My Little Pony: The Crowl Chronicles

It was mid afternoon in the radiant kingdom that was Equestria. Almost everything was calm; every unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony at peace and even the normally deadly Everfree Forest was quiet. But there would always be an exception and in this case, it came in the form of two alicorn sisters.

The oldest sister a tall white mare sporting her prismatic ethereal main and tail. Sat outside the blue granite castle of the two sisters. The sun shone bright on the cool grass, she sat under her parasol the mare held a fork in her telekinetic grasp with a whole slice of triple layer chocolate cake stuck on it, began easing it closer to her mouth closer, closer awaiting the sweet satisfaction... BOOM!

She now lay on her back, wings frozen outstretched cake coating her from head to hooves. Celestia princess of the sun had once again been pranked by her younger sister Luna princess of the moon. Celestia absolutely flabbergasted by her cake exploding into a million frosting covered bits right on her face, finally let out a yell that all in or around the castle of the two sisters could more than easily hear even yakyakistan could have heard her

“LUNA! I thought we agreed to leave the cake out of it!”

Celestia stood up revealing her flank to be the only non-cake covered spot on her. Adorning it was a cutie mark resembling the very sun shining in the sky. Celestia began to whimper at the sight of her innocent triple layer chocolate cake that now laid in a gooey chocolaty mush in front of her. Her eyes welled up with tears as she softly spoke.

“I will avenge you my sweet.”

Not being able to hold back any longer Luna let out a bellowing laugh that echoed with a boom. Celestia glared instantly in the direction of her sister's laughter emanating from somewhere by the massive oak doors adorning the front of the castle. All of the sudden a blackish blue streak zoomed out of the bush just to the right of  the doors going for the crevasse in front of the castle.

Celestia sprung into action without pause. Withing just a few seconds she closed the ever-growing distance by half with very little effort thanks in part to the fury of her innocent cake caught in the crossfire of the prank war. That fury gave her incredible speed so much that when she leapt into action all the cake that was covering her just seemed to stay put.

Tailing Luna Celestia realized her sister was heading to the tree of harmony which they agreed upon was a safe zone. They didn't want to risk getting to rough around the tree they tended to get a bit rowdy in their pranks. Luna had crossed the line this time by turning her cake into a martyr. Now entering the cave where the tree of harmony resided Celestia screeched to a halt with all four hooves firmly planted into the ground, she looked at her sister now relaxed from her abrupt stop, there stood her sister.

Princess Luna her sapphire blue mane flowing with the light breeze in the cave, the light of the tree of harmony illuminating her dark blue coat and revealing her crescent moon cutie mark which appropriately sat upon the splotch of dark purple that was her flanks. She remained still not even flinching with her older sisters hasty entrance. Luna was glaring at the tree with concern. Celestia still standing where she stopped noticed Luna's unusual stillness, deciding to investigate rather than confront her. She began slowly walking towards her sister, with each step Luna's cyan eyes were revealed, her eyes were transfixed on the tree with uneasy concern. Luna's eyes made Celestia's heart sink, she began to quicken her pace now sensing that her sister's concern was growing. Before Celestia could voice her query of her sisters growing fear Luna spoke.

“Dear sister something is wrong with the tree... I feel a very dark energy emanating from it.” she trailed off into silence as her perceptive eyes ever so widened.

Celestia now knew that something was indeed very wrong, she halted herself next to her sister now taking a stern authoritative stance completely locking her neck upright and was meticulously staring at the tree now feeling a cold lifeless energy flowing from it, what made this energy even eerier was they couldn't see it like all other magical energy in Equestria. Celestia then knew that this was magic not from Equestria, she also noticed then that the breeze in the cave was beginning to gradually pick up speed, until all of a sudden it rapidly picked up without warning into a howling gale.

Celestia and Luna braced themselves. Digging their hooves into the cave floor and taking a crouching stance so not to be swept away, both sisters struggling to keep their eyes open in the ensuing maelstrom, their eyes locked on the tree with fear filling their eyes. Without expecting it a bright light exploded in the cave directly in front of the tree, the gale mysteriously gone the sisters now standing up staring at the bright light genuinely shocked at the spectacle before them. The light began to crackle and spark loudly, this wasn't any ordinary light it was lightning frozen in place! The sisters gaze strengthening as the crackling lightning grew more erratic and frighteningly more grim. Something was seriously not right about this at all!

“It's opening!” Luna bellowed out.

