John’s friends looked on the large gryphon with no small amount of fear. Her body showed muscles from her forearms to her hind legs. Her wings were larger than any pony’s wings by far, but didn’t match the span of Princess Celestia wings. The thing that terrified his friends the most, were Gilda’s eyes. They were rolled back into her head, showing the white side of her eyeballs. Despite the fact that she was outnumbered, the guys were certain that they wouldn’t be able to take down this rage fueled beast of legend.

“Really?” John rolled his eyes, “I fought the CMC, an Ursa-Major, Princeton, and the Changeling Queen and her minions. Out of all the possibilities that Yetson could come up with, he chose to mind control a gryphon while making her stronger.”

“But she’s a gryphon!” Phil squealed.

He stepped forward as he cracked his fingers.

“Alright, lets get this over with.”

“John,” Discord spoke up, “I know this is a bad time, but since you’re about to fight her, I might as well tell you something."

"Like what?" he asked.

The chimera twirled his fingers as he looked at the ground.

"You see..."

~~~

As the mane six and the two humans wait for their friends' return, an odd noise from outside caught their attention. It sounded like a large steam engine. Kind of like a train, but without the grinding of steel wheels. Walden, who was by the door, checked outside and looked around the area. He saw the citizens staring up at the sky, as the sunlight began to dim. In a rush, the ponies had exited the library.

"What is that thing?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"It's some sort of mechanical balloon," said Twilight, "attached to a boat."

"Whatever that thing is," said Rarity, "It's probably some invention that a pony made."

The flying ship moved slowly, making it’s way to the center of town. As it flew over the town hall, a large cylinder was tossed over the side of the ship. Once the object hit the town hall’s roof, it exploded, taking the building with it.

The moment the hall was demolished, thousands of strange looking creatures flew from the ship, scattering among Ponyville’s streets. The ship itself started bombarding the town with explosive mortar, leveling several of the buildings in seconds.

"Run for your lives!" One pony yelled, and with that, pandemonium broke out.

Ponies ran in every direction, trying to hide and find their loved ones. The group couldn’t believe what was happening. The beings landed on the ground started snatching ponies off the ground and out of the sky, destroying anything in their path. The ship continued firing on the buildings, sending anypony hiding inside, screaming into the streets. It was horrifying to witness.

"Good tarnation!" exclaimed Applejack, "Gotta stop them weird lookin’ fellas from wreckin’ the whole town."

"Please don't," came from a voice behind.

They turned around and saw Yetson, with a group of the unidentified beings behind him.

"The Heathens will use deadly force, if you resist."

~~~

"You mean to tell me that Yetson is attacking Ponyville!?" John looked at Discord.

"Unfortunately, yes." The god of chaos nodded.

"And we're not there to stop him!" Ryan shouted with anger, "We have to leave immediately!"

"Right," Aaron then looked at John, "John, take care of her. We’ll take Discord, and the Elements back to Ponyville."

John nodded and faced towards Gilda, who was still standing where she was.

The guys and Discord left the room in a rush, while the gryphon charged towards the human. They reached downstairs and headed towards the main entrance. Once they reached outside, the sky began to red. The group stopped and looked up.

"What's happening now!?" Richard exclaimed.

"It's Yetson!" said Tyler, "We have to hurry!"

John’s fight with Gilda was done, before it even began. The soldier levied a swift uppercut, to the gryphon’s jaw, instantly knocking her out. John caught Gilda, before she could hit her head on the stone floor, and placed her down more gently.

"That should do it," He dusted himself, "Wonder how Rainbow Dash will react, when I tell the story?"

The human then looked at the window and noticed the sky was in a different color.

"Red sky? That just great."

"It's time."

John turned around and saw Princeton right next to Gilda's body.

"Time for what?" the human asked if he was annoyed.

"Our reign," the unicorn replied, "It's about to begin. The sun and the moon will no longer shine. All we need now is to destroy Canterlot with our ship."

"Destroy Canterlot!? Why would you let Ponyville survive, but destroy Canterlot?"

