The legend of Eclipse

"...as the prince of Equestia I demand that you release me at once." Eclipse yelled only to get a kick to the chest from one of the guards on the chariot. "Shut up criminal scum." The guard said as the chariot landed in the palace courtyard. "Alright ya bunch of fillies get the prisoner to the dungeon and make sure he stays there until the trial." Night Watch commanded before pulling a crystal ball out of his saddlebag to contact Blueblood.

Blueblood sat at his desk drinking a cup of tea when his crystal ball began to glow showing Night Watch. "Ah Night Watch I trust the mission was a success." Blueblood said

"Yes my lord. Eclipse has been captured and is awaiting trial." Night Watch replied

"Splendid." Blueblood replied "I'll be sure you receive a promotion for this."

"Thank you my lord." Night Watch said before the crystal ball deactivated leaving Blueblood alone in his room once more.

Celestia slept uneasy ever since she had ordered Eclipse's arrest her dreams had been filled with Eclipse's death, she had seen him hanged, beheaded, drowned and thrown off cliffs but what had frightened her the most was where she had seen him being burned alive. She could see him being dragged to a wooden post where he was soon tied to and surrounded by wood and ponies with torches. Eclipse would then turn his head towards her and say in a raspy voice "Please mother... Help me." however no matter how much Celestia tried she could do nothing to help him as the ponies surrounding him lit the wood and Eclipse was almost immediately engulfed in flames his cries of agony and pleas for help unheard by none but her, and then when the fire was gone Celestia saw Luna hugging Eclipse's charred dead body crying into his shoulder before his body turned to dust. Celestia tried to look away but couldn't as Luna turned towards her and yelled "You did this. You killed him you killed an innocent do you hear me you killed an innocent." And with that Celestia woke screaming.

"Princess are you alright? I heard screaming." A guard asked opening the door

"I'm fine just a... A bad dream." Celestia replied

"That is good to hear I was afraid you where in danger." the guard replied "Also I have received word that Eclipse has been captured and is being held in the dungeon as we speak." and with that the guard left the room leaving Celestia panicked as she ran out onto the balcony and took flight towards the dungeons.

"Get in there criminal" A guard yelled tossing Eclipse who had just had his weapons and armor removed into the prison cell resulting in Eclipse in lose his balance and fall hitting the ground hard. "Before anything else may I at least know why I have been placed under arrest?" Eclipse asked

"You are her for the crime of treason against Equestia as you should already know." the guard replied.

"I am innocent of any crime against Equestia." Eclipse replied

"Thats what everypony says." The guard said before leaving Eclipse in the prison cell.

"Well, well, well look what the dragon hoarded." A blood red mare said followed by five others. "Eclipse it's good to see after you put me in this rats nest." the mare said

"blood rose." Eclipse replied "One of Equestias most notorious murderer."

"The one and only, that is until you tossed me in here two years ago." Blood rose said

"Justice was served, be thankful that it was life in prison and not death that you where sentenced to." Eclipse replied while keeping an eye on the five other ponies beginning to surround him.

"And I'm sure you remember the Shadow-Trot gang." Blood rose said closing in on Eclipse

"Yeah the most infamous gang of thieves in Manehatten." Eclipse answered

"Until that is when you tossed them in here like you did me." Blood rose replied "But now we get to have our own fun, especially when we get to dance on your bloody corpse." Blood rose said before charging at Eclipse only to be grabbed by him and tossed to the ground. "Get him you fools." Blood rose yelled as the five other ponies charged at Eclipse who only had time to look at the closest on his right before he was tackled to the ground by another one of the ponies who then began to beat him as he was soon followed by the others.

Eclipse tried to fight back but each time he raised his arm to fight back or block it would be knocked back and then stomped on leaving him with a broken bone.

"How does it feel to have the tables turned Eclipse?" Blood rose asked raising her hoof to deliver the finishing blow only to get knocked away by a blast of magic. "Don't you dare lay another hoof on my son." Celestia yelled before using her magic to teleport Blood rose and the other five ponies into separate prison cells. Celestia ran to Eclipse who was currently lying on the ground in pain due to the injuries he had endured due to the loss of his armor. "Eclipse are you alright? Please say something." Celestia said worried she may have been too late.

"M... Mother?" Eclipse asked weakly

"Yes son I'm here your safe now." Celestia said picking up Eclipse and holding him close to her

"W...why am I in prison?" Eclipse asked

"Somepony has framed you but I had to order your arrest so that our subject wouldn't turn against us." Celestia answered

"You did the right... the right thing mother." Eclipse reassured attempting to hug his mother only to cry out in pain from his broken arms. Celestia noticed her sons pain and lay her son back on the ground "Now hold still Eclipse this will hurt but you'll get better much faster." Celestia said as she began to use her magic to heal Eclipses wounds while desperately trying to block out his cries of pain that sounded so familiar to the cries in her dream.

"Please princess you must rest after what happened." Moonshine said

"And what leave Eclipse to suffer in prison?" Luna yelled while Leon sat at the bar drinking a mug of apple cider. "You." Luna said pointing towards Leon "Do you have anything to do with this?"

"No I don't even know who Eclipse is apart from him A: being human and B: some kind of prince." Leon replied taking another sip of cider. "Care for another sir?" the bartender asked Leon who only nodded before the bartender poured another mug of cider.

