The Rise Of The Eternal Gaurdian

The Crystal Empire was not even a shadow of it's former glory. Every thing was gone, in piles of red ash. The land was dying, turning everything on it to ash, and it was spreading beyond the empire. The travelers stared at the only thing still standing, the Crystal castle. It was not anything like the original, perverted into a black castle of death. As the ponies reached the castle, Twilight and her friends had to avert their eyes from the lower balcony, where a spear was stuck there, holding the head of her sister in law.

Inside the castle, in the throne room, sat Kaorn. His throne was black and had many sharp points on it. Above him to either side was a cage, holding one of the royal sisters. Luna began to hit the bars of her prison, and began shouting at her captor.

"You coward, how dare you keep us in cages and purge Equestria of all it's life. Why don't you free us to see who would truly win without your mighty army behind you", Luna screamed.

"Why would I release you when I have already won the war, my army is now marching on your little resistance. You are now nothing more than a pest to me", Kaorn said as he used his magic. Lightning shot out and met the bars of the cage. Luna screamed out in pain as the energy past through the bars and into her body. She began to convulse with the electricity running through her. Celestia shouted down to Kaorn from her own cage.

"STOP IT! Why don't you just kill me, I am the ruler of equestria. Leave my sister out of this, she has endured enough", Celestia screamed out hoping to draw Kaorn's attention.

Her ploy worked as he turned his attention away from Luna, and then fixed his magic to Celestia. Her body began to convulse and twitch as the energy coursed through her. She began to feel weak and lightheaded.

"Take care of Equestria dear sister, and never give up hope for the future", Celestia softly spoke to Luna.

"No, don't you dare leave me here alone sister", Luna said watching as her sister faded away.

Celestia closed her eyes and her body dropped to the bottom of the cage, twitching from the electricity that was still in her body. Kaorn laughed as he then turned his attention back to Luna, but was interrupted as the door to the room exploded. The elements came in ready for action, But Kaorn was ready for their attack. They activated the elements, and Kaorn prepared his magic, but watched dumbfounded as they attacked the princesses. The cages easily ripped open, releasing their captives. Luna used the little magic she had to keep Celestia's body from hitting the ground too hard. Kaorn became suspicious, where was his arch enemy. A lone figure walked into the room. Fury flight stood across the room from Kaorn, but Kaorn had already prepared his magic and fired a spell to his enemy. Fury flight used all the guardian magic he had inside of his soul, and fired the ripping spell at it's target. The spells collided in the center of the room, and a sphere of magic began to grow in the center. Neither one let off of their magic, and Fury was digging deep into his soul to find more magic. His magic began to fade.

"No, no, not now", Fury flight said as the last of his magic faded away.

Kaorn's spell easily broke through the other spell with no power feeding it and now was spiraling towards it's target. Fury shielded himself with the only thing he could, his wings. The spell hit Fury's wing, burning through the delicate feathers on his right wing, and then hitting him full in the chest, sending him flying towards the wall. He hit the wall with a thud, and then hit the floor. Twilight looked at Fury, and then to Kaorn. The voice of Kronos came to her.

"My dear, you can use the spell, my sacrifice will not be in vain. You can use it and it will work, do it for Equestria", Kronos' spirit said though the wind.

Twilight prepared her mind for the spell she was about to cast. Her magic seemed ready, so she cast the spell that would rip out the heart of Kaorn. Her horn lit up, and the spell left her horn, speeding towards the pony across the room. Kaorn sent another spell from his horn, and they again collided in midair. She couldn't believe that she was holding her own against one of the most powerful alicorns in the universe. The voice of Kronos returned to Twilight.

"That's it Twilight, push the spell towards him. You need to focus more magic though, you need the magic of the guardian. Unlike your magic, guardian magic gains strength from memories, so use your best memories to fuel it, and you will push his spell back", Kronos' voice whispered in her ear.

