The Fall of Harmony

Chapter 4: phase one: The rise...
19 days after the canterlot attack
Morning 0630 30 minutes after sunrise

Celestia sat in the throne room of her great castle, which in turn was placed in the center of one of the most peaceful, yet powerful empires in the whole world of Equus, and this is the thing that Ruha hated the most. It wasn't that it was Celestia or luna that was running the empire, no he loved his dear sister more than anything in the world. He hated that it was the alicorn as a race had survived. he had tried to curse them with disease and death so that they would die off, but they were just too Stubborn to die, so now he had to kill them himself. He hated the fact that he would have to kill his own sisters to finally give the world peace, but it was the only way for his race to atone for crimes they committed to the peace of the world around them, they had to die, himself included and he was willing to make that sacrifice.

this was also about his revenge, the alicorn race would pay in the blood for what they did to him, his destiny stripped from him as if were nothing, the nightmares, and pain that they gave to him when they replaced his blood with that of a draconequus, yes it gave him magic power beyond what anypony could have dreamed of but it came with price. A price that his past self Ackmar final gave into and let the darkness take hold of him, it did little to soothe the pain that he had. It felt as if the blood in his body was boiling at all times, it burned him constantly reminding him day and night what he was and why he was created.

Ruha shook his head, the past pain was not worth remembering not when his goal was so close to being achieved, he was about to start the greatest war Equestria has seen in over a thousand years, and funny enough it would be the last war that this empire would ever see, if everything went according to plan.

It was funny that he always knew that this day would come, even if he never understood why ever since he went to go see that nice little Zebra Oracle over two thousand years ago and had received a prediction like no other she had seen.

The past, present, and future alike
For you, my friend are in a grueling fight
In the sand of time your fate unclear
But an attack is certain
that, you must fear
A group of four with power overall
Meet with them, you will, at the end of all
The last to rise
Is first to fall
Followed second by the strongest of all
After this, the future is darkened
Remember revenge is strong
Please my prince
Don't let your demons lead you wrong

When he received this prediction all those years ago that he was confused by what his destiny would be, but now that he is standing inside the great love barrier of the crystal Empire, it all seemed clear. this was the battle that he is to rise and cause Celestia to fall along with all she loves.

A Changeling general approached Ruha throwing him out of thought “what do you need?” Ruha asked annoyed that he was being bothered on such a glorious day.

“The spies have reported in, my lord” the general responded bowing as Ruha faced him “they reported that the local garrison has caught wind of our presence and are sending a detachment to chase us off”

‘They are more coordinated than I planned’ thought Ruha as he turned to face what would be the soon to be battlefield, and asked “what are the numbers general”

The general shuffled at the glare that Ruha gave him before answering “the spies report them sending 2000 guardsmen armed with heavy armor and crystal tipped spears. They outnumber us four to one, we only stand at 500 Changeling knights and warriors”

Ruha laughed aloud at what the general said, his eyes scanning the the field before him. It was large and open, the perfect place to start a war, there was no place for ambush or retreat for the losing side. “it is not numbers that win wars, while yes numbers are important” Ruha spoke ”it is how you use your soldiers that matters, no lives wasted on anything that is not the goal, now leave me, I will find you when the time is right to strike” the Changeling bowed to Ruha then walked away to rejoin the army and prepare for the assault leaving Ruha to his thoughts.

Ruha closed his eyes as he sat down letting a worn wind that had just blown in the move over his wings as he stretched them, letting the wind flow ever his feathers trying to plan for the battle ahead. It would be hard fought and will make a great distraction for what he must do. Taking a deep breath Ruha let his wing fall to his sides, the air smelled sweet almost like a honey cone in the early spring, today is a perfect day for a battle.

The sound of hoof falls brought Ruha out of his thoughts for the second time today, opening his eyes and standing up he faced the pony that had came to talk with him. It was the general again this time followed by Queen Chrysalis, the general stopped an bowed to Ruha before speaking “I am sorry about the interruption, my lord, the crystal army is approaching us, sir, they have formed rank and look to charge at any moment”

Ruha looked to chrysalis “I believe it is time to enact the first part of phase one, wouldn't you agree chrysalis, General form rank, and attack when the signal is given”

The general bowed to Ruha and Chrysalis before running off to prepare the soldiers for future battle. Chrysalis walked closer looking to the same battlefield that Ruha had been staring at before “are you sure that this plan will work, I have put my hives lifeline on you prince”

