The Battle For Equestria (book 1)by StarBlitzChaptersThe Sky Explodes, Twice (Prologue) I receive a letter of war, magic and a second puberty It's a bird, It's a plane, It's... Skywriter?!We crash a dinner partyShot with the rubber band of doom! Oh and some things are sorted out...Dirty WorkOne Door Closes As Another OpensLove is Fuel, Alience is PowerThe Sky Explodes, Twice (Prologue) Author's Note Sorry about the soggy backstory, Just thought it would help explain later events. As always, Constructive Criticism please, no yelling! The Sky Explodes, Twice (Prologue) Hero Perspective Earth StarBlitz's POV It was a Friday morning, and I sat on the front lawn, admiring the sky above. I occasionally come here to sit and gaze like I used to do every night before bed. I'm 18 now and I live by myself on a farm way out west from here. I have a fair amount of money so I spare work hours once and awhile to come and visit this place. It was an old, rundown orphanage where I had grown up in. I had spent the first thirteen years of my life here and all my life, I had never known who my real parents were, for I had just appeared here one night. They couldn't find anyone who might have delivered me and even blood tests would just turn up completely blank. The same would happen with my two best friends Badger and Skywriter, and we seemed to be almost alien. Then one night, my friends and I had decided to go late night shopping, well, actually I had been yelling in my sleep that something bad was to happen at orphanage late at night the next day so we agreed to leave so I would calm down. And strangely enough, a fire had started in one of the kitchens and the entire orphanage went down in flames. The three of us were then relocated to a new orphanage, but as soon as we were checked in, all three of us were adopted to different homes. We went to the same school up until eighth grade and then we got our own separate apartments for High School and so on. Although we're still connected by phone, we hadn't seen each other since. Most of the time I just sit and watch the clouds or throw pebbles through the broken windows, but this time was different. Instead of it being cloudy and gray, like it is whenever I visit, there was a cloud less blue sky and a shining sun. What I found strange was that not only did it fell like 90 degrees out in the end of Autumn, there was almost a rainbow in the sky that seemed to not have a start nor an end, but a shimmering tail that faded like the trail of a jet and a white needle point on the other side. Starring at the thing with the incredulous idea that the rainbow seemed... familiar... I quickly snapped back to reality when I realized that the rainbow's white needle point was moving through the sky. Then I noticed that not only was the thing moving, but it was getting bigger, as if getting closer. I now know exactly what this thing is but I just couldn't believe that it was true and just as I figured out what was going to happen next, the sky blew up into a giant, expanding ring of colors only to be followed by a second one identical to the first. The white needle point from before was now hurtling towards the earth as a glowing cannon ball, followed by a vibrant, colorful rainbow tail, and crashed into the old shed a few feet in front of me. The crash blew up a cloud of dust and rubble, and the force of the impact blew me back into a tree, leaving me dizzy. Once I came around, the musty air began to part, revealing the thing that had just crashed from the heavens above. The blurry form got to its feet, it was bruised and scraped all over and it seemed to show some effort to get up. Cyan wings stuck out through what looked like a sports jersey with slits in the back. You could say that it looked human but I knew it wasn't. It- no SHE, gazed at me with glittering rose eyes and her rainbow hair shined in the sunlight. I receive a letter of war, magic and a second puberty I receive a letter of war, magic and a second puberty Hero Perspective Earth Rainbow Dash's POV I made my way to the man's house in a crash from my change in physical features. On the plus side, I also created an awesome double rainboom! Achieved only by added speed from my unexpected free fall. Twilight mentioned this transformation when she told me how to get here. Something about alternate realty hoo-ha she learned about during her quest to get her crown back from this world. But I tuned her out during most of her speech and missed the part on how to use my body in this world. I payed the price harshly, almost every inch of me was either bleeding or sore. I remembered vaguely how twilight told me to stand like Spike on two legs for it was easier to do than all fours. As I stumbled to whatever my elongated hooves were, which I think she said were called "Foots", he began to stare and gape at me. StarBlitz's POV I just stared in complete disbelief what I was seeing. Right in front of me was the real Rainbow Dash. I am a brony, but only my friends know. We use to love the show back in the sixth grade and we had our own OCs. But right now, I couldn't process any of what I was looking at. Next to that were the questions that I had; how did she get here?; Why is she here?; Why does she exist?; Why is she human!? My brain raced and the silence was broken when she asked me a question. "Are you StarBlitz?", How did she know my name? "Y-yes, why?" "Because I'm here to deliver a letter". She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a envelope. A letter!? Who in Equestria would send me a letter!? "A-are you sure it's n-not for somebody else?" "Yes, I'm pretty sure. Anyways, it's for you and two others- do you know a Skywriter and Badger?" She looks over my shoulder and all around How did she know all of this?! "Yes I d-do" "Well go take this to em' and it will tell you all that you need to know. Oh, and fix that stutter of yours. Gotta Dash! Hehe...always wanted to say that" and with that, she awkwardly flew off, made a quick, but decent sonic rainboom and was gone. I ran all the way to their houses, I guess I'm lucky that they still live in the area. I arrived at Skywriters house first and she came out in her favorite turquoise blouse, I'm surprised it still fits her after all these years, along with her moon and quill charm dangling from her neck. Her eyes a cold and icey blue and her streak shined brighter than ever. Our streaks were another part of our many anomalies. Each of our streaks was a patch, lock or clump of a few strands of hair that looked unnatural and dyed, but were quite the opposite. Her streak was a long line in her hair made of two thin stripes of minty blue and aquamarine, mine was a big patch of tangerine hair with brilliant red strokes at the end and Badger's was a murder on my eyes, zigzag of black and white that pushed outward from the top of his head. Whenever a streak was cut or shaved off, it grew back the next day as long as it was before it was cut, but with the same color of our regular hair, and then changed back to its streak color the day after that. Skywriter was surprised to see me since I haven't visited before. I tried to explain to her what had happened but after a long silence, she replied with something along the lines of, "Okay, you've read way too much fanfiction". She didn't believe me one bit. I even showed her the letter's address but that didn't work either. "Just come with me to find Badger and I'll show you the orphanage" "Uuuugh... Fine" After an long hour of being called delusional and mental, we arrived at Badger's place and found out that he was home. "Hey guys! How's it go-" "I'm not even gonna try to tell you, so come with us to the orphanage". "What? Its like, 8am man! Why are you even here anyways?" "We are here to begin your mandatory physical for test subjects under: 50, days of-" "Ha ha, very funny. Now seriously, why are you here?" "I'll explain later. Now come on, we gotta get going" With a sigh, he got dressed into a cyan T-shirt and some sweat pants and locked the door behind him. I felt a chilled breeze on my shoulder and noticed a hole that was singed through my jacket. "Oh come on! that was my favorite jacket!" I took off the scarlet windbreaker and tied it around my waist while muttering, "Dumb fabric...". We drove to the orphanage in his car and I explained everything about what happened, and of course, he didn't believe me and I suffered the same torment Sky gave me, but he learned quickly when he saw the giant hole on the front lawn with rainbow fire dancing along it's broad rim. "Isn't that where the old shed used to be, Blitz?", he asked weakly. After we got out of the car, we headed over to the new dugout and sat down at the edge. Badger looked at the fire and went to touch it, "Wow! It isn't even hot!" "Why would you even- never mind." I pulled out the letter and began to read aloud. "Dear Star Blitz, Skywriter and Badger, I have to inform you that a world other than your's exists and it is where you are originally from. It is known as Equestria and you need to come quickly. A terrible crisis has occurred and your help is needed desperately. Magical objects known as, 'The Elements of Harmony' are this world's strongest protection, but somehow, Equestria's most powerful villains have found a weapon with power far beyond that of the Elements and they are using it to rage war and to gain power. The only way to stop them is with a weapon with power similar to their's and it has been entrusted with you three. With this method I prepared, you can return to Equestria to learn more of the war and to use the device in battle, but you must first perform the steps listed below to complete a transformation that will allow you to come to Equestria. The one of little who you can trust, Princess Celestia" It's a bird, It's a plane, It's... Skywriter?!Hero Perspective Earth StarBlitz's POV According to the letter, we were a group of three; a guard, Badger; a bishop, me; and