Shining's Rise To Power - Two Sister's Banished

by Darkice_storm

Rating: mature
Tags: Shining Armor, Princess Celestia, Alternate Universe, Sad, Main 6, Princess Luna, Drama, Gore, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Tragedy
Length: 8848

with the table set. In the end what will Shine do let equestria Burn or Save it?

When Princess Skyla a curious young alicorn requests her father, Shining Armour, To continue the story of how he became the sole ruler of Equestia. He does so, telling her how he had to do something he thought wasn't possible... He didn't like the outcome but that's what fate had brought him...

Skyla is around the age of 16 when this story is told even thought she was days old 100 years ago. As I believe alicorns bodies and minds don't age as quick as normal ponies, like Cadence her mother.

I wrote this series as I have an obsession over the new crystal royal family and Sombra and Chrysalis returning for revenge. Along with the fact we don't have any male alicorns in the show.

Hope you enjoy!

Published 2016-12-24 22:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-12-24 22:50:01 UTC

The Call Of Darkice

“And we end here at his Majesty himself. King Shining Armor. Princess Flurry Heart. Prince Brave. Princess Sky….”

“I’M HERE SORRY IM LATE!”

“Oh for god sake sis!”

“WHAT!”

“You need to be on time! A good royal is always on time.”

“I guess that makes me a bad king?”

“Dad! Your Majesty.”

“Flash please, so am I Flurry am I a bad King cause I was late?”

“Err… Well I’m sure you have a good excuse.”

“I guess I am a good excuse…”

“Princess Sapphire!”

“Dad what have you and Sapphire been up to?”

“Nothing Princess Flurry the nosest princess in the land!”

“Dad!”

“Oh okay I guess you deserve to know first…”

“Yesssss.”

“Woah your children certainly seem eager…”

“I’m sorry saph. You’ll get used to it…”

“Dad tell us!”

“Why does she have to get used to it?”

“Daddy please…”

“Okay, okay… The reason why I was late to the victors rehearsal, is because I was busy engaging Sapphire…”

“REALLY!”

“Is this a gag?”

“Wait what does engagging mean?”

“Yes Flurry and No Brave this is real. Skyla When a couple want to be together to commit to each other. They get engaged it seals the commitment until the day of the wedding… Basically I’m marrying Princess Sapphire Stone and she will be your step mother.”

“Yay!”

“Good now you know… The rest of Equestria will know tomorrow morning… Please children forget the rehearsal and go and do what you have planned for today I need to be alone for a while.”

“Yes daddy.”

“Well now they’re gone…”

“Daddy?”

“Well almost all gone…”

“Sapphire… I still have duties, we can play later. Plus I have promised to tell Skyla the rest of the story I have been telling her. hum? Tell you what you go get ready and I will meet you in little over an hour in my bed chambers.”

“Oooooooooooooo Okay…”

“Skyla lets finish this story?”

“Yes please daddy…”

Recall me a few things… the gala was 2 or 3 days ago where was I?”

“The Book and auntie…. Oh and someone called Darkice!”

“Okay…”

****

So I read the spell it was the one we needed but I knew twilight wouldn’t like it. It had to be done through shear hate and power. For a pony to complete the spell they had to be desperate as I could have bad affects…

Some of these included…

-Memory loss

-body changes

-being consumed

-Being killed

-Be corrupted

And that’s only naming the ones I remember… This was a dangerous spell but we had to try it. I didn’t even tell twilight what the spell was I just told Darkice that I was going to cast it…

“Are you sure My Prince this spell is powerful…”

“Yes, I’m sure. Twilight if I start doing anything out of the ordinary, place me in a bubble. Darkice? Can you tell if a pony is corrupted?”

“Yes I can…”

“Then twilight if he says I’m badly corrupt and that I’m like Sombra kill me immediately!”

“Wait I’m not going to….”Before she had a chance to finish her sentence I had started casting the spell. I heard her say stop but I was far too close to completing the spell. This spell was taking a toll, it hurt but I pushed through and in a flash everything went dark.

I opened my eyes to a sight of confusion… I wasn’t dead but I didn’t feel alive. I wasn’t on ground but I knew I wasn’t falling. I then heard a voice.

“Hello young Prince it’s nice to finally meet you…”

“Finally??”

“Yes finally I have heard of other ponies talking of a new prince but like I said earlier, I never got to see…” I turned around to see a big black alicorn looking down at me. He was taller than Celestia. Horn sharper and longer than Celestia and a few inches longer on wing span. He held his wings close to his body. He looked down with a smile not sinister or smug just one with the world.

“Where are we?” I was confused and blown away by his form, the stature he held and the professionalism that could battle Celestia’s any day… He was relaxed and calm though I heard a twinge of fear in his voice. Scratchy and rough.

“We are in the changing and testing part of the universe. Only the most powerful Alicorns and unicorns have ever seen this place. I believe the number is less than 10. Even some of the world’s greatest leaders have never witnessed this place many have tried and many have fail but only 3 have come here and left empty hoofed.”

“Okay so do I have to pass a test?”

