The Rise of a King...

Lord Metarex then lifted his weapon up high and hit Celestia in the head, knocking her out, making him grin.

When Celestia awoke, slowly, groaning in pain, she tried to move her hooves and stretch, only to find that she couldn't, making her become fully awake in fear.

She then saw that she was inside what appeared to be a factory of sorts, but, the first thing she noticed was that Lord Metarex was in front of her, no longer wearing his armor, as she realized she wasn't wearing her armor, either.

Getting a good look at him now, he was taller, and looked more fit for war, with a scar going across his left eye, going over his electric blue eye as it glowed, the scar on his left arm still present after all these years, but, the most attention-grabbing part of him was that his right hand and his left foot weren't the same as they used to be- they were both made out of a charcoal-black metal, darker than any metal should be.

He smiled, as he wore a white, but bloody, lab coat, before he said, "Welcome, Celestia... to the Rainbow Factory.", making her eyes shrink in fear...

He smirked as he saw this, before he said "Ah... so you remember this place... Well, after I became the robotic hedgehog that I am today, I came back to this place and fixed it up a little... the workers praised me for it and made me the head of the factory... at first, this was a nuisance, but, I now know what I must do, Celestia."

He then put two fingers into his mouth and whistled, before a Thestral and a Pegasus walked up from behind him, wearing white, but bloody, lab coats, as well, as they then went up to the controls of... something, before they began to turn everything on.

Suddenly, a large, mechanical device of some sort came down from the ceiling, with two syringes and a knife attached to the device.

Lord Metarex grinned and patted the device as he said "This old thing has been used for years to cut open a still-living pony and drain them of their blood as they struggle for air in agony... I took it apart the first time, but the last time, I rebuilt the Damn thing... and guess who it's gonna be used on, Celestia."

Celestia's expression of fear turned to that of an angry, yet stoic, expression, before she asked "...Why?"

Lord Metarex turned his head towards her and said "Why? Hehehehe...", as he began to chuckle, before he said "You're going to have to be more specific, Tia.", as he turned away from her and began to walk away...

... only for her head to shoot up towards his direction, as her eyes glowed a fiery red, orange, and yellow, before she asked "Why did you disappear?"

He stopped walking, memories of the day he turned his back on Celestia coming back to him...

3 years ago, Canterlot Castle.

"Sister, are you alright? Twilight and her friends, as well as Discord and I, have been worried about you." Luna said, knocking on Celestia's door, as Lord Metarex was standing next to Luna, but, he looked VERY different... he no longer had a scar going down his left eye, his eyes were no long electric blue and fiery red- they were a bright red, but they did show worry to Celestia, he wasn't as tall, only reaching to the height of Celestia's head, not her horn, and he looked a lot more friendly.

"I am fine, sister. I'm just not feeling well..." She said from behind her door, in her bedroom.

This made Luna and Lord Metarex look at each other in worry, before Luna sighed and said "We'll be checking up on you later, sister. M.S.3.0 and I must attend to the court.", with M.S.3.0 (Lord Metarex) nodded and saying, his voice not deep or distorted, sounding more organic with hints of a robotic sound, and sounding a bit less electrifying and more friendly, "We'll be back soon, Celestia."

Luna and M.S.3.0 began to walk away, but, M.S.3.0 heard Celestia say something that only he could hear...

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After the court, now late at night.

M.S.3.0 and Luna groaned as the court was now over, before M.S.3.0 said "Time to check up on Celestia."

Luna nodded and got up, stretching and gaining a satisfying "Pop!" from her back, as M.S.3.0 did the same, letting out sighs of happiness, before they both began to walk out.

On their way to Celestia's room, M.S.3.0 asked, "Hey, Luna?"

"Yes, M.S.3.0?" Luna replied.

"Has Celestia been acting... weirdly... lately?" M.S.3.0 asked.

Luna gave him an odd glance and said "Well, she has been acting rather odd the past few weeks... why do you ask?"

M.S.3.0 shook his head and said "Ugh... it's just that... I can't shake off this weird feeling in the back of my head... for some reason, I feel as though something is going on with Celestia... something she won't tell us about."