a princess, Skywriter. "I really am Luna's right han- hoof mare! I can't believe it!" Skywriter yelped, obviously overjoyed and excited. "Yes, and your half-sister, Emerald Sky, does the same for Celestia. You're both alicorn princesses apparently." I replied. "OP!" Badger shouted. "Knock it off" "But I don't know an Emerald Sky." She sounded a bit confused. "The letter said that is because you and Luna had both agreed to send you, your best guard and best planner into this world. How we ended with a wiped memory is probably because you thought that if we knew about our origins, it would be very hard to keep our identities a secret. These villains must of known about our split up, rendering our weapon useless, and then they used their's to rage an all out war." "So that means that we're not just ponies from anther world, but a team sent here to protect a dangerous weapon." Badger put in. "But then what did the letter mean by that there has to be a 'transformation'?" "Well when I saw dash, she was almost a human, so I guess we have to turn into ponies to be able to go to Equestria." I replied. "Well how are we supposed to do that?!" Skywriter and Badger asked in unison. "Celestia gave a list of instructions for us to use." I pulled the paper with instructions out of the envolope and held it up. "Then what are we waiting for then!" Badger said. The letter told us that in either world, our bodies would transform to that of something that lives there by being in the presence of that specific realm. A way to manipulate this ability without magic, is to have something connected to the opposite world so that it can generate the presence needed for transformation, a real pegasus feather on earth would be something that could hack this ability. So the letter contained one of Skywriter's old baby feathers that was used just for this reason. The letter explained that we had to drop the feather right from the envelope onto the ground and then bring our hands down in a stack on top of the feather. If done correctly, the feather would disintegrate and all three of us would return to our original forms with not only our previous memories, but our new ones as well. But if it were to be performed wrong, the procedure would only work on the one touching the feather directly. Due to precautionary measures, we put Skywriter's hand on the bottom so if the transformation went wrong, we knew she would be able to supply us with feathers for Badger and I. The transformation was successful, but it went in the order of how our hands were stacked. Sky began to crumple down to about half her hight and her arms grew and her legs shrunk. Her nose elongated to a small muzzle, her icy blue eyes grew to the size of grapefruits and a tail sprouted from her rear. A stump grew on her forehead to then lengthen into a full sized alicorn horn and giant wings sprouted from her back. A small mark of a quill over a crescent moon, that looked just like her charm, appeared on her new flanks as well. After a few more moments of adding smaller details, she was the spitting image of her turquoise OC, Princess Skywriter. Her eyes then began to glow entirely white, possibly from regaining her old memories. The same then happened to Badger; he turned to the color of his cyan shirt and his hair turned from brown to black, zigzagged with white streaks. A Sword and what looked like a silver pony helm from the show, shimmered on his flanks indicating a cutie mark. His ears appeared to be be more leathery than Sky's and his pupil were thin slits, indicating that he was a thestral. He grew a horn not nearly as big as Skywriter's and he was shorter than her, too. Just as his eyes started glowing, my transformation began as well. I could feel myself shrinking as I bent over on all fours, my skin turned to a brilliant scarlet and the hair on my head and new tail turned to the tangerine of my streak with a big patch of red hair. My flanks sparkled and a gold, five pointed star overlapping a red, swirled star appeared in its center. A small growth sprouted from my forehead to then grow into a horn half the size as Sky's. Hazy images flashed in front of my eyes, clouding my mind with memories. And soon enough, we were a trio of technicolor ponies, standing inside fallen clothing and surrounded by a giant, glowing forcefield. Skywriter, now in a mix of royal hospitality and extreme content, was hopping around with a half smile on her face, "Tis' amazing!" I had to agree, my brony hype overwhelmed me, but almost as if a my mind shared two personalities, which it probably did at the moment, a voice in my head told me to keep calm and continue with the quest. We then had to learn how to use magic, fly and most importantly, walk. Skywriter shot about fifty feet in the air during one of her first attempts to fly. She awkwardly flew through some power lines, scattering a flock of pigeons, and then crashed into a tree by the forcefield's boundary line with a loud, "omf!". She shot sparks through her horn at a group of squirrels scratching and nipping at her for crashing into their nest. Badger and I worked on the basic spells written in the letter while our memories regained our old ones so that we could get used to using magic. After somewhat accomplishing the levitation of rocks and mending the all the windows we broke, our memories were fully restored. I began to feel more serious and smart, but through my mind's two separate parts, I felt confused and unkempt. The last step was to use a spell to transport us to Equestria. I had to concentrate on where we were to go, very specifically. The letter said, " Board Room, Canterlot Castle". Then after deep concentration, I looked up to see us all literally shocking. I felt fizzy and light headed and after a loud ZAP, everything went black. We crash a dinner partyHero Perspective Euestria Narration Celestia and Luna set motionless as everyponyelse began to eat. Twilight and the rest of the gang sat next to them, stirring from lack of patience. "When do think they'll show up, Princess?" Twilight asked. "I don't know," Celestia responded, "Are you sure sent it to the right person, Rainbow Dash?" "Yes ma'am, he had the streak and everything." Rainbow replied. "Good thing we have left the hair color so we can find them and have them safely returned." Luna said, who was starting to tear up now that her partner is returning, but failing to arrive. "I know, I'm very impatient, too" Emerald Sky spoke up, who was sitting next to Celestia, trying to console Luna with her own sorrow. After everypony got settled down, a heavy presence filled the air. Then a fizzing sound started, but very quietly at first, like a bee buzzing, then it filled the room and sounded like feed back. Everypony was confused and than with a flash of light, three figures appeared out of thin air and crashed through the table breaking it in half, sending food flying everywhere. "I think I-*Cough*-was a little too-*Cough*-specific with the-*Cough*-location.", A male voice said from the beneath the broken ruins. "Ya'-*Cough*-Think?!" "WHO DARES TO INTRUDE US?!" Luna boomed in her royal Canterlot voice, "YOU SHALL BE PUNISHED FOR ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK US!" "I see thou's voice-*Cough*-is still the best-*Cough*-of them all." A familiar, female voice said. Celestia started, "Is it really-" "SKYWRITER!" Both Luna and Emerald Sky cut in. They all galloped towards the table only to be tackled by three, boisterous- CHANGELINGS! The three tangled the confused, stunned ponies in webs and within seconds, they were all hung from the ceiling in cacoons. "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" Luna yelled, her voice barely muffled by the cacoon. "This: used to identify a specific pony or thing close at hoof or being indicated or experienced" Came the muffled answer from Pinkie's cacoon. "Thanks" "We were told by our lord that you were expecting visitors, so she created a plan for us to fool you and capture you and take you to or lord so you shall be executed!" The leader of the changeling group answered, now with a raspy, reptilian voice that only the few changeling soldiers that could speak in their own form had. All of the ponies except Luna and Celestia were knocked out because they were immortal and for some reason Pinkie wasn't out, but fluttershy's cacoon violently shook and threatened to fall off the ceiling and would have, too if the other changelings weren't there to support it. Then somepony announced, "Foolish changelings..."in a voice similar to the third changeling's fake voice. "Who's there?!" He yelled as he shot an aimless web at the window. "How foolish of you to expose all of thou's plan... If thy hadn't even captured all of the hostages?" The voice said. "What do you mean?!" The changeling yelled, now getting angry. Just then, a male voice yelled, "She meant that the visitors that you posed as, were actually going to arrive!" An crimson beam shot from the doorway into changeling, making him shatter to pieces. Then a certain scarlet stallion stepped into the light of the room with his horn glowing brightly and a confident grin on his face. The other changelings raced over to catch him, but only to receive the same fate as their leader when Skywriter and Badger leaped through the window and shot their own coat color beams at the two changelings. A caterer then entered the room to ask what anypony wanted for dessert, and went wide eye when he saw the carnage. "D-Did I m-miss anything important?" Shot with the rubber band of doom! Oh and some things are sorted out...Hero Perspective Euestria StarBlitz's POV We must of been out of sight or blurred by their cacoons because as soon as we set our captured friends free, all of them jumped into a fighting stance, except for Pinkie, who just merrily hopped after a nearby butterfly. "HALT!" We whipped around to see two unicorn guards in mid spell. As soon as we tried to defend, they