“As observant as I expected… Yes you do…”

“Good job Twi didn’t cast the spell then…” He gave a hearty laugh and started walking with his wing he motioned for me to follow.

“Yes well she had her good points but getting overly nervous is her way of dealing with it I guess.” We passed an arch. “But enough about the world and what’s happening. We are here for an important reason and we need to address it quickly… we don’t have long in this place.”

“okay…”

The Test

“I will now ask you a series of questions. Once answered I will be able to know if you’re ready to handle what’s next… Understand?”

“Yes”

“Oh and remember not to lie as the stage after this will check how you have been though out your life… Lying now could jeopardise everything we have done… Please heed my warning there will be no going back placing one hoof wrong could devastate you forever… Are you sure you wish to continue??”

“Yes I’m sure I will do my best…”

“It won’t matter if you do your best here are you sure you have been a good pony throughout your life?”

“I believe so….Yes.”

“Okay…” His face still held gentleness but went stern. “Question 1: what has been your main meaning in life? What have you always wanted the most?”

“I have always wanted to do the very best to protect my family and do my part for equestria.”

“Question 2: Have you ever abandoned any pony or responsibility to allow you to do or get your own desires?”

“I will admit I have abandoned posts to see to my little sisters needs and I have let ponies down but only for the wellbeing of others or that I have tried and just wasn’t able to complete the task despite doing my best.”

“Question 3: Have you ever told a lie to hide the truth from someone even if telling them will help in the long run?”

“No I have always told the truth even if it shatters that pony the truth sometimes hurts but you have to hear it… even if It gets me or others in trouble I have always spoken up or if been confronted have told the truth.”

“Question 4: Have you ever given up something you wanted the most in life for someone else to be happy or have you given to someone in need of help and not wanted anything for it?

“I have done both… I had a crush on a mare I loved and was going to ask her out went my friend asked me how to ask her out… I told him and they both have been happy ever since. I have also given my time, effort and everything in this world to love, care and protect my foals and family… And I failed…

“You failed?” He stopped walking turning and looking me dead in the eyes…

“Yeah I fail to protect My Empire… My citizens… My wife… I failed to be there for her when she needed me the most… It’s probably the only thing I regret…”

“By regretting it shows me you still carry a burden on your shoulders… You need to move on and I’m sure it wasn’t your entire fault as I remember someone saying that the empire was attacked?”

“Yes a surprise attack but I wasn’t there in my wife's last seconds alive…”

“That may be true but I pretty sure she loved you and doesn’t blame you… I don't mean to be harsh but we need to get moving we don't have long and if you pass these stages we will need all the time possible..." He walked over placing a big fluffy wing over my back pulling me in. I gave into the gentle embrace. "Now stop crying and let’s get to the next stage we don’t have long?!” We walked as he gave me so reassuring words we got to the second arch and we walked through.

As we walked the ‘walls’ showed pictures of my life from the moment I was born all the way through as we walked I became older and older. I watched the flashes of the wedding… The empire battle with Sombra… The birth of my foals… All the way until the fall I watched the flashes of chrysalises death…sending shivers down my spine. I watched the funeral… we walked closer to a vague 'wall' right in front of us stood a large image of the Canterlot city. In shambles bloody bodies and limbs. The broken castle to rubble lying around everywhere…

“I want you to walk through the image I will walk around this will calculate everything the times you have been loyal, honest, happy to the times you have been sad, hurtful or murderous… walk through when ready…” He walked around looking at the picture of death and bodies I knew this had to be done… I took a deep breath prayed that cadence would shine down and walked through. We walked down the ‘hall’ flashes came up but unlike the ones before they didn’t stay… they vanished within seconds.

“Why don’t these images stay?”

“Because this is the future wing we have just walked your past and you walked through the picture of your present this is the future… Your future like most in equestria at this point isn’t set it was until the war but now time and the future have no idea what’s going to happen so now it’s looking for answers… You see if this wasn’t happening these pictures would form lines of path and paths from them and so on when you pick a path for your future the ones that don’t connect to that pacific future they fade and new ones replace them. When we reach the end of this wing we will see your result and go on to the next stage there is only 2 more stages from this wing. When we have completed them we will walk back through. When we do, this wing will look a lot different.”

We eventually reached the arch. Darkice stopped and touched his horn to the arch he then looked at me with a smile and walked in the smallish room… I followed… nervous…

“This is the resulting chamber… This is where I give you back any information the present scan found… you have seen your past and your very uncertain future. How do you feel?”

“I’m scared…” I was terrified this was my fate I was either going to get a good result and be fine or get a bad result and from the very long list of ‘bad affects’ I was terrified…

“Don’t be you did fine… you didn’t lie with any question I gave you at stage 1. You have demonstrated a sense of pride for family and the way others judge you. You have been kind, honest, generous and loyal to others around you. You have tried your hardest to keep family and equestria safe no matter the cost. You have been a happy and joyful stallion. You are always ready to help others and eager to learn more. You’re willing to see through your own opinions to help others. So that’s all good but there is some bad every pony has it but yours is a little different… You have gone into battle and have killed many ponies and beings to help equestria be that you’re ordered or you have done it on your own a cord… That’s all fine you were a guard once so I’m happy to take your occupation into it. It’s not illegal and you were tasked to protect your kingdom. However the brutal killing of the Changeling queen has quite shocked me!”

