A Coup in Equestria

by LoneWolf

Rating: teen
Tags: Dark, Alternate Universe, Main 6, Other, Science Fiction, Crossover, Tragedy
Length: 3238

Somepony is underminding all of Equestria

For past year or so, Equestria has looking for threats on the outside of Equestria. However, somepony on the inside is going to manage to make Celestia and all of Equestria kneel before the sheer terror of them. The era of the four princesses is at end, will anypony see it coming?
Quick Notes

Anything beyond Season 5 is non-cannon to this story

Please Leave Constructive Criticism

This is a crossover with Doctor Who

Published 2017-07-03 16:50:06 UTC
Last updated 2017-11-13 01:00:48 UTC

Chapter 1

Starlight Glimmer have been on the run for about week. Right now, shew was sitting on the left furthest left bar stool in Manehattan’s own Wild Hunt Bar, with loud Bebop Jazz playing on stage, and the smell of tobacco permeating the air like a midnights fog in the cities older docks.

“Damn Twilight and her “friends.” Someday I will have my revenge!” She said before downing her eight shot of bourbon that evening, hoping that the alcohol would numb away the stinging pain of defeat of Twilight and her friends defeating her at hometown and kicking her from hometown and the drinks weren’t working.

Just then a white pony wearing a black suit, a black worn-down fedora hat and brown leather suitcase revealed himself from behind the thick fog of tobacco smoke trotting past through the tables to reach the bar and finally sit on the stool to the right of Starlight Glimmer. “You’re Starlight Glimmer, correct?” he asked

“I don’t know how you know my name or what you want pal, but I’m not in the mood of dealing with an arrogant flirt. “ She said before downing her ninth shot of bourbon that evening.

“Sorry to disappoint then. But I’m here under less than social circumstances; you see Miss Glimmer we have intersecting interests.” He said before putting the case down on the table.

Starlight’s attention peaked as she looked and he opens a case to reveal folder on Twilight and her friends with several pictures of them going through their daily lives.

“For professional reasons, I can’t tell you about my employer, and for my safety, I will withdraw my identity from this conversation, but this all the info you need to know about Twilight and her friends.” He said, “But it isn’t enough, we don’t exactly know all of the vulnerabilities of Princess Sparkles little entourage.”

She gave a sardonic smile she looked through the files that laid before her. She then turned her head towards the suited stallion. “And you want me to spy on them? I can sign up for that, but what do I get in turn?” She asked putting down the folder waiting for the suited stallion to reply. “We possess an artifact that my employer would like to see in action, and he believes that you have the right amount of magical moxie to use it.” He told her

“How will—“ She just blinked, only once and noticed the suited stallion was gone.

Twilight and her friends were discussing Starlight’s fate about her recent duel in time with Twilight and Spike and her goal to alter the present in order to get revenge. It was then Spike went out to get her and he was shocked what he saw.

“Uh, girls?”, she said calling them

They went to see where Starlight was, and she was gone, and her place was a letter.

Dear Twilight

By the time you get this letter, I would have long have left Ponyville. I thank you for opening my eyes, but I do need to think this over, and I also need to rethink my life and all that. You guys are truly something special. I will see around.

Yours

Starlight Glimmer”

“I thought she could be my student,” Twilight said in disbelief

“And break into song, lame.” Rainbow Dash said with utmost disapproval.

“I guess she does need some time,” Twilight said looking at the letter. “I just hope she’ll be all right.”

“I am sorry Twilight maybe some ponies are beyond redemption,” Applejack said with an ominous tone. She then decided to leave the castle along with her friends.

Two says later, Starlight arrived in Appleloosa and noticed the suited pony she contacted before waiting for her in the desert and went towards him.

“I did your dirty work,” Starlight Glimmer said with a rising temper. “That spell allowed me to travel through time. I saw what would happen if had I succeeded. So tell me, just who in Tartarus is your employer? Because not just any pony has access to the Starswirl wing of the Royal Canterlot Library, and the fact that I don’t even have a clue of who disturbs me.” She said increasing her tone of voice ever so slightly.