Ruha looked up at the love barrier “once the spies remove the heart from power we will have the greater advantage, the chaos and panic it will cause will help us take the city even with our smaller numbers, just stick to the plan”. Looking down to the battlefield that, once had been empty was now full of changelings and pony both looking as if they were ready for a fight, all of them dawned armor and weapons held at ready.”it looks as though battle will be waged soon, I think it is time to shed the suit of these time for the armor of battle”

Ruha let his horn glow as blue fire swept over his body in a sphere blocking him from view for only a moment disappearing into the nothing it came from as fast as it had come leaving behind a full armor Ruha looking like a war horse of old. Silver armor covered his body a wolf head engraved in the front of the armor, next to it was runes used to give the wearer extra protection some old and some that had been added over time, scratches that had been added over many battles could be seen on the armor even though it gleamed as it had just been made.

His legs were also covered with the silver armor but these looked as though they had been through Tartarus, dents and scratches lined the armor taking way the gleam it must have held many battles ago. No runes covered this armor but the thickness of it more than made up for the loss of magic runes.

The helmet he wore covered most of his face, even covering his muzzle from attack, runes covered it in an enchanting glow, his eyes, that were now shaped like a dragons, were visible through the helmet. Lastly, there was the long sword that was hanging off his back in its sheath, the sword itself was massive, it was 40 inches long and while Chrysalis couldn't see the blade she could feel the power it gave off even from its sheath.

A laugh came from Ruha as he drew the sword from its sheath feeling the strength that it gave him to once again hold his trusted blade, raising it to the air with his magic, he scanned the blade with his eyes. This blade that had no equal in the mortal world, forged of pure steel in the legendary forge in the long-lost homeland of the alicorns, runes that were carved down the center of the steel blade seemed to radiate magic as Ruha closed his eyes and began to speak

“I pray to the gods of old, bollans the God of war and Honos the God of justice, may the silver wolf once more hunt the battlefield, free of sin and curse, and to show justice to those who have strayed from the path of Honor and valor. I pray that you take them into your land with open arms, forgive them for forgetting our ways and straying from the path of justice in the fear of death”

As Ruha finished speaking the magic in the blade slowly flowed into his armor causing the runes in the suit to glow for a moment and then faded away and disappear completely, sighing Ruha sheathed the blade and turned to Chrysalis.

“it has been a long time scene I have held that blade, it was made by a smith that went by White-Rose it was the only blade that she made that was to be used, she never let anyone touch her work. Even I almost didn't get to take this one, but I was special, she even named it for me before I left, the blade of eternal justice. I hated the name but I could never change, it not scence the battle of the dragon valley”

Ruha shook himself out of his thought “ there is no point to think about the past we have a war to win and alicorns to kill” he turned away from Chrysalis spreading his wing so that he could take flight “it is time for phase one to start, I will see you in the city”

With that Ruha gave his wing a flap and took off into the sky. Chrysalis smiled as her eyes flashed a bright green signaling the attack, she looked up staring at the barrier that stood between them and the raging storm outside, she watched as a crack appeared, then another and another until the barrier shattered like glass.

The warm like air was swept away as the winter storm pushed itself through as if it was making up for lost time, snow-covered very thing as it came down the clumps. You could easily lose the pony in front of you if you weren't careful, but that didn't matter.

Due to the loss of the love barrier the crystal ponies were weak to attack, it was time “attack my hive” Chrysalis shouted over the raging storm “defeat them and the city shall be ours” and with those words, war was declared, the battle started.

Canterlot castle
1 minute after the start of the the battle

The last two weeks for the Canterlot staff have been ones of hardship, with the threat of attack at any moment, the castle was in lockdown. While the sisters had told the public nothing of what was happening and reassured that nothing was wrong. Rumors had still spread about the appearance of a new threat due to the release of wanted posters, which the princess once told about this had tried to get all of them taken down and the guard that put them up given a stern talking too.

Right now, however, was not the time for any of that no, right now was breakfast time the only time the four alicorns could come together without the weight of the world on their hooves. This is the time that they would relax just for a short time before getting on with there days. Sadly that is not how the morning would play out.

It was in the middle of breakfast when the two Crystal guards and Cadence feel the ground in what looked like pain, Cadence being affected the most her head was spinning and she felt horrible it was if some had ripped her open from the inside out. The crystal guards felt no better as the crystalline gleam that they carried slow faded from existence

In a mad panic to see what had happened the other three alicorns rushed to Cadences side with was enough time for Cadence to realize what had happened. With what little strength she had left Cadence looked to Celestia “the crystal heart has been stolen” then the world faded to black.