Prologue: Chains and cages
Twilight woke up to the sound of a mare, at least she thought it was a mare, could also be a stallion, screaming in pain and horror. her eyes opened, revealing the a wooden roof over her head. it was the roof of the cage that she was in.
Same roof again. Twilight thought bitterly as she sat up from her cot. Already dawn was breaking and soon the caravan would move again, move farther away from Equestria and coming to the city of those that took her and her kind away from their homeland.
The screams came again and this time Twilight was certain that it was that of a young stallion. She could also tell that he was screaming in pain, terror and humiliation. No doubt he was being 'used' by is captors, like many of the other mares and stallions that were also taken by those that had invaded their homeland, burnt their cities and farms and kills many of her people, enslaving the rest to take with them as loot.
Some to be used for pressure.
Twilight was luck, or unlucky, that she was not being used as a camp whore for these beasts.
To be honest, she wished she was dead, instead of in the magic dampening cage that she was in, a prize to be sent to the city these enslavers lived, the city of the enemy that had trampled down Equestria, sacked Canterlot, killed Princess Celestia, despoiled Ponyville and was now dragging them to their capital......
To Tambelon.
It had been so sudden, no warning of what happened until Baltamare was attacked. The Tambelonians attacked from both land and sea, taking most of the East Coast of Equestria with in two weeks of their invasion. In fact the Invasion was all too easy for the Invaders as Equestria had no large military. The Royal Guard and The Crystal Empire Army, small as it was, went to fight the invaders on the coast, only for them to be utterly defeated as the rest of the Tambelonian Army marched into Equestria from the South, first attacking the Changeling Kingdom and the Dragon Lands, killing King Thorax and Dragon Lord Ember in battle. The Royal Guard and Crystal Pony Army were destroyed, leaving only small militias that had formed to try and fight.
Soon, The forces of Tambelon conquered Las Pegasus, Applelossa, Manehatten, Fillydelphia, Vanhoofer, Trotingham, Stalliongrad and all other cities and towns, surrounding the very center of Equestria. then they attacked The Crystal Empire and destroyed it.
Then they went for the heart itself: Canterlot.
The attack was so fast that many forts fell without any resistance as they were taken by surprise. But It was the towns and villages in the path of the enemy that were very hard hit, such as Ponyville.
Twilight remembered the sight of the very town she called home being attacked, homes smashed and burning, the sound of chariots on the dirt streets, the small militia that was raised being slaughtered as the Tambelonians crushed them. The sounds of the conquering army, made up of ponies, zebras, rams, camels and a few griffins, as they starte putting the town to the torch. the crash of the doors of her own Castle being broken down.
She still could see Spike's body, covered in blood, the sight of Starlight being grabbed by enemy soldiers and her screams as the enemy soldiers ripped off Starlight's clothes and stole her marehood.
Twilight on the other hand remembered her own capture, being caught in a net by the enemy and then pinned and stripped, before being tided up and dragged all the way to the enemy camp, while hearing the cries of many Ponies being captured and chained up, enslaved by the new rulers of Equestria.
She would later find out why as she was poked and prodded by a group of females when they reached the camp, her pussy was looked by them, much to her shame. the reason would come out as she was in fact to be taken to the Capital itself, by order of the Queen of Tambelon, Ishtar-Talya, Tenth of that name.
Twilight was to be given to her son, as a gift, as a forced bride to the Prince of Tambelon.
The sound of screams had finally stopped as it seemed that who ever was being fucked was no longer enduring it. Already the camp was starting to awaken as soldiers were getting ready for the day, eating breakfast and preparing their armor and weapons, keeping them up for the morning inspection from the commander, a large Ram by the name of Lugalzaggesi.
Today was the very last leg of the journey the Caravan had taken. They were only four miles away from Tambelon itself and they were already on the banks of The Equine-phrates River in the Maresopotamian plain, where Tambelonia was located. Already Twilight could see the shine of the golden domes and painted temples and palaces of the city she was to be forever sent to live in.
a few minutes later, she heard somepony come near her caged wagon that she was in. turning, she saw a ewe come close to the wagon and put a tray of hot portage and sliced apple through a slot in the cage before turning away. Twilight went over and took the tray and soon started eating.
Twilight looked out through the cage, seeing her fellow ponies already being herded together for the final march to Tambelon. Many were wearing nothing but rags now, rags that had once been clothes. She could tell that some were Ponyvillians while others were from the fallen Canterlot. All were of one group now; a poor and fallen people that had once been the envy of the known world, now bought down to Earth by their conquerors.
Twilight shed tears for all of Ponykind, for in her mind, she was the last Princess as she already heard the fate of her fellow Alicorns.
