CHARACTER COLORS
CELESTIA
LUNA
CRIMSON
It was a beautiful starry night, Celestia was famished, she had a craving for some delicious cake, but not just any kind of cake, she was craving some chocolate cake, the best kind of cake in Equestria...maybe even in the universe.
Today had been quite the bother, pointless meetings with the elite, ponies coming with their problems that could easily be fixed, and then there was Blue Blood, nothing more to say there, so tonight, she would spoil herself with some tasty cake all for herself.
“Oh, what would I give to have a taste of this chocolate cake. This cake shall be mine and mine alone. No one shall take my cake. After all, I am a princess and royalty shall be served cake. As some historical queen from another world would say, “Let them eat cake!”
Celestia was very excited, a cake all to herself, she earned this, and she would stop at nothing to have this. She had been walking for some time now, she was determined to make it to her destination...the royal kitchen.
There in that magical place, lied her reason for staying up, normally she’d be in her bed chambers, reading a nice book before going to sleep, but she had this craving that she could not ignore no matter how hard she tried, so she gave in and here she is now.
“Here I am in the kitchen but where is the cake? Maybe I should find some ingredients to make this cake. I’m no baker like Pinkie Pie but I will do my best.” Celestia said with confidence.
She searched for said ingredients, she checked the cupboards, the cabinets, the big pantry, even the oven...for some reason, but she couldn’t find any, she looked around in confusion, how? This big kitchen had no ingredients for cake, CAKE, the very reason she came here, the very reason she did not go to sleep for, HOW WAS THERE NOTHING!
“What?! There’s usually a bunch of ingredients for a cake! Even some recipes and cookbooks. But everything is empty! Why is this happening at a time like this?! I do not know what to do. I’m starving and this craving will not go away! I need to eat this cake so bad!”
She looked one more time, just to make sure she wasn’t crazy...nope, this kitchen had nothing.
Disappointed, she walked out of the kitchen and just wandered, she didn’t have a destination to go to this time, she just wandered, as she wandered, she ended up at the empty throne room, she looked up at her chair, and questioned herself on whether or not to just sit there and mope.
But before she could even answer her own question, her nostrils picked up a familiar scent, a VERY familiar scent, she followed her nose to the scent, and there it was.
A BEAUTIFUL AND MOUTHWATERINGLY MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE.
It was just there, in the middle of the empty throne room, it looks so delicious, it was a triple layered chocolate cake, with chocolate covered strawberries, some chocolate fudge drizzled all over it, and some chocolate shavings on top of it as well, it...was...AMAZING LOOKING.
“Wow, never had I imagined that my craving would come to me all on its own.”
Celestia started to walk to the amazing looking cake.
“Mmm… This looks and smells so irresistible. I can’t wait to devour this cake all by myself! Come to Mama Celestia my little cake. I want you in my belly!”
As she got closer, she could also see that there was a plate and fork next to it as well. This was definitely worth staying up late.
She was about to reach for it when suddenly...
CRASH!!!
The room shook like it was about to collapse, she almost lost her balance, but kept her footing...or kept her hoofing? Whatever, she didn’t fall so that's good, what was that? An earthquake? No, it was much more than an earthquake, it felt close, like something caused what just happened right now.
Wait, a cloud of dust is on the other side of the cake, a crater was formed in the cloud of dust, one of the cracks went in between the cake…THE CAKE! Whatever caused this almost ruined the cake she was about to eat.
“What in the name of Equestria was that?! I was about to eat this cake and it seems like a warzone just happened! Shall I call my army to see what the cause of this is? I’m worried my castle would fall apart!”
“That would be a very big mistake for you Celestia!”
Came a new voice, she did not recognize this voice, it was cold, dark, and...demonic. Whoever this voice belongs to was definitely not friendly.
The dust finally cleared from the sudden crash, only to reveal...another cloud of dust?