fired a glowing ring that looked like a lot like a giant rubber band. It bounded us down for a few seconds, then it fell to the floor and dissipated. Celestia sighed in relief."So it really is you." "Wait, what just happened?" Badger asked. "We tested to see if you were changlings," The princess replied, "You would've shriveled into dust if that touched you." "Okay..." Badger looked terrified. After everypony settled down, we began to discuss the war and what we had missed. The war had started when the villains first attacked, but it was when they first found the weapon that they had planned the war. The mysterious villains were ponies we already knew about because of the show. Celestia described Queen Chrysalis, a creature with the ability to morph into anypony or anything, ruling over a massive legion of abominations just like her and they feed on the most precious of things, love. She told us of King Sombra, a unicorn who's power is beyond compare, but is wasted as he would rule over and empire of slaves with cruelty and misery. He was punished for his crimes with banishment to barren tundras in the Antarctic, but returned to join leagues with the changlings and take over the world as we knew it. Although we've seen them before in the show, the way Celestia described what they did and how they looked, it would give me nightmares just to think about them. Speaking of the show, we accidentally caused suspicion when we knew well about the things that happened when we were gone. It got to the point where we ended up admitting that there was a show that was about Equestria. As it turned out, all three seasons had really happened, so the start of the war and the end of the series must have been linked. "So you know all about our adventures," Rainbow asked, "Cool!" "Wait, What do you mean, show?" Twilight asked "Because of the more advanced technologies on earth, we have created a moving picture box, kind of like a taking a million pictures of something really fast, and then looking through them really fast" I answered. "You sound like Twilight when she talks about magic" Rainbow Dash snickered "Hey!" Twilight and I retorted in unison. "Yeah, yeah. But why would we exist in your world?" she asked. "I can explain my theory to that later but why would it show recent events?" Celestia asked. "Dunno, but I'm sure the answer will turn up eventually" Luna followed up. "Now that we're all caught up, what exactly is this 'weapon'" Badger asked. To which the princess replied, "The weapon you possess is known as the M.E.G.A.; Manual, Engaged, Group, Arsenal. The object itself was made by your kind a long, long time ago and was used in a war as well. The MEGA was used in a group of 3 beings which would be the holders of its dangerous power." "So than why do you have it if humans originally made it?", Badger interrupted. "Well we were in a war with your kind as well at the time, though the cause is still uncertain, and it happened in an age when humans used to be one of the most advanced races in the universe but lost everything in the war, thus restarting the evolutionary cycle-" "English please", Badger interrupted again. "The human race lost the war and was so destroyed, that it resorted back to stone age technologies like cave men, or something." I answered. "So can we let her finish now?" "Yes" "So as I was saying," Celestia continued,"the MEGA was a nano-cloud, like a gas made of nano bots that were inhaled or surgically placed inside a host and would provide unlimited psychic and telekinetic power. Because of a poor decision of the human race, generals believed that the MEGA was completely functional so they left it as a defense, and sent in their defensive troops to battle. But unknown to them, the MEGA had still been in testing leaving their bases temporarily vulnerable. So we sent in a team to 'Hack' the MEGA in a way that it would rebel against the users, rejected it's host through later internal confliction, and then deserted the host. Our kind recovered the MEGA after the other disappeared, and locked it away. Without the MEGA, the humans began conflicting within themselves,which eventually led to their own demise in civil wars. Millennia later, you three went out to the gardens when you found it filled with a strange mist, which has now been confirmed as the MEGA, and started showing its traits not only a year or so after." "Wait a second, when did all this happen?" I asked "You found the MEGA 2,000 years or so after the war and were sent to earth a short while after, around 18,000 years ago." Luna replied *PSTHSP* "WHAT?!" I screamed after I spat out my drink. "But we were only 18 back on earth! We couldn't possibly been gone that long!" "There could be a serious time difference. That could be a major problem later..." Luna started. "And why would you try to find us after all these millennia, if by normal standards, we would already have long since died?" "The MEGA itself has shown to increase the lifespan of it's host a hundred fold since Chrysaliswould have died at a least a few hundred years after the first war and its already known ability of immunity to most physical and magical attacks."Celestia replied, "So we hoped that you would still be alive and able to return..." "But-" "Well now that that's settled." Badger interrupted, trying to stop what could be a possibly long discussion that could be dealt with later, "What about the MEGA the villains have?" "That, is still unknown, but until then, we must work with the one we have" she replied. "So what makes you think that we'll be able to control it?" Badger asked. "I don't" "What do you mean, you don't?" "I said I don't think you will be able to control or even USE the MEGA, that's why training starts immediately." Dirty WorkVillain Perspective Equestria Narration 20,000 years ago, Terrible times struck Equestria. An inter-dimensional war raged through its land and another far off. Deep withen the castle of Cantorlot, evil and good alike, work together to save Equestria from the enemy. Sombra's POV Times like this get me excited, people suffering, war without end, constant hate and destruction, Oh how I love it all. But now isn't the time for enjoyment, for with the fact that we are losing the war, I won't have anything to draw misery from. So in the matters at hoof, I have excepted a truce with the royals around the globe, we currently reside in the ruins of cantorlot castle, board room. I am here on a form of parole, since I've previously been imprisoned in the Icy depths of the Antarctic realm, and I was released so I could help because Equestria's troops are so weak. But enough about myself, the real action is taking place in front of me. "As you all know, we are failing to defend from the human enemy. Our casualties are high and we are running out of soldiers, supplies have run out at our stockpiles in the Foal Mountain Reserve forts 1, 2, and 3 and in trotingham down south of here, as well as defeats in Reignstown Fencylvania, Cloverton Maressachusetts and right here in Cantorlot. To make matters worse, spies have reported that a super weapon is being developed by the humans capable of annihilating mountains", general highfire announced, "But I bring good news as well; The super weapon is the most important thing to humans at this time, without it, the humans are defenseless, for they have made a poor decision to move their defenses in to attack, making them have to use weapon instead while their defenses are attacking. I have devised a plan for a small group of our best troops to infiltrate their research labs, and destroy what you can of the super weapon while we retreat all our remaining troops. Once the weapon is destroyed, we can lay waste to the humans and end this war!" "So who exactly will you send in" I asked. "You and Chrysalis" he replied "What exactly makes you want to send us to do the job" "Because neither of you can actually die, and even though the princesses are powerful, they are not battle trained. Your skills in specific are whats needed for the task, you can send blackout thorough out the base, cut of communications, and make it very easy to get in, once there, Chrysalis can send her changelings in disguise to locate and destroy the weapon." "And what makes you think it'll work?" I replied. "We're losing this war and this plan is our only chance to win it. So just shut it and at least try to help", He replies rather angrily. "I'll have you know that I could skin your hide and mount your head for speeking to me in that tone!". I'd usually threaten worse but Im not in the mood. I just just want to make the most of the time to annoy and peeve him. "Enough" Celestia cuts in blatantly, "While it may seem impossible, its all we have right now, so follow your orders". The meeting ended there and we stocked up to comense the plan. Chrysalis's troops and I stalked two scouts, ironic really, on the way back to human camp 427, and we cut them off a few miles to the base. After a few minutes, two changlings disguised themselves as the scouts while the other five stood guard. I melted into shadow for my own cover. As we approach the camp, i can begin to smell their strong, ammo residue and i can see three large, gate like towers, almost like lightning rods, protruding from the side of an extremely large barracks. Two more buildings are at its side, one with their strange vehicles that fly and look like small trains and the other with weird dishes and smaller gated towers on its roof. The smell of ash and smoke reek through the landscape and the air tastes metallic, ash sodden trees surround it and the streams glow a venomous green. "So, this is how humans live, looks rather disgusting and unhealthy, and I would know", I state. "Memories retrieved from the scouts show that this is what their world looks like now" one of the changlings say. I start by sending a blackout to the base. I don't know what exactly powers this place but i learned