ESF: The Final Battle

"I'm here to chat, princess." Comet explained, pacing back and forth. Celestia's guards had their spears lowered. Nightmare Moon gave them one glance and they all fell back behind Luna. The alicorn smirked. "Now then, you're probably thinking how I escaped." Comet began. Luna interrupted, which made Comet growl.

"We know how, your vile bastard. Nightmare Moon freed you." She said. Comet made a growling noise in his throat. Celestia stepped up.

"Comet, for your crimes against us and Equestria, you are...." She began before Comet cut her off.

"Under arrest, blah, blah, blah." He mocked her. "You know, this whole alicorn princess ruling thing is just too much for me. Why do you think I rebelled and joined the dark side?" He raised an eyebrow. "Uh huh. You know why." Comet stomped a hoof on the stone floor. "I am sick and tired of your rule, Celestia! Chaos will soon reign, and soon, ohhh, very soon, I shall rule Equestria with my future queen-to-be!!" Comet laughed. Luna and Celestia were shocked.

"Wait, you mean that you and Nightmare Moon are..." Luna made a face of pure revolt. Nightmare Moon giggled.

"Engaged? Guilty." She giggled again. Luna's and Celestia's jaws dropped. She used her magic to slam the doors shut. Comet chuckled.

"Good luck getting word out to Galaxy and his pals." He smirked. "Now then, where was I? Oh, yes! I was just about to kill Celestia!" Comet yelled, charging the sun princess. Celestia dodged and fired a blast at Galaxy's brother, only to be blocked by Nightmare Moon's magic blast. The two princesses were back to back, fighting Comet and Nightmare Moon. Celestia's horn lit up a bright yellow and she aimed at the evil alicorn. Nightmare Moon's horn lit up a familiar green that made Luna jump.

"Sister, duck!" She exclaimed. Both Celestia and Luna ducked as Nightmare Moon's blast impacted the throne. "That was close." Luna sighed, yelping as Comet tackled her. "Get off me, you monster!" She spat, knocking the pegasus off. Comet hit the ground and shot up, shaking his head. He growled.

"You're good, Luna." He said, his red eyes glowing. "But I'm better." Comet added. Luna snorted and fired a blast at Comet, knocking him into a wall. Comet growled and got back up. Celestia continued firing Nightmare Moon.

"Luna! Get to Ponyville! Get Galaxy and his friends! I will hold these two off." Celestia ordered. Luna stood by her sister.

"No, Tia! I'm not leaving you behind!" Luna protested. Celestia looked at her sister. She sighed.

"Luna, you have to go. I won't let you die with me." She said. Celestia hugged a teary-eyed Luna. "Go, now." Celestia said. Luna nodded and flew off, watching her sister fight Comet and Nightmare Moon. Luna only had time to catch a flash of green and her sister crumpling on the floor, weak and unable to move. Celestia looked up and spat. "You may defeat me Comet, but you will never kill me." She said. Comet chuckled.

"Oh, silly Celestia. I know you can't be killed, but torturing you? Oh, that's going to be way more fun!" The pegasus cackled. Nightmare Moon was in her other form again, standing next to her future king-to-be. "I think we should summon the Nightmare guards." Comet smirked. The dark blue alicorn nodded and giggled, hopping away to find her guards to fortify Canterlot. Meanwhile, I was busy at my Cafe. Orders were piling up and Galaxy could barely keep up. He still worked at the Cafe when he could, but his focus was on that shield Celestia wanted.

"Galaxy! I need three Expresso coffees with cream and 2 vanilla lattes!" I called. Galaxy nodded and begun whipping up the beverages. Just as he had finished, Luna burst the door open, panting heavily. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she collapsed, passing out. Crystal yelped and flew to her aid. The customer's looked at me with concerned looks. "Store's closed, everypony!" I told them. They all groaned and went home. I ran to Luna's aid just as Quillton was taking her pulse.

"Still breathing, just out cold." He told us. Galaxy sighed. Crystal was concerned.

"What happened?" Galaxy asked, adjusting his stetson. Crystal and Quillton shrugged. Sunset, Melody, Soul, and Icy were helping to move Luna onto the lounge chair. Icy shrugged.

"I don't know, Gals." He said. "She just burst in and then 'Ploop!' Passed out." Icy told him. Crimson held Melody close.

"Aunt Crimson, is Princess Luna going to be OK?" Galaxy's daughter asked. Crimson looked at the passed out night princess and shrugged.

"I don't know, honey." She replied. "Gal, maybe this might be a good time to give Cass a call, see what he can tell us." She told her brother, who nodded.

"Will do, sis. I'll be back with him shortly, in the meantime, you guys stay with Luna in case she wakes up." The pegasus replied, kissing his wife's cheek gently. "I'll be back, Crys." He smiled. Crystal smiled too, before her husband took off. We waited almost an hour for Galaxy to come back. The door jingled and Galaxy entered with a familiar tan pegasus in a trench-coat.

"Cass." Quillton sighed. Castiel tried his best smile, but it failed. The angel walked past us towards Luna. "Well?" Quillton asked. Castiel's expression was serious.

"Comet attacked Canterlot." He explained, reading Luna's thoughts. "Celestia was captured and Comet intends to torture her, since alicorns can't technically die." He added. He picked up something else that made his face twist in fear. "Nightmare Moon's back, but I don't see anything in here about what her's and Comet's plans are." He told us. Galaxy and Crystal gasped in unison.

"So this is how we might die. Not in a 'Blaze of Glory' style like I envisioned me going, but by our own sun theoretically dying. if that even is my brother's plan, whatever that is." He sighed. "So not the victory I wanted for us." He explained. Crystal sat next to him.

"Galaxy, don't think like that. We've gotten out of tougher scrapes, remember?" She asked. Her husband scoffed.

"If you count my 'brother going back in time and trying to kill me' tougher scrapes, then I suppose." He replied. Crystal nuzzled her head on his shoulder gently. Galaxy leaned his head down on hers, sighing. "I'm sorry honey, I just thought we'd all be living peacefully by now." He told us. Quillton socked him in the fore-leg. "Hey! What was that for, ya idjit?!" He asked. Ever since he's gotten older, Galaxy's voice started developing a faint country accent. Crystal rather liked it.

"Galaxy, what's life without adventure?! I mean, yeah, the whole 'living peacefully' thing sounds nice and all, but we're known for adventure!" He reminded Galaxy. Galaxy rose up and nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, yeah you're right, Quill! Thank's buddy." He replied, clapping his best friend on the back. "Alright everypony, saddle up. We're going into action mode." He told us, causing all of us to whoop in delight.