Legends of Equestria: HeroSoul

North, Present Day

It happened as I expected, the ringing died down but I found my right ear was still ringing, the bleeding had stopped at least, either from the bandage that Derpy had put on me or from its own will, but I couldn't hear anything to the right of me, at least not as well as my left. Aeb and Dee were on my right and were quietly talking to each other about the mutants. I wasn't really listening, the twisted corpse of Derpy still in my mind. Every time I blinked I saw it and I couldn't look to my wife for a second without being scared. I'd have to explain it eventually, just. Not now. My leg still hurt from something, maybe the wounds inflicted in the ship were real now? If that was the case I'd have a broken finger if I ever became human again, which I didn't particularly want to do.

The sun was just beginning its descent now and there looked like a storm was brewing ahead of us, huge black clouds were forming and thunder could already be heard. With no cover out here we would have to camp out under Steven. Which wasn't exactly idle, we could have slept in the ship but that is out of the question. I would rather drown in a million flash floods and die of hyperthermia before even thinking about going back there. So we continued, Rainbow Dash looked worried about going into the storm and Spectra questioned why we were heading for it instead of making camp now and finding a cave or something. I couldn't see anything in any direction that would resemble cover. But it was Heart Breaker who replied to Spectra's questioning.

"The further away from that place, the better." He muttered, I wondered what he had seen. But with the memory of my scene still fresh in my mind. I didn't ask, nor never would.

"What happened in there?" Spectra grunted "It was just some mutant things, they weren't that bad." He added, nearly everyone turned to look at him. Crystal, Heart and myself glaring at him. "Sorry I asked." He muttered and threw his hooves up in defeat. I turned back and we began moving again. Heart muttered something.

"We saw shit." He muttered, I said nothing, but that was an understatement. Shit would've been alright.

"Like?" Derpy asked,  I looked to her but again said nothing. Nobody did that time. Derpy looked down a little and I found myself looking at the scar of the pony's body my wife was inhabiting, the long claw mark from a demon. It looked so wrong that a pony could just be walking around like that, but current times dictated that it was the norm apparently.

"I really don't want to talk about it Dee. Just please don't mention it again unless I bring it up." I muttered, was probably for the best, if she didn't mention it then I could maybe forget it. Hell, one day I'd tell her. Maybe. Not that we had many left.

Well, its been nearly two months I think since we were told the Garonins were coming and still nothing. Maybe there is a huge delay? Equestria is big as well, they would probably start south and move up or something. Or north. Which was worrying, because we would not only be walking into enemy lines, an enemy who will tear Equestria a new anus, but if we met them before we reached Serpin then we were definitely fucked. Royally fucked.

"Okay Haze, I'm sorry." Derpy muttered. I nodded and silence reigned again.

Somewhere East of Canterlot, two days later

Sapphire Wish, Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna walked through the dungeons of the Sky Dweller fortress hoping for some kind of exit, the entire cloud layer was solid, solid enough even a unicorn like Sapphire could walk on it with no trouble, a dozen or so guards lay dead behind the trio from an attempt to recapture the Princess. But Sapphire managed to stop them.

"Sapphire. My friends are still in the dungeon, and the city. We need to save them!" Twilight shouted. The strange pony turned to Twilight as they walked.

"My job is to save the Princesses. Once you two are save and secure. Maybe I can claim your friends." Sapphire replied. Twilight didn't like the idea of leaving her friends for another second of this torture. But Sapphire seemed to know what she was doing. They began to claim down some stairs where more guards were posted. Sapphire ran forward and shot two, before using her knife to kill the others. It was a simple tactic, the pony aimed the gun, fired twice. Ran forward and stabbed the other two. Not as graceful as other ponies Twilight had seen fight, Dari for one was much more graceful and almost, beautiful when she was fighting. None of the guards even made a sound before they were all dead, so Sapphire had speed to her advantage over Dari.

There was a scream from somewhere, a mare's scream. Twilight stopped in her tracks and pushed open a door to her left. Sapphire, heading forward through the room turned to follow.

"Princess!" Sapphire shouted and followed. Luna was limping but kept close, looking around all over the place in fear of being spotted.

"That's Fluttershy!" Twilight shouted. She ran down a corridor and into a room she knew all to well from her imprisonment here. The torture room, screams kept coming from that room and a horrible smell came from there. Twilight stopped in her tracks again and looked as if to cry. Sapphire aimed her gun and kicked up another door to see the room. Two guards stood close and were shot with the plasma quickly, they feel and died. There was another pony, in a white lab coat and a crazy hair style standing over a bound and loodied fluttershy holding an empty syringe in his mouth.

"Twilight! Run!" Fluttershy cried, Sapphire shot the lab coated pony who exploded all over Fluttershy, the made screamed and closed her eyes. Twilight instantly ran over to help her friend.

Fluttershy was in the same state as Twilight and Luna, bald with a branded cutie mark as well as scars and cuts all over her. Her wings were missing and one side of her stomach had weird tumours of something growing on it, grey and puss filled. They seemed to bubble and move on their own but didn't seem to cause Fluttershy any extra discomfort to what she already had.

"Fluttershy what have they done to you?" Twilight shouted. Fluttershy was crying and he bubble exploded in blood and gore. She screamed out and cried more. Twilight began to unstrap her and a shout called from a guard.

"Princess. Hurry, we don't have much time." Sapphire grunted, she then looked to Luna. "How strong is your magic?"