Wait a minute, eyes just opened from the cloud, red eyes! That’s no cloud, that’s something else, it’s staring at her with a look of hatred and anger, what is that thing?
“Who and what are you? What do you want with me and why have you damaged my castle? If you are going to hurt me and my subjects, I’ll call over the mane 6 to take care of you. I will not take this lightly.”
The cloud...thing...only laughed.
“Figures you’d call for your servants to deal with your problems, afraid to deal with them yourself?” it said with a visible smirk.
Hold on, was that sharp looking teeth she just saw.
She shook her head, that didn’t matter, it just insulted her and her subjects.
“I’m not afraid to deal with you myself. I can defend myself but that is a last resort. I usually do not harm any creature unless they give me a reason to do so.”
It didn’t look phased by her words...what’s it doing now?
SHING
What the...are those...CLAWS!, it has claws too! Just what is this thing, ok, whatever this thing is, it’s definitely hostile.
“How very tempting, however, we are not here for you, nor your subjects, no, we are here for that.” it pointed at…
The CAKE!
This thing crashed into her castle, just for the cake?
“Uhh… Why do you have a hungry look in your eyes? Is it the cake? NO! YOU SHALL NOT HAVE IT! THE CAKE IS MINE AND MINE ALONE! I WILL DEVOUR IT IF I HAVE TO! YOU WILL NOT TAKE IT FROM…”
BOOM
Celestia was launched several feet away. What was that, it felt like something pushed her with some kind of force, she didn’t feel any magic, she didn’t detect any magic use.
She looked up at the cloud thing and noticed its right claw was extended, a red aura was surrounding it, did IT do that?
“Wha…was that you? I didn’t detect any magic, what did you do to me!” Celestia wondered.
“If you think you’re taking that cake, you’re dreaming, It will be ours to devour, get in our way, and we’ll kill you!” it said with venom in its voice, ignoring Celestia’s question.
Wait...kill, this thing really IS hostile, she had to do something, not like this thing can actually hurt her, sure that weird force knocked her down, but it didn’t hurt her, and this thing thinks it can kill her? No way, she was immortal, whatever this thing is has no idea what it signed itself into.
Without hesitating she fired a powerful magical blast towards the strange cloud. It trailed in a perfect line, the blast grew in size. The blast she fired punctured a big hole in the wall, oops, maybe she overdid it.
Then again it did just threaten her...and it was after HER cake. She couldn't take any chances, she had to protect her cake, she had to protect her subjects, she had to protect her kingdom, but more importantly, SHE HAD TO PROTECT HER CAKE.
“Where were you aiming at Celly”
That came from behind her!
She quickly turned around, only to be met with a claw to the face, she went launching again, crashing into a nearby wall. That...that actually hurt...a lot! She felt her face with her hoof, then brought it into view.
B-BLOOD!
She was bleeding, but how? What did it do? She only got scratched! She’s been scratched before, but she never bled!
“How is this happening? Why am I bleeding? From a scratch no less! Well… no matter, I’ll have to rely on different tactics now. I may have to contact the mane 6.”
“You might as well arrange their funeral, we’ll just kill them too. To answer your confusion, our claws are special, we can harm whatever we wish to harm, even you, you so called immortal”
This stunned Celestia, insulted again, now it threatened her subjects too, she need to step up her game.
“You will not stop us from getting this cake, if we have to destroy this entire castle to do so, then so be it!” it threatened.
Its eyes started to glow, and let out a horrifying roar.
Ok, seriously, what is this thing?
“WE ARE CRIMSON, AND THAT CAKE WILL BE OURS!”
....I’ll just pretend that it didn’t answer my unintentional question.
It brings its right claw behind its...back? Then lunges it forward at Celestia’s direction, a wave of crimson red energy followed its path and was closing in fast.
Wasting no time, Celestia flies up in the air, barely dodging the attack, the red energy wave shattered the wall she was slammed against, extending her wings she fired back, using her magic and with a strong flap of her wings, she fired a powerful fire blast.
