Hyrulequestria

Ch.102

“Our Grandmaster is ready with the Artemis.” One of the Warframe wearing knights said as Luna and I looked at the massive ship floating behind us.

“Tis a glorious craft! Why is it shaped so phallically, however?” Luna questioned from our place aboard the King of Red Lions, which was acting as Equestria’s Flagship since no bigger ships have been built by Cloudsdale yet.

“Th-that’s just how spaceships tend to be shaped, ma’am.” The knight responded, the male in the armor sounding distinctly uncomfortable.

“I think I remember someone saying something about why every spaceship is shaped like a cock.” I mused on where I-ah. Right. Tales From the Borderlands. Poor Assquez, you were an ass, but you were a funny ass.

“Isn’t their empire led by a Sex Goddess?” The Griffin king huffed. I found out his name was Gildan, and apparently the uncle of a friend of Rainbow Dash’s. Also, he has an ego and didn’t like it when the griffins were proven weak in comparison to other nations.

“Yes, but I’m sure the design is purely utilitarian.” Celestia insisted as she looked up at the spaceship. “Hm, traveling in the void must be easier without broad wings. But how is it maintaining flight within the realm? Such a heavy thing can’t possibly be held aloft by mere magic.”

“It is Magic, but also the power of science. We learned a few things over a few hundred years. Also, Everlasting Dragon bones are damn good magic conductors. It’s really helpful they’re so big as a rule, averaging at 45 feet tall, so their corpses leave plenty of bones to work with.” The same Knight told us.

“What’s an Everlasting Dragon?” Ember asked. “Don’t sound so ‘Everlasting’ if you're using they’re bones.”

“Oh, they died to miracles the likes of which only three have lived to tell about. All of them are Everlasting Dragons. Wiatr is one of them.” The Knight said proudly.

“OY! Daphnes, is that you!” A 10-foot tall caribou Captain called from a familiar metal-plated galleon. Didn’t we save them from pirates? “I knew you weren’t some dodgy privateers having survived the fall of Equestria!”

“What’s it to you, Margaret?!” Daphnes hollered back at her as he surveyed the assembled armies of darkness and evil caribou on the horizon.

“Nothing, just happy I didn’t blast you out of the air that day!” Margaret chuckled before the Artemis gave a deep growl and it’s main gun shone blue.

“Grandmaster Archen is asking if she can give orbital bombardment in atmosphere to clear a path?” The Knight asked.

“Tell her to feel free.” Zelda declared.

“ALL SHIPS MOVE FROM THE ARTEMIS' FRONT, GIVE THEM ROOM TO AIM!” Luna ordered out with the Royal Canterlot voice, broadcasting far and wide. The fleet followed, allowing the highly advanced ship higher in the sky room to fire without hitting us. I hoped at least.

Moments later our ears rang, our teeth shook, and our slime shivered when a blinding blue streak raced across the distance between the prow of the giant spaceship, heading for the armies of darkness. All expectations were shattered however, when the blast seemed to hit a previously transparent dome of darkness, and vanish without so much as an impact. The assembled army of evil cheered and began chanting, chanting that began to make the very air quiver.

“Oh no…” Celestia and Luna gasped, eyes wide in shock. “My memories! I remember suddenly!”

“Sister! If our memory of it is returning, then-!” Behind the evil army, a section of the frozen wastes suddenly evaporated, and prismatic light erupted so brightly it blinded all looking at it. When we all blinked the spots out of our eyes, a gigantic, sprawling citadel and it’s accompanying massive city, all made of crystal, had appeared. “No!”

“What is that?” I yelped as the Artemis shifted and moved further up into the atmosphere away from the battle.

“GROUND THE SHIPS! LAND! LAND~!” Ordered the knight, far too late. Beams of prismatic light fired off from the many towers of the beautiful city, striking every ship in our assembled air navy at once, sending us crashing down below towards our own army in balls of fire. “BRACE~!”

“BAIL! BAIL~!” Countermanted Daphnes, grabbing onto his beloved Hosofa and flying off the sinking King of Red Lions, his crew, all fliers, doing the same for non-fliers aboard, the other ships doing the same.

“Father!” Zelda wailed as she was grabbed by Celestia, hand forlornly outstretched to the King of Red Lions, who stoically steered himself away from our allies below, and crashed into millions of splinters in the tundra along with all the other ships we’d thought would be of such a boon in this battle. “NO~!”

“What was that?!” I yelled as a black-stone mountain far, far to the north shook and a massive tower reaching for the heavens appeared, rising from its peak. Darkness billowed from it, casting pitch-black clouds over the sky, turning day into night as the shadow of evil swept over the lands.