“She attacked my empire killed my citizens and murdered my wife!”

“Yes noted but once you had her against that wall and secured, you could have walked away. But instead you tortured her… you got Revenge…”

“Shit….”

“But you have never done anything since… you see well-mannered and have shown a healthy mind set… I am willing to overlook that but it can’t go unpunished…”

****

“What did he do dad?”

“He gave me the sign of evil… the Blue smoke that leaks from my eyes is the sign of evil a warning that I have done bad things but I am better now. Also that I carry dark magic that’s what the dark blue tips of my wings are about it shows I’m very powerful and capable of all levels of magic so beware if you flick the wrong switch you could end up in shit.”

“Oh so the blue parts weren’t part of you before?”

“The story will explain…”

****

“Unpunished?”

“Don’t worry… I won’t be hurting you let’s get into the next stage and it will all become clear…” We walked through the other arch on the opposite side of the ‘chamber’. All these colours danced across the ‘celling’ and bounced of the ‘walls’ and ‘floor’ it was so pretty. “Okay so you have passed the test and the time has come to give you what you need… Power. But I’m not just going to adorn you with Power but I will give you a way to restore your equestria. Please don’t go all power crazy like Sombra did you have morals and you are better than that…”

“Yes, Darkice.”

“Good so now I will grant you will the highest level of power and the status that goes with it… Shining Armor you at the end of this stage will have the power to save equestria and become its new rule. I’m granting you Alicornhood… I will give you wings and the power that goes with it then I will give you the knowledge and guidance you need to control it. I will then perform your Punishment and we will walk out of here to where I first saw you. Do you understand?” I was shocked I don't know if it was the fact that I had completed it or the fact I was being rewarded… after what felt like hours my mouth finally formed words.

“Yes. Darkice I understand and I’m ready to do it…”

“Good, here…” With a flash of his horn I was lifted into the air as the world turned blue. I felt all tingly and a little pain as muscles on my back started to grow and bones snapped into position. I was then place back to the ‘floor’ I felt dizzy but I felt good as well.

“You okay?”

“Y YE YES I’m fine…” I said a bit uneasy

“Good now spread your new wings let’s check they work.” I looked at my sides and yes 2 big white wings had grown fluffy and soft. Along with that my legs where longer I realised this when I looked to Darkice I was his height maybe a few inches shorter but I would be taller than Celestia. My horn much longer and sharper was also strange and I would have to be careful not to hurt someone with it! I spread my wings bones cracking and muscles moving slowly at first. I opened and closed as instructed. “Now let’s try hovering. You need to know all of this now otherwise you will be useless in a fight.” It took a few attempts but I got it I hovered for about 3 minutes before landing with grace as did Darkice. “Now for spells you know the fighting spells so I don’t have to teach you that. Thankfully! The only difference is the power level so its higher you can shoot longer and will easily out match any unicorn… When you get back to the library take a look through as many books as possible and if you want practise just ask me and I will bring you here… I would do it with you now but your sister will be getting worried. Shoot a few spells at me and try out a little just to get a feel for it as we don’t want you blowing up Canterlot even more!” I shot a few spells and blocked some as well my magic was faster and a lot more accurate I loved it!

“Okay fun and games aside as you is quite a quick learner. Your punishment… This will not hurt its just affect more than anything. DO NOT BLOCK MY SPELL!” I might have been as powerful as him but the shear force that he spoke and the authority scared the fucking shit out of me… I wasn’t stopping him from performing what was right. He trusted me it seemed and I trusted him. He shot 2 spells at me one at my wings and one at my eyes. The then magically gave me a mirror my eyes had the smoke you see today and my wings faded from white to a dark blue.

“I like the wing affect but won’t ponies find me scary like this?”

“If they trust you to save them then the look will not matter and they should be right to partially fear you your very powerful… now let’s get back…”

We flew all the way back. Me having to stop every 5 minutes and land because I wasn’t used to the durability but Darkice knew this. We flew through the future wing and paths started to form it was cool how my life was being sorted out… we made it make to the beginning where I first met Darkice…

“Oh almost forgot I have a present for you…” Before I could ask what I heard her…

“Shining?”

“Cadence!!!” I was shocked, happy and relieved…

“Hey honey, I know it's hard. I know you love me and I’m sorry to have to place our foals on you and you alone. You’re doing great and I love the new look.” She nuzzled into me tiny as can be. I was much taller and I was about her height before!

“I would hate to end this so quick but Twilight is starting to panic and its hard to keep you both here…”

“I know I’m ready for the transfer…” Cadence kissed me and told me not to worry I would always be with her no matter what.

“Shining I’m going to give you Cadences power...You will be able to feel the love 2 ponies share and help them.”

“Okay…” I was confused but happy that I had seen cadence as she faded I felt a tingle.

