The Xenolith Artifice: The Fall of Fort Nexus

"Urgh..." I woke up with a searing headache.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

The beeps of the electrocardiograph filled the room.

"Where am I?" I muttered. "Am I, in a hospital?" The room only had the electrocardiograph monitor, a bed, a small bedside table, and on top of the table was a flowervase and a 'Get well' note. "I must be rescued!" I grinned.

"Silicon!" A pair of princesses burst in the room. "Silicon, are you alright?" Celestia grabbed my face and made me look at her.

"What?" I was shocked. "I'm still here?" Celestia nodded, while Luna hid behind her mane. "I.. Ah.. What?" My mouth failed to create words as realization struck me. "What happened?"

"Well..." Luna finally spoke.

"I never knew what got into me." Luna looked away. "It's all blank."

+---+
13 hours earlier...

"Luna, what has gotten into you?!" Celestia shouted. She struggled to maintain the shield she created to protect Silicon from the brutal attack Luna has given. "Stop this now!"

Luna did a short cackle. "You think you can command me anytime you fancy, Tia?" She looked at Celestia. She gasped as she saw Luna's face. Parts of her coat has parts of dark blue, darker than Luna's original hue. Her eyes were pure white, and she had a darker aura on her horn. Luna then began shooting bolts of energy at Celestia.

"Luna, what happened to you?!" Celestia said as she deflected Luna's blasts. She dodged a few, before a single bolt hit her chest. "Ah!" She yelped as she was thrown to the ground. She looked at the burn. Dark energy pulsed throughout the wound.

"Join me, Celestia." She hovered midair, her body pulsing with magic. "We shall rule over the lowly mortals, as Gods!" Celestia stood up with shaky hooves.

"This is taking too long, Luna!" She held Luna with her magic. "This ends now!" Her horn glowed with intense brightness as she removed the built-up dark energy inside Luna. The dark alicorn screamed in pain as dark goo were released from her body. After a minute, she went unconscious and was gently put to the floor. Celestia held the physical form of the dark energy with her magic. It was very unstable, and was putting a pressure on Celestia. She struggled to contain the dark energy. Using her full strength and intense concentration, she moved the dark slime away from the knocked out princess.

"Princess! Is everything alright?!" Celestia flinched as her student charged inside the room with her friends. The darkness escaped, and disappeared into the floor.

"Twilight!" Celestia shouted at her student, which looked down in shame.

"You really did it this time, Twi." Rainbow said as she nudged Twilight in the shoulder.

Celestia glared at the rainbow maned pony. "That means you too, Rainbow." Celestia sighed as she saw her student wipe a tear. She went to Twilight and sat next to her. "I am not mad at you, my faithful student." Twilight looked up to Celestia, hope filling her eyes.

"I'm furious." Celestia stood up and charged up her magic. Twilight opened her mouth to ask if the princess could repeat her phrase, but was suddenly zapped by Celestia, sending her to the moon.

Twilight started to shake in fear as she stood against the dusty lunar plains.

"Twilight." She looked around the plains.

The voice kept repeating her name. "I must be going crazy!" She covered her ears with her hooves.

"Twilight."

"Twilight."

Twilight shook her head at the thought and sighed. "Just remember to knock next time, alright?" Celestia said. Twilight just nodded.

+---+

I stared blankly at the story I just heard. "Either I'm deaf, or you're lying. There is no way it can be true." I said with disbelief. "Anyways, who's your student anyways? There are many Twilights in the world."

Celestia looked at the door. "Here she comes right now." The doors burst open, revealing a lavender coated unicorn.

"The human!" Twilight Sparkle looked at me with extreme joy.

"Oh great, that Twilight." I crossed my arms.

She went infront of me in lightning speed. "I have soooo much questions!" She levitated a notebook and a quill. "First question! What's your na-" The door opened again to reveal the rest of her group.

"Geez, Twi. Stop disturbing that... thing." The orange mare said as she walked in the room.

"Does it like to party?!" The pink hyperactive one bounced up and down while making a large grin. "Hee-lllooo, hew-maan! Doo yoouu liikee too parr-ty?" She spoke to me like I didn't understand her. Twilight gave a poker face and pushed her away from me.

"Is it okay? Could I check on it... if that's okay with all of you." The yellow pegasus said while hiding behind her mane.

"I heard that it fought the princesses, all by itself!" The cyan-colored pegasus said as she looked at me.

"That clothing is simply... filthy!" The white unicorn commented on my uniform. I looked at my uniform, and wiped some dirt off.

"That better?" I asked. They all gasped as I spoke.

"He SPEAKS?!" The pink one jumped, and floated midair while gasping out loud. "YOU DID NOT TELL ME IT SPEAKS, TWILIGHT!" She went to Twilight and shook her violently.

"Iii diiddii'nt knnooww Piiinnkiie!" Twilight spoke while she was thrown back and forth. 'That's the first new name I heard today.' I thought to myself.

I chuckled from the scene forming infront of me. I put my hands on my stomach, and noticed something different. I missed the tight straps of the Infinity at my arm. "Hey, um.. Celestia?" She looked at me. "Where's my gear?" She looked up for a minute as she tried to remember.

"Oh, they're back at the Canterlot Vault." She said.

"Well alri- wait what?!" I grabbed my hair and panicked.

"Why? What's the matter?" Celestia asked.

"Is my Quantum and Infinity in there as well?" I asked. Everyone was now looking at me.

Celestia tilted her head sideways. "Uh... didn't quite catch that."

I sighed. "The Quantum and the Infinity." They looked at me with confused faces. "A watch and a large glass like thing that I wore on my arm!"

"Oh..." They said simultaneously.

"Why, yes. Your trinkets are in there, safe and sound." Celestia said while she tried to calm me down. "You should cool down."

"Cool down?!" I flipped the table, throwing the vase into the air. Thankfully, Twilight caught it before it touched the ground. "COOL DOWN?! That 'trinket'" I air quoted. "Could destroy the fabric of space and time!" The others were confused, but Twilight and the princesses understood. "We should get it now before something horrible happens!" Celestia nodded and with a flash of light, we were now back at the court room.

"Princess!" A fancy looking stallion ran galloped towards us, and bowed to the princesses.

"Rise, Inkwell." The stallion obeyed. "What seems to be the problem?"

"Oh, it's terrible! Something horrible has happened!" Inkwell said as he went into fetal position and gritted his teeth.

I looked at Celestia and raised a brow. "I told you so."