The Rise Of The Eternal Gaurdian

"Celestia, move as quickly as you can back to Canterlot and ready your troops for war", Fury Flight said beginning to pace around in a circle.

"What do you need of me my brother", Luna asked. Fury turned around and looked to his sister.

"Luna, take you and your most trusted guards and go to the start and hide there until you here from me", Fury said looking into his sister's eyes.

"But I want to fight in this war brother! I want the chance to protect my home as well as you", Luna said with great volume in her voice. Fury looked at his sister with a furious look, but then softened to one of a caring brother.

"My dear sister, I don't want to see you get hurt. I guess I have no choice in the matter, take your guards and soldiers to Ponyville", Fury said reluctantly.

"What about us Fury Flight", Twilight asked, looking back at her friends.

"You six are coming with me, to the north", Fury said. The ponies agreed to Fury's terms and left accordingly.

"Are you sure about this Fury, it sounds like we are walking into a trap", Twilight asked Fury.

"It is because we are, but with a trick up my sleeve. We are going north, but first we must go west to the start", Fury said, walking to the edge of the road by the field.

"What is the start", Twilight asked puzzled.

"The start is the place where Equestria was founded, or as most ponies call it the Friendship Cave", Fury said looking to the west.

"Why are we going there, our friendship is very strong", Twilight said very matter of factly.

'Were not going to the cave itself, but rather behind them. There is another cave behind it that we must get to. It is the cave of the eternal guardian", Fury said testing the wind with his wings.

"You mean the legendary cave of the guardian, the one place unexplored because no pony has been able to find it, it must find you", Twilight said in a fan girl awe. "How can we find a cave that has eluded every great explorer in history".

"You will have what no pony else did, a guide to show you the way. I will take you into the cave, where the elusive guardian ritual and vow will be presented to you and grant you the power of the guardian", Fury said softly.

Fury then began to walk down the road towards the west. The rest of the group began to follow him, starting the long trip to the Cave of Friendship at the western edge of Equestria.

Once in Canterlot, Celestia began rallying the troops for war, the troops fell over each other, as it was the real deal now and not a drill. The sky began to darken as the last of the troops fell into place. All at once, red alicorns fell from sky like steady rain, making craters as they landed. The alicorns then charged towards the nearest soldier, blasting them with a paralyzing spell and running them through with a sword. She watched in horror as her soldiers began to drop like flies. Celestia gave the signal to retreat, but there were hardly any soldiers left to heed the call. Celestia flew into the battle, using her magic to save as many soldiers as she could, but it was folly. The alicorns just kept coming, then she heard the laughter, she knew that laugh. Discord landed beside Celestia and used his magic to try to stop the onslaught. The waves of alicorns seemed to waiver, but then charged discord all at once.

"Run Princess, I will hold them off as long as I can", Discord said as he sent an alicorn careening away.

"You don't have to do this Discord, I can still save you", Celestia screamed.

"I doubt that, but after a life of evil, maybe it will be good to die on the side of good", Discord said, dodging a sword thrust.

A shadow drifted among the army of alicorns. Kaorn drifted closer to Discord in his shadow form, closer and closer, until he was at Discord's back. His shadow formed solid matter into his body behind Discord. Celestia tried to scream, but it was to late. A scythe appeared with Kaorn's magic, and then lodged itself into the back of Discord. The front of the blade struck out from his chest, and Discord began to choke as his blood poured from his mouth. He hit his knees as Kaorn pulled the scythe from his back, and then Kaorn swung his scythe, beheading the draconiquis. Celestia's eyes were so blurry from the tears that she didn't see the club hit her, knocking her out.

The same happened in Ponyville as it did anywhere he and his army struck. Soon most of Equestria had fallen short of a few that called themselves a resistance. It seemed that all was lost and Kaorn finally achieved his original goal of conquering the world.

The seven travelers reached the cave, tired and weak from the journey. It had been three days since they had departed, and a day and a half into their journey Twilight received the news of her brother's death. The sky was a red color, and the sun nor moon had risen during the trip. Fury Flight was beginning to worry as he had not heard from his sisters. They reached the opening of the cave, and Twilight started to get a weird feeling, but she kept it to her self. As they walked into the cave, Rainbow dash noticed drawings on the wall. They looked like ponies, but had a blue smoke trail behind them.

"The wendigo, they were released after the alicorn war by Kaorn, and the rest is history", Fury said walking towards the back of the cave. He turned around and looked to the six ponies. "Now before we enter, you must follow my every command, or else you will be lost in the great eternal maze forever", Fury said, and then turned around and walked straight through the wall! Twilight looked amazingly, and walked up to the wall and placed her hoof against the wall, expecting it to go through. Her hoof touched the cold wall.

"You must believe that there is no wall", came a voice.

"Fury, is that you", Twilight called out.

"Yes, walk through the wall all of you, come on now, we must hurry", came Fury's voice.

