Outlander

It has been 13 months since princess Celestia and Luna had publicly announced the death of the Outlander, and attempted to slander his name however what happened next could not have been expected, ponies across the land stood up and called out the lie dividing the land between those who believe the lie without question and those who do not.

Princess Twilight and Cadence both revealed secret order 105 to the public, proving the Outlander to have been murdered and slandered, but despite this half the population still blindly sided with Celestia and Luna who had demanded Twilight and Cadence to surrender, and hand over the Crystal Empire but that didn’t happen instead the first civil war Equestria had ever seen had begun.

Unfortunately Twilight and cadence had not taken the threat seriously and when the fighting started they, lost a lot of ground ad never recovered and were forced to retreat to the Crystal Empire after losing their last strong hold in Equestria.
“Come on Twilight you need to be strong, I know you have been a mess ever since Rogue was killed, but you can’t just cry in the corner at the mention of his name,” Cadence said hugging her sister in law tightly.

“I know… he would pull me to my feet and say let’s see you grit those teeth, because this fight is not over yet,” Twilight said cheering up and getting back to her feet. “We don’t have the numbers for an all-out attack, we only just have the numbers to protect the border,” Twilight said wiping what’s left of the tears from her eyes.

“Ye we need to keep are guard up at all times or we’ll end up like him… say do you think Rogue had anything useful that could help us in his safe house?” Cadence asked.

“No there is nothing left, I went there after Rogue was killed his safe house was destroyed, and anything that couldn’t burn was smashed and bent into useless junk,” Twilight answered.

“Are you sure there was nothing left Twilight?” Cadence asked looking her sister in law in the eyes.

“No that’s why I asked Tempest to see if she could find anything I missed,” Twilight answered getting free of the hug and going back to planning a defence plan.

Meanwhile at the remains of the Outlander’s safe house Tempest had just arrived, the only indication that a home once stood here were thick blackened beams that once supported the building. Shattered glass, swords bent out of shape and sets of armour that had been flattened were scattered around the remains of the house “How dose Twilight expect me to find anything useful in this?” Tempest asked herself beginning to look through the ash for anything that might help.

She passed the right side of a fireplace and only three steps and her foot went through something, she pulled her foot out and looked in the hole and saw what looked like a trap door. Tempest moved the book self that had been pulled down onto the trap door, and with a great deal of effort pulled it open and dropped down in one foot of water.

The basement was dark dingy and smelled of rotting wood and rancid water lighting a torch, and searching the basement for any that might be useful, going into the back of the basement and found the portal archway badly damaged with the crystal power slot destroyed. “It’s a portal… and the crystal slot has been destroyed, did the Outlander… survive and escape?” Tempest asked herself as she got a closer look at the portal.

“The portal was open when the crystal was destroyed… which damaged the stone portal frame, so whoever used it couldn’t be followed,” Tempest said coming to a reasonable conclusion of what happened in the basement and left to return to the Crystal Empire with the news.

One week later and Tempest has returned to the Empire, shortly before a massive army numbering two hundred thousand strong being led by Celestia and Luna appeared on the horizon, ready to attack at first light the next day if Twilight and Cadence didn’t surrender.

“What do we do, if the messenger is right then if we don’t surrender by sunrise, then they’ll kill everyone no prisoners?” Twilight asked with her hands on her dead freaking out.

“Calm down Twilight panicking won’t help,” Cadence said looking at a map of the battle filed trying to think of something.

“Calm down how do you expect me to calm down, we have less than ten hours before they attack we can’t even evacuate in time… as Rogue would put it we’re fucked,” Twilight said covering her face with her hands and starting to sob uncontrollably.

A moment later Tempest walked in with a disappointed look “Tempest did you find anything?” Cadence asked giving Twilight some space.

“Unfortunately no, just a destroyed portal in the basement,” Tempest answered and Twilight seemed to take notice of this and sat up straight.

“So you didn’t find anything that could help with the current situation?” Cadence asked.

“Like I said I didn’t find anything, whoever destroyed the placed made sure anything that didn’t burn, was smashed or bent out of shape,” Tempest answered remembering all the swords and armor that was scattered around the carcase of the Outlander’s safe house.