they used electricity, so i used a spell that destroys lightning. I stalk around as a shadow and seal off what looks to be alarms and prevent them from sounding, and I finish with a sleeping spell to knock out the inhabitants. I then follow the changlings inside and they use their memories to get through the chromatic building with the dishes. They said it was called the, "control" center. In no time at all, we reach the room with the weapon and we start to figure out how to destroy it. "What do we do first?" I ask "The scouts know nothing about the weapon in particular and we need a higher form", the first changling replies. I grasp one of the white coated humans in my magic and offer it to him. The changling accepts and morphs into the human. "This being will work sufficiently," he starts, "According to this one, the core of the machine holds the cell transmitter, that sends a form of AI to implants in the users brain, it has a learning capability to adapt in battle, but can be easily tampered with; we could send directions to destroy itself- a kill code, make it repel the user, we could even just blow it up" I get an idea, "you said it could rebel the host right?" "Yes" "Well do you think we could make it rebel in our favor, to be more specific, my favor?" One Door Closes As Another OpensVillain Perspective Equestria Sombra's POV The time to act is now. Once the changlings check and finished whatever nonsense they were working on, we could finally leave. According to them, they had decided the best way to gain control of the so called, "M.E.G.A", the implants in the brain would convert into a, "nano" state that the changlings the described as gaseous state made of billions of microscopic, "robots", and exit through the skull the first time it is used. With this in mind, the implants could be captured and used to my advantage for... later plans, and it would also be easier to install and use in battle. An unfortunate drawback is that when leaving the skull, the MEGA could reproduce rapidly and make copies of itself, but thats only bad if the clones can escape... We were just starting to finish when the guards began to wake up. Curses! I'm low on magic from the massive sleep and blackout act, and now I can only teleport a few feet in front of me. At least in my shadow form, I can sneak by... if I'm careful. "Hurry!" I whispered to the changlings. They finished as the humans started to stand up, and they morphed into gnats. We snuck through the door and down the first corridor, and I had to duck out of the way as two humans in forest colored armor. One was bearing a weapon in both, "hands?", that had two long and thin barrels at the end, while the other held a rather sleek and chromatic weapon with a wide, glowing barrel at the end. They ran into the room with the MEGA probably with the intent of checking and guarding it. As if to read my mind, an alarm blared something unintelligible, but I heard it mention the MEGA so I guessed it was a Lockdown. Great, now its going to be even more difficult to escape. A long and suspenseful hour passed and we were nearly out of the yard once a forsaken guard noticed me and opened fire. To my luck, he seemed to be the only one at his post and his weapon wasn't automatic. The single bullet was easy to dodge and to save magic, I decided to use physical contact. With swift movement, I pounced over to him and impaled him with my horn as I reached him. His face turned a sickening white and blood gushed from the wound as I released him of my horn and he staggered backward. He fell to the ground, sputtering blood and a black crystal erupted from the stab wound and another erected from his forehead. He disintegrated into ashes and a small black crystal was all that remained. We left the base and made our way back to the castle. I realized something before we left though, human blood STAINS. Around half way back to the castle, I asked the changlings if they have the copy. "Yes, sir." "Well hand it over then." "I'm afraid we can't do that, sir." "Excuse me, what was that?" "We know what you're planning, sir, the whole hive does. Are minds are all link so no matter what you do, sir, we know. And now that we do, she wants in." "And if I don't" "Then we will leave you to find your way back, and take the copy with us, and don't try to follow or attack, we have you surrounded with the whole battalion, and in your current state of fatigue, we both know which one of us will get out alive, sir." I hear series of wing buzzes and chitin clicks making the vast presence known. "So, it seems we are at an impasse, may I know my options?" "Well it's quite simple really, you and I share the power and and take Equestria for ourselves, or I get to rule and you die for real this time," Answered Chrysalis as she struts out from the thicket behind them, "And if you chose correctly, follow me and we can get started." 2 years pass) Celestia's POV I stood at the edge of the castle board room, gazing out of the window before me, lowering the sun for the first time since the war ended and the 7 year Sunset was no more. Although the war had not directly involved me in battle, unlike Luna who fought right on the frontline, I stopped raising the sun to save for last resorts. According to a message from Sombra, the MEGA was no longer functional and after the mission, the human army started to deteriorate and eventually collapsed. Sombra disappeared before he returned from the mission and I fear we might have a future problem, but something valuable has been recovered, the MEGA itself. We found it working perfectly, which leads a bit more suspicion towards Sombra, and it looks like we can use it for our own defense in war. Since we have no need to use it now, I gave it to Luna, who found it herself anyways, who gave it to her vassal, so in the time being, the MEGA will just have to wait to show itself once more... Love is Fuel, Alience is PowerVillain Perspective Castle Ruins Sombra's POV The bastards caught on to my plans! Confound it all, if I wasn't as fatigued... Anyway, we made our way across the continent by hoof, quite unnecessary considering I COULD TELEPORT and they COULD FLY, I asked over and over why we had to walk and she said it was because she didn't want me escaping... so could lose the thing I came for in the first place and get sent back to the arctic? Like Tartarus I would do that, not to mention that i was surrounded and had malnourishment constricting me. By the time we had finally reached their fortress of insects, three days of none stop walking had passed and I was sure that I was going to break my legs. But as always, life sucks and we went straight to the hall and began to discuss our plans... well her's for now anyways. "I see you are rather lanky after the small hike." Chrysalis cooed. "Enough of the mockery. Why am I alive." "Why if I hadn't known, I would have thought you sounded disappointed" she started, "As you and I both know, I can't rule without a king." A smirk and raised eyebrow creeps onto her face. "Don't even think about making me your 'He' slave" I counter, gripping the table with anger "Although we could use a bit more food in our stocks, you and I both know that this is bigger than both of us" slowly getting more stoic as she continues on talking, Chrysalis guestures to her side and two guards cantor out from the darkness and with a large jar between them. Now that I notice, the room does seem a bit... deteriorated and seems to be completely devoid of all guards except the ones before us. The heavy stench of mildew leads me to believe that we are in some kind of cell, even though we are obviously in a huge throne room. She must have noticed my eyes darting around because her horn glowed and the room shifted to it's true form, a small room with slimy green walls. I see multiple doors around us though, so I think this must be the center of the hive... My thoughts are stopped abruptly as she starts to talk again "As you and I both know, the weapon you intend to use is not functional without two or three beings to wield it. Because I cannot use my drones, I need a form higher to hold it's power, and that staillion is sitting right before me" She pauses "But this plan will never succeed if we constently hate each other, so I would like to see ourselves as equals." She extends her hoove out and continues on," I am Queen Chrysalis, ruler of the Greenback Clan of changelings, request allegiance with the dark lord Sombra. I give you Co leadership over my troops and citizens alike and I hope to become your partner in world domination." She finishes, grinning wildly. I extend my own hoove to return the gesture, "World domination? I like that..." (3 Weeks Pass) Sombra's POV The plan is finally about to be set in action, for after the short time of training that went by, we have completely mastered the MEGA's power, is what I would say if we weren't completely terrible with this weapon. Seriously, why would this be any harder than magic? It kinda IS a telekinetic force that in our case, increases our use of magic, so what makes it so difficult? As well as being behind, these painstaking practices are REALLY annoying, having to move all these Celestia damned, 50 ton blocks around, and teleporting halfway across the ocean and back OVER AND OVER. But, as always, bad news always have a good side, all the courses we take seem to strengthen our bonds. While in some of the more rigorous ones, like climbing a mountain with our magic, I got to learn a bit more about her and as it turns out, she has a lot of the same interests; wearing capes, murder and tyranny. Of course, I have no room for any kind of love at all, but at least I know that this operation will be exciting nonetheless, and if not just plain humorous, considering this damn machine won't- Wait... I DID IT! After ten straight hours of messing around with my magic, I felt that magical barrier leave my mind! And all I had to do was...