Luna was killed in the battle of Stalliongrad, her head cut off and used as a stranded for the Tambelonian Army.
Cadence had been captured by the enemy and was gang raped by over a thousand soldiers before being beheaded. The fate of her daughter, Princess Furry Heart, was unknown as she was believed to have escaped thanks to The wizard, Sunburst.
But it was Celestia's death that still hit Twilight in the heart. her own teacher and mentor, one she saw as a mother, was killed by dark magic when Canterlot fell. her body burnt along with the city that she once ruled from.
Twilight was now the sole ruler of a nation that was nothing more then ruins and a few ponies that were still living there, hiding in forests and fighting the Tambelonians or being left there to tend to the vineyards, orchards and fields that had not been destroyed.
Twilight knew that she would be the only hope for her people, the only one to be a light in these dark days as all of ponykind would be made to serve the conquerors.
She morned for the fallen nation, a nation that was now in captivity.
Her nation.
Chapter One: By the rivers of Tambelon
It is said that no trip up or down the Equine-phrates river could not past by the city of Tambelon, The Golden City, Heart of Maresopotamia, City of the Hanging Gardens, Queen of Cities, Throne of the Gods etc. The city was located right on the river itself and got wealthy from trade, not just from traffic on the river, but from the trade routes that crossed through it.
It was also thought of as the most beautiful City in the known world. a City of color. The Outer walls were made of red bricks that would have reminded one of a wall of blood. The large gate ways were made of azure blue bricks covered with golden images of animals.
This was the sight that Twilight could see as the caravan was now near the city of those that had conquered Equestria. The Capital of the Tambelonian Empire. She herself was among the many captives that were to be shown off in the parade that would be done when they entered the city.
Twilight sat in her wagon cage, watching as they approached the gateway. around her wagon were eight armored guards, Tambelonian guards in black leather armor with bronze helmets that covered their face in a bronze mask that was made to resemble that of a ram. These soldiers were the Tambelonian elite soldiers, the so called 'Immortals'. In fact from what she had heard from many of the other soldiers, these were the Royal guards of the ruling Dynasty of Tambelon.
An Escort for the new palace whore Twilight thought with sadness, looking up as she saw the bronze gates opened and the caravan marching through them. above, Twilight spied a few Pegasi, also in the armor of the Tambelonians, flying past, then after them came something odd.
They looked to be some type of flying machine, disk shaped with bird like wings on their sides. The wings did not flap, yet they flew as fast as any pegasi.. If things had been different, she would have been in awe of these flying machines. But all she felt was despair and hate for those who flew the machines, who had enslaved her people.
Soon, her wagon entered the Gates of Tambelon.
To say Tambelon was a large city was an understatement. It was a Giant City, with only Manehatten being even bigger. Yet no city was as colorful and Cosmopolitan as Tambelon, the capital of the land of Tambelonia.
Most of the inhabitants of the City were sheep, goats, Ibexes, Earth Ponies, Pegasi, Zebras, Griffins, Minotaurs, Centaurs, donkeys and a race of bipedal pig-like beings known as Troggles. Other races also lived there, ether as slaves or immigrants from other lands.
While the mix of races was striking, the buildings themselves were even more shocking with color. The lower part of the city was mainly small buildings and tall apartments for the common folk. yet even with the poorest being, the dwellings had splashes of greens, reds, yellows and blues that made then a rainbow of color. Many Market places dotted this area as well as small businesses. Yet there was a drab area; the slave shanties and slave market that was on the southern end of the city. This area was walled off from the rest of the lower city.
Across another wall was the middle city, where the wealthier people lived. It was home to many of the most powerful nobles lived in this area. Artisans had their places here to serve the rich and powerful. Many gardens and parkways filled the area, flooding them with color from daises, roses, pansies, sunflowers and other flowering planets.
Closer to the Center was the Temple district, were hundreds of temples to the gods, reaching to the sky, were located. The tallest was the Famous 'Tower of Ramrod' named after the Founder and first King of Tambelon, Ramrod.
Legend stated that Ramrod had built the Tower, which was over 2,722 ft tall, to try and reach the heavens, only for the Sky God, Anu, to strike him down when he was on the top and make him look like a fool. This had humbled the King and made him stop all construction of the tower, with the only thing to be built on top was a shrine that would be for Anu. Only the Priests of Anu would be allowed up to this shrine.
Next was the Upper City itself, which was home to the Government officials and the largest building in the city (but not the tallest.), The Royal Palace.
Many roads were in the city, but only one road lead directly to the Palace; The King's Road.
It was a road unlike any in the world, a road that was paved with copper, silver and gold bricks. It was a wide avenue unlike any in the city and was used mainly by the upper class and for religious festivals or victory parades, such as the one that was starting.
