Chapters =1-The threat and the fall=
=Chapter 1-The threat and the fall=
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"Still think its some silly joke?"Twilight asked her friends, staring at the faint black vortex just poking out from behind the mountain.
=Chapter 2-Bearings in a new Canterlot=
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The three ponies had been walking for a few minutes, every here and there hearing distant screams and battle cries, signs of the invasion taking place.
=Chapter 3-The Tower=
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Rarity watched the fallen tower for any means of getting in. So far there were just cracks and fallen in holes full of debris. The tower was also broken into segments, but the edges either had piles of debris or were collapsed.
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Twilight kept an eye out while Fluttershy watched for a way into the Tower.
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Rarity fired a bolt of magic at another creature.
"Hold on, girls, it's comin' loose!"Applejack growled as she heaved against the side of the inner tower. After getting in they had found a loose piece of walling, and Applejack had been trying to push it free.
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"Twi? How long is this gunna take?"Applejack asked as she bucked another creature down the steps to the original base.
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The four ponies had reached the top of the steps, and now looked over the remains of the Palace's original base. Scattered around and through it were multiple dead Royal Guards, along with several dead creatures.
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Twilight hauled the biggest boulder so it was above her head. She threw it at the pile of rocks again and it cracked just a little more.
=5-Operation:Lunar Rescue=
Twilight observed the pile of rubble blocking the entrance to the tower. This wasnt a little pile of debris made of little hunks. There were large sections of wall, ceiling and archway. They were not going to move much of this.
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Twilight heaved at the door. It wasn't barred or stuck in the ground but it was tightly sealed.
"We must bypass this barricade."
Twilight heard enough. They were going to break into the Palace! Everypony was in danger! She ran back towards the half-open door, but she stepped in the crack she had stepped to avoid and it gave way under her beating weight. She crashed into the now debris-filled room. This had obviously gotten the creature squad's attention.
"There are occupants in this building!"
Twilight scrambled to her feet, but shook and fell again. Looking to the cause, she saw her leg was broken. The massive inrush of pain suddenly caused her to scream, catching the attention of an already-alert Celestia. A second later and the solar princess was at the edge of the hole.
"We've been spotted! Quickly, hurry!"
Twilight moved back a little.
Quickly enough a Guard helped Twilight out of the hole, as another ran to the contraption, which humans would know as a 'crossbow', and started firing at the panicked creatures. A few shots later and the squad were all headless. A moment later and the pile of spears grew as a few dozen more spears were thrown to the Guard down by the crossbow.
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Applejack listened to the crash through the wall. She and Rarity had once again taken this route, while Fluttershy stayed behind to take care of injured Guards in any way she could.
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"There's nothing in this hallway except for that room that collapsed."Twilight tapped her chin.
=6-The moon has its own powers=
The ceiling cracked as the doors turned away.
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Applejack heaved at the door again, and Rarity used her magic to try and move anything behind the door.
Applejack threw another few books away.
'The Dark Empire first attacked the capital of Farda, collapsing it and slaughtering everyone who had not died by then. With the land's leaders gone, the people were unorganized in whatever resistance they made, leading to a swift destruction of the people. The Dark Empire proclaimed themselves as the land's conquerors to those they enslaved, before using them to claim anything of value from the land. They then appeared to leave, before fire rained down from the sky and burned the land, cratering it and ruining it beyond recovery. Now the land lies a dead, black shell, all life extinguished, the only sign of former inhabitants being the ruins of towns and cities and the thousands of skeletons littering the land. The Dark Empire moves on, and destroys all land wherever they go.'
"Um, Applejack?" Rarity looked to her friend.
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Twilight turned the corner and scanned the walkway, trying to spot her friends. She turned to Fluttershy who was going about between soldiers, supposedly helping them.
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One of the rooftop guards, Flared Spear, heated a thump behind him. Turning to see, he saw a light orange hoof at the edge of the hole, shortly followed by another. Walking over, he peered over to see Twilight and two of her friends. The one with her hooves o. The roof was the one called Applejack. He grabbed her hooves and hauled her up, thumping down as he did so.
Twilight gestured to Rarity to slowly step onto the tower's side.
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The trio jumped back as another step from what was now the ceiling dropped off.
Twilight stopped at the door, which was now diagonal but closer to being horizontal. She heaved at the door.
The missile flew straight for the Shadowbringer. Aboard the bridge, the crew rushed about from console to console, trying to evade the missile.
The black ship moved away from Canterlot and headed down, smashing into the hills near the ruin and bathing the city in sunlight. It was midday. The bottom of the ship burned as the ship ground to a halt, and even then bits of the hull were incinerated by small explosions every here and there.