The Sky Explodes, Twice (Prologue) Author's Note Sorry about the soggy backstory, Just thought it would help explain later events. As always, Constructive Criticism please, no yelling! The Sky Explodes, Twice (Prologue) Hero Perspective Earth StarBlitz's POV It was a Friday morning, and I sat on the front lawn, admiring the sky above. I occasionally come here to sit and gaze like I used to do every night before bed. I'm 18 now and I live by myself on a farm way out west from here. I have a fair amount of money so I spare work hours once and awhile to come and visit this place. It was an old, rundown orphanage where I had grown up in. I had spent the first thirteen years of my life here and all my life, I had never known who my real parents were, for I had just appeared here one night. They couldn't find anyone who might have delivered me and even blood tests would just turn up completely blank. The same would happen with my two best friends Badger and Skywriter, and we seemed to be almost alien. Then one night, my friends and I had decided to go late night shopping, well, actually I had been yelling in my sleep that something bad was to happen at orphanage late at night the next day so we agreed to leave so I would calm down. And strangely enough, a fire had started in one of the kitchens and the entire orphanage went down in flames. The three of us were then relocated to a new orphanage, but as soon as we were checked in, all three of us were adopted to different homes. We went to the same school up until eighth grade and then we got our own separate apartments for High School and so on. Although we're still connected by phone, we hadn't seen each other since. Most of the time I just sit and watch the clouds or throw pebbles through the broken windows, but this time was different. Instead of it being cloudy and gray, like it is whenever I visit, there was a cloud less blue sky and a shining sun. What I found strange was that not only did it fell like 90 degrees out in the end of Autumn, there was almost a rainbow in the sky that seemed to not have a start nor an end, but a shimmering tail that faded like the trail of a jet and a white needle point on the other side. Starring at the thing with the incredulous idea that the rainbow seemed... familiar... I quickly snapped back to reality when I realized that the rainbow's white needle point was moving through the sky. Then I noticed that not only was the thing moving, but it was getting bigger, as if getting closer. I now know exactly what this thing is but I just couldn't believe that it was true and just as I figured out what was going to happen next, the sky blew up into a giant, expanding ring of colors only to be followed by a second one identical to the first. The white needle point from before was now hurtling towards the earth as a glowing cannon ball, followed by a vibrant, colorful rainbow tail, and crashed into the old shed a few feet in front of me. The crash blew up a cloud of dust and rubble, and the force of the impact blew me back into a tree, leaving me dizzy. Once I came around, the musty air began to part, revealing the thing that had just crashed from the heavens above. The blurry form got to its feet, it was bruised and scraped all over and it seemed to show some effort to get up. Cyan wings stuck out through what looked like a sports jersey with slits in the back. You could say that it looked human but I knew it wasn't. It- no SHE, gazed at me with glittering rose eyes and her rainbow hair shined in the sunlight.
I receive a letter of war, magic and a second puberty I receive a letter of war, magic and a second puberty Hero Perspective Earth Rainbow Dash's POV I made my way to the man's house in a crash from my change in physical features. On the plus side, I also created an awesome double rainboom! Achieved only by added speed from my unexpected free fall. Twilight mentioned this transformation when she told me how to get here. Something about alternate realty hoo-ha she learned about during her quest to get her crown back from this world. But I tuned her out during most of her speech and missed the part on how to use my body in this world. I payed the price harshly, almost every inch of me was either bleeding or sore. I remembered vaguely how twilight told me to stand like Spike on two legs for it was easier to do than all fours. As I stumbled to whatever my elongated hooves were, which I think she said were called "Foots", he began to stare and gape at me. StarBlitz's POV I just stared in complete disbelief what I was seeing. Right in front of me was the real Rainbow Dash. I am a brony, but only my friends know. We use to love the show back in the sixth grade and we had our own OCs. But right now, I couldn't process any of what I was looking at. Next to that were the questions that I had; how did she get here?; Why is she here?; Why does she exist?; Why is she human!? My brain raced and the silence was broken when she asked me a question. "Are you StarBlitz?", How did she know my name? "Y-yes, why?" "Because I'm here to deliver a letter". She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a envelope. A letter!? Who in Equestria would send me a letter!? "A-are you sure it's n-not for somebody else?" "Yes, I'm pretty sure. Anyways, it's for you and two others- do you know a Skywriter and Badger?" She looks over my shoulder and all around How did she know all of this?! "Yes I d-do" "Well go take this to em' and it will tell you all that you need to know. Oh, and fix that stutter of yours. Gotta Dash! Hehe...always wanted to say that" and with that, she awkwardly flew off, made a quick, but decent sonic rainboom and was gone. I ran all the way to their houses, I guess I'm lucky that they still live in the area. I arrived at Skywriters house first and she came out in her favorite turquoise blouse, I'm surprised it still fits her after all these years, along with her moon and quill charm dangling from her neck. Her eyes a cold and icey blue and her streak shined brighter than ever. Our streaks were another part of our many anomalies. Each of our streaks was a patch, lock or clump of a few strands of hair that looked unnatural and dyed, but were quite the opposite. Her streak was a long line in her hair made of two thin stripes of minty blue and aquamarine, mine was a big patch of tangerine hair with brilliant red strokes at the end and Badger's was a murder on my eyes, zigzag of black and white that pushed outward from the top of his head. Whenever a streak was cut or shaved off, it grew back the next day as long as it was before it was cut, but with the same color of our regular hair, and then changed back to its streak color the day after that. Skywriter was surprised to see me since I haven't visited before. I tried to explain to her what had happened but after a long silence, she replied with something along the lines of, "Okay, you've read way too much fanfiction". She didn't believe me one bit. I even showed her the letter's address but that didn't work either. "Just come with me to find Badger and I'll show you the orphanage" "Uuuugh... Fine" After an long hour of being called delusional and mental, we arrived at Badger's place and found out that he was home. "Hey guys! How's it go-" "I'm not even gonna try to tell you, so come with us to the orphanage". "What? Its like, 8am man! Why are you even here anyways?" "We are here to begin your mandatory physical for test subjects under: 50, days of-" "Ha ha, very funny. Now seriously, why are you here?" "I'll explain later. Now come on, we gotta get going" With a sigh, he got dressed into a cyan T-shirt and some sweat pants and locked the door behind him. I felt a chilled breeze on my shoulder and noticed a hole that was singed through my jacket. "Oh come on! that was my favorite jacket!" I took off the scarlet windbreaker and tied it around my waist while muttering, "Dumb fabric...". We drove to the orphanage in his car and I explained everything about what happened, and of course, he didn't believe me and I suffered the same torment Sky gave me, but he learned quickly when he saw the giant hole on the front lawn with rainbow fire dancing along it's broad rim. "Isn't that where the old shed used to be, Blitz?", he asked weakly. After we got out of the car, we headed over to the new dugout and sat down at the edge. Badger looked at the fire and went to touch it, "Wow! It isn't even hot!" "Why would you even- never mind." I pulled out the letter and began to read aloud. "Dear Star Blitz, Skywriter and Badger, I have to inform you that a world other than your's exists and it is where you are originally from. It is known as Equestria and you need to come quickly. A terrible crisis has occurred and your help is needed desperately. Magical objects known as, 'The Elements of Harmony' are this world's strongest protection, but somehow, Equestria's most powerful villains have found a weapon with power far beyond that of the Elements and they are using it to rage war and to gain power. The only way to stop them is with a weapon with power similar to their's and it has been entrusted with you three. With this method I prepared, you can return to Equestria to learn more of the war and to use the device in battle, but you must first perform the steps listed below to complete a transformation that will allow you to come to Equestria. The one of little who you can trust, Princess Celestia"