The gale force wind returned with more intensity than before, the lightning growing taller than themselves began to slowly tear open, throwing out smaller bolts that were arcing all around the cave floor leaving burn marks everywhere they went across the floor, crackling with furious intensity and sharp ear shattering screeching as they effortlessly danced a burning trail across the floor. The tear now ripping open growing larger and larger revealing an even brighter light that quickly materialized a bleak image of what seemed to be a whole other world entirely or at least its sky. The arching bolts now were gone and only the occasional crackle emanated from the what now seemed to be a portal that was literally torn open in front of them out of thin air. Needless to say, the sisters jaws were wide open, eyes wide and themselves completely speechless for the moment.

Celestia and Luna's gawking faces shifted from fearful surprise to curiosity fairly quickly. The picture before them was indeed bleak at best, but even that didn't begin to describe it, the sky itself was a blood red tinge with black clouds scattered throughout it.  Something about the grim sight just gave them shivers down their spines, but then they began to notice something that almost looked like a.......Luna and Celestia looked at each other with grim faces as they realized that something was a beyond massive floating landmass in the sky!The sisters aghast at the sight in front of their eyes just couldn't fathom what was taking place before them.

“ I don't have a good feeling about this Luna we should back away while we can.” Celestia cautioned and Luna nodded in agreement, the began to slowly retreat while facing the tear... suddenly both were transfixed on what seemed to be an object rapidly coming their way!

The object became slightly more visible the closer it got , the sisters focused their eyes. Though the object still a ways away in the sky was just visible enough to make out what it was doing, it seemed the object was fighting something! That wasn't an object that was somepony!

Eyes locked on each other the two mysterious figures were in a deadlock as they free-fell through the crimson sky of a dead planet, one figure its eyes almost as if they were glowing a brilliant blue in the dark sky met the eyes of its attacker a demonic looking figure with the only part of its body shrouded in shadow being its hooded face. The only thing visible from the shrouded face was its eyes...the whites of its eyes glowing with bloodlust and revenge with its pure red irises burning through its shrouded veil of shadow at the blue eyed figure struggling against it. The demonic figure beyond furious that this insignificant insect refused to just die as easily as its teammates did just moments before. As though time had just stopped for them they didn't care about the free falling one bit at all, they were only concerned with making sure that the other didn't come out of  this ordeal alive!

The blue eyed figure finally let out in a brutal rage filled assault on the demonic figure without caution, quickly starting out with shoving its legs into its stomach forcing itself up still in its deadly grasp and got an elevated position on its attacker and like a well-oiled piston from a pure Detroit muscle V8 440 big block let loose a never ending barrage square between its red soulless eyes getting quicker and more brutal with each strike! The demonic figure slightly dazed from its barrage was admittedly surprised with its tenacity and mentally gave it credit from one warrior to another but was ever more enraged. It dragged blue eyes back to its level and with incredible velocity rammed its concrete like skull directly into blue eyes forehead! He reared back from the catastrophic blow that was just inflicted upon him, trying to maintain staying conscious the blue eyed figure noticed out of the corner of its eye with its head slumped backwards almost limply it saw a smaller shadow rapidly approaching!

It reacted without pause and grabbed the red eyed demons throat as it was rearing its head back for another headbutt, the smaller shadow had now arrived. It let out a booming howl as it latched its razor sharp fangs into the demonic figures neck growling as it now was violently assaulting the demons neck! The demonic figure let out a howling roar in pain, it grabbed the smaller figure and torn it from its back throwing it past blue eyes. Reacting to this blue eyes released an arm from its death grasp on the demonic figures throat and quickly grabbed a karambit measuring in almost 12 inches from its combat vest and savagely began to attack where his partner had sunk its fangs.

The demonic figure roared in immense pain again it couldn't believe this insect was doing this much damage to it! The demonic figure reacted before it was too late and with one arm swiped blue eyes arms away but not before it sunk its razor-sharp blade in the demons neck one last time, grabbed blue eyes by neck and with its razor sharp gauntlet on its right arm swiped at blue eyes chest tearing it open cutting through a few of its ribs flinging bits of flesh, blood and bone.

The blue eyed figure let a blood-curdling yell, its eyes now beginning to lose their blue color in its irises suddenly dawned a half-cocked grin filled with victory, the demonic figure grew short with blue eyes mocking him as he bled out.

BOOOOOM, BOOOM, BOOOM!!!! The demonic figure reared back without warning as if he was sucker punched multiple times in the gut by blazing fireball's! The demon spread its deathly wings as it was flung back now noticing how blue eyes did it, blue eyes was holding a sawed off semi-automatic shotgun loaded with 12GA dragons-fire slugs!!! worst of all blue eyes face dawned an even more victorious smirk on its face!