Just then brown duster wearing unicorn stallion raised a gun at her. They were in the middle of the Equestrian Desert, only ten kilometers from Appleloosa. Not that it mattered, only a second after Starlight Glimmer said that a pistol shot rang through the vast Equestrian San Palomino Desert. Leaving a sense of dread that only a few ponies could ever feel without actually being there.

~

Starlight groaned as she woke up to where she was and analyzed her surroundings. She noticed a toilet and sink. Then she looked to left and noticed bars and noticed a dark brown pegasus with a golden mane and book cutie wearing a brown trench coat mark and gray shirt underneath, with a pistol holder around his cutie mark, entire the cell.

“What the hell is happening to me today?”, she asked putting a hoof against on the face

“I'm going, being honest, you’re officially dead to Equestria and that more there enough to pay for the crime for time tempering.”

“So then, why did you save me?”, she asked

“Because we have questions for you Starlight as into why and how you got that damn spell,” the stallion stomped his right hoof on the ground anger. Part of him wanted to just cuff her and send her to her rightful imprisonment. But the are worse scum than her flying around the cosmos.

“We? Who’s “we” ?”, she asked

“Torchwood,” he told her bluntly, “A secret organization that funded by Luna herself and she’s only know outside the organization that knows of its existence. It's purpose to protect Equestria from alien attacks that also now includes protection of time. ”

“So why are you telling this then, I don’t know torturing me?”, she asked

“Simple, the head honcho thinks you can be very usefully allied to all of us,” he said with a blank expression, “But I have wait to see that.”

“What if I prove to be a threat?”, Starlight asked

“Then I the have permission to shoot you,” he said taking out the pistol and aiming at Starlight

Starlight gulped and then proceed to tell the agent everything she could recal.

Chapter 2

It was four years since anypony heard of Starlight and she was becoming more a legend over these last four years. Since then, Rainbow joined the Wounderbolts and it happiest day of her life. However last year, Rainbow and Spitfire got into a heated group of the current state of the Wonderbolts, Rainbow viewed a corrupt and Spitfire viewed as just fine, and there was nothing wrong, she just making mountains out of molehills. Spitfire also told Rainbow that she has a higher rank then due to her saving Equestria multiple times. Due to Rainbow quit the Wonderbolts and went back her old job as a weather mare. Since then Rainbow had more time to hang with her friends as well. She helped Rarity has now most recognizable fashionistas among Equestria. She has a couple of her dresses for special occasions. She was Pinkie’s best mare when she got married to Cheese Sandwich.

However, she couldn’t talk to Applejack since Granny Smith’s death, which shook AJ and rest Ponyville with grief. Applejack and Rainbow got into a heated debate about death and it with Applejack says, “your parents are still alive, while mine is dead!” Since then Rainbow and AJ hardly talked to one another.

In the present time, Rainbow Dash exited out of the hospital with a heavy sigh. She recently recovered from a wing injury. She happy to fly again, but she wasn’t in the mood as keep walking through Ponyville. Her doctor told Dash she can’t risk any more stunts like that because of the phrase is she was afraid of hearing her entire life; “getting old.” She kicked rocks and cans as she went. She wished she could talk to one of her friends. However, Twilight was in Canterlot heaving tea time with her family and the princesses; Rarity was busy design for client all day; Fluttershy was volunteering for Zoo in Manehattan; Applejack was meeting with her cousin Braeburn, and Pinkie was busy with her date with Cheese Sandwich.

With she sighed was sent to local Ponyville bar called, Unequestrian Filly that was recently built across from Sugarcube corner. She entered the bar and noticed some ponies she recognized such as Bon-Bon, Lyra, and Roseluck. She wanted to talk to them but wasn’t in the mood. She sat in the back corner, and a mare with an orange mane and apricot fur approached her.

“What will be having today?”, she asked politely.