"Maybe Eclipse is guilty, you never know." Stone-hoof said only to get knocked over the head by Moonshine "Uh I mean there must be a good reason for his arrest."

"But he can't be guilty of anything he's a prince of Equestia what reason could he possibly have to betray his own kingdom?" Luna asked to herself rather than anypony else in the room just as she heard what sounded like a loud rumbling coming from outside.

"And here comes the shit storm." Leon muttered getting up and going outside only to be greeted by at least twenty solders who had arrived in military jeeps. "Are you Leon Mercer of Alpha Fox?" one of the solders said

"You should know that answer already Paul." Leon replied smugly

"Yeah, yeah it's just protocol." Paul replied

"Oh you mean that bullshit they stuffed down our throats?" Leon joked

"Well I see that nothings change apart from the clothes your wearing. Are you going for some kind of medieval theme or something?" Paul asked only to have a white unicorn charge up to him. "I'll have you know that that outfit is one-of-a-kind and is made to be the very pinnacle of fashion." the unicorn yelled

"Woah calm down Rarity." Leon said trying to drag the unicorn away "Anyway why are you guys here?"

"We came here to investigate the hostile actions towards Bravo 42-91 Tango by someone named Eclipse." Paul answered only to be charged at once again by another pony with both wings and a horn. "Eclipse was defending Ponyville from possible attack from your flying machines." the pony yelled

"Luna calm down." Leon said

"How can I calm down when the stallion I have come to love is in prison for a crime he didn't commit?" Luna asked

"Anyway mam we are going to have to take a look around for possible survivors." Paul said

"I doubt you'll find any after the kind of magic I used." Luna said coldly only to have multiple guns aimed at her.

"Mam your going to have to come with us." Paul said walking towards Luna with a pair of hand cuffs. "You think you can capture me? A princess of Equestia." Luna said charging a spell resulting in Leon backing away to avoid being hit but instead felt himself being sucked into whatever spell Luna was casting as he suddenly was blinded by a flash of light and found himself in some sort of room where at the end was a golden throne and upon that throne was a white unicorn with a blonde mane. "Hello Leon Mercer." the pony said

"How do you know me?" Leon asked confused

"Did you really think the spies of Equestria wouldn't spot you while going through the Everfree forest?" Blueblood replied

"So your spies saw me and reported to you now for the more important question, who are you and why did Luna send me here?" Leon asked

"Luna didn't send you here, I did and as for who I am I am prince Blueblood." Blueblood answered

"And what do you want?" Leon asked

"Simple really I want you to serve me in exchange for your life." Blueblood said before using his magic to pick up what Leon recognized as a pistol and pointing it at him. "So... do we have a deal?" Blueblood asked

"Get back get the fuck back." Paul yelled only to have a blast of magic shoot through him causing blood and guts to fly everywhere killing him instantly

"Open fire." one of the solders yelled as him and the rest of the solders began to shoot at Luna who retaliated by using her magic to black the bullets.

"This'll get the bitch." one of the solders from the back said aiming a missile launcher at Luna and firing. Luna blocked the missile but the explosion had caused a shockwave resulting in the tavern they had been recovering in to get blown to pieces.

"Everypony get out of here." Luna commanded as the residents where once again forced to evacuate while the guards stayed to aid their princess.

"Everypony else return fire." Luna commanded as the unicorns shot magic while the earth ponies and pegasi charged towards the enemy.

"There now rest my son you've more than earned it." Celestia said "I'm so sorry this has happened but I promise I will get you out of here, cross my heart and hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye."

"Heh all we need now is for Pinkie Pie to jump out of nowhere and yell forever." Eclipse joked weakly

"I'm sure she's gone and said it by now out of earshot of us." Celestia replied

Pinkie walked with the ponies who where evacuating ponyville when her Pinkie sense occurred in a combo meaning Pinkie promise. "Forever." Pinkie said before running off with the rest of the group.

"Anyway I'll be fine now after all the food can't be as bad as the stuff they served at the guardsman academy." Eclipse said

"I'll come back and check on you later Eclipse but right now I must speak to Twilight." Celestia said before leaving Eclipse alone in the dark prison cell.

"Let's see... if I can't get Blueblood to give me access to Eclipse's room I may need to try a more discreet approach." Twilight muttered in thought only to walk straight into Celestia. "Oh I'm sorry princess I..." Twilight began

"Twilight, Eclipse has already been captured please tell me you have found evidence of his innocence." Celestia asked clearly panicked

"I... I'm sorry princess but I've found nothing and I can't access to his room without Bluebloods permission which is impossible without a mind control spell, and those spells are highly illegal." Twilight answered

"Wait... what if... of course." Celestia said getting more exited "Twilight I want you to call a meeting to the grand hall for all guardsmen in Canterlot as well as the maids."

"But why?" Twilight asked

"So far all evidence against Eclipse was found in his room, now since he's my son and therefore a prince he has guardsmen guarding his room 24/7 and the maids clean his room twice a week." Celestia said

"So by getting the ones who where guarding his room over the past week we can have them tell us if anypony was in his room before the evidence was found." Twilight finished "I'll go get them right away." and with that Twilight ran to order the meeting. "Don't worry my son. I'll save you." Celestia muttered to herself before making her way to her room to sign some important documents.