A Revolution [ In Love ]

Chapter Twenty-One : Bonds of Friendship, Part One/Four

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" Fire the catapults! Archers, Pegasi, Execute battle plan Delta! This is all or nothing, every pony. " General Battleheart said, finishing with solemnity.

Celestia was beside him, and put a hoof on his shoulder.

" You haven't lost us a battle in over sixty years, let's not give up quite yet. " She said.

He nodded absently, surveying the surrounding areas past his flagmen.

To the south, part of the city had been blown clean off the cliff it was perched, and to the east, swarms of the opposition were flying in. Queen Chrysalis' minions, the Changelings. Damn buggers were demolishing his ground troops, and the other Pegasi, the only ones that could help that, we're too busy holding the rest of the city from another bombardment on the mountain it resided.

He never noticed how undefinable the capital was before. In his sixty years of service, he never thought to double over on his own capital. Oh, the stupidity of it all, and now he was paying for it.

" General, Princess, Alpha reports Chrysalis herself from the east! " Though he tried to suppress it, his voice shook as it passed his lips.

Battleheart spared him a glance, he was definitely frightened. Shaking off Celestia's hoof, he placed his own on the soldiers. He turned back to the General, and sighed, closing his eyes. " My apologies, sir. This is my first battle. "

Battleheart grinned. " Let's not make this your last. "

Celestia grinned at this. It was like everything. Kindness and reassurance spreads like the kindling from two mares' love sparked warfare. This was the dawn of something new. No, something old. The dawn of something undefined, waiting for actions to shape the history, and the future, of Equestria.

Remembering the danger the mares could be in at the very moment, Celestia backed away from the scene discreetly. Once she had rounded a corner, she knelt and closed her eyes, concentrating.

She searched for a specific energy link running through her mind. Once she honed in on it, she amplified it with her own magic. Telepathy, modernized.

Tuning to the frequency she would need to contact him, she thought, ' Azriel, Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres; Two mares, yellow and blonde, cyan and rainbow. Bring them to the everfree, you know where. Tell them to come to Canterlot, Twilight will gather them within the hour. Do not talk with them further, leave imm- '

Celestia cut the message short as she felt some pony nudging her side. The aura of her horn faded, as she turned to face Battleheart. His expression worried her greatly.

" Reinforcements. We've lost Alpha. " He said gravely.

She looked to the horizon through the windows to her side. Swarms of changelings were dying the sky black. There was no way the entire army could hold up to it.

" Luna, sister... How could you do this to us... " Celestia sighed, looking down.

" Nopony could've known. We're not even sure it was her who- "

" Don't portray yourself a fool, general, I know you aren't one. Even I know not what she may be doing, but you know as well as I do that this overthrowing of the government was her doing. "

Battleheart shook his head, murmuring his half-hearted apologies before heading to the door.

" You know, for one who preaches love and optimism, you truly can be a hypocrite. " He said, showing no signs of humor in his features, before walking through the doorway.

Celestia did not turn back to face him when he left, but instead stared at his badge he had placed on the large table beside her. He had resigned in the midst of a war. Her only general resigned.

Through watery eyes, Celestia looked back through the window, and saw Battleheart rushing out the front doorway, sword in his mouth, golden armor glistening, and hooves kicking up more dust than a senior should be permitted.

Celestia let her jaw slack. He was running to the west to fight alone, against an army. He would be killed before he got a swing off... Was he suicidal?!

" Battleheart, you brave fool... You're going to make me save you, aren't you... "
She said, rushing out of the room and building, calling after him.

-- Four Hours Previously --

" If you release me, the throne is yours, and all that remains yours to rule. We simply have a common enemy, you and I. " Discord spoke. Though his lips did not move, his voice resonated in the child's skull. She was a light pink skin tone, with curly hair covered by a propeller hat.

" Very well then, but one thing, Be sure to imprison Nightmare for me, we have something of a, what you could call, grudge, if you will. " the child responded, in a much more mature tone. The voice had a reverb to it, as if it were two voices, speaking slightly out of sync.

She glowed a bit, then green flame erupted around her, and she suddenly expanded threefold, her skin tone changing black, and sprouting a contorted horn and insect-like wings. Her eyes glowed green when she opened them, and a small black crown, with three small blue orbs shining dimly, was perched on her head.

" And I have your word on this? " She spoke, a frown making itself apparent as her horn glowed, gathering power.

" Indeed, Madame', you do. Now release me from this infernal imprisonment. I'm beginning to chafe. " Discord complained.

" Colts... Erm- I suppose that's not quite so accurate for you. " She spoke with a sly grin, as a beam of green shot itself into the stone Discord's chest.

The beam stopped seconds after it began, and there was anxious silence. Moments later, the spot began to pulse a soft green, and a large crack abruptly spiraled from the center. It became bigger, spreading across his form, covering him in the eerie light.

And after another moment, just as abruptly, the stone statue shot out the stone shards in all directions, freeing Discord. One large, sharp shard rocketed it's way to Chrysalis' skull. She barely had time to rear her head back, luckily it stopped centimeters from her eye, surrounded in a grey aura.

She looked from it to Discord and back with wide eyes.

" Thank you, maybe? No? Nothing? Well... Darn, I thought that would be quite the feat, too. Ah well, Onward to chaos and a new lineage of destruction, I suppose. Tell me you plan on the way, and I'll tell you why it's wrong. " Discord said, releasing his hold on the stone, letting it drop to the floor, flying out of the room, to be followed.

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End Chapter 21.

Again, sorry every pony, everything was erased, so I'm trying as hard as I can to write new stuffs >_<

I kind of like this version better than the original in all honesty :3