“Grandmaster Archen says their ship is fine, it’s shielding and armor held. But they won’t risk getting lower until those towers are out. She wants to drop Shock Troopers to aid in the battle.” The knight informed us as he readied his futuristic rifle. “This is a dire situation. We couldn’t have imagined things could turn this bad so quickly. It is good we came, or you would have been doomed against the defenses of the Crystal Empire.”

“What else can you offer?” Celestia asked as she looked about the battlefield in despair, the wrecks of what was once a mighty fleet of ships easily 50 strong reduced to ruins within mere moments.

“Armored infantry. I’m just an Initiate, in the Order of Svartr, but I and all others in the regiment are professional soldiers.” The knight limbered up by jogging in place and rolling his shoulders. “Best get your soldiers in gear. They’re not waiting for us.”

Indeed, while we were recovering, the forward lines of bokoblin pikemen had surged forward, wielding simple if sharp pikes and spiked wooden tower shields banded with metal. Behind them were taller moblins wielding glaives, and behind them were the mixed units of the enemy, all advancing more slowly and ready to engage.

“FORM UP!” Ordered a Darknut from the Red Skull mercenaries that Gleaming had a contract with, and at his bellowed orders, over a hundred moblins took up formation as our own phalanx, but they were barely a fifth the size of the enemy’s. “DON’T COWER! RED SKULLS RELISH WITH BLOOD ON OUR SKIN AND THEIR SKULLS ON OUR PIKES!”

“BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD!” Chanted the Dark World soldiers as Darknuts and Iron Knuckles joined the phalanx. I don’t know how, but they seem to be emitting raw magic! After this chant, the phalanx rushed towards the enemy, impacting their line like a truck, ramming through them, and then they were among the enemy, attacking with a ferocity the likes of which I’d only heard of in fairy tales.

“You could’ve mentioned you had devotees to Lord Berserker here! Rally men! Rally!” The knight declared excitedly, and with that, the Red Skull mercenaries had inspired our soldiers to charge the enemy’s lines, firing rifles, pistols, and other projectiles to soften them up.

The air roared as meteorites slammed into the enemy lands from orbit. The fighting kept up as we noted the enemy started to seem disorganized as we heard gunfire in their midst as medieval knights fought in the mass of dark monsters. Wait.

“Where’s Gleamy?” I asked with a shock of realization. How did I not notice she wasn’t with us?!

“She is not here,” Zelda said forlornly as she knelt at the silent figurehead of the King of Red Lions nearby. “A battlefield is not the place for the Hero. The Hero is a master of single combat, but to partake in such a frenzied melee puts too much at risk.”

“Indeed. She is needed for the daunting tasks of facing enclosed quarters and the traps and monsters within. Such a thing is doom for traditional raiding parties, but she is specialized in such affairs.” Luna replied as she looked at the combat. “We so dearly wish to take part...but…” Luna put our shared hands to her abdomen, and I felt a shock of fear. I forgot that she was celestially hyper-pregnant!”

“Lulu! We shouldn’t be here!” I yelped, hovering us away from the combat. “Zelda, Tia-.”

“Go. You shouldn’t be here. I didn’t say anything, because you’re the Guide Navi, but you have more than yourself to worry about.” Zelda looked at us with a leer. “Take my daughter and my unborn grandchildren away from here. Don’t you have a trip to the Black Isles to take?”

“Mother…” Luna wilted, sniffled, and then we began flying back south towards Equestria.

“GET DOWN! GRANDMASTER ARCHEN IS DROPPING A TANK!” The Knight yelled, not at us, but to a group by the wrecked ships.

“Let’s go, Lulu.” I morosely said as a monstrosity of a futuristic battle tank dropped from the sky. It used jets on the bottom to slow it down, and then it landed on its treads with a bounce, rolling forward and crushing the debris of the ship it’d ended up behind. “We can’t contribute here without putting everything at risk.” Whatever plan Farore and her sisters have hinges on Luna’s hyper pregnancy too. Whatever it is, it’s clearly important, aside from the fact they’re our kids.

“Fine, but it’s under protest.” Luna sighed as we started flying away from the battle.

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“You had us worried.” Gleaming Shield said dejectedly as we returned to the castle. She was laying with all her harem, as well as the rest of Luna’s, in the Royal Suite. They were all clearly downtrodden and worried. Since when did we expand the bed to encompass a whole corner of the suite?

“Apologies everyone. In the heat of the moment, We had forgotten our condition.” Luna wilted as she began undoing her armor, tossing it into the magic wardrobe which had its own magic storage dimension that both stored and auto-sorted it’s contents. “Oh!” Luna perked up at someone pressing into our shared back, huge boobs pressing into our wings and shoulders as arms wrapped around our waist. We leaned back, reaching an arm behind us to gently pull the person’s head onto our right shoulder and nuzzle them. It turned out to be Zephyr.

