Knights of Equestria

Assassin bursts into Flurry Heart's room and finds the whole place torn apart, mostly likely due to Flash Fire fighting off the abductors before being defeated.

"It's just one thing after another!", Assassin mutters as the others arrive. "Kabuto, lock down the entire city! No pony gets in or out! Kuwaga alert the entire guard! Blueblood will take charge of the empire for the time being."

"What about you?", Kuwaga asks.

"Me, Blade Dancer, and Geoffrey will search outside the empire. There is a good chance the abductors are no longer in the city.", Assassin said flying off with Blade Dancer to get Geoffrey. Blueberry Frost enters the room with more bad news.

"Big trouble! The professor is gone!", Blueberry Frost said in a panic.

"Oh, of all the...", Kabuto mutters heading out. "I told you to watch him!"

"Shut that brat up!", Blood Stalk shouts covering his ears trying to block out Flurry Heart's crying.

"How? I can't just smack an infant!", an artificial alicorn cries out.

"Oh, for Faust's sake!", Stalk shouts in annoyance placing his hoof on Flurry's forehead. The baby quiets down and falls fast asleep. "Use magic to give her a good dream. How's the patient?"

"He's ready.", Dark Reaper said coming out of the shadows. "But be warned where is no telling what will happen. He will either perish or become what we intend him to be."

"Gold Star have high hopes on this one for within Shining Armor is rage, hate, fear and despair.", Blood Stalk explains.

"I know that after all Chrysalis not only trapped his wife in some caves to rot, but she also abducted his wife and child during her second attempt. Sombra made him powerless forcing his wife to strain herself to near death. Tirek sent his de-powered wife to Tartarus. Finally a minion of the Storm King turned her to stone.", Dark Reaper said. "All of that happen, while he could do nothing but be helpless. Of course he could hate them."

"Actually it's not them he hates, but himself.", Blood Stalk corrects. "In his mind the death of his love ones at the hands of the enemy is like he himself killed them. He hates himself for being powerless. He hates himself for being useless. He sees himself no better than the very enemies that nearly took everything from him."

"An alicorn born from rage and despair, it is indeed something worth looking at.", Reaper said placing her hooves on Shining Armor's head. "Be warned that there is no telling what will happen. There is a possibility that he may even be beyond our control."

"Where am I?", Shining Armor asks himself climbing through think fog towards a large building. "Is that a mausoleum? Who's it for?"

Shining Armor reaches the front of the mausoleum and sees a glass coffin in the center of the room. Approaches the coffin and his entire body freezes upon who is inside it.

"No! No! Nnnnnooooo!", Shining Armor screams collapsing onto his knees breaking into tears. Inside the glass casket was the preserved body of Princess Cadance, his wife.

"This is all your fault!", a voice calls out behind Shining Armor. He turns an sees a younger version of himself giving him a murderous glare. "You could've saved them and because of you everyone is gone!"

"Everyone...?" Shining turns back to the casket and too his horror the numbers have increased. Inside are Twilight, Celestia, Luna, and so many more that Shining is unable to take it anymore.

"They died because of you! Not Chrysalis! Not Sombra! Not Tirek! But you!"

"If I was only stronger...", Shining cries. "None of this would've happened!"

"Why do you weep like a child?", a voice calls out as the younger Shining Armor fades away.

"Everypony died because of me! All, because I'm weak!"

"You are weak, because you did not embrace your resentment, hatred and anger on yourself. I can help with you gain the power you need. You'll become so powerful that you'll never lose anypony again."

"Who are you? How do you know so much about me?"

Black mist forms into a large black armored alicorn before Shining Armor.

"I know so much about you because...", the alicorn said removing his helmet. "I am you, but I no longer go by the name of Shining Armor. I am now Black Armor."

The shadows then swallows Shining Armor.

Blood Stalk watches with glee as Shining Armor body slowly grows larger.

"Yes, the transformation has begun!", Stalk said. "The Perfect Artificial Alicorn!"

Professor looks around hoping that no one is following him the then flees into the alley way.

"Found you!", the gothic mare said appearing in front of Shiro. "Time to die!"

"Please! Just let me see my family just once. Please!", Shiro begs.

"Sorry, but business is business.", the mare said pulling a glass bottle. "A perfect time to test this out."

She chugs the whole things down and screams in pain as her entire body transform. A horn pokes out of her forehead, while wings sprout from her back. Shiro couldn't believe his eyes. Ryubee successfully done it.

"Unfortunately this is only temporary as it'll last fifteen minutes, but that's more than enough time.", the mare said preparing to finish off Shiro, but gets blasted by Blueblood.

"How did you...?"

"I read address Assassin gave you, so I just simple guess which route you'll take.", Blueblood answers. Blueblood then looks at the gothic mare. "Is she an alicorn?"

"She's not a true alicorn. She'll only stay like that fifteen minutes.", Shiro said.

"In that case, I'll have to hold up until then.", Blueblood said. "Be warned, just because I'm royalty doesn't mean I don't know how to fight."

The gothic mare makes the first move and attack Blueblood by charging towards him. Blueblood simply steps aside resulting in the mare crashing to a wall. Just as she gets up Blueblood blasts her several time with his magic, though the attack only cause minor injuries.

"I'll have to cut off your horn first, before you cause anymore damage.", Blueblood said drawing his sword, but stops when the gothic mare teleport next to Shiro and holds him hostage.

"Looks like I hold the cards now.", the mare laughs.

"Stop it, you monster!", Shiro screams.

"How mean! You made me, didn't you?", the mare said tapping her head.

