The Rebel King

The last words he said to me made me cry. His hoof left a mark on my cheek, at least I think it did. I couldn't believe what happened at Canterlot, but it was real. I rubbed his head, wiping his mane off his eye. I was in tears. I ran as far as I could, as far away from that monster. I looked at the stub where his horn used to be. It was frightening to watch. I ran in the field where I used to live.

"Dewlap, please!!!" I yelled. I saw the tent Dewlap and I had. I carried his corpse to the tent in a hurry. I entered the tent and rummaged through the pile of boxes Dewlap kept. I grabbed a box of medical supplies and opened it. "Um, what do I need? Aha!" I grabbed a needle that could revive anybody. "This better work!" I inserted the needle and injected the serum. I what thirty second. Nothing at all. "Rah!" I kick the pile of boxes and threw some out of the tent. I almost hit Dewlaps crown, but then a virtual lightbulb appeared over my head. I needed to ask Celestia if there's a revival spell. Shouldn't take long. I stole Dewlaps handgun and left.

I was heading to the castle to see Celestia. I opened the gigantic door that obstructed my path. The door knocked into something from the other side. I kept pushing on the door, but it won't budge. I backed up a few feet, and then I charged at the door. "Yah!!!" I yelled. The door fell down with a wardrobe under it. "That's one problem solved, now to find Celestia." I said to myself, as I wiped dust off me. I looked down the "endless" corridors. I drew my gun out.

"Twilight? Is that you?" I heard a voice. It sounded liked Celestia's voice. I lowered my gun. I looked in a room on the sides. I saw Celestia in duck tape.

"Celestia!" I ran towards her. I unraveled her and set her free. "You do know you could've done that yourself, right?" I asked her.

"Never thought of that." She replied. She fell down. I caught her, lifting her on my shoulders. She looked weak, as if she was just a pegasus with a plastic horn. I looked at her.

"Who did this to you?" I asked.

"Your fellow friend, such as Rainbow Dash." Those words echoed in my head. There were footsteps behind me. Celestia pointed behind me with her arm shaking. I drew my gun out, turned around and fired. A changeling slid to my hooves. I reloaded, waiting for another changeling to come.

"Come on, we're getting you out of here." I asked. I dragged her as she limbed on my shoulder. As I got to the exit, a trio of them blocked it. They charged at us, but not touching us. Bam! Bam! Bam! I opened the door to see about a dozen of them in the air. They looked around, and then they noticed us.

"Twilight! Look out!" Celestia yelled. I looked behind and shot a changeling. My gun clicked. I took the clip out and inserted another one. I looked at the sky with changelings coming down at me. I aimed and shot eleven out of the sky. I pointed and the last one, but I missed. I stared at it, standing my ground. It crashed into me. After that, all I could see is black with my ears ringing.

I felt like I was going back in time. I saw glimpses of my life. It all stopped, I noticed that it stopped at the beginning of my life. I watched as I opened my eyes. My own eyes blinded me, which was also a transition to me becoming a king. I saw the crown being put on my head. I noticed in the corner of my eye was Chrysalis. I saw her with a mad face, growling. Then I saw her eyes look into mine. The blinding light was there again. It was that day. I saw myself arguing with Chrysalis. Myself hit her head and left with a saddle bag. A rock was shot at me, landing on me as well. I saw myself disintegrating into blocks.

So that's how I got there, I thought. As the last particle of me left, the light was there again. The scene was now in Canterlot. Blocks came from everywhere and formed me. People watched. I heard faint shrieking. I saw Shining Armor came through the crowd to inspect. He knelt down next to my head. He raised his hand.

It's unconscious! I heard him say. He picked up my body and dragged me away. I saw myself in a cell, still asleep. A door opened with Fluttershy coming in the room. She entered my cell and went to the farthest corner of the room. Myself started coughing and choking. He woke up, staring at Fluttershy. I heard them talking indistinctly. They got out of the cell and he met Celestia. He put on his crown and ran to Luna's room. I saw his horn glow and awaken Luna. I dropped to the floor and went to the window.

The light appeared, grew brighter and the scene went to outside in Canterlot. I saw Dave head out of the bunkers and headed towards me with supplies. It all froze. A flash appeared. I got up choking. I saw a faded purple light. Twilight was next to me with my crown on her head. She dropped to the floor. I was in my tent.

