Beyond Cupcakes and Books
The Fallen Alicorn
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Within the castle walls of the regime, soldiers of earth, pegasus, and unicorn alike were preparing themselves for the oncoming attack from the insurgency. Orders were being given by Blueblood, as he hollers the lower ranking soldiers to hurry. It has been less than a half hour since Twilight's broadcast, knowing full well what she was doing. It was ploy to not only lure in the Insurgents, but to get the duplicates, including the alicorn impersonating his wife. Using the lowly commoner as bait was clever, something that he really approved. Hoofsteps echoes throughout the hall, as mare herself arrived with the other Elements, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy, with a growing Spike in tow. Each of the mares wore armor, as Spike was close to Rarity. Twilight glanced at her husband, her scowl lessen when seeing his face.
"Are the troops ready?" She inquires, as the other Elements were ready.
"We are preparing our defenses and turrets," Blueblood says. "But we're trying to prepare to combat that device Time Turner has."
"What that stallion did was beyond Turner's technology," she said, snarling a little. She was in no mood for games.
"Twilight," he sighs. "we're doing the best we can. Also, I need to talk to you about," he looks around. "Trixie."
The lavender alicorn furrows her brow further, not wanting to hear it. Rumor was, Trixie, her own best friend, was funding the insurgency. She didn't believe, she didn't want to believe it. She was Twilight's dearest friend since Magic Kindergarten, although they drifted apart when Twilight was enrolled into Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. Trixie was her maid of honor, twice, a mare she could share secrets with, and one of the survivors of the destruction of Canterlot five years ago.
"Whatever it is," she puts a hoof on his chest. "it's not true."
"Twilight," Rarity trots forward to her friend. "I know it's not the best time, but Trixie has been disappearing a lot."
"She seems to surrender too quickly during our fights with the Insurgents," Rainbow speaks up.
"She's been having 'horn aches', but within a half an hour," Spike walks towards the alicorn. "she's healthy."
They all turn to Fluttershy, who has a scowl on her face. "She always lied straight to your face. Also, she smells like apples and pie lately."
Suddenly, the castle shakes, startling some of the ponies inside. The Regime Six gallops towards the window, to a startling surprise. Within the skies of Canterlot, a swarm of Changelings dive towards the castle, breaking through the walls. On the ground, insurgent earth ponies and unicorns storm the gate, trampling their forces. Rainbow looks up, seeing a battalion of pegasi using clouds to produce lighting against their turrets, the main pegasus being Lightning Dust, who bears a eye patch and a metallic wing. Then, the Twinkling Balloon appears in the skies, with cannons shooting at the palace. Aboard the balloon was the duplicate Pinkie, Time Turner, and to Twilight's horror, Trixie, who now bores a black cape. Spike begins to sniff the air, taking off into the skies. The remaining Regime captains gallop after the dragon, to see what caught his attention. In the skies were the Insurgent Pegasi, combating their Regime troops. Strangely, their troops were being struck down, falling to the sky. To each of their shock, a lavender alicorn mare soars through the skies. It was the duplicate Twilight Sparkle, and she was the Insurgents' ace in the hole.
"SPARKLE!!" Trixie calls out, as the duplicate Pinkie fires her party cannon. "YOUR REIGN ENDS NOW!!"
"ATTACK!!" The Doctor shouts, as the non-armored Twilight dives in, as the Insurgent troops managed to breach their defenses.
High Councilor Twilight takes to the skies, charging towards the alicorn of Gaia-Prime. She tackles her, the two beginning their struggle. Twilight Prime punches the tyrant in the snout, as she shoots a laser at her. "Didn't know I would come here?" Twilight Prime taunts, with a smirk on her face.
"You're not wanted here!!" Twilight-60192 throws a punch at her duplicate, but Twilight-Prime grabs her hoof, and tosses her to the castle, crashing onto the balcony. Her violet eyes glance up, gritting her teeth in hate.
"My duty to spread friendship doesn't end in the barriers of my dimension," she dives to her doppelganger, but was struck with a violet blast hitting her chest. Twilight-Prime manages to recover, flying towards the rubble where Twilight-60192 stood.
"I've already brought friendship to my Gaia!" She announces, charging towards the mare.
"Friendship?!" She charges towards Twilight-60192, each beginning to fight each other with their own horns. "Is that what you call it?! Ponies are afraid! What is friendship when they have no freedom?!"
"SHUT UP!!!" The High Councilor unleashes a shock wave, knocking Twilight-Prime away. "I've brought harmony! Order!! Disobedient foals don't deserve freedom!"
"FOALS?!" She hovers above her counterpart. "You heard them like sheep!"
The armored Twilight roars, tackling the other alicorn to the ground. They tumbled through the rubble and dust, throwing punches against one another. "You don't understand what I lost!"
"I know what you lost," she punches the tyrant off. "But would mom and dad want this?!" She gestures to the combat below, each side dying from left to right. "Would Shining Armor? Cadence? CELESTIA?!"
Eyebrow twitching, Twilight-60192 shoots from her horn at Twilight-Prime, but she teleports away from the blast. The High Councilor then thought of something. She hasn't seen Applejack on the field, and they brought a large amount of troops. They wouldn't make a big risk, even if it was one of their own. Then it hit her.
"The TARDIS!" She snarls, flying back into the castle. Twilight-Prime, follows her, tackling her tyrant twin. They crash through the walls, tumbling through each floor of Regime Castle. Prime pushes 60192 off of her, shooting a blast at the rouge queen. The armored alicorn lands onto a memorial statue of this world's Celestia. She raises from the ruble, pushing it's decapitated head off of her. The sight brought back memories, causing her to breathe heavily. "Y-You... BITCH!!!" She roars, unleashing a stray of magical bullets at her Princess counterpart. Princess Twilight dodges the bullets, but they struck the walls of the castle, causing it to shake.
Regime-Castle Garage
Applejack gallops through the hall, entering the castle's hangar. She comes to a screeching halt, seeing her husband in chains. Caramel looks up, seeing his wife in front of him. The wheat mare gallop towards him, using the Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver to unlock the chains, making it easier for the stallion to break out. Once free, he brings Applejack into a tight hug, as tears pour down her eyes.
"Ah'm sorry, surgarcube," she repeated. "Ah'm sorry that Ah drove ya to this."
"Ah knew the risk," Caramel whispers, as they separated.
The couple turns to the TARDIS, bringing much relief to the former farmmare. Applejack presses a button on the Screwdriver, lighting it yellow. "Doc," she spoke. "Ah found it. "It's in the garage where we are."
"Good," the Doctor said from the communicator. "me and Pinkie will be there shortly."
"Ponka," Pinkie of 996 said.
"Ponka?" Applejack raised a brow, as did Caramel.
"Her," the Doctor groaned. "new nickname. Like said, we'll be there-- Oh God!! Ponka, move--!!"
"DOC?!" Applejack yells. "DOC?! PINKIE?!" She cringes in horror. "Not again! NOT AGAIN!!"
Author's Note
The attack on the Regime has begun, but has it ended before it begins? Councilor Twilight has begun combat against Princess Twilight, but her anger has rose, making our Princess of Friendship's situation dire. The TARDIS has been found, but will she be reunited with her Doctor?
As for the nickname Ponka.... you might know where that came from.
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