“Done… look at your cutiemark.” Looking at my cutiemark I saw the blue star in the middle above my shield had now a little crystal heart symbolling the new talent. “When you deal with the royal sisters you will need to cast a spell in my book I will flick to it when we get out of here. That spell will make Celestia’s and Luna’s talents go to you. This will allow you to move the sun and the moon the same way they do… remember if you need my guidance just ask the book and don’t worry I will tell twilight what happened before you awake in the library.” He embraced me, my neck instinctively tucking under his. “You will do just fine… I’m always here.”

The Training

I awoke in the library Twilight looking at me fearful.

“Princess he is fine I assure you he passed.” I stood up and that’s when I revelled them she looked on with amusement…

“You have wings… we can fly together now!”

“Yes Twi we can but first…” before I could finish we heard a bang outside rushing to the window we saw both princesses shattering the windows near my chambers

“My foals!”

“Mum! Dad!” Grabbing the book I blew a hole into the library wall destroying a few shelfs and scaring the librarian. I then took flight without a though flying straight for my chambers. Twilight following suit. “You’re a natural!”

“No just practise while with Darkice…” Flying straight for my chambers I shot a beam and destroyed the room next to my chambers we flew in and landed. We both ran out of the destroyed room and to my chambers… I unlocked the doors. Again clever foals for using the family lock… “Come on we need to go! NOW!” I screamed twilight grabbing our parents in her magic and me grabbing you. Twilight out the room we came in you fly Mum and Dad I will deal with my foals.”

“Got it!” Mum and Dad looked at me strange but when we heard another smash ran with Twi. I grabbed you and took of again out of the destroyed room your siblings taking flight straight after… “Twi to the library. We need a plan and I need practise!”

Landing in the library I opened the book scrolling through as my mother, father and your siblings looked at me confused. “Darkice what was that spell those changes a talent?”

“Here shine its here…” The book hovered again flicking through until it came to the spell… “It’s permanent?”

“Only to dead ponies you take the talent from… Banished you can give it back if need be but otherwise it permanent…” after watching me dad spoke up…

“Son, what are you doing and why do you look like that…?”

“Twi can you explain and tell him exactly what Darkice said while I get Darkice to help me?”

“Okay… but how?”

“Darkice will take me back to where I went before, I need to practise if I have any chance of beating those lunatics and don’t worry I will place a shield on this library so they can’t get it and it will be unbreakable as I can reinforce it in the other world…”

“Got it.”

I called to Darkice and gave each of my foals a hug I placed the shield up and everything went black.

“I wasn’t expecting you back that quick…” Darkice said as he walked with purpose towards me. He wrapped his wing around my back I did the same back tucking my neck neatly under his taking the embrace in. I enjoyed this hug it showed he cared he wasn’t just some dead evil essence. He cared greatly for the creatures great and small who walked the world he once did. We a parted and he walked away in a direction I had never seen. It looked the same but there was no arch. He gestured with his wing to follow immediately returning them to his sides. I did following close next to him but my wings stretched wide. I was proud of my wings. I had always wanted a pair and I could now finally experience flight like my foals and the rest of my family apart from my parents.

“I didn’t expect the 2 lunatics to come looking for us! I guess after killing 2 elements now they want the rest! And there still fighting each other in the process its madness!”

“Well we better make good use of your time here I know your shield is powerful but you can only hold them off for so long and can only stay here for a short time at a time.” We walled though an arch and into an arena. “This is where the next hour to 1 ½ of your time will be spent. I want you to attack me with everything you have! GET ME TO SURRENEDER! Chase me! Fight me! Hurt me! I don’t care I want you to get me to the floor and helpless! BTW you can’t hurt me and I’m just going to be trying to get away or fake hitting you if I hit you a red spot will appear on you if it’s in a fatal area you started again. GOT IT!”

“YES LOSER!” I taunted. He looked dead serious then smiled.

“I’m a loser am I?"

“YES!”

“Then this should be easy for you! COME ON!”

With that he flew in to the air as fast a lighting blot. I shot at him and he dodged. I did this a few times before I realised I was going to have to chase him. I lifted off steadily and got hit with a blot. Darkice landed.

“Now who’s the LOSER!” on my chest was a red spot if it had been a real shot it would have killed me near instantly!

“SHIT!”

“Hey, I was expecting to have to help you eventually… you’re taking off far to slow… Where’s that lightning speed when you took off earlier? When you rescued your family?”

“But I needed to be quick to save them…”

“Okay so flying is a problem for gets the flying for a minute. Come on get me!”

Conjuring a spell within seconds he was crystallised still. I walked over slow and painful smirking at him. He looked at me amazed. “Surrender?”

Mmm mmmm mmmm mmm!

“I thought so…” I took off the spell.

“Woah where did you learn that… Cadence…”

“Nice well No spell lessons needed although you may want to read a few dark spell books to keep the sisters confused… I will pick you some out when we get back. But for now you need to work on your flying.”