It's a bird, It's a plane, It's... Skywriter?!Hero Perspective Earth StarBlitz's POV According to the letter, we were a group of three; a guard, Badger; a bishop, me; and a princess, Skywriter. "I really am Luna's right han- hoof mare! I can't believe it!" Skywriter yelped, obviously overjoyed and excited. "Yes, and your half-sister, Emerald Sky, does the same for Celestia. You're both alicorn princesses apparently." I replied. "OP!" Badger shouted. "Knock it off" "But I don't know an Emerald Sky." She sounded a bit confused. "The letter said that is because you and Luna had both agreed to send you, your best guard and best planner into this world. How we ended with a wiped memory is probably because you thought that if we knew about our origins, it would be very hard to keep our identities a secret. These villains must of known about our split up, rendering our weapon useless, and then they used their's to rage an all out war." "So that means that we're not just ponies from anther world, but a team sent here to protect a dangerous weapon." Badger put in. "But then what did the letter mean by that there has to be a 'transformation'?" "Well when I saw dash, she was almost a human, so I guess we have to turn into ponies to be able to go to Equestria." I replied. "Well how are we supposed to do that?!" Skywriter and Badger asked in unison. "Celestia gave a list of instructions for us to use." I pulled the paper with instructions out of the envolope and held it up. "Then what are we waiting for then!" Badger said. The letter told us that in either world, our bodies would transform to that of something that lives there by being in the presence of that specific realm. A way to manipulate this ability without magic, is to have something connected to the opposite world so that it can generate the presence needed for transformation, a real pegasus feather on earth would be something that could hack this ability. So the letter contained one of Skywriter's old baby feathers that was used just for this reason. The letter explained that we had to drop the feather right from the envelope onto the ground and then bring our hands down in a stack on top of the feather. If done correctly, the feather would disintegrate and all three of us would return to our original forms with not only our previous memories, but our new ones as well. But if it were to be performed wrong, the procedure would only work on the one touching the feather directly. Due to precautionary measures, we put Skywriter's hand on the bottom so if the transformation went wrong, we knew she would be able to supply us with feathers for Badger and I. The transformation was successful, but it went in the order of how our hands were stacked. Sky began to crumple down to about half her hight and her arms grew and her legs shrunk. Her nose elongated to a small muzzle, her icy blue eyes grew to the size of grapefruits and a tail sprouted from her rear. A stump grew on her forehead to then lengthen into a full sized alicorn horn and giant wings sprouted from her back. A small mark of a quill over a crescent moon, that looked just like her charm, appeared on her new flanks as well. After a few more moments of adding smaller details, she was the spitting image of her turquoise OC, Princess Skywriter. Her eyes then began to glow entirely white, possibly from regaining her old memories. The same then happened to Badger; he turned to the color of his cyan shirt and his hair turned from brown to black, zigzagged with white streaks. A Sword and what looked like a silver pony helm from the show, shimmered on his flanks indicating a cutie mark. His ears appeared to be be more leathery than Sky's and his pupil were thin slits, indicating that he was a thestral. He grew a horn not nearly as big as Skywriter's and he was shorter than her, too. Just as his eyes started glowing, my transformation began as well. I could feel myself shrinking as I bent over on all fours, my skin turned to a brilliant scarlet and the hair on my head and new tail turned to the tangerine of my streak with a big patch of red hair. My flanks sparkled and a gold, five pointed star overlapping a red, swirled star appeared in its center. A small growth sprouted from my forehead to then grow into a horn half the size as Sky's. Hazy images flashed in front of my eyes, clouding my mind with memories. And soon enough, we were a trio of technicolor ponies, standing inside fallen clothing and surrounded by a giant, glowing forcefield. Skywriter, now in a mix of royal hospitality and extreme content, was hopping around with a half smile on her face, "Tis' amazing!" I had to agree, my brony hype overwhelmed me, but almost as if a my mind shared two personalities, which it probably did at the moment, a voice in my head told me to keep calm and continue with the quest. We then had to learn how to use magic, fly and most importantly, walk. Skywriter shot about fifty feet in the air during one of her first attempts to fly. She awkwardly flew through some power lines, scattering a flock of pigeons, and then crashed into a tree by the forcefield's boundary line with a loud, "omf!". She shot sparks through her horn at a group of squirrels scratching and nipping at her for crashing into their nest. Badger and I worked on the basic spells written in the letter while our memories regained our old ones so that we could get used to using magic. After somewhat accomplishing the levitation of rocks and mending the all the windows we broke, our memories were fully restored. I began to feel more serious and smart, but through my mind's two separate parts, I felt confused and unkempt. The last step was to use a spell to transport us to Equestria. I had to concentrate on where we were to go, very specifically. The letter said, " Board Room, Canterlot Castle". Then after deep concentration, I looked up to see us all literally shocking. I felt fizzy and light headed and after a loud ZAP, everything went black.
We crash a dinner partyHero Perspective Euestria Narration Celestia and Luna set motionless as everyponyelse began to eat. Twilight and the rest of the gang sat next to them, stirring from lack of patience. "When do think they'll show up, Princess?" Twilight asked. "I don't know," Celestia responded, "Are you sure sent it to the right person, Rainbow Dash?" "Yes ma'am, he had the streak and everything." Rainbow replied. "Good thing we have left the hair color so we can find them and have them safely returned." Luna said, who was starting to tear up now that her partner is returning, but failing to arrive. "I know, I'm very impatient, too" Emerald Sky spoke up, who was sitting next to Celestia, trying to console Luna with her own sorrow. After everypony got settled down, a heavy presence filled the air. Then a fizzing sound started, but very quietly at first, like a bee buzzing, then it filled the room and sounded like feed back. Everypony was confused and than with a flash of light, three figures appeared out of thin air and crashed through the table breaking it in half, sending food flying everywhere. "I think I-*Cough*-was a little too-*Cough*-specific with the-*Cough*-location.", A male voice said from the beneath the broken ruins. "Ya'-*Cough*-Think?!" "WHO DARES TO INTRUDE US?!" Luna boomed in her royal Canterlot voice, "YOU SHALL BE PUNISHED FOR ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK US!" "I see thou's voice-*Cough*-is still the best-*Cough*-of them all." A familiar, female voice said. Celestia started, "Is it really-" "SKYWRITER!" Both Luna and Emerald Sky cut in. They all galloped towards the table only to be tackled by three, boisterous- CHANGELINGS! The three tangled the confused, stunned ponies in webs and within seconds, they were all hung from the ceiling in cacoons. "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" Luna yelled, her voice barely muffled by the cacoon. "This: used to identify a specific pony or thing close at hoof or being indicated or experienced" Came the muffled answer from Pinkie's cacoon. "Thanks" "We were told by our lord that you were expecting visitors, so she created a plan for us to fool you and capture you and take you to or lord so you shall be executed!" The leader of the changeling group answered, now with a raspy, reptilian voice that only the few changeling soldiers that could speak in their own form had. All of the ponies except Luna and Celestia were knocked out because they were immortal and for some reason Pinkie wasn't out, but fluttershy's cacoon violently shook and threatened to fall off the ceiling and would have, too if the other changelings weren't there to support it. Then somepony announced, "Foolish changelings..."in a voice similar to the third changeling's fake voice. "Who's there?!" He yelled as he shot an aimless web at the window. "How foolish of you to expose all of thou's plan... If thy hadn't even captured all of the hostages?" The voice said. "What do you mean?!" The changeling yelled, now getting angry. Just then, a male voice yelled, "She meant that the visitors that you posed as, were actually going to arrive!" An crimson beam shot from the doorway into changeling, making him shatter to pieces. Then a certain scarlet stallion stepped into the light of the room with his horn glowing brightly and a confident grin on his face. The other changelings raced over to catch him, but only to receive the same fate as their leader when Skywriter and Badger leaped through the window and shot their own coat color beams at the two changelings. A caterer then entered the room to ask what anypony wanted for dessert, and went wide eye when he saw the carnage. "D-Did I m-miss anything important?"