Twilight thought of the best memories, and one topped them all. The memory of when she first realized she had friends against Nightmare Moon. Her magic increased ten fold, and she couldn't believe the magic coursing through her. The spells held the middle ground for a moment, then Twilights spell charged across the room straight to Kaorn. The spell hit the tip of Kaorn's horn, and exploded on impact. The spell then sprang to life, forming a hoof in the air, and plunging into Kaorn's chest. Kaorn screamed in agony as the hoof rooted around inside of him, and Twilight closed her eyes to avoid the sight. The hoof then stopped and came out of his body with his still beating heart. Kaorn looked at the heart as he fell to the floor. The hoof disappeared and the heart dropped to the floor, about a couple feet from it's owner.

The body of Kaorn began to fade away into a black smoke as a screaming was heard of Kaorn's soul being drug down to the pits of Tartarus. Twilight turned to see her friends giving her the same look of shock that she herself had. She had just killed a god, she had killed a pony. She looked to the wall where Fury Flight laid, and he had managed to sit up. His right wing was nothing but a charred mess, and he had a black burn mark on his chest.

"I... Knew that you.... could do... it... Twi.. Light", Fury said through the pain. "You truly are.... The next Guardian".

"You are hurt pretty bad Fury, we need to get you somewhere you can be fixed", Rainbow said, wiping away tears from her eyes.

"These wounds are not fatal my dear, though they are.... very painful. I can survive long enough to see this day through", Fury said, smiling at Rainbow dash.

In the center of the room, a light began to form as a small hole seemed to form out of thin air. The hole began to grow and grow until it could fit an adult pony through. A form came through the hole, and the ponies could not believe their eyes. An alicorn with a coat that matched the stars above, and wings that looked like they were made out of space itself. His mane looked like a comet's tail. Princess Luna's eyes widened as he entered the world.

"Fa.. Father", Luna made out barely.

"I am Galaxo, greatest of the seven, and Master of Space", Galaxo said as he walked over to the ponies. "I have returned to this world to retrieve a pony dear to me". Galaxo walked over to where Fury was barely setting up. "It is time to leave this world my son".

"You can't take him away from me again", Rainbow called out to Galaxo, as Applejack tried to hold her back, but to no avail as she drug her across the floor.

"Can't I young Pegasus, I could level this whole castle with one wave of my horn, do you think it wise to challenge my authority", Galaxo said, an eyebrow raised.

"Fury Flight is the only pony that has ever loved me for me, not just because I was a wonderbolt or just a cool pony", rainbow said to Galaxo.

"If I were to leave him here, you would have him live a life in pain and suffering? Or would you see him happy in the next life, worry free and painless", Galaxo said, trying to look the fluttering Pegasus in the eye.

"If she wants me to live here, then I shall remain here father", Fury said, shocking both of the ponies. "I would rather see her happy every day in a wore out body, than live carefree in the next life with her stuck here, we are a team".

"You have stolen my heart my son, but you will not live in a wore out body. I will give you your old alicorn body back, full of magic, but you must take the place of another", Galaxo said, looking over to Celestia. She barely opened her eyes and smiled as Galaxo scooped her up in his magic. "It is time to go home my dear daughter", Galaxo softly spoke into Celestia's ear. she smiled and let her body droop as she spoke her last words.

"Yes, it is time to go home", and with that, Celestia's last breath escaped her body.

Luna began to weep as Galaxo walked back into the portal with Celestia over his back. The moment that he left, a light began to revolve around Fury Flight, raising him into the air. The light increased, encompassing him. The light slowly returned to the ground, and a new Alicorn Fury could be seen once again. Fury used his magic to shoot up into the Crystal castle, breaking away the old castle around them, and sending a blue light into the sky, undoing the land dying. With a breath of life back into the land, flowers began to grow in the red soil. The alicorns pillaging Equestria returned to their original Crystal pony selves. Although the deaths could not be undone, a new day looked down upon Equestria as it crawled away from near destruction, ready for the next generation of ponies to make it a place worth living in again. The empire fell down around them as they began the trip to Canterlot, and their next big adventure.

THE END...