Equestria's Demise

by metaknightmare217

Rating: teen
Tags: Dark, Sad, Tragedy
Length: 2220

A Catastrophe fell on Equestria, killing the Two Royal Sisters. The kingdom will eventually fall.

It's been a peaceful time in Equestria, everypony was living well in harmony. Yet, a catastrophe beset Canterlot, one fine day. Soon after, the rest of Equestria could not survive for very long with the two most important sisters no longer living, their magic and immortality not even being able to protect themselves from the unimaginable cataclysm.
Only time will tell how much life the rest of Equestria has left…

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-03-29 21:30:02 UTC

Chapter 2: Some Doubts

A week had passed, everything was going according to plan. Ponyville, as well as every other city in Equestria, was doing just fine. The Canterlot Castle was fully repaired, and everything looked as it was before the incident. Twilight went to check up on Cadence.

"Hello, Cadence. I was just wondering-"

"NO!" Cadence shouted, running around the room. Everything was in disarray, with many piles of paper and documents on and around the floor.

"Um... Cadence-"

"Don't you understand? If I don't check on the Equestrian Police Department, I can't check on the Equestrian Stock Market. If I don't check on the Equestrian Stock Market, I can't check on the Equestrian Economy. If I can't check on the Equestrian Economy, I can't check on the Equestrian Newspaper. If I don't check on Equestrian Newspaper, I can't check on the Equestrian Federal Reserve. And if I don't check on the Equestrian Federal Reserve, I CAN'T CHECK ON THE EQUESTRIAN POlLICE DEPARTMENT!!!!!"

"Cadence, I can help you." Twilight replied. "First, we need to get rid of this mess."

"Okay." Cadence agreed.

It didn't take long for Twilight and Cadence to fix up the place. There was plenty of time left.

"Oh. Also, Shining Armor sent me a letter saying everything is going fine in the Crystal Empire," Cadence said. "It's good to know that he's alright"

Now that Cadence mentioned it, things don't seem so fine.

"Still, Cadence. I just don't think that Equestria can survive without Celestia and Luna. Life, just, isn't the same..." Twilight worried.

"I understand, Twilight. At first, I didn't think that I could run all of Equestria, let alone, by myself," Cadence empathized. "I'm sure things will go fine."

"Even then... w-what if something bad happened? What if.. what if-"

"We can't worry, now. I have some important things to do."

"Bye, Cadence," Twilight left.

Twilight walked through Canterlot, sad, depressed, head down in disappointment.

"Sigh..." Twilight looked at her reflection in the water in a fountain. "Things just... can't be the same... they'll never be the same. What with Celestia and Luna gone. The whole kingdom grieving over their death," Twilight stared at the Two Sisters' graves, sitting there, motionless. "They've been alive for so many years, they just couldn't have just... died like this..." Twilight ran off back to Ponyville, crying all the way there, as well as in the library, for the rest of the day, and to sleep.

Twilight was still crying in the morning, still worrying about the same things.

"IT'S HOPELESS!!! (sob) EQUESTRIA IS DOOMED!!!"

"Uh, Twilight? Are you okay" Spike entered the room.

"DO I LOOK FINE?? DOES THIS KINGDOM LOOK FINE TO YOU??"

"Seriously, Twilight. You need to go outside." Spike dragged Twilight out of the library. "Look the sun is out."

Twilight looked at the sky. It was a bright, sunny day.

"I suppose I could go on a walk."

They walked down the path where the Running of the Leaves was held.

"So, why are you so worried?" Spike asked.

"I just got this bad feeling about Equestria," Twilight answered. "Something must be wrong."

"Really? 'Cause everything is doing fine. The only thing different is that Celestia and Luna aren't here."

"That's the point. With Celestia and Luna gone, Equestria just can't be the same."

"Well, everything went fine with Cadence now ruling Equestria."

"Yeah, but... Celestia has been my teacher for so long. Now... what do I do?"

"Hey... look!" Spike shouted as he saw a riot breaking out in Ponyville.

Spike and Twilight ran and galloped as fast as they could towards Ponyville.

"Bring back Celestia and Luna!!!" one protested.

"Cadence can't rule Equestria!!!" another shouted.

"Please. Please. Everypony! Calm down!" Mayor Mare announced.

"But, this world can't turn without the Two Royal Sisters!!!" one stallion replied.