Shot with the rubber band of doom! Oh and some things are sorted out...Hero Perspective Euestria StarBlitz's POV We must of been out of sight or blurred by their cacoons because as soon as we set our captured friends free, all of them jumped into a fighting stance, except for Pinkie, who just merrily hopped after a nearby butterfly. "HALT!" We whipped around to see two unicorn guards in mid spell. As soon as we tried to defend, they fired a glowing ring that looked like a lot like a giant rubber band. It bounded us down for a few seconds, then it fell to the floor and dissipated. Celestia sighed in relief."So it really is you." "Wait, what just happened?" Badger asked. "We tested to see if you were changlings," The princess replied, "You would've shriveled into dust if that touched you." "Okay..." Badger looked terrified. After everypony settled down, we began to discuss the war and what we had missed. The war had started when the villains first attacked, but it was when they first found the weapon that they had planned the war. The mysterious villains were ponies we already knew about because of the show. Celestia described Queen Chrysalis, a creature with the ability to morph into anypony or anything, ruling over a massive legion of abominations just like her and they feed on the most precious of things, love. She told us of King Sombra, a unicorn who's power is beyond compare, but is wasted as he would rule over and empire of slaves with cruelty and misery. He was punished for his crimes with banishment to barren tundras in the Antarctic, but returned to join leagues with the changlings and take over the world as we knew it. Although we've seen them before in the show, the way Celestia described what they did and how they looked, it would give me nightmares just to think about them. Speaking of the show, we accidentally caused suspicion when we knew well about the things that happened when we were gone. It got to the point where we ended up admitting that there was a show that was about Equestria. As it turned out, all three seasons had really happened, so the start of the war and the end of the series must have been linked. "So you know all about our adventures," Rainbow asked, "Cool!" "Wait, What do you mean, show?" Twilight asked "Because of the more advanced technologies on earth, we have created a moving picture box, kind of like a taking a million pictures of something really fast, and then looking through them really fast" I answered. "You sound like Twilight when she talks about magic" Rainbow Dash snickered "Hey!" Twilight and I retorted in unison. "Yeah, yeah. But why would we exist in your world?" she asked. "I can explain my theory to that later but why would it show recent events?" Celestia asked. "Dunno, but I'm sure the answer will turn up eventually" Luna followed up. "Now that we're all caught up, what exactly is this 'weapon'" Badger asked. To which the princess replied, "The weapon you possess is known as the M.E.G.A.; Manual, Engaged, Group, Arsenal. The object itself was made by your kind a long, long time ago and was used in a war as well. The MEGA was used in a group of 3 beings which would be the holders of its dangerous power." "So than why do you have it if humans originally made it?", Badger interrupted. "Well we were in a war with your kind as well at the time, though the cause is still uncertain, and it happened in an age when humans used to be one of the most advanced races in the universe but lost everything in the war, thus restarting the evolutionary cycle-" "English please", Badger interrupted again. "The human race lost the war and was so destroyed, that it resorted back to stone age technologies like cave men, or something." I answered. "So can we let her finish now?" "Yes" "So as I was saying," Celestia continued,"the MEGA was a nano-cloud, like a gas made of nano bots that were inhaled or surgically placed inside a host and would provide unlimited psychic and telekinetic power. Because of a poor decision of the human race, generals believed that the MEGA was completely functional so they left it as a defense, and sent in their defensive troops to battle. But unknown to them, the MEGA had still been in testing leaving their bases temporarily vulnerable. So we sent in a team to 'Hack' the MEGA in a way that it would rebel against the users, rejected it's host through later internal confliction, and then deserted the host. Our kind recovered the MEGA after the other disappeared, and locked it away. Without the MEGA, the humans began conflicting within themselves,which eventually led to their own demise in civil wars. Millennia later, you three went out to the gardens when you found it filled with a strange mist, which has now been confirmed as the MEGA, and started showing its traits not only a year or so after." "Wait a second, when did all this happen?" I asked "You found the MEGA 2,000 years or so after the war and were sent to earth a short while after, around 18,000 years ago." Luna replied *PSTHSP* "WHAT?!" I screamed after I spat out my drink. "But we were only 18 back on earth! We couldn't possibly been gone that long!" "There could be a serious time difference. That could be a major problem later..." Luna started. "And why would you try to find us after all these millennia, if by normal standards, we would already have long since died?" "The MEGA itself has shown to increase the lifespan of it's host a hundred fold since Chrysaliswould have died at a least a few hundred years after the first war and its already known ability of immunity to most physical and magical attacks."Celestia replied, "So we hoped that you would still be alive and able to return..." "But-" "Well now that that's settled." Badger interrupted, trying to stop what could be a possibly long discussion that could be dealt with later, "What about the MEGA the villains have?" "That, is still unknown, but until then, we must work with the one we have" she replied. "So what makes you think that we'll be able to control it?" Badger asked. "I don't" "What do you mean, you don't?" "I said I don't think you will be able to control or even USE the MEGA, that's why training starts immediately."
Dirty WorkVillain Perspective Equestria Narration 20,000 years ago, Terrible times struck Equestria. An inter-dimensional war raged through its land and another far off. Deep withen the castle of Cantorlot, evil and good alike, work together to save Equestria from the enemy. Sombra's POV Times like this get me excited, people suffering, war without end, constant hate and destruction, Oh how I love it all. But now isn't the time for enjoyment, for with the fact that we are losing the war, I won't have anything to draw misery from. So in the matters at hoof, I have excepted a truce with the royals around the globe, we currently reside in the ruins of cantorlot castle, board room. I am here on a form of parole, since I've previously been imprisoned in the Icy depths of the Antarctic realm, and I was released so I could help because Equestria's troops are so weak. But enough about myself, the real action is taking place in front of me. "As you all know, we are failing to defend from the human enemy. Our casualties are high and we are running out of soldiers, supplies have run out at our stockpiles in the Foal Mountain Reserve forts 1, 2, and 3 and in trotingham down south of here, as well as defeats in Reignstown Fencylvania, Cloverton Maressachusetts and right here in Cantorlot. To make matters worse, spies have reported that a super weapon is being developed by the humans capable of annihilating mountains", general highfire announced, "But I bring good news as well; The super weapon is the most important thing to humans at this time, without it, the humans are defenseless, for they have made a poor decision to move their defenses in to attack, making them have to use weapon instead while their defenses are attacking. I have devised a plan for a small group of our best troops to infiltrate their research labs, and destroy what you can of the super weapon while we retreat all our remaining troops. Once the weapon is destroyed, we can lay waste to the humans and end this war!" "So who exactly will you send in" I asked. "You and Chrysalis" he replied "What exactly makes you want to send us to do the job" "Because neither of you can actually die, and even though the princesses are powerful, they are not battle trained. Your skills in specific are whats needed for the task, you can send blackout thorough out the base, cut of communications, and make it very easy to get in, once there, Chrysalis can send her changelings in disguise to locate and destroy the weapon." "And what makes you think it'll work?" I replied. "We're losing this war and this plan is our only chance to win it. So just shut it and at least try to help", He replies rather angrily. "I'll have you know that I could skin your hide and mount your head for speeking to me in that tone!". I'd usually threaten worse but Im not in the mood. I just just want to make the most of the time to annoy and peeve him. "Enough" Celestia cuts in blatantly, "While it may seem impossible, its all we have right now, so follow your orders". The meeting ended there and we stocked up to comense the plan. Chrysalis's troops and I stalked two scouts, ironic really, on the way back to human camp 427, and we cut them off a few miles to the base. After a few minutes, two changlings disguised themselves as the scouts while the other five stood guard. I melted into shadow for my own cover. As we approach the camp, i can begin to smell their strong, ammo residue and i can see three large, gate like towers, almost like lightning rods, protruding from the side of an extremely large barracks. Two more buildings are at its side, one with their strange vehicles that fly and look like small trains and the other with weird dishes and smaller gated towers on its roof. The smell of ash and smoke reek through the landscape and the air tastes metallic, ash sodden trees surround it and the streams glow a venomous green. "So, this is how humans live, looks rather disgusting and unhealthy, and I would know", I state. "Memories retrieved from the scouts show that this is what their world looks like now" one of the changlings say. I start by sending a blackout to the base. I don't know what exactly powers this place but i learned they used electricity, so i used a spell that destroys lightning. I stalk around as a shadow and seal off what looks to be alarms and prevent them from sounding, and I finish with a sleeping spell to knock out the inhabitants. I then follow the changlings inside and they use their memories to get through the chromatic building with the dishes. They said it was called the, "control" center. In no time at all, we reach the room with the weapon and we start to figure out how to destroy it. "What do we do first?" I ask "The scouts know nothing about the weapon in particular and we need a higher form", the first changling replies. I grasp one of the white coated humans in my magic and offer it to him. The changling accepts and morphs into the human. "This being will work sufficiently," he starts, "According to this one, the core of the machine holds the cell transmitter, that sends a form of AI to implants in the users brain, it has a learning capability to adapt in battle, but can be easily tampered with; we could send directions to destroy itself- a kill code, make it repel the user, we could even just blow it up" I get an idea, "you said it could rebel the host right?" "Yes" "Well do you think we could make it rebel in our favor, to be more specific, my favor?"
