Plan to Eradicate the Ponies

Celestia gasped as air filled her lungs. Her eyes shot open and she began to cough.

"Princess!" Twilight said as she ran to her side. "What happened"

"That fiend Tavurth" Celestia tried to rise, but her legs quivered and she fell back to the ground. "He's done something to my wings. I cannot feel them" Celestia said weakly.

"Well" Twilight hesitantly began "They aren't there anymore"

"WHAT" She wheeled her head around and only saw her bare back. She looked at Luna who lay motionless beside her. Luna's horn had been taken away. "We've been reverted back to before we ascended" Celestia said with a defeated tone.

"I thought you were always an alicorn" Twilight began.

"No. In fact we weren't even born here"

Twilight gave an interested look.

"Although" Celestia began "That would be a fine tale for another time"

The doors to the chamber room opened and instantly the two ponies were on guard. A dark red pony limped in.

"I'm sorry princess. I have failed you" He said weakly

"Force Defender" Celestia said with relief. "You are alive!" She stood now. She was now significantly shorter now in this new form.

Force looked to Luna "I have failed Luna as well" He paused for a second. "I want to help hunt him down"

"Hunt him down?" Celestia asked "I would not put anymore lives in jeopardy. When Luna is awakened she and I will find him. We will protect Equestria. Just like it has always been"

"What about the Elements of Harmony" Twilight asked "We protect Equestria too and we've been training just for a moment like this" Twilight stood confidently "We can beat him and get Spike back"

"Get Spike back?" Celestia asked "He took Spike?"

"Yes, he said that Spike was his brother"

Celestia's eyes grew wide. "He plans to force Spike to help him destroy this planet like we has originally meant to do."

"What!?" Twilight exclaimed "He said that Spike was supposed to ready the planet, not destroy it!"

"It can be explained later, now go and get Spike. Luna and I will meet you at your castle. It is not safe for us here any longer"

Twilight turned to Force "Were you serious about wanting to help?"

"Of course" Force nodded "Although my leg is kind of banged up"

"We can take care of that" Twilight said as she put her hoof on Force's shoulder "Try not to move" In the next instant they were gone in a puff of magic energy.

"Good luck, my dear Twilight Sparkle" Celestia said with closed, sorrowful eyes.

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Tavurth flung Spike to the ground outside his spacecraft. Spike sobbed and curled up on the ground. Tavurth gave a disgusted glance and turned to his pod. He opened the hatch and began to rummage inside. He pulled out an odd looking device with a lens and mounted it to the side of his head with the lens covering his left eye. Spike watched.

"This is Tavurth, come in. Yes. I've touched down. I found Verath as well. Yes. He was raised by equines, he's barely the size of a hatchling" Tavurth gave a glance to Spike. "Copy that. Good hunting, Chrome. Over and out."

Tavurth bent down to Spike's level. "It appears I have the go ahead to do what ever I like to your miserable home"

"You won't get away with this" Spike said between sobs "I won't let you, Twilight won't let you."

"Ha! You think I'm worried about your sissy pony friends?" Tavurth gave a devilish grin "No, I believe I will have fun in killing them one by one."

Spike continued to cry. Not out of despair, but of anger. He felt something well up inside him.

"Take that back" Spike said

"What did you say"

"I said. Take. That. Back." Spike's eyes now glowed a fearsome green. The device on Tavurth's head began to beep and he gave a worried look. Spike lunged. "TAKE IT BACK" He punched Tavurth square in the jaw, causing him to lose his balance. Spike was angry. He was breathing heavily. Every muscle in has body seemed to constrict and expand. He couldn't take it. He began to feel light headed. He then fainted and fell into the dirt.

Tavurth rose up and rubbed his jaw. "That is what little brother is capable of, is it" He thought. "So he's not a complete weakling after all" He gave grin and tossed Spike into his pod. "This pod has Dormin atmospheric conditions in it. A few days in here should bring out the beast in him. Yes, this should work nicely to my advantage" He grinned once more and shut the pod.

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"So lemme get this straight, there's an alien here who plans to destroy the planet and has kidnapped Spike,which turns out to be his brother, and its up to us to stop him" Rainbow Dash said.

"That's pretty much the story" Twilight said.

"Why are we waiting here? Let's go!" Rainbow dash shot off out the door of the castle.

"RAINBOW DASH, WAIT!" It was too late. She was gone.

"We have to get her back!" Force said as he rose up. Fluttershy gently pushed him back down

"Mr. Defender, you need to relax and let me finish healing you, ok"

Force nodded and lay back down.

"We need to stop her!" Twilight said "I'm going after her. We still need to contact Rarity and AppleJack. Make sure they stay here. I'll explain the situation to them when I return"

Force and Fluttershy nodded.

"Wait, where's Pinkie Pie? She was just here" Twilight said.

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Rainbow Dash stormed through the sky. She knew not where she was headed, only that she needed to find Spike. She stopped and scanned the surrounding area. Nothing out of the ordinary. She closed her eyes and concentrated. She tried finding any odd magic signatures.

"Whatcha doin', Dashie?"

