to happen to the either of you."

Twilight nodded slightly and was about to fire up her magic until Luna's arm crossed her chest. "You need not worry about our sister, Twilight, for We wil handle her."

   The two mares began to make way out of the chamber with the sun princess in tow by the moon's magic. Luna was being led by Twilight out of the chamber and quickly switched to Luna leading. The trio seemed to have a proper idea of getting around the palace. That is... until they somehow ended up on a balcony overlooking the courtyard despite the fact that they ran through the front door.

"This... this doesn't seem right.."  Twilight muttered, confused and looking around for any other explanation.

  Meanwhile, Infinity drew his blade, scanning the area for where that bolt just came from. The answer soon came from above when his ears picked up slow clapping. His gaze fixed on a hole somewhere near the ceiling as a figure revealed herslf. A wicked grin on a pale face, her eyes as blazing as a fire, clad in pieces of dark and unnatural armor.

"Bravo... just bravo Crosser! Getting your little pets out before I shame you in front of them." She cackled while walking down to him on an invsisible flight of stairs.

"They aren't my pets..." Infinity just gazed at her with no emotion, "... they are denizens of this world."

"I couldn't help but assume. Since, oh you know, you have taken a special liking to the lavender creature."

Infinity got a good look at the figure before him. A distorted form of a different species. Her skin pale in nature but mainly retaining original feature. He guessed that her skin was modified a bit, had to have been for her to look sinister. Her eyes are what gave away her transformation. Two on the left of her nose, and one to the right.

"This coming from an attack dog for Fear..." Infinity retorted. "What would you know anyway?"

"A Crosser insulting a Lord of Chaos? And here I thought you're race were respectable in nature." She smiled wickedly again.

Infinity then observed her armor. Mainly a cuirass, gauntlets, groin piece, helmet, and greaves. She kept her distance of course, standing near one of the pillars in the room. A hand placed on it carefully. Infinity just waited for her to strike. It was a stand still for the two of them, each waiting for the other to strike.

He got a better look at her face though. Pale skin mostly, but her eyes. Her eyes were a darker crimsion. All three of them. Yes three, she had two eyes on the left side of her face and one on her right. Meant to look disturbing to anyone not expecting it, and it was working.

Infinity was soon taken off guard by a pillar piece flying and taking him off his hooves. The piece was a clean cut from the gauntlet that turned into a blade in the blink of an eye. The pillar smashed into the cavern wall with a satisfying thud to the Lord of Chaos' ears. She started to take her steps towards the rubble slowly, admiring the possibility of a knocked out Crosser. She smiled, please at her work.

A figure dropped silently behind this Lord of Chaos from one of the archways. Wings spread out from the figures back and blew a sudden gust of when that was enough to make her stumble a bit. Her reaction was plain as day, she turned with a wicked smile.

"Well played, Crosser, well played. You're little parlor trick isn't quite enough to phase me! Wrath! The Lord of Chaos! The Bringer of War!" She taunted as she charged him

Infinity swiftly moved off to the side and drop kicked her back, making the Lord tumble. With a growl, she turned and charged again. Wrath threw a punched the Infinity ducked for and sucker punched her unarmored gut. She was about to go down until an uppercut was delivered shortly after, knocking her backwards.

"First mistake.." Infinity opened up, ".. you took my marefriend. Second mistake: you attacked me. Third and last mistake: You invaded a realm with no quarrel you had with and kidnapped their leaders."

Wrath started to cough as she spoke. "You... *cough*... think I care? These mere simpletons of.... *wheeze*.. beings are nothing compared to our... power!"

Wrath stood once more and Infinity took to the defensive. He was impressed with her quick recovery and how quick she started to throw punches and kicks. He managed to block or dodge most of the blows, very few got by him. Wrath took a couple steps back from her opponent, and both were breathing heavily. Then she grinned, evil and wicked.

What Infinity felt next was too fast to even catch, a mean hook connected to his lower jaw. The punch was hard enough to knock him out of his pony form and into his truer wolf form. He fell on his ass, dazed, hurt, and completely senseless. Before he could get up, a pair of hands grabbed his collar and slammed his back into one of the pillars. The mere force of impact was enough to smash the pillars center.