“Two Apple Ciders,” she ordered

She drank her first cider in peace thinking what she is going to do; now she was getting old.

“Maybe I’ll ask Fluttershy on a date,” she thought, “I have been developing sort of crash on the mare since I quit the Wonderbolts.”

A couple of ponies entered when she started her second cider. Vinyl Scratch, Octavia, and a blue pony with a golden mane wearing a black suit, a black worn-down fedora hat sat down next to her. They sat in different, but the blue stallion came to her.

“Is this seat taken?”,he asked pointing at the chair across from her

She took a drink and asked, “What’s it’s to you?”, she asked.

“I work for the parliament in Canterlot and Twilight was worried about her friends, she asked me to check each one of them to see how they are doing,” he said

“I guess he’s the only pony I can and talk to if Twilight sent him,” she thought.

“Okay sit down,” she said

The stallion took a set and ordered a cup of cider

“How’s your day going Miss Dash?”, he asked

“I'm miserable because my doctor told I'm getting old and can’t do some of the wild tricks anymore. I doubt that I can even pull off a sonic rain boom anymore with suffering some loss”, she explains to the stallion taking a heavy drink.

Stallion then looked left and right and whispered to Dash, “I might know of a place to cure your old age, Miss Dash.”

Just then the apricot mare from earlier delivered the stallion’s drink

“What?” she asked almost loudly.

“Quiet down,” he ordered her in a loud whisper and talking drink of his cider, “This a secret only the royal sisters and few members of the parliament know; It's called the Fountain of Youth.”

“What is it?”, she asked.

“It's in the name Dash. The Fountain can restore any pony's youth, and that's why it reminds top secret. Somepony could use abuse it or worse use it to control the world.”

“Why are you telling me about it?”, she asked leaning back in her chair.

“Because I feel sorry for you Miss Dash and I don’t want you to lose your speed or Rainboom just yet,” he explained finishing off his cider.

“Where is it?”,she asked

“Come with me, and I’ll show you,” he asked finishing his drink.

Dash did the same and exited the bar with the stallion, and they then went to the castle.

“Umm the library is closed for today,” Dash told the stallion.

The stallion then pulled out a golden key, “Well, happen to a have key to it.”

They doors to the castle doors open and Dash went blazing through as the stallion

“By the way, I never got your name, who are you?”, she asked.

“String Puller.”

“How do you guys come know of this Fountain of Youth, anyway,” Dash as they were going towards the library section of the castle.

“Daring Do, but she never published the story in her books because we fear other ponies might go and find it and abuse it,” String said.

They finally reached the library and went towards the globe that was in the center of the room. String looked and moved the globe and pointed the area that was just water.

“But there is nothing there,” Dash said.

“On official maps, yes and again it is there,” String explained, “It's all top secret, why we put it on maps?”

“Good point,” Dash said grabbing a paper and writing down the coordinates

Dash hugged String, “I truly owe you one.”

Dash then took off blazing out the library than out of Ponyville.

“First piece is in motion,” String mumbled to himself with a soft laugh.

Dash has been traveling for three weeks, visiting village after village, but at last, she got to her destination. She saw the island and picked up her speed. The island was very tropical was very small, a pony could walk across in about two days or so.

“Maybe I’ll do two rainbooms in one day, maybe come up with a new trick,” she thought as approached the island of where the Fountain of Youth was She touches down on her island went exploring a bit, she looked for any temple. She checked behind every tree and every bush as well. When she was well on the island, she heard hoof steps.

“Who’s there?”, she asked out loud raising a hoof in defense.

Her answer was in from several solar royal guards surrounding her both in air and water, both and stepping out the crowd was String Puller.

“You!”, she pointed out him, “What is this meaning of this?”

“This was all trap, Miss Dash and you won’t be seeing your friends again,” he replied with an evil smile and pulling a dark silver cylinder device, and the sound of the island was Dash screaming for help, which would never come.