“Could you tell if portal was used before it was destroyed?” Twilight asked.

“I had a look and it seems the portal was opened around the time the house was destroyed… you think he’s alive don’t you? Tempest asked in return facing Twilight.

“I hate to bring it up but if Rogue survived, then where is he it’s been over a year and no pony has seen or heard from him, so until we see him he’s still dead,” cadence said reminding them that wishful thinking wasn’t going to help.
A few hours later and things are bad and without a plan Twilight and Cadence have no choice, but surrender and were waiting feeling sick to their stomachs that they couldn’t do anything, a couple of minutes later and a scroll attached to it Twilight took the letter and read it and dropped to her knees.

“Twilight what’s wrong?” Cadence asked.

“They lied… the only reason they wanted us to surrender was so they could use a powerful, spell to kill everyone while a defences are down,” Twilight answered shaken to her core. Cadence looked up at the army in the distance and could see two beams of magic, one gold and one blue that fuse into one beam and is heading right at them.

Before the beam hit them a second beam of red magic with several back rings around it, shot past them from behind hitting Celestia’s and Luna’s beam and ripped it apart. As it travelled towards the enemy’s army it exploded with the force of a hundred nuclear bombs, ripping the land scape apart and almost completely destroying the army in one shot.

“Who did that?” Twilight and Cadence asked turning around and see none other than Rogue himself wearing black boots, blue jeans, a white t-shirt and a new red anime long coat. With black flames running up the outsides of the arms along the base and on the back, a strange pair of black wings with a cross guard sword between them pointed to the ground and a sword slung over his back.

“Well who the hell do you think,” I said with a smug look and crossing my arms.

“Rogue you’re alive,” Twilight said running up to me with tears running down her face and hugging me.

“Stay here I’ll take care of this and end this pointless war,” I said gently pushing Twilight of me and I start to walk forward my eyes glow and I kick off into the air and fly into battle. It only takes me seconds to reach Celestia and Luna but they didn’t notice me yet, because they were focused on the massive pile of corpses that was their army sixty seconds ago.

“How could Twilight get this kind of power so quickly?” Celestia asked.

“Hay bitches we have unfinished business,” I said making Celestia and Luna turn and finally look at me.

“Impossible,” Luna said moving away from me we fear on her face.

“So you survived no matter you wi…,” Celestia said getting cut off when I rushed forward grabbed her by the face and throw her like a rag doll, into the nearest mountain at five times the speed of sound.

I then turn to Luna and clap my hands together, slowly open them revealing my black lightning jumping between my hands and fire it at full power at Luna before she could react. I spin on the spot and back hand Celestia. “Sneak attacks only work once,” I said rushing after Celestia she tried to teleport but I was faster and grabbed her by the horn and repeatedly punched her in the face.

Before throwing to the ground with even more force than last time, Luna kame up from behind me and tried slicing me with her sword, I spin around and grab Luna’s sword by the blade with my left hand and snap the blade. I discharge a magic pulse knocking Luna back Celestia fly’s up next to Luna they look at each other both out of breath.

“How disappointing I’ve trained for over a year in the lost caverns of power for this day, and now I see that I’ve wasted my time forcing my power into unnatural and unsafe levels for nothing,” I said becoming furious at myself for wasting time.

“What is that support to mean?” Celestia asked wiping blood from her face.

“The last time we met both of your magic powers were 45.500 each, and mine was 72.600 but right now after all that training, my power is now 25.978.545 and the sad part is both of you have done nothing to increase your own power in this time,” I said revealing just how much I now poses which made Celestia and Luna look like they were going to shit
themselves.

“All remaining forces retreat to Canterlot,” Celestia shouted in the Royal Canterlot Voice before grabbing Luna and teleporting back to Canterlot.

“Cowards running with their tails between their legs, but they can’t hide from me forever,” I said looking down at the fleeing soldiers, half tempted to kill the all but I decide to spare them. I return to the ground and walk back to Twilight and Cadence “They’ve retreated to Canterlot we should go after them before they setup a defence,” I suggested.