"Twilight!" I yelled. I caught her as she groaned. I took the crown off her head and put it on mine. "Excessive use of this, here we go!" I said. My horn glowed as she started to open her eyes. Her eyes shot open. I fell down to the fabric of the tent. She fought me and brought my head in front of hers.

"Dewlap, don't do that to me again!" She said with her voice breaking. I laughed.

"My time was coming anyways." I said smiling. I almost forgot that Shining Armor cut off my horn. I reached up and touched my head. "Thank goodness, it's there." I said. We laughed together. She grabbed my head again and kissed me. I felt my body melting during that moment. She pulled out something and gave me my gun. I took it. "How much of the ammo did you use?" I asked.

"Just enough." She replied. She pulled something else out. It was a small box.

"What's in it?" I asked out of curiosity. She opened it.

"Courage. The element of Harmony." I took it out of the box and wore it. I felt electricity surge through me. "You do remember Fluttershy, right?" I nodded. "Well, this crashed into her backyard. I recovered it and was waiting for the right time. I think it's you." She told me. I stared at her. I had a feeling of doubt.

"You're not a hallucination, are you?" I asked her. She punched my shoulder.

"I'm not!" She said laughing. We paused for a bit. I grinned and looked down at the floor.

"I'm glad you're here." I said. She wrapped her arms around me and gave me a bear hug. I could hear her sniffling for a reason I have not understood. I hugged her back, just to comfort her. She unwravled her arms and I saw her in tears.

"Y-you do not do that again! Never again!" She said with her voice breaking. There was a boom noise which left me curious. A whistling noise coming closer and closer. A hole bursted through the side of the tent.

"Get down!" I yelled. More holes sizzled. I picked up my gun with my magic. "Stay here!" I told her.

"No I'm not!" She shouted. I unzipped the opening and noticed two pegasi with guns. Once more, a bullet flew at my head. Everything stopped, even the bullet stopped. I walked in front of it with caution. I positioned it backwards and touched it. A warbley noise was the transition of everything going back to normal. The gunner fell down with a bullet in him.

"Take that, you dick!" I yelled. The other pegasus panicked. He aimed at Twilight with no hesitation. I pointed my gun at him and fired. Unfortunately, he fired before me. On the bright side, he missed. Twilight doved to the ground, covering her head with her hooves. I fired again, only hitting him this time. He fell back with blood squirting out of him. "Yeah!" I yelled in victory. I walked towards Twilight, wondering if she was hit. I heard her panicking a bit.

"Oh my Celestia, we survived." She said rapidly. I gave her my hoof and picked her up. I gave her my gun. I looked at her with a stern look, or I looked like a dumb-ass.

"With care," I said. She looked at it, reloaded, and put it away. I walked over to one of the corpses and picked up their rifle. I opened the shell dispenser and took a shell out. It clicked as I inserted another shell in. I closed it and did a practice aim. Twilight tapped my shoulder rapidly. I turned around to see camps in a circular formation. I squinted to get a closer look. Earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns are armed with rifles and handguns.

"Well, what else is new?" She said. I ignored her and aimed at a unicorn. "I don't think that's a good i-" I cut her off by firing my weapon. The unicorn fell down with ponies gathering around the body with suspicion. They looked around, search for me. One pointed at me in high alert.

"Better run!" I took her hoof and ran away. Shots were fired behind, one nearly hitting my ear. I stopped running for a bit. I turned around, got out my weapon and fired it. One unicorn fell down, dropping their gun. Another took his place. Twilight stood next to me and assisted me. More fell down in pain, but multiple shots landed near our hooves. Instead of prancing around, I charge with my sword drawn.

"Twilight, stay back!" I yelled.

"Fine!" She yelled back. She kept shooting as I ran towards their camp. Apparently, two unarmed ponies ran towards me. They stood on their hind legs in a line. I stood still, but not panicked. THey finally stood up to me and swung a hoof, yet their plan failed. I teleported behind the line and stabbed one of them, leaving the blade inside the body. The first one turned around, but I jumped over him and pushed him towards the blade.

"Good job, me!" I said to myself. I grinned about my accomplishment, but I heard grunts behind me. I turned around, seeing Twilight being dragged on her back, still being conscious, and also being strangled. She grabbed the arm on which she was choking on.

"Let me go! Stop!" She tried to reach towards me, yet I was a few yards away. I started to run towards her, but a metal object hit my head...