"Yeah!" another said. The riot spread throughout Ponyville. Mayor Mare got the idea to gallop away, as others nearby did.

"RUN!!!" Twilight shouted. Spike followed her.

The two could've gone in any direction, they only had to go far away.

"So, what's the plan?" Spike asked.

"Well, we've got to find the nearest city, first," Twilight answered.

"Then?"

"Then is not important. All we need to worry about is now."

"But... the closest city is 20 miles away."

"We don't need to find a city, now, exactly. We just need to get far away from the riots."

"Got it."

To be continued in Chapter 3...

Chapter 3: Escape

Back at Canterlot, Cadence saw the riots approaching. She didn't know what to do. She wrote a letter to Twilight as fast as she could. She then sent said letter. As soon as the letter was sent, Cadence quickly took flight, overseeing the riot, along with a lit fire, quickly consuming Canterlot Castle. Cadence flew high above the ground, in hopes of finding Twilight.

Meanwhile, Twilight received the letter. It read...

Dear Twilight,

I am overseeing a riot consuming Canterlot Castle. I am about to take flight, in order to see you. Upon receiving this message, please take flight, yourself, and try search for me. I will be stationary above Canterlot Castle.

Sincerely, Princess Cadence

"(Gasp) Cadence is in trouble, Spike!!! You stay put!" Twilight took flight. She saw Cadence, shortly after, "Over here, Cadence!"

"Twilight!" Cadence quickly flew towards Twilight as soon as she heard her.

"It's good to know that your safe, Cadence. Let's go land over where Spike is."

Twilight and Cadence landed safely. Twilight then threw Spike over her back as she and Cadence took flight, again. As fast as they could, they flew away from the burning city.

After about 30 minutes of flight, the two saw one of the biggest cities in Equestria, Manehattan. As they landed, everypony stood there in awe at the sight of the two princesses.

"Princess Twilight and Cadence!" one exclaimed.

"They're here!" another shouted.

"Everypony, calm down," Cadence spoke to stop all the commotion. "I am here with Princess Twilight because of a riot that broke out in Ponyville, which soon swept over Canterlot. I am also sad to say that this riot had also set Canterlot... ablaze."

"Canterlot is gone!!!" a civilian panicked.

"What do we do now?!" another followed.

"WE'RE DOOMED!!!"

Everyone in the vicinity of the two princesses started panicking as they heard the fate of Canterlot.

"What do we do now, Cadence?" Twilight asked.

"Quick!" Cadence ordered as she leaped into the sky, with Twilight soon following. They saw the panic spread throughout Manehattan. The panic quickly turned into a riot, not any different from the one that started in Ponyville. Soon, Manehattan was in ruin. Twilight and Cadence flew far away over other cities. Many of them had learnt about Canterlot's destruction. The two saw the cities break into disorder. All of them had eventually fallen. After a while, they saw a desert. They landed their to spend the night. None of them had expected this...

To be continued in the Chapter 4: The End

Chapter 4: The End

The desert was very barren, not a single sign of civilization in sight.

"I didn't even know this was part of Equestria," Cadence remarked.

"Me neither," Twilight replied. "This place isn't even near Appleoosa." They hadn't brought anything with them, and there was no food, no water, no life.

"Is there any water, here? I'm thirsty," Spike complained.

"We didn't exactly bring water with us," Twilight responded. "Let's go find some."

Try as they might, the 3 couldn't find any water, nor food. It's been a couple since then. No progress has been made.

"(sigh) You know, Twilight. I think you were right when you said that Equestria wouldn't survive. (sob) We are doomed" Cadence cried as she realized her fate.

"We don't have food. (sob) We can barely walk. (sob) We don't have Equestria. (sob)" Twilight could hardly stay alive.

Knowing that they only had a few hour left to live, Cadence lowered the sun, hoping that it would cool them down.

"Well, it's good to know that... (sob) it's all over," Cadence added.

"No more Ponyville, no more Canterlot, no more Equestria... but (sob) you know... at least I'm with my friends..."

The End...

Epilogue: Aftermath

In the end, Equestria fell to the ground. Everypony died, either from starvation, or by the total bloodbath that was the anarchy that formed from the riots. Canterlot, Ponyville, as well as the rest of Equestria lay in ruins. The Everfree Forest fell to ashes as the fire from Canterlot had spread further. Although it was sad for Twilight, Cadence, and Spike to witness their final hours, it was a slow, and peaceful death. They all had each other. They were happy, just the way they wanted it to be...