Luna raised an eyebrow and asked "What does that mean?"

"I don't know... I just have a feeling that something weird is happening... or that something weird WILL happen." M.S.3.0 said, shrugging.

Luna looked at him for a bit longer, before she sighed and said "Perhaps it's paranoia..."

Now it was M.S.3.0's turn to look at Luna with an odd glance, making Luna say "Neither of us know that something is going on with Tia. For all we know, she might just be sick with something. But who really knows..."

M.S.3.0 nodded and sighed, before he said "I... I need to rest for a bit. Paranoia or not, I need to try and shake this feeling off. I'll see you in the morning, Luna."

Luna nodded and said "Good night, M.S.3.0."

He nodded and went down a hall, leaving Luna to check on Celestia.

He soon reached his room's doors, which were a shiny, metal blue, with electric blue gems, carved into the shape of lightning bolts...

He smiled and opened the doors, leading to his room, which was as elegant as Luna's, having furniture being the colors of the sky and lightning, with three photos on his dresser, next to his bed.

The first photo was in a cloud grey frame, with bolts of lightning decorated on the frame of it, and on the photo, it had M.S.3.0, Luna, Celestia, Cadance, Twilight, Spike, the CMC, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy all in what appeared to be a big family photo...

The second photo was in a sky blue frame with white clouds decorated on the frame, and on the photo, it was of a bunch of individuals that M.S.3.0 had known for years... they were Lord Skeleborg Chaoticberg, or LSB for short, Lord Dimentio Darkness, or just Dimentio, King Israphel, or just Israphel, Prince Israphille, or just Israphille, Turbonise, Sensei Volcanus, Oitnemid, Zone-Tan, Prince Skeleborg Chaoticberg, or PSB for short, Dr. Strangeglove, M.S.3.0, and finally, M.S.3.0's older brother, Turbo Mecha Sonic... or just T.M.S...

The last photo gave M.S.3.0 a lot of warmth in his robotic heart...

The last photo was in a lightning yellow and sky blue frame, with grey and white clouds decorating the frame, and on the photo, was M.S.3.0 and Fluttershy wearing a tuxedo and a long, white dress, respectively, wearing rings on his left ring finger and on her right hoof, with the people/ponies from earlier in the photo, as well, wearing tuxedos and dresses of their own...

M.S.3.0 picked the frame of the last photo up and sighed happily, as he said "... That day... it was the best day of my life..."

He put it back on the dresser and went out to the balcony of his room, only to see a Thestral standing there, holding a message in her mouth.

He quickly opened the door to the balcony, as he asked "What is it?"

The Thestral hoofed the message to M.S.3.0 and said "Its a message from Captain Heart Mush, sir.", before she flew off.

M.S.3.0 looked to the flying Thestral, before looking down at the message and slowly walking in...

He opened the message and slowly read it...

... as he finished however, his hands had clenched into fists and he then hit the wall in anger, leaving a massive crack on the wall.

"How dare they!" He yelled, punching the wall again, causing it to crack more...

"I should kill them myself!" He yelled louder, punching the wall again and again, cracking it more and more.

He was very angry at what was written on the letter...

"Sir Metal Sonic 3.0,

I regret to inform you that your daughter, Nyx, and your son, Metal Sonic 3.0 Jr., are being taken to the dungeons for stealing sacred artifacts from the museum of Canterlot. Despite having plead not guilty, the judge had still ordered them to 30 years in the dungeon. I wish I could have stopped the judge, but I could not do anything due to being under Celestia's orders.

I know that you must be angry about this, but if it means anything, I will do everything in my power to get them out of the dungeon, even if it costs my life.

Captain Heart Mush"

He then punched the wall one last time, causing part of it to collapse...

He was panting in anger, but, before he could get any angrier, he noticed something...

... there was an entire room behind the wall.

He used his powers to create a bunch of lights in the room, revealing what was inside, making him gasp.

Inside the room was several artifacts... there were cursed jewels, powerful gems, corrupt metals, ancient weapons, historic items, and more.