The cloud thing named Crimson see’s the incoming blast approaching, but there’s no time to dodge out of the way, bracing itself it held its claws close to its face and waited for the impact.
FROOOOOM!
A direct hit. That thing didn’t stand a chance, she did it, she won. She didn’t want to do this but it left her no choice. Floating down she landed near the smoke left from her magical fire blast. Whatever that thing was should have known how powerful she was. How dare it try to steal her cake away from her, threaten her and her subjects, injure her, and insult her skills and leadership and most importantly, TRY TO STEAL HER CAKE!
But, it matters not, she was victorious, the cake is hers, finally. That delicious triple chocolate cake was ALL hers to take. At last she'd fulfill her craving. She looked towards the cake that was still in the center of the beaten throne room.
She walked towards her prize, while she walked, she also looked around the throne room, it was pretty beaten up. Shattered glass from some of the windows, cracks in the middle of the room, the pillars had some damage as well, a few cracks on them too.
Come to think of it? Why haven’t any guards shown up? Sure the battle was short, but you’d think the earth shaking crash would draw some attention. Even when she was knocked to the wall, (by a cheap sneak attack mind you) no one showed up to investigate the disturbance. Oh well, She’ll get some ponies to fix this place up.
She was close to her prize now. She can already taste the moist chocolate treat already. “Oh my little chocolate cake, you will soon be mine. Shh shh, it’s ok, the bad cloud is gone, you’re safe now, mama Celestia is here.” Celestia said in a very motherly tone.
She stood over the cake now, even with that crack between the plate it rested upon, it still kept its perfect appearance. As if it was untouchable. Of course, that wasn’t true. Reaching down to grab the plate that still laid next to the cake. She almost thought she would fall in love with it if she kept looking at its beauty.
“CHAOS TORRENT!”
A crimson red beam hit Celestia from behind. That...that came from the smoke Celestia shot from her magical attack!
Celestia got hit hard, sending her flying again. She tumbled a few times before coming to a stop several meters away. NO, she was so close! What just happened?
“That was a good shot Celly, I’ll admit, that hurt, a lot. However, I can hit just as hard too.”
THAT VOICE, no way!?
Celestia grunted while struggling to get up, it was right, that beam hurt a LOT. but how!? She hit that thing with full force. And it was still standing?
“WE ARE NOT AN IT! WE ARE A HE!”
...right, he, he was still standing...wtf
“Who the hay are you talking to, you cloud thing? I’m so confused.” She said with confusion. It...he struck her with some beam, congratulated her magical attack, then shouted at the ceiling?
“It doesn't matter, for the record, I’m not a cloud, I’m a mist, and like I said before, I WILL have this cake. Even if I have to kill you for it, Because in the end, It WILL be mine.” He said while striking a fighting pose, claws criss crossing one another in front of his middle.
“Well, if you won’t play nice....”
“We never played nice to begin with you foolish princess!”
“Well, it seems like I have no choice but to fight for this cake. Oh well. I might as well call the mane 6 if I need them.” she said with seriousness in her eyes.
“You’re pathetic, you’d rather call those fleshlings to fight your battle for you than fight us yourself. You may as well hand over your title as protector of Equestria to them, since it’s them doing all the work, hehehe, I always knew you were weak.” he said with mockery.
“I am more than capable of fighting myself. I just said I will contact them if I am too exhausted to fight. I’m definitely giving it my all and I am NOT weak! I’ll show you just how strong I am! I will give you all I got if I have to!” She said with anger in her voice.
“Hehe, All I hear are excuses for your weakness, please, you lost to a shapeshifting bug queen, A BUG QUEEN, you think yourself strong, then prove it, face me! Or admit that all I said was true.” He challenged.