"What?!", Blueblood said.

"You've had so many delicious experiences at Faust too...", the mare said. "For example, didn't you erase that pony's memory?"

Blueblood looks at Shiro in shock at the news.

"I'll be taking the traitor!", the mare said, but before she could escape Kabuto rams her to the ground.

"Back for round two?", the mare asks.

"You're not besting me this time.", Kabuto said. "I don't give a damn if your an alicorn or not!"

The two starts their second battle, while Blueblood grabs Shiro in anger.

"Is this true?! You erased my memories? Which memories were they?! Tell me!", Blueblood demands.

"They were... the memories of your family.", Shiro answers hesitantly shocking Blueblood even further.

"My family..."

"His transformation is complete.", Dark Reaper said.

"Good, stage one of Operation Usurp is done.", Blood Stalk said.

"What's so special about this one?", Reaper asks. "What makes him so different compared to the others we used?"

"Well for starters his sister, wife and now child are all alicorns, but the main reason is that Shining Armor is the pony who has everything. And he'll do whatever it takes to protect it.", Stalk explains. "So tell me, what will happen should he lose them all?"

Dark Reaper nods knowing what Stalk means.

"Is the armor prepared?", Stalks asks.

"Yes, sir! The Super Advance Alicorn Armor is ready."

"The combined power of Shining Armor's magic and the advance technology of this armor will be unlike anything Equestria... no this world has ever seen."

"Why are we even fighting? We should be friends.", the gothic mare said fighting off Kabuto.

"Why should we? You're nothing more than a filthy terrorist!", Kabuto said. "You tried to assassinate Celestia!"

"But killing Celestia would've saved Equestria."

"What do you mean?"

"Tell me, who save us from Nightmare Moon?"

"Princess Twilight."

"Who saved us from Discord? Chrysalis? Sombra? Plunder Vines? Tirek? Pony of Shadows?"

"Princess Twilight."

"Then who is the guilty one? A cold hearted assassin simply doing what she is paid to do or a corrupt ruler, who sends a young innocent child to face off some of Equestria's greatest threats?", the mares asks.

"Well... um..."

"Did you also know that it was Celestia, who sent Discord to stop Tirek? Even though she wasn't sure about his loyalty?"

"What?!", Kabuto shouts in shock. "You mean this wasn't Discord's own doing?"

"Who knows? Perhaps she knew that Discord will betray them, just so that Twilight Sparkle could open the chest the Tree of Harmony gave.", the mare said. "What if all these events were manipulated by Celestia herself?"

"Take a look at this...", the mare said revealing a projection screen of Tempest Shadow attacking Canterlot.

"I can't... stop it!", Cadance cries out before turning to stone.

"Luna! Quick!", Celestia shouts to her sister. "Go south! Beyond the Badlands! Seek help from the Queen of the Hippo-"

Before she could finish Celestia too turned to stone.

"Did you see that? She saw what happened to Cadance, yet she allowed herself to be exposed to a broken horn unicorn can capture her, but that's not all.", the mare said continuing the film.

Luna flies off to escape, but gets turned into a statue as well. She would've shattered to pieces had it not been for Twilight.

"A rather dumb move for a wise princess.", the mare said waving the projection away. "The corrupt era of Celestia will come to an end and new princesses will rise up and take the throne."

"Are you trying to say Twilight is worthy enough?", Kabuto asks.

"Didn't her achievements already proved that?", the mare asks. "But it's not just that... There's rumors that the blood of Lauren Faust runs in Twilight Sparkle's veins, thus making her a reincarnation of her."

"There are others?"

"Yes, they are known as Alicorn Candidates.", the mare said. "The confirmed candidates so far are Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer, Trixie Lulamoon, Moon Dancer, Tempest Shadow, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Hera Templar. Mi Amore Cadenza was also one, but she proved to be a failure. And there are much more hiding among us."

The mare then walks up close to the stunned Kabuto.

"When the time comes who will you side with?", the mare asks. "The tyrants? Or the candidates?"

With that the mare flees leaving Kabuto alone.

"Who do I side with...?"

Discord's Time

"Welcome to Discord's Time. I'm your host Discord the Lord of Chaos.", Discord said sitting on a wheelchair with a cast on his leg and bandages on him. "Our guest for his chapter is... this guy."

The camera turns to a heavily armored alicorn donning a black cape.

"I'm Black Armor, soon to be Supreme Commander of the Grand Army of Equestria.", the alicorn introduce himself.

"So you're with that Faust organization.", Discord said. "Come to think of it, you sound just like that Shining Armor guy."

"That's because I am him. I've lost my wife, daughter, and sister and the kingdom I've sworn to protect is taken."

"Technically your wife is a statue, your sister is in some desert and your daughter is kidnapped.". Discord said.

"That's not making me feel any better.", Black Armor said. "When I get my hooves on that Storm King I'll make him suffer.
Then Tirek. Then Chrysalis. Not Sombra, since he's dead until otherwise."

Discord got nervous. "Well you won't suspect me of any foul deeds."

The TV turns on revealing Discord's betrayal. Watching Shining Armor having his magic drained and the princesses sent to Tartarus.

"That's right! It's because of you my wife and aunts nearly rot in that forsaken place, my sister losing her home and nearly her life, and me losing my magic and treated like a loser!"

"Now, Shining. Let's not get carried away. I'm reformed and I agologize... What are you doing with those swords? Why did you lock the door? Why are you giving me that I'm going to kill you look? Why are you charging your horn to a blast rivaling a nuclear explosion?"

Discord's house explodes.