"I have been waiting a long time for you twilight sparkle", came a voice that sounded from everywhere as Twilight walked through the wall. There was a single path, and smoke upon both side of the trail. Twilight looked around for the voice as she walked down the path. "Stay on the path, or be lost forever", the voice called out again.

"Who are you", Twilight called out into the darkness.

"My name is Kronos, Master of Time. I am one of the first seven", The voice cut through the silence.

"Where are you, Kronos", Twilight said.

"I am in the cave you seek, I have been guarding it for thousands of years", Kronos said.

"Fury Flight said that you died a long time ago, during a great war", Twilight said following the path as it lead her to an unknown destination.

"I am the Master of time itself, do you not think that I could go back and keep myself from being killed", Kronos stated bluntly.

"But if you saved yourself, why didn't you save the others", Twilight asked.

"It is not that simple Ms. Sparkle, I broke one of my own laws doing what I did, but I did it for a good reason", Kronos said.

"What purpose Kronos", Twilight said, unaware that Fury Flight was now eavesdropping on her conversation.

"Who are you talking to Twilight, or are you just asking yourself questions", Fury Flight asked, stopping to talk to twilight.

"You can't hear the voice, you can't hear Kronos", Twilight said perplexed.

"He cannot hear me, because these words are for you alone Twilight. You are traveling to the cave to receive the power of the guardian, but he come here for another purpose. There is a spell locked away in this cave so terrible that no pony, even us creators, dared to cast it. The Constellation spell", Kronos' voice resounded in the air.

"Fury Flight, what is the Constellation spell, and why do you want it", Twilight asked enraged.

"So he is really alive then", Fury said softly. "The constellation spell was created by the first six, to seal away Kaorn, but the spell had a counter, so to ensure that it would work, they made the spell so that when cast, both the caster and casted would be sent to their own constellation in the sky. They became afraid of it's power, and thus entrusted to me. I locked it away in this cave long ago, to ensure that no pony would stumble upon it", Fury said after a moment of silence. "ah, there is the cave", he said, pointing to a light.

"Why do you want that spell for if it is so dangerous", came the voice of Rainbow Dash, surprising the two ponies.

"It is the only way to bring peace and balance to this world", Fury said walking to the light.

They entered the cave and were immediately taken aback, there were torches alight all around, and a great eye adorned the back wall. A blue light began to congregate in the center of the cave, until it took the form of a tall alicorn. He was a blue alicorn with a flowing white mane, and his cutie mark was a clock with hands that were moving. Upon his head was a crown with a hourglass.

"Kronos, the Master of Time", Fury said, bowing to the god like pony.

"I am Kronos, but please hold the bowing, for we haven't much time. Already Kaorn has defeated all of Equestria's armies and it's princesses, save for one", Kronos said looking at Twilight. "We must begin the vow right away".

First Fury Flight walked up to the eye. The eye began to glow a soft white. Then he raised his hoof and spoke. "I , Fury Flight, hereby do relinquish my duties as Guardian of The Elements of Harmony and of Equestria".

"Twilight, walk up and stand beside him", Kronos said as Twilight did as she was told. "Now repeat after me, I Twilight Sparkle, Vow to protect all of Equestria and the Elements of Harmony from all danger, both foreign and domestic".

"I Twilight Sparkle, Vow to protect all of Equestria and the Elements of Harmony from all Danger, both foreign and domestic", Twilight repeated.

The eye then glowed a bright white as energy transferred from the eye to Twilight. Twilight feinted after the eye went dark. She awoke to see Kronos staring down at her.

"Ah, you are awake", He said with great amusement.

"How long was I out", Twilight asked shakily as she stood up.

"About ten minutes", Fury answered her. "Now about the spell Kronos".

"Before you take the spell and use it against him, maybe you should take this into account, After you cast this, your soul will never be able to leave this world, bound eternally to the stars in the sky. Kaorn was able to escape every universe and dimension we put him in, how long will the stars really hold him. There is another spell locked in the vault that you might want to know about", Kronos said to Fury Flight, who got a very confused look on his face.

"What do you mean another spell", Fury answered.

"It is a spell that is more deadly that even the constellation spell, the god ripping spell. It is a spell that me and your father made to deal with Kaorn after we locked away the constellation spell. It is a spell that rips the heart out of a great alicorn, but it takes a lot of power to pull off, we had figured six full grown alicorns could cast it", Kronos said.

"There may only be three alicorns left in this world", Fury said.

"Right, but I have been adjusting the spell slightly, and have come up with a solution. It will work when a great alicorn sacrifices their soul as tribute, and a guardian preforms the spell, current or former", Kronos said slowly.

"But that would mean that you...", Twilight said.

"Yes my dear, but I have live a long life and quite frankly, I believe it is time to leave this world to the next generation and join my brethren in the beyond", Kronos finished. "Now then, off we go to the Crystal Empire", Kronos said.

"How are we going to get there in time", Twilight said.

"I'll show Ms. Sparkle, everypony take each other's hooves, and hold on tight", Kronos said as his horn light up a white, and with a popping noise, the eight ponies disappeared from the cave and reappeared at the entrance of the Crystal Empire.