“I’ll prove that all you said were not true about me! This time, I have a backup plan. I’m going to contact the mane 6 to fight alongside me. I know that wouldn’t be a fair fight but, it seems I have been outsmarted. I’m about to do that very shortly.” She challenged as well.
He just laughed.
“You just proved my point, you can’t fool me Celestia, you’re afraid, that wound on your face, the blast you took from us, you KNOW we can hurt you, even kill you, so you NEED backup. Too bad for you though, as much as I would love to rip the innards of the main 6 too, I am only here for this chocolate cake, but you’re in the way, by the time they even get close to the castle, you would already have fallen by our claws.” he said, not convinced by Celestia's words.
He slowly approached Celestia as she struggled to keep her hoofing, he was right, she was a little afraid, the scratch on her face still hurt and stung, and that blast he shot seared her back. “He’s right. I am a bit frightened by this things strange abilities, and how he managed to actually harm me, But I can’t let him know that. I must stall long enough for them to get here.” she thought to herself
“Oh really now, you’re going to stall for your backup to arrive, like I said, pathetic, weak, afraid. You’re nothing but a waste of life. Well, no matter, I’ll be ending it very shortly.” He said with cruelty.
What? How did he…
“What the?! How?! You can read my thoughts?! What are you? I seriously cannot believe this is happening!” Celestia said, completely caught off guard by this new technique.
He can read minds too! What in Equestria is this thing, Claws, sharp teeth, red glowing eyes, actually being able to harm Celestia, Taking a Blast of her powerful magic, now mind reading! WHAT ELSE CAN HE DO!?
“I can hear you too mortal, I’m starting to get annoyed with you too.”
What!? He can hear me too!?
“Indeed, unless you want me to take care of you too, I suggest you choose your words carefully”
You...you can do that!?
SNAP
OW, what the heck just hit me?
“That was us.”
What did you do!?
“I gave you a small sample of our power. Care for another?”
NO, no thank you, you proved your point.
“Good. now continue”
Right, Celestia was just staring at him…
“CRIMSON!”
Right, Crimson, Celestia was just staring at Crimson, he was talking to somepony. She looked up but only to see the ceiling yet again. Was there another strange being in here too (HEY!). Confused by this, she asked.
“Why are you talking to the ceiling? It’s unusual for somepony to do that besides Pinkie Pie.”
“You wouldn’t understand, nor would you believe us if we told you, But enough talk.”
Crimson shot his right claw towards Celestia and fired a red fiery beam towards her direction, thinking fast she dodgerolled out of the way, landing on her belly. The beam hit the wall behind her, leaving a big scorch mark. With wide eyes she flew up and tried to get some distance from this monster.
“HAVE AT YOU!”
Crimson gave chase, Celestia yelped and flew as fast as she could away from him, she was flying all around the throne room. Dipping and dodging every blast he fired at her, she fired back with her magic, but he too dipped and dodged everything she fired. She focused on one of her shots and aimed it directly at him. She then fired once more with complete accuracy.
BEWEW
Only to have it deflected. Crimson swatted the magic beam like it was a bother. He’s getting closer, she needed to do something.
She formed a new plan, it was now or never.
Coming to a halt, she unleashed a powerful bright light. Illuminating everything within its reach. Crimson stopped as the sudden flash of light hit his demonic eyes.
“AHH!” he cried in pain, covering his eyes with his claws.
Wasting no time she shot herself up higher in the air, and used as much magic as she could. She was surrounded by a golden glow and her horn was forming an orange sphere of powerful magic. She would not lose to this monster, she can’t.
“FEEL THE POWER OF THE SUN!”
And with that, she fire her the orange sphere of magic towards Crimson, the sphere looked very similar to a mini supernova. And Crimson took the full force of it. The “mini supernova” hit him dead center of his mist body.
“AHHHHHH!!” He yelled in pain, pluminting to the ground with a hard crash, causing a small crater to form. A sudden burst of dust poofed away on contact with his crash.