The whole time we were there I was chasing him around the arena. Tackling him to the ground from the air. Taking off quickly and landing soft and quick. We raced until I was faster than him. I took off faster than him. I even managed to beat him with the tackles over and over.

“Final test! Make me surrender!”

“YE- OW!” My head suddenly felt like it was splitting in half. “Th…e Shileddd.” I summoned all my power my vison going blue. I poured every little piece of magic into casting the shield. Once done I collapsed.

“You okay?” Darkice voice filled with worry and concern.

“Yeah the shield nearly fell I have to get back there NOW!”

“Of course we don’t have to walk back I can cast it here I will see you in the library.”

I open my eyes to the library entrance and exit being battered in. Both princesses heading for the shield I added the power needed and protected us from the blows. I then grabbed every spell book with in my sight and teleported us all out of there.

We arrived in the small cottage me and cadence had for our honeymoon. With the changeling attack we didn’t leave Canterlot. The cottage was right on the cliff side looking out of the window the river the waterfall was running from ran right though the garden with a little bridge going over now there was bodies and limbs over it. I let everyone get their bearings and told them the plan. I would have like that final test that Darkice was going to give me but I had him with us so it should be okay...

I would need Twilight and twilight alone. Everyone else was to stay here… My mother and father were going to look after you 3. Twilight and I went to deal with this. Twilight would distract and try to take down one of the sisters while I banished the other… I wanted to kill them but then again I wanted to know my they would do this! As the last 2 remaining royal family we decided together that they were to be banished. We said goodbye to our loved ones, I grabbed Darkice's book and flew out of the cottage into the heart of Canterlot to end this horrible chapter in equestrian history!

Battle & Banishment

As we flew into the city we landed in the middle of what would have been upper Canterlot’s city square. Bodies littered the ground and everything was abandoned anypony who was roaming the city streets was either guards or soldiers. Every pony else had either got out of the city or had barricaded themselves inside. A crow landed near a dead pony and a blast form Luna’s horn exploded it into nothing. She landed where the crow had been. She hadn’t seen us but a little filly. The poor filly was looking out of the window in fear. We both landed in an ally and saw Luna smash the front window to the house that had a sign of a sun in the front garden. I heard the little filly scream and run out of the house as Luna broke through the wall to get her. She screamed running down the garden path. She reached the path to the road and froze still as I came out of the shadows. I watched as Luna stared at me. She then gave a sadistic grin to the filly. The filly looked from me to the Luna. Twilight came up to my side and the filly ran to Twilly hooves. Watching Luna I bent my head down to nuzzle the filly. Twilight comforted her. Luna then turned to the sound of the fillies mothers' screams. I watched as in mille-seconds she was blown to pieces. The filly cried I was seething with anger. I charged at Luna spreading her wings she took off and I followed suit. She looked behind and looked at me with amazement. She stopped and turned.
“Thy nephew is an alicorn now? Did that Sun Butt git do this to get you on her side?”

“No you raging lunatic! I did this for equestria.”

“You can’t turn yourself Shining.” celestia suddenly appeared and stared daggers at me.

“He didn’t Celestia!” The Book floated as Darkice spoke. “I did. He passed the test!”

“Never!” Both screamed in unison and then both dived for me. Flying off a full speed the book followed I grabbed the book as I saw Darkice flipping the pages.

“DARKICE I NEED YOUR HELP!”

“Use this spell Shine.” I scanned it turned and shot it at both. It stunned both of them but they was quick to recover. As they recovered they both looked at me and then started to fight each other. Twilight came up to my side…

“Nice spell and good work at distracting them!”

“Thanks Darkice and they started to fight themselves sis. I only stunned them!”

“Okay so we need to get you alone with one of them… also I gave the filly to the next door neighbour who took down her sign when you chased Luna.”

“Nice work sis and yeah we need to get them separated as much as I just would like to give them each a knife and tell them to kill each other….”

“SHINE!”

“Hey it was more of a joke!”

“Okay so deal with Celestia first and I will distract Luna.”

“Sounds good love ya sis and be careful.”

“Love ya too BBFFF.”

We both split going opposite ways to the two raging sisters.

“Hey SUN BUTT GET HERE NOW!”

“Hey Luna I’m Princess Celestia’s successful student. I bet she loves me more than you!” Both taunts worked Luna went for twilight and Celestia came for me. I flew off in a flash allowing her to chase me. I needed to get her as far away as possible so Luna didn’t see me banish Celestia if either saw it coming they would just work together to kill us and then continue the fight again.
Once I got Celestia away and near the castle, I stopped and shot the stun spell again she stopped and then landed to recover I hovered above watching her closely. I needed to paralyse her so she wouldn’t fight so I could drain her power and take her talent before banishing her…

She looked up angry as all hell. She looked still as if she couldn’t move but I wasn’t being fooled. I shot a second spell she dodged and then shot back I moved to avoid it and hit her wing with another shot. She screamed and held me in her magic. She pulled me closer eyes white with hatred. Panicking I didn’t aim straight, I shot a spell at her head aiming for her horn and she let go falling to the ground. Completely stunned and holding her head. I landed near her and shot a spell at her wings gluing her wings to her body disabling her flight.