"I'm glad you asked," Princeton walked towards the window and looked at the red sky. "You see, my master could have destroyed it with his bare hands, but everypony would blame Discord and might turn him to stone. I suggested him that we create a flying ship that can hold thousands of ponies and let the draconequus live. From there, he created his army and they built it in Manehattan."

"Manehattan? How did you build something like that, in a pony town?" John paused for the moment.

"The ponies didn’t know what it was, and we used it to capture the city once it was finished. That was a few days ago, now. The ponies were too terrified of our Heathens to even think about warning the other cities. No pony expected us at all. We hid the ship in an abandoned building by the docks and not one even cared to take a glimpse at it."

"After that, we went to Appleloosa and Dodge and did the same."

The human began to clench his fists as Princeton turned around and faced him.

"And once we annihilate Canterlot," the unicorn continued, "We will sail across the world and either kill or capture any intelligent beings in our way. And with our Heathen army strength and speed, nopony can stop us."

Princeton vanished in a flash of magic, leaving John alone in the room.

"Not in my watch, you don't," he mumbled.

The human began to dash out of the room to the stairs when he stopped midway towards the ground level.

"Forgot about Gilda."

~~~

The group had finally reached Ponyville, only to find the town in ruins. Hundreds of buildings were already destroyed. Smoke billowed from the destroyed piles of rubble that were once homes and businesses. The massive airship hovered over the destruction, still destroying buildings. They were horrified how everything came out to be. Even Discord was horrified.

"This is sad," the draconequus said, "I would never do this to ponies. I may be the God of chaos, but this just destruction. It isn't my style of chaos."

"What is your style of chaos?" asked Richard.

"Turning buildings upside down, cotton candy clouds that pours chocolate rain, and turn friends.against each other. That just the few that I can do."

"Cotton candy clouds that pours chocolate rain?" Aaron looked at the hybrid, "That makes no sense."

"What fun is there in making sense?"

"You guys," Tyler was a little frustrated, "Can we go to the library, before we get caught?"

"Alright, geez," The god of chaos crossed his arms.

"Thank you."

The group reached the tree house without getting caught by the Heathens and saw that it was still in good condition. The only difference was that the windows were blown out, and the door was taken down. They went inside and checked if their guns had been taken. Luckily, the weapons were still where they left them.

"Excellent," Ryan grabbed his pistol, "It's about time we use these weapons."

"What kind of canons are these?" Discord grabbed a shotgun and aimed it at Phil.

"Please don't shoot!" the shy guy flinched.

The hybrid looked at him with a confused expression.

"Don't worry Phil," Richard sighed, "They're not loaded."

"Oh, okay." Phil replied, blushing.

"Dammit," Tyler sighed, "It won't work."

Everyone paid their attention to him as he stomped in anger.

"What won't work?" asked Aaron.

"My plan to rescue the ponies."

"What plan?" Ryan wondered.

"We were going have Discord fly us up to the airship, then shoot those monster things, and commandeer the ship. The problem with this, is that Yetson would wipe us out, Princeton would be a dick to take down, and none of us even know how to shoot."

Discord looked at the humans.

"You humans have weapons far powerful than any in this world," he spoke, with disbelief in his tone, "and you don’t even know how to use them? I don't know whether the readers should laugh or facepalm at your incompetence."

Tyler sighed and rubbed his temples, while the guys felt ashamed of themselves.

"The only person who knows how to shoot is John, and he's-"

"Right here."

Everyone turned around to see John, holding the unconscious Gilda in his arms.

"Your plan sounds good, but I’d like to add a few things."

Author's Note

After of weeks being busy from school, finally got this out of the way. One of my editors is going to tough times so he won't be able to edit the story for the time being. On the plus side, I found two new editors: fluttershyone and BubuJones. Thank you guys so much. I don't know what I'll do without you.

Anyway, the story (spoiler alert) is almost over. You heard me!? Almost over.

Chapter edit by Narlepoax III