Whatever that thing was that pony was fighting they were both letting out blood chilling yells in pain, the sisters swore they even heard a wounded dog in the background! The pony and the demonic figure were having a very fast and brutal fight from what the sisters could surmise, but it happened all so fast that in an instant the pony let out one final blood-curdling yell that was quickly followed by three dim flashes that made a loud retort with each flash!

The demonic figure roared in pain as it spread its ghastly wings and disappeared from sight when it was enveloped in a gigantic ball of fire. Quickly after the demonic figure vanished in the enveloping explosion the floating continent erupted into a violent explosion the even managed to envelop the monstrous floating landmass! This sight was too much for the sisters to handle the were trembling in immense fear of the violent conflict the was unfolding before their eyes! The pony still shrouded in shadow flying at astonishing speed as if it was free falling!

The shadowed figure flew through the tear right behind a smaller shadow that passed through just inches before, both rocketed past the sisters in a blur, the tear closed the instant they flew through. The sound of the shadows crashing to the ground was the only sound in the cave only to be shortly followed by the strange clanging noise of something violently crashing across the cave floor. All was dead silent the sisters beginning to calm themselves realizing that the ordeal had finally ended.

Celestia now composed instantly froze when felt some sort of liquid bead down her face.....she raised her hoof to her muzzle where she now felt the strange liquid and rubbed it off her muzzle. She then lit up the area with her horn....her eyes almost without hesitation narrowed to the size of pebbles, the substance she wiped off her muzzle was blood. Luna almost thrown back by the sight instantly ran her hoofs over her face and through her mane, she stopped on her forehead feeling the same substance, bringing her hoof down to eye level to confirm it, she ghastly looked at her hoof. There was blood on her as well. Both sister now looking at each other with great horror in the eyes glanced at the floor that really held an even more horrifying picture; everywhere the mysterious figure landed on the ground before it slid to a stop left big splotches of blood now staining the cave floor.

The sisters ran to the figures who landed near the entrance knowing they were badly injured. As they approached they realized that yet again they were wrong in the assumption of the mysterious figure being a pony. Celestia looked at Luna.

“Retrieve the guard captains, the physician, and Starswirl the bearded now, our guests need help!”

“Right away my sister!” Luna zoomed off towards the castle frantically beating her wings horrified at the sight trying to wipe the blood off her head mid-flight, she was truly afraid and she was the princess of the night!

Celestia stood by the mysterious figures deciding to try and comfort them “Your all right friend.” Celestia spoke softly “Help is on the way.” Celestia looked at them intently, she was horrified but forced her composer there was so much blood. It was just slowly flowing from the deep lacerations on its chest, the blood just pooling outwards in every direction quickly enough that it gravely terrified Celestia. She had seen violence but never on this level, sure in Equestria Celestia and Luna had dealt with maniacs trying to take over but never to actually murder anypony, this was the coldest thing she had seen in her lifetime, violence like that is the end result of pure evil. She knew things could get bad if evil triumphed but that...that... was unreal she just could understand why any pony would ever want that. This thought lingered in her head terrifying her every second.

“take this...destroy it, let me die.” The figure faintly spoke. Celestia wasn't surprised the figure could speak. After all, it meant it was still alive … or at least for now, but the blatant disregard for its own dwindling life was a shock to her.

“Hang in there friend, I won't harm you, help is on the way just save your strength,” Celestia replied calmingly. The figures lips were moving without sound, it's blood glistening in the mid-afternoon sun that was shining through the cave entrance, Celestia then noticed it clinging to a strange object against its chest. Celestia then knew this horrifying event happened for a reason. Why would the figure want that destroyed why was it almost worth its life? What exactly caused it she didn't know, her feeling that these two needed their help was evident and even more supported by the tears pouring out of figures eyes that were quickly beginning to lose their color as though its eyes colors were bleeding out with its blood.

“Your pain. I can see it. Don't worry you are safe here friend we will figure this out, I promise you this.” Celestia caringly said in a soft tone. She draped her wing over them and laid her head next to the figures head to help comfort it. Whoever they were they needed help and whatever that strange object was it had to have some significance within what was taking place. She grew uneasy as the object coursed with the same dark energy from before the tear opened.

“Why was this happening?” she wondered lost in thought she almost didn't notice Luna's return with the two guards captains and guards. All charging ahead for them Starswirl and the physician close behind the guards. Celestia rose to her hooves now splotched with the figures blood on her white coat she composed herself and gave the guards and the physician their duties to immediately begin triage on their guests. She turned to face Luna and Starswirl with a serious face now with half her muzzle covered in blood from laying her head next to the figures, she nodded to them and they knew this meant Celestia had made up her mind and they nodded in agreement. They slowly trotted back towards the castle of the two sisters, today changed everything they knew.