I went to aim at her horn. When she griped my throat struggling I cast a spell at the book. The pages turning as Darkice tried to find a spell strong enough not to kill her but to disable her and stop her from chocking me to death. She pulled me close to the ground standing up. She shock her mane and walked slowly towards me. I thought I was going to die until Darkice stopped turning. “Use this one!” I aimed at her body as that’s all I could roughly make out I was starting to lose consciousness and shot the spell at her. Her grip faded and I could breath. I caught my breath and disabled her magic and bound her to the ground.

I took a deep breath. She opened her eyes and struggled. I looked down at her and a tear ran down my face. My ruler. My leader. The pony that I trusted. My auntie. The mare I had a crush on for a while. Everything she had comforted me, she had lead me into battle. I had protected her. It was my duty to serve her. Now it was my duty to strip her of her power and banish her to the sun… I hated that I had to do this everything felt wrong. I took another deep breath, looked her in the eyes and conjured all my hate in the world all my fear. I was channelling so much pure hatred into this spell, my vision went blue. Crying I cast the spell she screamed as I ripped all her power from her and her cutiemark faded. Unlike Cadence Darkice was soft and gentle as she was willing. With the sisters they didn’t want to give up their power so it hurt them a lot. I felt the power flow within me as I finished the spell. I looked to my cutiemark to see a sun in 1 of the other stars above my shield.

“What would happen if I kept taking cutiemarks Darkice?”

“Well if you kept taking them you would end up having a similar problem to the disease called cutiepoxs. But it wouldn’t get there because for it to be permanent you need to banish or kill the original host for their talent to stay. So please hurry up and Banish Celestia!”

“Wait how long do I have?”

“About 2 days but she was powerful so I wouldn’t hang around and Twilights alone with the other twit!”

“Oh yeah okay…”

“We can discuss this and many other topics more when you have the time.”

“Okay thanks”

I watched as she looked at me with sadden eyes. “Shining…. Why did you take my power?” It was as if she didn’t hate… that she was fine again but what she had done couldn’t go unpunished. For my sake she didn’t stay like it for long…. When I didn’t answer she screamed. She went all crazy again so with tears still falling I conjured the banishment spell and with a hell of a lot of hatred and hurt running through my body I shot the spell at Celestia hearing 1 more Blood curling scream ripping through her throat. In a flash she was gone… I looked up to the big and bright yellow sun and there in the sun was the outline of a pony I had seen in the moon only a few years earlier.

I picked up my thoughts. I composed myself as took off in the direction of and explosion. I saw Luna and Twilly battling hard blasting this way and that building collapsing. I moved swooping under the falling building narrowly missing it as I flicked through the book. Luna hadn’t seen me yet so I channelled all my hate into a stun spell shooting it straight a Luna it hit her and she fell to the ground.

Twilly secured her horn so she couldn’t fire but before either of us could get her wings she took off in a flash in a straight line, she flew fast struggling as she did trying in vain to get the spell of her horn. I and Twilly flew after shooting beam after beam. Our beams collided hitting buildings; we had to dodge our own shots. We were forced to dodge each rock from the falling debris. She dodged all our shots and flew straight down following the waterfall straight off Canterlot mountain.

I allowed myself to fall I needed to let the wind and gravity take me coming right behind Luna she looked back to swoop up and over me so she was chasing me and twilight was chasing her I took a sharp turn as she kept trying to get the spell off her horn, she followed I did twists, turns. I flew up and down slowing Luna down slowly allowing twilight to catch up. Once she had caught up a bit I looked back nodded. I turned sharp flying straight for Luna she quickly turned trying to get away she ran into Twilly she was forced to fly down and as she did, I shot the crystal spell at her. She became a rock falling through the air heading straight for the city road below just before she hit the ground I held the crystal in my magic she was fearful to say the least.

Twilly secured her, once secured I took the crystal spell off, as I started the spell to take her talent. When I was ready to cast the spell Luna started to plead. I didn’t take a second thought as I blasted her with the spell I saw Twilly flinch as Luna screamed. I watched as her cutiemark faded I had been far too into the spell to realise how it faded but this time I cast the spell it didn’t seem as hard the second time. Once done she looked at me with the worst expression. “DON’T THOU DARE THINK ABOUT SENDING ME TO THY MOON!” I chuckled. This surprised Twilight. She looked on in confusion.

“You’re telling me what to do and what not to do! What are you going to do to stop me from sending you to the moon! YOU LOW LIFE GIT! YOU HAVE SLAUGHTERED YOUR OWN CITIZENS BECAUSE YOU ARE BLINDED BY DEPRESION! BLOODLUST! WHAT EVER MADE YOU DO THIS! YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF YOUR TITLE AND YOU CENTAINLY WILL NOT BE TRUSTED OR LOVED BY THIS WORLD EVER AGAIN!” With my anger fuelled I conjured the banishment spell with tears in my eyes sent the spell at Luna. As with Celestia, Luna let out a blood curdling scream and in a flash was gone.