Author's Note: Why is it Cancelled?

After many tries at the story and editor after editor left ( at least 12), I deiced to canceled this story. "Coup" is the third or fourth try at this story and went under different names like "Echoes in the Stone." Others have told me that my writing is borderline atrocious or at least my grammar is. Heck, you can see my summary of the story has errors in it. After many years of trying, I decided I can't pull off this story. On top that, I reached a point in chapter 3 where I don't know how to pull off or procedure . Another thing is that no one is interested in Doctor Who x MLP fic anymore. The Whovians in the brony community have sort of wandered off. So there goes my instinctive to write this story.

Since I will never come back to this story, I mind as well sum up the story, if your curious where this story might go. I have been told that the idea is quite brilliant, but I can't execute it.

The story would have Cadence and Twilight killed, while Flutters and AJ investigated what in hey was going with this assassination happening almost back to back. They would have discovered Prime Minister; the Master has been planning a Coup in Equestria. Only to find its too late and the Master is already won and shows are true colors on the night of Grand Glapping Gala. The story at this point would introduce The Queen of Blood who's unique talent is death. This story would end with Master, and the Queen of Blood is looking over Equestria as they won, as Flutters, RD, Luna, Pinkie, and Rarity are capture, while Celestia and Luna are on the run; While Spike is traveling with the Doctor.

The next story will involve Applejack forming a rebellion are going to Los Pegasus and the surrounded to met up with others who want to strike against him. Applejack would meet Captian Jack Harness at this point. The reason why Jack didn't see the Master coming was that he was busy with another assignment that Luna handed to Torchwood. After Bon-Bon Monster Hunt's group was disbanded, Torchwood replaced it. At this point in the story would see The Queen lift a city and destroy with all the inhabitants in it. Applebloom and Babs Seed would be arriving in a dominated Manehattan. They would survive in the swear. In the end, The Queen would kill Babs and torture, Bloom. In the tortured session (which, in the story, would only be told she was abused because it would be too much). The Queen would reveal her identity to her. The point of the session was to lure AJ out of hiding, which the Queen successfully does. At this point, it would be AJ's and The Queen's first fight. They go at it for some time, but the Queen comes out on top with AJ losing to limbs and losing her sister in the process.

Alight, for a summary this is getting too long for Book 2 summary, so I'll cut straight to the climax. The twist is the Queen of Blood is Twilight Sparkle. Twilight now doesn't care about anything anymore, except for the beares of the elements to stay alive. You see ever since she woke up she has heard the same phrase over and over again, "She Will Not OutLie Her Friends," over and over. So now Rarity and the rest are inside Twilight's mind. That's right one body five minds. The book would end with The Doctor and Spike coming to Equestria with Luna dead, and Celestia captured after a massive duel with Ponyville and Twilight's castle's destruction. They are other plot details, but that's the board of it.

The story altogether would see Spike talking how he saw what Twilight would become if she continues down the road and she becomes God. Yes, I was planning on a prequel to the story where we would have Twilight creating a TARDIS-Dyson Sphere hybrid. Anyway, at the end of the tale, Spike becomes King of Equestria with Twilight and the rest of the main cast dying. As a result to stop the Master from taking over the universe and thus having the words come true.

I wish the story would be told,but it need to be told in the right, which aren't mine. My being stuck at Book 1 for years in obvious sign I can't pull off this story. I really really wished I told all this story, but I can't due to lack of good editors, the fact Im not that good enough to pull it off and that its was too ambitious for me as as well. Combine all into one. well now you see why I decided to can the story. To anyone who read this thanks for understanding and if you have any comments or questions please do so.

TLDR: My story was going to be 4 part epic involving The Master, from Doctor Who, taking over Equestria. So after 4 tries of trying to get this story off and after at least 12 editors left working with me on story, me not having the skill to pull off this kind of thing because its too ambitious, I decided to can the story. Again to anyone who read this thanks for understanding and if you have any comments or questions don't be afraid to speak up.