That blast used up a lot of Celestia’s magic, but it worked. He’s down, and hopefully out. She looked at his motionless form. This monster was definitely a threat to her and her subjects, she had to take him down once and for all. Her magic dangerously low, she’ll need to get some rest as soon as possible, clean her wounds, take a nice long bath, and rest up good for the morning. Hard to believe that this monster came only for the cake. She looked at the cake once again. Still lying in the middle of the room, somewhat untouched, wow, that’s one sturdy chocolate cake, even the plate and fork was still there.
While looking at the cake, Celestia questioned if it was even worth the trouble that it caused...OH who was she kidding of course it was. It’s the reason she was here to begin with. Seeing that she finally won this time, she gently floated down to the chocolate cake. While doing so she looked at Crimson’s body once again, still seeing he had not moved. Good, she’ll deal with him later. She might take him to her highly guarded dungeon for study, whatever he truly was, is highly important, after all, he was able to actually harm her.
She was very close to the cake once again, the scent of chocolate heaven hit her nose when she was within reach. “Oh chocolate heaven, your finally mine, I may be hurt bad but you will make it all better and worth it.” she thought.
“HAAAA!”
FROOM
Another powerful force hit her dead center of her chest.
“AHH!” Celestia yelled. She was sent flying once again. Crashing against the wall on the other side. After a few seconds, she fell out of the wall and hit the ground in pain and agony.
“That was a clever tactic Celly, that hurt a hell of a lot more than your other one. But don’t think I’m out of the picture yet. I’m finishing this, and I will claim my prize.” Crimson challenged.
Celestia couldn’t believe it, twice she hit him with very powerful magic, and yet he still stands...floats? Whatever, he was still up.
She can see him charging his claws with that red aura, no doubt getting ready for a final blow. His sharp toothy grin staring at her, she was shaking. Never had she ever felt the need to fear death, she was immortal, so death never felt like a problem to her. But now this monster came in and changed that in an instant. He could be bluffing about how he can really kill her, but the blood on her cheeks made that hard to believe.
“So how about it Celestia, What say we finish this, once and for all.” he threatened.
This is it, It really is all or nothing. Slowly and painfully getting up, Celestia stood on all fours, still visibly shaking. This monster was about to unleash everything at her. And she had to counter him with whatever magic she had left in her. Charging up her horn and extending her wings wide and proud, she said.
“Yes monster, let's finish this.”
Both opponents stared in each others eyes. One with bloodlust and the other with determination. Finally, they charged at each other, both lunging with their attacks. Closer and closer they got, until they finally collided.
BOOM
When they came in contact with one another, both of them were locked in place, both attempting to over power the other. They struggled and grunted as they tried to put more effort in their attack, Celestia was able to push Crimson back a few inches, but he fought back and was able to get the upper hand, pushing Celestia back further away. She stopped him from going any further, and the struggling continued. The room had been shaking and cracking, all while they kept on trying to overpower each other.
MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH
They stopped, that sounded like someone was eating something behind them. They both turned to the direction of the eating sound. And they saw who it was...and what SHE was eating.
Standing there in the middle of their battle, was Luna. and she was eating the chocolate cake. The very same chocolate cake that they were fighting for. Too busy on each other to realize that Luna had entered the throne room.
Luna was still eating the cake. And looked at them with satisfaction.
“Hello sister.” she said with a mouthful of cake. “We couldn’t help but notice the loud noises and crashing coming from here, so we came to investigate. Then we saw this delicious looking cake and just had to try it for ourselves. We must admit, this is the best cake we’ve had in our lifetime.”
Celestia and Crimson just stared at Luna, dumbfounded and shocked. All that effort in trying to claim that beautiful masterpiece. Only to have it be taken by LUNA.
Luna on the other hand had taken the last bite of the cake, and noticed the looks she was getting. Not realizing what she had stolen from them.
“What?”
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