Twilly looked at me and then embraced me crying… I did the same I wrapped a wing around her. “It’s okay it’s finally over… We are finally safe…” I looked around us… Canterlot was destroyed there was barely anything left. Most of the upper Canterlot would need rebuilding…

****

“Daddy… Why did you cry?”

“Well Skyla, My aunties had destroyed what I once called home and then we didn’t even have them… and as you can see we still don’t have them they will not be back for at least 5000 years the spell I used is unlike the elements. It’s much stronger and can be used on anyone. Which is why most dark spells are forbidden for the pubic to use.”

“Oh okay… so you was sad because although they did something bad you still loved them…”

“Yes, just like you foals when you do something bad. I tell you off but that don’t stop me feeling guilty for telling you off even if it’s the right thing. I hate seeing you upset with my or sad because I have told you off but that’s life.”

“I get it now. I love you daddy…”

Harmony Restored

“I love you too my little princess.”

“And I know saph does too…”

“Skyla!”

Hehe

****

So with the sisters delt with we flew back to the cottage and told my parents to go to the castle. Twilihgt stayed with me as we went to stop the fighting guards and soldiers.

“HALT ALL OF YOU! CELESTIA AND LUNA HAVE BEEN DEFEATED AND THE ‘BATTLE’ IS OVER!” everypony stop turned to Twilly and me and bowed. Lots of ponies were dead and many had been evacuated. The 2 captains of the sisters approached us both partially injured but would heal.

“Your Majesties, you have won the battle and for that we are grateful.” Silver moon stated.

“Indeed, Your majesties you have our support as your royal guard. We will swear loyalty to you and help you bring peace back to this land. Lightning flash continued.

“Thank you captains. Could you please go round and gather any and everypony who is alive and bring them to the front of the castle. We need to address the public and tell them it’s safe. Twilight and I will be waiting there.”

“Of course your majesties.” And with that the captains went and got all our remaining citizens. Twilly and I walked to the castle most of it was broken and would need replacing… We was greeted at the door to the castle by the advisors of the princesses. They bowed.

“Your Majesties. Thank you for saving the city… we are sorry we was unable to stop the sisters on our own.”

“Yes princess Celestia told us to get out of her chambers when we asked for an audience.”

“Princess Luna let us in but didn’t listen she just told us to wait for her to return…”

“Okay so as you’re the advisors what in equestria do we do now!”

“Twilly calm down we can sort this out we have dealt with worst…”

“Well your majesties…”

“Please our names our fine…”

“Of course Ms sparkle. Well Celestia was the main ruler and Luna helped… And of course the Main ruler of equestria needs to stay in the city…”

“Well I can't stay here I have my own castle and my own Friendship duties to deal with… Brother?”

“Woah wait are you trying to tell me I should be the new ruler!”

“Is that Not what I prepared you for Shine?” I looked at the book but it wasn’t coming from the book…

“Wait where…”

“I’m here shining, I can only stay like this for a while but I hope I can be to some use.”

“You couldn’t have done this earlier and HELPED US!”

“That was your final test… as I couldn’t give you the one in the arena I decided this would have to be your test…”

“Okay so what do we do….”

Darkice laughed and walked in the doors. We all followed. “First things first… what do we call you? Prince?, Ruler?, alicorn? Or maybe King fits better?...Ssecond how are you going to clear up this mess? Third what are going to be your laws so this doesn’t happen again?”

“Wait why me!”

“You have the power…” an advisor said.
“Your sister cant stay here…” another advisor said.
“You have a little experience from the empire…” Twilly added.

“Okay so what are your answers your first 3 decisions as ruler?” as Darkice said this he gestured to the throne. Walking towards it I thought… Faced them, I voiced my first actions that had to be addressed the title could wait…

“First I want to clear up the mess city by city step by step… We first tell the citizens its safe and we need help clearing up the city. Once done we bring down any buildings and the castle that are unsafe and make the city safe… We then bring back the families we sent to Ponyville and bring them home. The law will mainly stay the same but we need more guards and a bigger army for protection with the sisters gone any enemy will see this a the perfect time to strike. I also wish to bring back the execution law. We are spending far too much on criminals! For now you can all call me Shining nothing more nothing less.”

“Sound good to me…” Twilly had my back.

“It’s a start although you will need a real title soon shining as enemies might see the equestria had no ruler…” A nervous advisor said.

We walked out of the throne room to meet the citizens. “Citizens of Canterlot I understand you are confused and scared…but you have no need to be now. The 2 ragging goddesses have been banished to the sun and moon.” Gasps were heard over the crowd.

“How will the sun and moon move if they are gone!”
“What do we do without them?”

“I will be taking their positions with my sister helping, Twilight will be stationed in ponyville and I will be here. I have the power to move the sun and moon thanks to a powerful deceased alicorn I had the power to banish them both with the help of Twilight.”

“Why should we trust you when you have the sign of evil! You look just like Sombra!”

“I understand that but I wasn’t like him was I? I helped you. I have saved you. My sister has saved you. The next few months will be challenging but I will not stop until equestria is back to its land of peace. Please trust me to help you.”

