The Rise of Lord Naturus, aka the Tree of Harmony

by Cipher800

Chapter 19: Cast Away

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"Wow! That was quick!" Twilight said. Everyone looked around to see that they were in a forest. They turned to see a fort-like building in the distance. "But where are they!?" Discord said as he conjured up a telescope and looked into the various villages, only to see that in the fort-like building, was their friends.

"Well then, let's get a move on." Discord said as he snapped his fingers.

When they got to their destination, it turned out to be...

...an illusion. Everyone faded away to reveal a bloodbath, dead bodies everywhere. "No... No!" Twilight said. She lifted up a piece of rubble to see the corpses of the royal sisters. "No... they can't be..." Twilight said.

"I'm sorry, Twilight. They've got them while we're out." Discord said.

"But the good news is that we've got the orb and can- OH MY GOD!" Discord looked to see a spider biting on his tail. He shook the spider off easily but there was more where that came from. A whole army of them scuttled out of various bushes and rubble, latching onto them, save for Twilight, who screamed. The spiders dragged her friends away, killing them in the bushes and taking the Orb with them.

"Grrr... this is the final straw, Naturus! You've turned me into the last pony. I'll clobber you for this and hopefully, Spike is still alive." she said as her horn glowed. Before she can cast a teleportation spell, she heard another set of bushes ruffle. "Oh, please, kill me!" Twilight said before it was revealed to be a centipede scurrying about. "Alright for real this time!" Twilight said before teleporting off.


When she regained her footing after teleporting, Twilight saw that Naturus has replaced the Crystal Empire with his own fortress.

"This is where it all ends! If I don't do this! The world as I know it won't ever come back..." Twilight said as she flapped her wings and flew over the acid pit, dodging bubbles of acid and hail. She landed on the castle rim and walked through the door.

Twilight expected it to be an evil-looking, stereotypical lair. Instead, it was a vibrant castle that put Canterlot to shame. It had fountains of acid on either side of a luscious red rug that she was on, that continued to some stairs. Beautiful Corinthian columns supported the structure, and above her, a big chandelier made of gold and crystal hung, glimmering as it did.

"Wow..." Twilight said before shaking her head. "Get it together, Twilight. It's up to you to save Spike, it's up to you to save Equestria, it's up to you to do this." She galloped to the stairs and through a door, dodging the arrows from bows wielded by Minecraft skeletons which just spawned in the hallway.

A skeleton was about to shoot Twilight when she deflected the arrow to another skeleton with a magic shield. The arrow bounced off the shield and hit that other skeleton, and the two began to fight one another as Twilight entered a door, the said room it lead too was a museum filled with fossils and skeletons.

Twilight did not admire the museum, she turned to a door on the left, which lead to another hallway. She heard roaring on the third door to her right, which lead to a staircase. Twilight ran down the stairwell to see a hallway of cells. A manticore was blocking her way and roared at her and prepared to pounce. Twilight saw this coming and flew to the other side, shooting a laser from her horn, putting the manticore to sleep.

Twilight galloped until she heard crying. She located the sound and went to the source, only to find a certain dragon looking at the floor. Twilight recognized him and said "Spike, it's me! Twilight!" Spike turned his head and smiled. Twilight used her hooves and her magic to bend the bars, and she was tackle-hugged by Spike, and the nuzzled each other.

"I thought that Naturus has killed you, Spike!" Twilight said, crying before wiggling her head and saying "We need to find the Orb before the spiders bring it to Naturus! It is our only hope at saving Equestria!" Twilight said as she plopped Spike onto her back. Twilight went out of the dungeon, passing the sleeping manticore and going up the stairwell, only to see that the knight statues have come to life with blue energy in their eyes. One threw a spear at Twilight, which struck her right eye.

She pulled the spear out with her magic, revealing an R-rated bloody mess. Luckily for her, she kept some bandages in her saddlebags and used cover her wound.

"Let's skedaddle, he may have heard us, and by the looks of it, he took your eye!" Spike said as Twilight began galloping to a door on the other side, leading to a spiral staircase.