The citizens of Tambelon lined the King's Road to watch the parade as it started. They were of all classes and walks of life and races, but all had one thing in common; They were Tambelonians, the conquerors of the once great nation known as Equestria.
The Parade started first with the standard bearers, carrying the Royal Standard of Tambelon, a red flag with a gold and silver winged disk on it. Next came the acrobats, followed by sword dancers, tossing and throwing sharp swords into the air while the acrobats did somersaults and cartwheels, much to the enjoyment of the crowd.
Then came the Fire-eaters and snake dancers, followed by forty drummers, drumming on bovine-hide drums while sixty trumpeters sounded their instruments. Then came the soldiers.
First marched over 1,200 Troggle spearmen, they were mainly in simple brown tunics with padding under them, mainly light infantry. Many would call them 'cannon fodder' but yet Troggles were experts at spear-fighting and their spears could be thrown at an enemy like a javelin and hit their target. they always carried an extra set of spears with them, along with a short sword.
Then came the even more deadly Troggle Slingers, wearing the same padded armor, yet green in color. they were armed with deadly slingshots and had small shields and a short sword. They were among the most deadly slingers in the world. there were about 780 of them in this parade.
Then came the cavalry, over 4,500 riders on their mounts, the saurian mušḫuššu, which were a species of plant-eating Archeosaurs native to Maresopotamia. The riders were armoed with bronze scale armor and worse copper helmets. They were armed with long spears.
The ground shook when the next group came, 20 large Ceratopsian beasts known as 'Stormriders', which were 130 ft tall and a weight of 85 tons. They had tusk-like projections on their cheeks and had large towers on their backs that carried over 30 soldiers armed with bows or firearms (which were introduced to them by Griffin traders over 100 years ago.). Their thick skin was good protection against arrows and spears.
Next came 7,890 Axe-men, which were of different races that wore iron scale armor and steel helmets and were armed with large axes. They were among the Heavy infantry. They were followed by the Royal Thunder-slingers, Centaurs armed with flint-lock Guns. The Thunder-slingers numbered 1,000.
2,000 Heavy Swordsmen soon marched past, in the same armor as the Axe-men. Following them came 5,900 Heavy Spearmen, their spears longer to take down enemy riders or enemy ponies as was the case in Equestria.
Above them, Members of the Tambelonian Pegasi Death Squads, 3,400 of them, flew over head in delta formation, with 2,000 Annunaki- class Attack Flyers flying with them. the Tambelonians learned to built such flying machines from the ponies of Indra, which was located near Equestria and the Islands of Neighpon.
Below, 5,000 bowmen marched, followed by over 400 fast attack chariots. Then came they deadly Heavy Chariots, numbered 500.
Then came a zebra, dressed in fine robes, who walked in front of one last chariot, driven by the one who was the victor in the taking of Ponyville; Lugalzaggesi.
He was a middle aged Ram, in his 30s. He had white fleece which he had combed regularly, which was common for those of the upper class. Yet he did had a flaw, a scar on his right eye that was from a battle with the Abyssinians, rivals to Tambelon's Empire. yet even with the scar, he was seen as among the most hansom beings in the Empire. many females wanted him, but Lugalzaggesi was happy with being married to his wife, Asher.
The Zebra in front of his chariot soon started yelling out; "Make way for the hero of the Empire! Make way for General Lugalzaggesi! Blessed by the Sky King Anu, for he has lay low the Pride of the sorcerers and witches of the barbarian land of Equestria! He is the one who broke the back of their evil armies and captured the Witch-Princess Twilight Sparkle!"
Speaking of her, right behind him, in a caged wagon pulled by two Aurochs bulls was the fallen princess herself. trying to cover her nudity with her wings. she was surrounded by eight Immortals, the royal guards of the Empire. This let everyone know that she was to be sent to the palace. Behind it was the last parts of the Caravan: The line of slaves and the loot from Ponyville and other cities.
Twilight was doing the best she could to cover herself from the eyes of the people watching her. She hated it all, being shown off as some war trophy. Slavery was thought of as something that only less civilized races, such as Diamond Dogs, practiced. It was long banned in Equestria, the Crystal Empire and Griffinstone.
Yet here, a so-called civilization was using it and her people were the slaves.
"I have to find a way out of this." she said to her self, hoping against hope to find a way to escape the wagon. Yet there appeared to be none. The bars were made of some type of magic-dampening metal that was also made to be unbreakable. In short, the cage had been built with Unicorns and Alicorns in mind.
Looking behind her, she saw her fellow ponies, chains on their legs and wrists, being dragged for show. Twilight looked around the line of slaves, seeing if any of the others were among them and hoping that most were not in the line of slaves.