"Not now, Pinkie"

"Okay, I can wait."

"Wait, What!?" Dash's eyes shot open and found Pinkie right beside her. Flying. "How are you doing that??"

"Oh! I call it my Pinkie Fly technique. Basically all the magic I build up is released slowly to create an aura around myself which allows me to levitate. Neat, huh?"

"You've gotta teach me!" Dash said with excitement.

"I will after we find that meanie bo beanie that took Spike!"

Dash nodded. "I couldn't sense that bad guy's energy anywhere."

"They're over this way!" Pinkie pointed.

"How do you know?"

"You can't sense the badnik's energy because you've never felt it, silly. Just feel for Spike's and it's a no brainer!" Pinkie grinned. Dash blushed.

"Oh yeah"

"C'mon, It's this way!" Pinkie Streaked off through the sky to the west with Dash close behind.

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Tavurth sat out side his spacecraft and finished a squirrel he had hunted. This planet really was miserable.

"Just a few days time, Verath" He thought as he glanced to his brother. "As long as no ponies come to meddle, you and I will destroy these pathetic creatures. I'd even wager we could defeat -"

"Hey scaley!"

"Speak of the devil"

"Heard you have our friend" Dash said from the sky.

"You mean my whelp of a brother. Yes he is present."

"We're gonna need him back."

"No I do not think that is within my power to do."

"Wrong answer" Dash bolted forward and delivered a punch to Tavurth's gut. He doubled over.

"Now that was not nice" He said as he raised up and grabbed Dash's leg.

"Hey!" She began to flap her wings, but could not reach the amount of lift she needed for take off. She slumped to the ground.

"Now now, wings clipped already?"

"RAINBOW BLITZ" Dash delivered a Blitz attack point blank to Tavurth's face. "Ha! How'd you like... Oh. Buck."

Tavurth closed his mouth as the last of Rainbow Dash's attack went down his gullet. He pulled Rainbow Dash closer and belched in her face. His hot breath singed the hairs on her face. Tavurth tossed her aside. "You are a wiley one" He grinned.

"Hiya" Said Pinkie at Tavurth's side. He glanced over.

"Goodbye" He said as he blasted a bolt of energy at Pinkie. She exploded in a cloud of mist.

"Hiya" She said again, this time from his right.

"Hiya"

"Hiya"

"Hola"

She had him surrounded. Pinkies everywhere.

"I've no time for your parlor tricks." Tavurth punched the ground causing a shock wave that shook the Pinkie's causing them to disperse. All but one Pinkie remained. He approached her as she picked herself off the ground. "Hiya" he mocked as he raised his hand to her face.

"Enough"

Tavurth looked to the sky where Princess Twilight Sparkle loomed in the air.

"Tavurth, although I am honor-bound by the laws of peace and amnesty, I am not afraid to fight for my friends. That being said, I issue you one warning, and one only: Leave this place or perish."

Tavurth grinned a sickly smile. "I suppose the latter sounds appealing if you feel you can muster it."

"So be it" Twilight raised her horn high to the sky and spread to her wings. A small ball began to form at the tip of her horn.

"KAAAA" Twilight began. The ball of light began to grow. "MEEEEE" a purple aura formed around her body. "HAAAAAAA-MEEEE"

"What's this?" Tavurth said as he checked his scouter. Her power level was rising considerably. Was there more to these ponies than he originally-

"HAA!!!!" A light blue beam of pure energy lanced from her horn and landed square in the middle of Tavurth's chest. The power was immense! It knocked him back and off his feet. The light faded and Tavurth lay on the ground.  He chuckled and rose to his feet.

"Having never been effected by equestrian magic before, I must say that technique packs a punch. Not enough to damage me, but a punch none the less."

Twilight broke into a nervous sweat.

"I tell you what. I love a challenge and I can tell you have potential." Tavurth began. He held up three digits. "I give you three days to train and on the fourth day we will fight. Any longer and I begin to destroy your petty race."

"What stops you from doing that anyway" Twilight said

"Like you" Tavurth began "I am bound by my word. Dormin are a proud race and allow their challengers fair time to reach their peak of physical prowess"

"I am nothing like you" Twilight scowled.

Tavurth shrugged

"What about Spike"

Tavurth motioned to the pod where Spike lay. "No harm shall come to baby brother. He is quite safe in there."

Rainbow dash and Pinkies came to Twilight's side.

"What do you think, Twi?" Dash whispered.

"He has a better hand than we do. I don't trust him, but we haven't much choice" She chewed her lip. "Three days?" Twilight called back. Tavurth nodded.

"You have a deal" Twilight said "But if you so much as glance at another pony all deals are off and you will be terminated."

"You have my word, Princess."

"Yes, three days time should be plenty for baby brother to realize his potential. Then I will use him to destroy the ponies he once called friends. Train hard Twilight, you fool." Tavurth thought.

The three ponies bolted back to Ponyville to begin the grueling three day wait.

What does Tavurth have planned? Will three days be enough for Twilight and her friends to train? Find out next time in another exciting chapter of 'Plan to Eradicate the Ponies'!