"Let's do this!" Twilight said as she began going up the spiral staircase when they heard a creaking sound. The looked behind them to see the suits of armor (that seem to fit humans more than anything) were following them. Twilight began galloping up the staircase with Spike by her side and the living armor chasing her. Once a door was able to be reached, they went through it. Twilight galloped through the balcony and entered a big doorway, in it, she saw Naturus. "Naturus!" Twilight said.

"Well, well, well. You're persistent, even though you two are the last of your kinds..." Naturus said. "Why did you do this?" Twilight said. "I did this in favor for the world. You ponies have been taking hold over how the world works for way too long by now!" Naturus said. "What are you talking about you psychopath! This has always been like that to what history said!" Twilight said.

"If it weren't for us, the clouds would have stayed still! If it weren't for us, the sun and moon would crash into Equis! If it-"

"If it weren't for me, this world would have stayed a wasteland!" Naturus said with his arms crossed and eye closed. "Tisk, tisk, tisk. You don't know anything about the world, don't you!" "Hey! I'm smart, I was the personal student of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna!" Twilight said. "Pfft! Celestia only gave you that title to keep you away from higher schools, you're quite dumb, actually." Naturus said.

"Why would somebody claim that!" Twilight said as Spike sighed. He knew how Twilight can be sometimes. "But back to our topic. Now, why did you not just let it go. I've seen the time when nature was free and your ancestors roamed about, it was pretty recent by my standards, clearly there were no historical records for that, all replaced by a fake holiday!" Naturus said.

"Why would we focus on such a painful past!" Twilight said as she stomped her hoof.

"Well, most sentient races learn by falling and falling. Take humankind for example. When they first appeared on this rock millions of years ago, the world was a death trap, but they did not survive, but they thrived in the harsh world. They have fought against nature, wild animals, and themselves. They built their world on top of the old one, all without the aid magic, and all without the aid of a false god. The humans have earned their right to change the face of the universe and conquer the stars. I, myself, am one of many experiments created by scientists. You ponies, on the other hand, shun a free world. You enslave nature, and your kind is so dependent on magic that you do everything with it. Your false goddesses watched over you nonstop, and THAT has made you weak in so many ways!" Naturus lectured.

"Why would I believe you!" Twilight said, crying.

"You just don't know when to quit, do you? Now, if you excuse me, you need to die!" Naturus said as he released a shockwave, knocking Twilight and Spike so far, that they landed in an island that wasn't on the map.

"Ughh..." Twilight said before falling unconscious.


"Twi..."

"Twi..."

"Twilight, wake up!" Spike said. "Hey, Spike. What happened?" Twilight said.

"Don't you remember?" Then it all came back to her. The Tree of Harmony was actually a being who addressed himself as 'Naturus' and wiped out every sentient race and replaced them with new ones. He also absorbed the Crystal Heart and other artifacts, the Orb of Jupiter may have also been absorbed. How could the Tree of Harmony be so deranged?

"He may have killed off the rest, but he didn't kill me or you, Spike. But for now, we should survive on this island." Twilight said as she put an eyepatch on, since the bandages flew off due to the shockwave that Naturus caused.

But one thing's for certain, this is going to be a long stay.


Author's Note

Looks like Twi's stranded, and for the record, the loss of her right eye was a parody of Future Twilight.

By the way, I'm thinking of making a sequel where Twilight gets sent to another dimension, and the main antagonist is Zurr'Urk, who was banished to the same dimension by Ugon in the chapter before.

Naturus, is a mixed bag. He is insane, but sane. Being seperated from the Elements not only made him stronger, but more insane year after year. He's a tough guy, but his anger built on them with every year he was separated from the elements. All he had was the seventh element, hope. Hope was what the big guy lived on while watching.

If he still had his sanity, he would give them one chance, and in order to make sure that they set things right, he'll still turn the Crystal Empire into his fortress and destroy any pony settlements north of Manehattan as well as Aquastria/Seaquestria. If the princesses ignore his request after one month of decision, now, he'll go ballistic on them and whatever races that decide to side with them.

By the way, I have another story, Master of Dimensions. Check it out.