“Rogue we don’t have the numbers for an attack, besides if we go the Empire will be unguarded,” Cadence said in protest.

“I understand protecting your people takes priority… I will go alone and end this,” I said reaching my right hand back and drawing my new sword from my back. The sword is a cross guard broadsword with a 40 inch blade and has a two handed grip with a ring pommel “Before I go Twilight where are the girls?” I asked looking around but not seeing them.

“Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Pinkie, AJ, their all dead Celestia killed them so the magic of friendship couldn’t be used against her,” Twilight answered her voice cracking and tears streaming from her.

“I’m sorry Twilight I wasn’t there to save them, but I give you my word I will avenge them and every other innocent life lost in this war,” I said with vengeance coming to mind, I turned around took a breath as the news sinks in, then I teleport directly above Canterlot.

I look down at a shield protecting the city “Let’s see how strong that shield is,” I said taking my sword in both hands and raising it above my head and focus, my magic spirals up the blade “GETSUGA TENSHO!” I shout and swing my sword releasing the attack.

All seemed quiet above Canterlot, the power full magic shield seemingly holding strong as it had been for the last year since it was created, at the start of the civil war but that was about to change. I break it as if it were glass and land in the streets below, Celestia’s soldiers gather in front of me. “Step aside and I will let you live… stay in my way and I will cut you down like dogs,” I shout loud enough for all of them to hear it but none of the leave.

“Don’t say I didn’t give you the chance to leave,” I said and raise my new sword and I run at them my red magic spiralling up the blade, I swing my sword releasing the magic as a high density wave of energy that vaporises everything in front of me, Continuing to travel slamming into the castle doing massive damage.

Half the castle was collapsed from my attack and I slowly walk forward, I see some of the residence of Canter lot hiding from me in ails and shops, all of them have looks of absolute terror on their faces, “I guess I look like a monster to them now,” I said picking up my pace to a run.

I reach the main gates of the castle and jump over the gate entering the castle grounds, as expected the Guards were on high alert after my attack damaged the castle. “Where’s Celestia and Luna tell me and I might let you live?” I asked pointing my sword at the Guards.

“Form lines and attack,” the Guard shouted but it only took me a matter of seconds to kill them all. I make my through the now crumbling, corridors and passageways of Canterlot castle until I’m standing in front of the large doors to the throne room. I use a telekinetic blast to shatter the doors into splinters, I walk in and see my targets on the far side of the room “No more running this ends here,” I said locking my gaze on them.

“Stay away from us you MONSTER!” Luna shouted and sent a bolt of lightning at me, didn’t bother moving because any spell they use will be too week to do anything to me at my level of power.
I raised my left hand and Luna shot forward her throat in the palm of my left hand, and I ran my sword into her gut twist the blade and almost cut her in half, before putting my sword flat on her shoulder and cut her head off and throw it at Celestia.

“LUNA NO!” Celestia screamed tears running down her face “I’ll kill for this Outlander.” Celestia threatened.

“No I’m going to end this here and now, so beg mercy from your God because I will show none,” I said before vanishing from sight and reappearing in front of Celestia, with my sword in her throat and ripped her head off “I’m sorry it didn’t have to be this way,” I said to myself and teleported back to the Crystal Empire I stayed out of sight and found Twilight.
“Twilight come here,” I said waving her over.

“What is it?” Twilight asked walking over to me I put my hand on her shoulder and teleport both of us to what remains of my safe house “Why did you bring me here?” Twilight asked.

“Because it’s done Celestia and Luna are dead and I’m leaving Equestria forever this is are final good bye,” I answered opening my pocket universe and walking in a few minutes later I walk out wearing the armor outfit Black Wing made for me and I put my old clack on over my armor.

“Where will you go?” Twilight asked.

“I'm going into the frozen north in exile, so stay safe because I’m not going to be around to save you anymore, so good bye my friend,” I said and teleported Twilight back to the Empire, while I stayed at what remained of my safe house and I walked off into the distance, knowing my actions would go down in legends for better or worse.

E.N.D