One Door Closes As Another OpensVillain Perspective Equestria Sombra's POV The time to act is now. Once the changlings check and finished whatever nonsense they were working on, we could finally leave. According to them, they had decided the best way to gain control of the so called, "M.E.G.A", the implants in the brain would convert into a, "nano" state that the changlings the described as gaseous state made of billions of microscopic, "robots", and exit through the skull the first time it is used. With this in mind, the implants could be captured and used to my advantage for... later plans, and it would also be easier to install and use in battle. An unfortunate drawback is that when leaving the skull, the MEGA could reproduce rapidly and make copies of itself, but thats only bad if the clones can escape... We were just starting to finish when the guards began to wake up. Curses! I'm low on magic from the massive sleep and blackout act, and now I can only teleport a few feet in front of me. At least in my shadow form, I can sneak by... if I'm careful. "Hurry!" I whispered to the changlings. They finished as the humans started to stand up, and they morphed into gnats. We snuck through the door and down the first corridor, and I had to duck out of the way as two humans in forest colored armor. One was bearing a weapon in both, "hands?", that had two long and thin barrels at the end, while the other held a rather sleek and chromatic weapon with a wide, glowing barrel at the end. They ran into the room with the MEGA probably with the intent of checking and guarding it. As if to read my mind, an alarm blared something unintelligible, but I heard it mention the MEGA so I guessed it was a Lockdown. Great, now its going to be even more difficult to escape. A long and suspenseful hour passed and we were nearly out of the yard once a forsaken guard noticed me and opened fire. To my luck, he seemed to be the only one at his post and his weapon wasn't automatic. The single bullet was easy to dodge and to save magic, I decided to use physical contact. With swift movement, I pounced over to him and impaled him with my horn as I reached him. His face turned a sickening white and blood gushed from the wound as I released him of my horn and he staggered backward. He fell to the ground, sputtering blood and a black crystal erupted from the stab wound and another erected from his forehead. He disintegrated into ashes and a small black crystal was all that remained. We left the base and made our way back to the castle. I realized something before we left though, human blood STAINS. Around half way back to the castle, I asked the changlings if they have the copy. "Yes, sir." "Well hand it over then." "I'm afraid we can't do that, sir." "Excuse me, what was that?" "We know what you're planning, sir, the whole hive does. Are minds are all link so no matter what you do, sir, we know. And now that we do, she wants in." "And if I don't" "Then we will leave you to find your way back, and take the copy with us, and don't try to follow or attack, we have you surrounded with the whole battalion, and in your current state of fatigue, we both know which one of us will get out alive, sir." I hear series of wing buzzes and chitin clicks making the vast presence known. "So, it seems we are at an impasse, may I know my options?" "Well it's quite simple really, you and I share the power and and take Equestria for ourselves, or I get to rule and you die for real this time," Answered Chrysalis as she struts out from the thicket behind them, "And if you chose correctly, follow me and we can get started." 2 years pass) Celestia's POV I stood at the edge of the castle board room, gazing out of the window before me, lowering the sun for the first time since the war ended and the 7 year Sunset was no more. Although the war had not directly involved me in battle, unlike Luna who fought right on the frontline, I stopped raising the sun to save for last resorts. According to a message from Sombra, the MEGA was no longer functional and after the mission, the human army started to deteriorate and eventually collapsed. Sombra disappeared before he returned from the mission and I fear we might have a future problem, but something valuable has been recovered, the MEGA itself. We found it working perfectly, which leads a bit more suspicion towards Sombra, and it looks like we can use it for our own defense in war. Since we have no need to use it now, I gave it to Luna, who found it herself anyways, who gave it to her vassal, so in the time being, the MEGA will just have to wait to show itself once more...
Love is Fuel, Alience is PowerVillain Perspective Castle Ruins Sombra's POV The bastards caught on to my plans! Confound it all, if I wasn't as fatigued... Anyway, we made our way across the continent by hoof, quite unnecessary considering I COULD TELEPORT and they COULD FLY, I asked over and over why we had to walk and she said it was because she didn't want me escaping... so could lose the thing I came for in the first place and get sent back to the arctic? Like Tartarus I would do that, not to mention that i was surrounded and had malnourishment constricting me. By the time we had finally reached their fortress of insects, three days of none stop walking had passed and I was sure that I was going to break my legs. But as always, life sucks and we went straight to the hall and began to discuss our plans... well her's for now anyways. "I see you are rather lanky after the small hike." Chrysalis cooed. "Enough of the mockery. Why am I alive." "Why if I hadn't known, I would have thought you sounded disappointed" she started, "As you and I both know, I can't rule without a king." A smirk and raised eyebrow creeps onto her face. "Don't even think about making me your 'He' slave" I counter, gripping the table with anger "Although we could use a bit more food in our stocks, you and I both know that this is bigger than both of us" slowly getting more stoic as she continues on talking, Chrysalis guestures to her side and two guards cantor out from the darkness and with a large jar between them. Now that I notice, the room does seem a bit... deteriorated and seems to be completely devoid of all guards except the ones before us. The heavy stench of mildew leads me to believe that we are in some kind of cell, even though we are obviously in a huge throne room. She must have noticed my eyes darting around because her horn glowed and the room shifted to it's true form, a small room with slimy green walls. I see multiple doors around us though, so I think this must be the center of the hive... My thoughts are stopped abruptly as she starts to talk again "As you and I both know, the weapon you intend to use is not functional without two or three beings to wield it. Because I cannot use my drones, I need a form higher to hold it's power, and that staillion is sitting right before me" She pauses "But this plan will never succeed if we constently hate each other, so I would like to see ourselves as equals." She extends her hoove out and continues on," I am Queen Chrysalis, ruler of the Greenback Clan of changelings, request allegiance with the dark lord Sombra. I give you Co leadership over my troops and citizens alike and I hope to become your partner in world domination." She finishes, grinning wildly. I extend my own hoove to return the gesture, "World domination? I like that..." (3 Weeks Pass) Sombra's POV The plan is finally about to be set in action, for after the short time of training that went by, we have completely mastered the MEGA's power, is what I would say if we weren't completely terrible with this weapon. Seriously, why would this be any harder than magic? It kinda IS a telekinetic force that in our case, increases our use of magic, so what makes it so difficult? As well as being behind, these painstaking practices are REALLY annoying, having to move all these Celestia damned, 50 ton blocks around, and teleporting halfway across the ocean and back OVER AND OVER. But, as always, bad news always have a good side, all the courses we take seem to strengthen our bonds. While in some of the more rigorous ones, like climbing a mountain with our magic, I got to learn a bit more about her and as it turns out, she has a lot of the same interests; wearing capes, murder and tyranny. Of course, I have no room for any kind of love at all, but at least I know that this operation will be exciting nonetheless, and if not just plain humorous, considering this damn machine won't- Wait... I DID IT! After ten straight hours of messing around with my magic, I felt that magical barrier leave my mind! And all I had to do was...