Wrath then threw him into the next pillar across the room. She listened for the satisfying crash of the Crosser crashing into the next target. A wicked smile appeared on Wrath's face again as she approached the intended crash site. She punched into the rubble and pulled out the dazed Crosser. With a powerful throw, she launched him towards the roof.

Outside the Palace

Luna was straining herself trying to get the doors to the balcony. Something was a bit off as they seemed to have just locked by themselves. Twilight was busy looking around for a way down. They both figured that they could fly down... if it weren't for the magic field keeping them on the balcony.

What sounded like an explosion coming from the mountain caught their attention quick. They watched in awe as their eyes seemed to focus on what looked to be rock and dust falling towards the palace. Twilight quickly calculated their trajectory to the courtyard. The area that the balcony overlooked. The rubble seemed to crash in order, the dust settled and...

Twilight gasped.

There, laying on the ground in the middle of it all, was Infinity. He looked like the first time they met. There was little movement down below. Infinity seemed to be unconscious, but she could see the bruises from up here. Boy... did they look bad. She kept on watching as the palace front doors flew open. Out steeped a creature she didn't recognize, but she felt like it was encountered before.

Infinity slowly came back. Sitting up in pain as he took his time to stand. Drawing Edge from her sheath and using her as a support. He spied Wrath over yonder, a wicked grin on her face as she stood there. He growled a bit as he raised Edge to her. Wrath started to cackle, her gauntlet growing back into the blade. She was the first to charge, she stroke, the blow was deflected by Infinity.

The unnatural element of each of their weapons discharged some kind of force. The first strike was only a small one, but as the two engaged more over the the fight. Each blocked strike from Wrath created bigger, larger, and stronger fields of discharge. A few of the stronger fields managed to make to Twilight and Luna. Infinity though, he start to for cuts on his body. started with small nicks on his face. but the more the battle raged, the larger they grew and showed up in more places.

Infinity knew he couldn't keep fighting much longer. So he block a last time and sent Wrath back a couple meters away from him. She smiled and her gauntlet formed back into its original state. She hissed at the Crosser. A menacing stare in his direction. In a quick motion, Wrath threw her palms out in front of her, and a cold breeze picked up

Luna couldn't believe what unfolded before her. It wasn't a fight per say, more of a stalemate. neither party took a hit from the other. What intrigued her more is that the other creature that looked close to a dog didn't even try to strike back. Instead it just stood there, blocking any attack the stranger one threw. What happened next though, caught the lunar princess off-guard.

Both of the princesses looked on in shock as Infinity was frozen to a solid block of ice. His silhouette still seen within as Edge clanged loudly on the ground next to the hunk of Infini-sicle. Wrath started to laugh and cackle maniacally in the distance. Twilight just gasped and stared, feeling Luna's arm on her shoulders.

"Come young Twilight, there is nopony alive who can be frozen like that and survive..." Luna stated, clearly not the optimist.

Tear started to roll down Twilight's cheeks. She didn't want to believe that Infinity was actually gone now. Not now, after he said he wouldn't leave her again. Twilight was too preoccupied to listen to Wrath's cackling die down.

Wrath was now staring, confused, at the frozen Crosser. The ice was cracking. Little bits fell off as the cracks grew bigger and bigger. She thought she had finally captured the retched Crosser. Now she knew she was wrong. Now Wrath had to act quickly before...

The chunk shattered, shards fell to the ground and broke into smaller bits of ice. Infinity clenched a fist as he reached into his jeans pocket. Luna patted Twilight and she looked up at her before her attention was directed to the courtyard. Her smile replaced her frown as she saw Infinity was fine. He rushed forth in a blazing speed and pulled out his Everfreeze shard. Having it a few millimeters from Wrath's covered forehead. Both Luna and Twilight were temporarily blinded by the brightest white light they could ever witness.

When the light died down after a few minutes, the two princesses saw Infinity kneeling in front of the figure he was fighting. Although... now the creature looked more good than evil now. Now it was know this creature was female. They saw radiant glowing skin, a long flowing white dress, and long blue hair. She placed the palm of her hand on Infinity's forehead before she disappeared. Infinity let out a elongated breathed before collapsing to the ground. The last thing he heard was Twilight's voice calling out to him in the distance.