Rainbow Dash had been with the Wonderbolts when the Tambelonians attacked. They were sent with the Royal Guard and Crystal Pony Army to fight the invasion. Last she heard of the Wonderbolts, they were killed while fighting Tambelonian Pegasi near Manehatten, taking many enemy flyers with them. No one found the body of Rainbow Dash so it was likely, yet Twilight hoped not, that she had been captured.
Rarity had been at Canterlot just before the final push. that was the last she heard of her before Ponyville fell. Pinkie dissappeared while trying to help evacuate foals. She had rushed into a burning building before it fell down. most likely she was dead.
Discord and Fluttershy also were gone. Twilight had Discord take Fluttershy away form Ponyville and out of Equestria, at lest one of her friends she knew was safe.
Applejack was last seen fighting off Tambelonians in the streets of Ponyville, Twilight did not know her fate.
As for Starlight Glimmer, she was in the line of slaves. Twilight had spotted her, one of those in the front of the line. She was still nude, bruises were visible through her coat and between her legs was the stain of sexual fluids and some blood.
The Tambelonians had been using Starlight as a camp whore, beating her when she tried to resist. In fact they liked it when she resisted. Even worse, as if to show Twilight her fate, the soldiers had the balls to rape Starlight right in front of Twilight.
Twilight could still remember the last time they had talked.
(Flashback)
Starlight screamed as the large ram, wearing nothing by a loin cloth pounded into her just before climaxing into her abused pussy. Her eyes filled with tears of anger and humiliation as the ram pulled out, laughing harshly. Globs of semen leaked out her her womb.
"You are still one of the best whores in the camp!" the ram said, sneering for before glaring at the caged Princess. "That is what will happen to you once we hand you over to our Prince! You will be nothing but a palace whore! HA!" and with that the soldier walked away.
Twilight glared at the ram before turning to the sobbing Starlight. She was bounded between two large posts, her hands restrained and her body spread-egale. Her legs were kept wide apart for easy access to her pussy.
"T-twilight." she said, weakly, tears flooding down her cheeks. "I-i failed to protect you. I couldn't save Spike I w-was too weak." She soon broke down into fits of crying.
"No, don't say that!" Twilight said, trying to reach through the bars to try and comfort her, only to barely reach her face "I was the one who could save you. If I had only flew faster I could have saved you from......what they did." Tears formed in Twilight's eyes. "I wish I had died."
"Don't even say that!" Starlight said, "We need you to get all of us out of here! You are the only Princess left, you are our ruler and our only hope!"
Twilight looked down, knowing that she was indeed the only hope for their race.
"Some hope I am." Twilight muttered to herself. look down with tears in her eyes as the slaves where turned to another street, towards the Slave Markets. But before she was out of sight. Twilight saw Starlight mouth something to her. It seemed like she was whispering the words 'keep hoe' as she was dragged away.
Twilight prayed to Faust that she would somehow escape and be free form these chains.
"Wow! That Purple Alicorn has some hot buns!" the donkey exclaimed, looking at Twilight through a crystal ball, before being whacked on the head. "OW!"
The one who had hit him was a large ram, blue fur covered him. he wore a black and gold robe that went down all the way to his feet. His eyes glowed with red fire. around his neck was a collar of bells.
"You best keep your head out of the gutter you idiot." the Ram sneered.
"Y-yes, sorry, Grand Vizier." the Donkey said.
The two were in a darkened room in the palace. large thick curtains covered the large balcony and blocked sunlight from entering.
the Ram turned Away from the Crystal ball as the image of the nude Equestrian disappeared. "This complicates things for me. Bray." he said to the donkey, Bray. "It seems that The Queen wants to make sure that their is a line of succession to the throne."
"Yes, Great one." Bray said. He worse a green and brown robe and a large and very ugly hat on his head. he was the right hand man to the Grand Vizier himself, the most powerful being other then Queen Ishtar-Talya X and her son, Crown Prince Ashur-Nibiru.
"This Twilight Sparkle was the apprentice to the Witch-Queen of Equestria," The Ram said, glaring at the closed curtain. "She could be a kink in my plans, Bray, along with that Kesmet Princess."
"Yes, all that stuff about Prince Ashur being wed to both of them, with one being picked as the Queen after Ishtar-Talya passes." Bray said, bowing to his master.
"Which will be worse for my own plans!" the Ram said, Turning to Bray angry. "We need to make sure that My plan is set into motion before anything else can change it! For that, we need to get rid of the two princesses! Find a way to do it, or it will be your head!"
Y-y-yes Great Grogar." Bray said, before running off.
The Ram, Grogar turned back to the window. "Soon." was all he said.
Author's Note
Yep, two G1 villains are in this.