“You may have noticed there are not many young foals around… My brother and I sent them to ponyville where they would be safe. They were in schools when we got them out hours later those schools were flattened. My brother gave me and others the order to get them out and he was right to do so… I trust him so do the advisors.” Twilly nuzzled me.

“I do as well! He saved me from the Night Princess…” The filly from the house came running out of the crowd up the steps and nuzzled us.

“LONG LIVE THE SPARKLE SIBLINGS! LONG LIVE PRINCESS TWILIGHT! LONG LIVE KING SHINING!” The guard haled. The crowds soon joined in.

“Told you, you were right for this job.” Darkice winked before fading away.

Once the crowd had stopped I told every pony the plan me, Twilly, Brave and Furry helped clear the castle. We took the castle down leaving nothing but the furniture behind. With our help the castle was replace within a few days and the rest of the city had cleared the town of rubble. With the castle done the city was next. Home and street cleared of concreate, wood and stone. We replace the homes as many as we could and restore the city for what it was. We had a lot of rubbish and hundreds upon hundreds of bodies.

About a week later once the city was deemed safe me and Twilly took a carriage around equestria telling them what had happened and that they was welcome at the bottom of Canterlot mountain that night for a final farewell. That night I stood holding a board writing each and everyponies name down as the bodies were counted and piled up. The rubbish was the base and the bodies were place on top. By the Canterlot waterfall looked so lovely at dust, as I set the sun Twilight spoke.

“Tonight we honour all the lives we lost because of the 2 royal goddesses that turned into tyrants. Let it be known that they can be remembered as lovely rulers but in the end cannot be forgiven for the crime that they have committed. We set the sun on this horrible chapter in equestria history and are reminded that our loved ones rest in peace in a better place.” As twilight ended I landed next to her and lit the bonfire. Ending such a horrible 3 months.

****

“Wait it was only three months?!”

“Yes, so you had been alive for about 6 months and had gone through and survived so much.”

Our Bright Future

With the sisters’ banished and the deaths dealt with we needed to rebuilt the city’s reputation. All the evacuees came back from ponyville and we celebrated its hero’s. I ordered for a plaque to be made for all the ponies who died fighting or a victims to the sisters’. This was concreated into the steps of the new palace.

****

“Oh so that’s who those ponies are…”

“Skyla! Wasn’t you told that in 1 of your lessons?”

“No daddy.”

“I will have to speak to your tutor!”

****

Anyway the plaque was 1 of my first steps in making equestria peaceful again. After all homes where completed and the court was settled. I was coroneted. It was about 2 weeks after the burning but the court had my title down as acting king. That way if anyone looked in on equestria, they would know we as a kingdom still had balance and was under rule even in difficult times. The coronation was simple. I was helped by the advisors to work out the foreign dignitaries guest list and who I needed to make trade routes with for equestria again.

I had to reline all trade routes, alliances and kingdoms as when the ruler of a leading nations trades hooves by force. Those who had a previous alliance can’t necessarily trust the new ruler. It doesn’t help that I had never met any of these ponies before… In the crystal empire Cadence handled all that while I handled safety and boarders. Of course Celestia was the one to sort out all of it for equestria.

The coronation went smoothly all were present and counted for on the guest list including you 3, Twilly, my parents and many other I knew at the time. Once crowned I took my walk around the crowds and spoke to many. 2 advisors stayed close to write down appointments and dates for the foreign dignitaries to visit. This was to discuss in further detail our alliance and other topics.

Once I was crowned and all celebrations had ended it all went quite well of course we could have done with our Load triek escaping again but now he isn’t around anymore…. He isn’t a problem.

****

“Oh please tell!”

“Maybe another time…”

****

The weeks grew into months and months turned into years all was fine we didn’t have any uproars about me being king and as time went on the battle I had with the sister that ponies knew of turned into that of fiction. The sisters’ very existence faded as well. As ponies grew up and died the ’stories’ became more and more like fairy-tales with bits being added like Chinese whispers. The ‘stories’ that surrounded that 3 months and its battle, between the 4 of us faded into ‘Legends’. The ‘legends’ people speak off today. That I welded a sword with dragons’ heads and that Celestia was half griffon and half pony; all are all made up. Such nonsense. The sister will return though but they will return powerless and defenceless. As the legends of the battle aren’t the only legends. There are legends and theories around why the sisters’ did what they did. That…

****

“That is why on the anniversary every year you tell the citizens that they are evil… so when they do return they are feared and hated…”

“Yes my cleaver little one.”

“Then what happened.”

“Well I will be marrying the Princess and Brave along with Flurry manage the courts. What you do will be reviled very soon…”

“Wait so the story is over?”

“No my princesses… The story will never be over but now instead of being told it you will write it…”

“Because I have my choice to do as I wish…?”

“Within reason yes…”

“Thanks daddy love you…”

“Love you to Skyla…”

…………………..

“Saph? Where are you?”

“SAPH?!”

“BOO!”

“Really…?”

“What?”

“Nothing…. Come here my Queen… The night awaits us…”