Prologue: A Catastrophe

"What a beautiful day, isn't it, Luna?" Princess Celestia said.

"I suppose," Luna replied. "Wait, what's that!" she shouted as she saw an asteroid hurdling towards Canterlot.

"EVERYPONY, RUN!!!" Celestia, along with all of Canterlot, panicked.

At around the same time, Mayor Mare saw the asteroid. She issued almost the same reaction to the sight as Celestia had.

"Oh, what do I do? What do I do?" Twilight worried. The rest of Ponyville was panicking, as Canterlot did. Soon, all of town was staring at the flaming Canterlot. Something must be done.

Fire spread throughout Canterlot. There was no hope for that wealthy, royal city.

A few minutes later, with the castle in ruins, ash in the air, one royal guard, who had been hiding in the ruble, started roaming the castle. Soon, he saw the two sisters, not moving, not breathing. The guard then realized the fate that befell the Royal Sisters.

"THE PRINCESSES HAVE FALLEN!! THE PRINCESSES HAVE FALLEN!!!"

Word soon reached all over Equestria in a matter of days.

A day, or what seemed like a day later as the sun and moon were both raised, Mayor Mare held a public announcement. All of Ponyville had gathered, The Mane 6, The Cakes, The Apple Family, everypony was standing there, waiting.

"Listen up everypony! Word has reached Ponyville that the Two Royal Sisters have met their death. Now, according to Equestrian Law, a new ruler shall be chosen."

"And, this new ruler will be..." Twilight was nervous knowing she could become the new ruler, as she was a princess, now.

"...PRINCESS CADENCE!!!"

To Be Continued in Chapter 1...

Chapter 1: A New Ruler

"PRINCESS CADENCE???" Twilight couldn't help to shout in disbelief.

"Is anything wrong, Twilight?" Mayor Mare questioned.

"Oh, uh... no, that's fine," Twilight replied. However, Twilight was still concerned.

Could Cadence really run all of Equestria? She had trouble running just the Crystal Empire, alone...

"This ends my public announcement." Mayor Mare concluded.

Twilight had trouble sleeping that night. She kept being lost in though, what would become of Equestria with the Royal Sisters gone, if Equestria would even survive, all the "whats" and "ifs" that she could imagine. Soon enough, she fell asleep out of pure exhaustion from thinking so much. Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was telling the news to Cloudsdale, which was still worried of the Moon and Sun in the sky at the same time, as was still most of Equestria. Rainbow's speech was almost the same as Mayor Mare had declared. The rest of Ponyville was trying to rest as well.

The next day, Twilight traveled to Canterlot, to check up on Cadence.

"Hello, Twilight." Cadence greeted. "I've been so worried about you, more or less, the entirety of Equestria. It was easy ruling just the Crystal Empire alongside Shining Armor, but all of Equestria? By myself? That would be overwhelming."

"I'm sure it would be." Twilight replied. "And as a dictator? Nopony was titled that in over 1,000 years."

"Shining is now ruler of the Crystal Empire. I miss him." Cadence said. "He must be as worried as I am."

"So, how will you go by ruling Equestria?" Twilight asked.

"Well first, we have to get rid of that." Cadence pointed to the sky. "Remember how when Princess Luna was banished to the moon, Princess Celestia had to take the task of raising and lowering the sun and the moon?"

"You don't think you're going to do that? Are you?"

"It's the only thing we can try."

Cadence started using here magic to lower the moon. It took a few minutes for Cadence to get the magic right. After a couple tries, the moon finally lowered, for the sun to stay in the sky, as it was day.

"You did it, Cadence!" Twilight admired Cadence's ability to use the magic that only the Two Royal Sisters could use for millennia.

"Well, now that that's all taken care of, I'll go off governing the kingdom."

"Wait! Cadence!" Twilight shouted. "Are you sure that you can manage all of Equestria?"

"I'll be fine. I've had a lot of experience from governing the Crystal Empire."

Twilight left to go back to Ponyville while Cadence started making plans for all sorts of things.

"Well... ther's governing Canterlot, then, checking up on the big cities, Manehattan, Boltimare, Las Pegasus, Trottingham..."

Twilight had a bit less trouble sleeping that night, knowing that everything was safe and sound. A new era, a new day, a new ruler...

To be continued in Chapter 2...