"At the moment, not very. What do you need?" Luna replied, pain in her voice. It had been the first time Twilight had heard the Princess speak in a long time.

"Hold my knife. I will hold them off until Twilight is done." Sapphire replied, handing the knife to Luna who held it up with magic, the princess nodded and Sapphire ran up the stairs. Gunfire began instantly.

"Twilight. Please, leave me. They did things to me Twilight." Fluttershy cried.

"I'm not leaving you here. There was a sound of a Dwellen gun firing and another shout.

"Twilight please. There is a weak spot in the cloud in the corner, its where they enter without having to go through the entire dungeon to get here. Jump through and you're safe." Fluttershy muttered, weak.

"Come with us." Twilight replied, still undoing the ropes.

"I can't, got no wings. If I move this disease they've given me pops and I get so much pain Twilight. Please just go." Fluttershy muttered.

"I believe your friend may be right, any slight movement and those bubbles seem to move and bleed." Luna replied, more gunshots followed, as well as a small explosion, bits of pony came into the room.

"What about our friends?" Twilight shouted, crying.

"We're the only ones left Twilight. Pinkie killed herself a week ago, Rarity was turned into, something with one of those machines they have. Applejack, she tried to escape. They threw her off the fortress. Down some revine. Its just me and you." Fluttershy muttered. Twilight shut down, she fell onto the floor. Her friends? Gone. After all this. They were just, gone? Twilight felt lost. What would have happened had Haze come? Would this be any different? They still would have captured them, only Haze would be broken to.

Twilight was alone. All her friends were gone.

The new princess wanted to cry, to take vengeance on the Dwellers for what they did. But she couldn't. Twilight just stared at the tortured Fluttershy. Her heart broken and her spirit gone.

"Sapphire!" Twilight shouted, a few seconds passed and the pony ran in, firing behind her. "In that corner! Fire at the ground!" Twilight shouted. Sapphire nodded and fired, a large hole appearing in the cloud layer big enough for two ponies together. Twilight looked to Fluttershy.

"I'm sorry Fluttershy, sorry it ended like this." Twilight cried, the yellow Pegasus just nodded then looked to Sapphire.

"Will that be quick?" Fluttershy muttered, looking at the gun. Sapphire shook her head and Fluttershy looked down in sadness.

"I'm sorry friend of Twilight's. I will try to make it as painless though." Sapphire muttered. More shouts could be heard from behind. "Twilight how well can you fly?" Sapphire asked, Twilight couldn't even stretch her bared, broken wings. She just shook her head. "Okay, I have a plan. I must jump first, follow me after three seconds. One at a time." Sapphire said and began to walk to the hole. Luna stabbed a guard as he ran through the door.

"Go!" The Princess shouted. Sapphire nodded and ran toward the gap, shooting Fluttershy as she did, one final scream from the pony was heard before silence. Sapphire jumped, Twilight counted and ran.

One. Twilight was sprinting to the hole, Luna close behind. Two. The hole was getting much closer, the room wasn't very big. Three. Just as Twilight jumped in the air a gunshot sounded, Luna shouted and tripped.

Through the hole Twilight went, a second later. Luna came too.

The trio fell close together, the ground getting very close very quickly, Sapphire's horn was glowing and slowly a purple portal formed beneath the trio. Sapphire, then Twilight, then Luna went through.

A few seconds passed as the portal moved them and the trio came back through another, back into Equestria and face first into a grassy hill.

A minute passed before anyone moved, Sapphire stood up and groaned, shaking off the dirt from her body and looking around. The sun was going down incredibly fast suddenly and the sky was going dark.

Twilight soon stood and looked to the sky, a him off magic being heard, the young princess turned to see Luna on her back, blood in her mouth with a wphuge gunshot wound through her back and stomach. The princess looked to be in a lot of pain and Twilight yelled. Sapphire Wish quickly turned to see the downed princess.

"Twilight, I do not know any healing spells. What do you know?" Sapphire asked quickly, putting a Hoff on the wound, Luna groaned but continued to make it night time. The moon came out and was a right white as normal, but slowly began to go red as Luna lost more blood.

"I don't know any, not for this scale of wound. Rarity knew loads." Twilight cried, looking Luna in the eyes. "What is she doing?" Twilight asked quickly. Sapphire looked up and shook her head in sadness.

"Since Luna is so far from her sister and mother. This is the easiest way to send the message of her death." Sapphire muttered.

"No. Luna can't die. Nononono. Luna please! Don't die!" Twilight cried. Luna said nothing but spat some blood out, closing on eye and focusing on the moon. The stars seemed to fade slightly the redder the moon got and clouds drifted over the atmosphere to cover the nights sky.

All over Equestria ponies came out of their homes or jobs to see the forced night and watch as the moon died.

In Canterlot as Celestia cried out for her sister and cursed the Sky Dwellers for her death, deep beneath Canterlot Lauren Faust spasmed in pain as her Second Creation was lost to the Gap. To drift forever alone. Lauren had a huge nosebleed and bled all over her work, but she didn't care. It would be started again, her daughter was dying.

Somewhere North a group of warriors questioned why night had struck, but carried on their journey, only a few understanding.

The last of the dragons all sat in a circle to mourn the passing of the moon, and began to travel to Equestria to defend it from the threat of invasion once more. Until the last, following an ancient promise to the moon to protect and serve.

As the moon went red, the sky turned black and the the red moon cracked. As Luna drew her final breath. It exploded into pieces, drifting into space and the link between sun and moon. Lost forever.