The Rise of Lord Naturus, aka the Tree of Harmony

by Cipher800

Chapter 1: Crystal Empire Invasion

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"Behold, the new citizen of the Crystal Empire!" Sunburst said as a red crystal pony rose in the air. Sunburst galloped to the Crystal Heart, only to find, there wasn't a Crystal Heart.

"Looking for this," a voice said. Everybody looked to see the speaker, when the found him, they were shocked.

The being had a blue aura (similar to Bill Cipher's aura) that vibrated through every syllable it spoke through. He had the Crystal Heart in his telekinetic grasp. "Well, well, well, looking for THIS oversized cutout!" he said. "Do you know what THAT oversized cutout is? That's the Crystal Heart, and how did you get in here?" a guard said. "You creatures never learn, once I absorb the Heart, you're little city-state will fall to the blizzard."

"Goodbye!" the being said as he absorbed the Crystal Heart and all the shards nearby, increasing his power.

As soon as he absorbed the last shard, the Frozen North began to advance as the Crystal Ponies panicked.

"And now, I think this place needs some REMODELING!!!" he said as he snapped his fingers. Cracks began to form around the city, acid began to fill it and eat away on the streets and houses. Naturus pointed his finger at a random pony as a laser came out of it, killing the poor soul in the process. He did this to several others until he turned to see Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, who had looks of sheer horror on their faces.

'That guy's a monster, why would he even murder them, all the past villains NEVER would have killed, no matter how mean and evil they were. Sombra only wanted to enslave the Crystal Empire, Chrysalis only wanted to feed her people, Tirek only stole magic, and Discord was nothing but pranks. Nightmare Moon's eternal night would have caused freezing and mass starvation, she would never kill on purpose. We have never seen someone who killed anything apart from bugs, so why HIM?" Cadence thought.

'Pfft. If it isn't Ms. MatchMaker and El Armor Guy, you think YOU can stop me! Give me you're best shot!"

"Don't you dare destroy the Crystal Empire, we will not let you destroy it any longer, you monster!" Shiny said. Both he and Cadence rested their heads on each other as a pink energy began forming around them. Just then, a beam of light emerged from the two and struck the strange entity, rather than defeat him, it just bounced right off him like a ball to a wall. "What the?" Shiny said as the being laughed.

"Don't you dolts realize that I, Lord Naturus, am completely immune to all forms of that so-called magic, no matter how strong it is, but I'm impressed anyways." Naturus said as he conjured a sword made of blue energy in his hand.

"But now.." he raised his arms as a bunch of blue, spider-like beings emerged from the ground and began killing the Crystal Ponies. "It's time for you two clowns to die!"

Shining drew his blade as Naturus prepared to strike him. The two blades let out a clinging sound as they struck each other. Cadence took a sword from one of the dead guards and proceeded to help her brother. "You are pretty good for a pretty pony, but I have more tricks up my sleeve." He said as he slashed his sword in air, shockwaves of blue energy came out near the couple. "Honey, look out." Cadence said as Shining dodged the shockwaves.

"Augh! This is getting me mad!" Naturus said as he slashed his sword in the air again, but this time, a barrage of blue fireballs fell down towards them. Cadence shot a beam at a fireball, making it blow up. Shining Armor saw a barrage of spiders coming towards them. "Honey, look out!" he said. Cadence turned her head and blasted the spiders, but they still advanced.

Naturus made his sword disappear and held his hands together. A sphere of blue energy advanced towards them as they shot a beam at it and managed to deflect it back at Naturus.

KARACK-KA BOOM!!!

A cloud of smoke enveloped the area. Before they could celebrate, a sword of blue energy impaled Shining's back. They turned around to see that Naturus was completely unscathed, and wielding the sword.

"I am impressed with you both, you gave me quite a scare."

"Not really, because I was holding back." Naturus said plainly. "You..." Shining said weakly.

"Don't waste you're breath, horse." He said as he retracted his sword into his hand, leaving a severe wound with blood leaking out of it.

"And now, to finish you two off once and for all! Goodbye, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Prince Shining Armor, both royalty of the Crystal 'Empire'." Naturus said as he shot a beam from his finger.

When the smoke cleared, not even ashes remained, only a smoking hole where they once stood. By now, all the Crystal Ponies were killed.

"Now, time to remodel this dump!" he said.

He snapped his fingers and the whole city sunk into green liquid, save for the castle itself. He raised his arms, and white-colored bricks appeared out of nowhere from the ground up. The roof tiles became vibrant, sure to put Canterlot to shame.

At the top of each tower, it looked like a claw holding a crystal. The castle had increased to the point it dwarfed Mt. Canterhorn, and the chasms with the green liquid became a moat for the new citadel. A single bridge was the only thing that connected the citadel to the land. There were some houses and crystals that stuck out of the liquid, but the being lived with it.

"Beware, you have made a GRAVE mistake for taking control, if any other sentient race intervenes, well, they will be killed off as well." Naturus said.


Author's Note

Hey guys, so, I am going to make Cadence and Shining have a chance to either live or die. Tell me what you want in the comments below, and I'll think about it. C 'ya.

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