He then noticed a sign in the room... it said only this... "Property belongs to Princess Solaria Celestia.", making him snap.

He then roared in anger, causing the jewels, gems, gold, weapons, and items to rattle, as parts of the ceiling rattled and made a bit of marble land on his head, making him growl...

... He then went back into his room and repaired the wall, getting rid of the lights...

He knew those artifacts were supposed to be in the Museum of Canterlot... but how did Celestia...

... wait.

He stayed silent, before he growled angrily and said "Celestia... she's gone insane."

He then threw both doors to the balcony open and grabbed the photos out of the frames, putting them in his chest, before he jumped off the balcony, only to sprout wings made out of electricity, before he began to fly off...

Lord Metarex then shook his head, shaking the memories off, before he said, angrily, "You know why, Celestia. I don't need to tell you."

"... tell me." Celestia said, only for him to grab her by her head and say "Three years ago, Luna and I were checking up on you, as you were not feeling good that day. After the court we had to go to was over, I had went to bed, leaving Luna to check up on you... when I arrived at my bedroom, a Thestral gave me a letter from Captain Heart Mush, telling me that my daughter and my son were going to the dungeons for 30 years due to stealing sacred artifacts from the museum of Canterlot. I then proceeded to knock down a wall, only to find your secret "treasury". After all that, I snapped after realizing that you had gone insane and I left the castle, going to the Everfree to start a new life. A new beginning... and 3 years later, I'm back... to take control.", explaining what had happened...

... Celestia's eyes were small from shock, as he then growled and let go, saying "All of this... was for my daughter and my son, Celestia. You had gone insane with power and misused it... karma's a Bitch, ain't it?"

Lord Metarex then signaled for them to start the machine up, as Celestia noticed that, the entire time, her sister, her student and her friends, and, for some reason, Queen Chrysalis, were watching and listening.

"S-Sister?" She said.

Luna looked in her direction and said "You are not my sister.", glaring with hatred at Celestia, she then looked away, as did the others.

Celestia was choking on her own words, as Lord Metarex said "Its time for you to pay for your crimes, Celestia... and not a moment too soon.", as the machine was fully powered, now, ready to go.

She stayed silent before she said, venom in her voice, "... Traitor."

He stayed silent, before he began to walk away, as he signalled them to do it, making them nod.

Celestia began to cry softly, before the machine plunged into her body, making her scream in pain, filling the factory with her screams...

Lord Metarex was walking out, before he heard "M.S.3.0, wait!"

He stopped and turned around, seeing Chrysalis standing there, before he turned back to where he was walking and said "Equestria is yours, Chrysalis..."

However, she then said "I do not want Equestria."

He stopped completely and asked "... What?", his voice full of disbelief.

"I do not deserve to rule Equestria, M.S.3.0." She said.

"My name is not-" He began to say, only for Chrysalis to cut him off and say "Yes it is. Do not call yourself Lord Metarex."

He was silent, before he sighed and said, his voice changing and becoming what it originally was, but he didn't notice, "... Why do you think you do not deserve Equestria, Chrysalis?"

She walked up to him and said "Because... you deserve it."

This made him step back a bit, as he asked "W...What?"

"I said... you deserve to rule Equestria."

He looked into her eyes and asked "... Why? I damned Celestia to an eternal punishment... why do I deserve to rule?"

She put her hoof on his shoulder and said "Because... you are the only one that deserves to rule it... I was never deserving to rule Equestria... you, however... you have ruled an empire for three years, and in that three years, it's been flourishing rapidly, faster than Equestria ever did... you know what it takes to rule. I don't."

He looked at her, as she said "However... if you do not want to rule... I can ask Luna to rule in your place... with the help of Twilight, but-", only to be cut off by Lord Metarex, who hugged her, beginning to cry, for the first time in half a decade.

She stood, shocked, before she slowly hugged him back, as he cried into her shoulder.

... it seems as though Equestria is entering a new age.

The Solar Age is over...

... And the Metal Age has started.