“It’s okay. So long as you came back.” Zephyr hugged us, then we squeaked as she slipped under our armor, removing it all at once and chucking it into the wardrobe. Without letting us speak, she lifted us up and carried us to the massive number of women and herms in the bed, placing us in the center and having us be smothered by the resulting dogpile. “We’re just gonna keep you, prisoner, in a padded cell of tits.”

“Hm~. This We can agree with.” Luna cooed and snuggled the many, many bosoms pressing into us, especially the two giant bean bags my mom called tits. “Ah. Who else in this world can claim having a bed composed of nothing but bosoms?”

Vaati chuckled. “I did once, but it was just one temporarily boosted cow.”

“Ladies, hush. None of us are in the mood. Just let her relax.” Said someone, too many faces and voices for me to tell right now. I began drifting off as someone presented a nipple to Luna’s lips, and we began idly suckling as we were buried in an avalanche of boobs. This must be what heaven feels like…wait, where’s Carmine? My worries were laid to rest by the amorous ladies.

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“Well, this is fairly irritating.” Luna huffed as we flew southeast. With all the ships having went to the battle and lost there, we were stuck flying to the Black Isles ourselves. It wasn’t tiring due to my fairy flight, but it was slow and boring. You can only fly in a straight line for so long before it gets dull. Still, the fact that we could get something to downsize Luna without her needing to wear me would be great. Especially if it meant I could be worn by others again. I don’t want to be stuck never touching Luna as another person again. Being her is great but...y’know.

“Eh, I’m getting used to the boring bit.” I sighed, lightly rubbing our breasts. Even though we were clothed in a black bodysuit-yay new bodysuit at last-the wind chill was rather unpleasant on our gooey membrane. “Do you think we’ll be able to split up again Lulu?”

“We hope so Love. While being bound to thee is not unpleasant, it does take away the pleasure of being able to touch Thee.” Luna bemoaned, and I wholeheartedly agreed, she took the words right out of my mind.

“Yeah. Besides, it would suck if I hijacked your life, Luna.” I bemoaned, and Luna slapped our face.

“Hush! We would sacrifice our body eternally if it comes to it! Thou art mine and mine alone. We may have a harem, and share our heart, but thou? Thou art our heart’s greatest treasure.” Luna declared fiercely, causing my insides to swell with heat and joy, and I can only imagine hers doing the same. Since...y’know.

“Lulu.” I gushed before we started seeing the Black Isles. They were much the same as we saw earlier, though clearly the towns and villages we passed were more settled in, their new Dark World denizens having integrated well. Cocoamoa, in particular, was doing much better with the Equestrian Archeological Society having set up there for their explorations of the Empyrean Library.

“This place is still lovely as ever.” Luna sighed as she looked about. “Thank you, Love. If thou had not done what thou did, We would be trapped watching this beautiful world from above again, like We were forced to for 1000 years.”

“Now you understand why I did it. I couldn’t bear it, knowing you were trapped again. What are the Goddesses thinking?” I mewled as we continued flying, but Farore wasn’t forthcoming with further information.

The rest of the flight into the late evening was peaceful, but the growing unnatural darkness encroaching across the sky behind us was fear-inducing, and we flew faster because of it. When we arrived at the volcanic island where Wiatr’s temple resided, the sun had set, and the sky was already losing the stars, Luna’s moon vanishing behind the inky silent clouds overhead.

There was no light.

It was like being under the earth. There was nothing. It was terrifying. Thankfully the hippogriffs had the foresight to light torches and other forms of light, staving off the helplessness the perfect darkness created. It was worse than the True Dark of Dark Souls 3. Where nothing existed beyond a few feet of you.

“What has happened?! Where is the moon?!” Cried out a hippogriff woman in fear, children crying as we flew overhead of the fairly primitive city.

Wiatr’s temple lit up like the sun when a Knight walked out of the entrance, glowing like the daylight sun before another Knight glowing like the moonwalked out next to them. “Alberta, this isn’t true Dark right?” The Moon Knight asked.

“No, don’t kid yourself.” Alberta the Sun Knight chuckled.

“It’s almost like we just walked into the Abyss.” The Moon Knight sighed.

“Let’s ask that panicked slime alicorn in the bodysuit Coldra, she looks like she may know. What is happening out here?” Alberta asked us as we landed.

“Tis the Evil of this world casting its shadow overall! Tis almost too late! We ask dost thou have more forces to donate? The enemy is shockingly prepared!” Luna shuddered in horror, her Night Aspect was feeling violated so much I could feel it! How is Celestia feeling right now?!

“Whatever this is, it is weakening our Goddess’ influence on this realm. We don’t know if we can open any sizable portals or even send anything substantial with such interference.” Coldra growled. “Luckily we got though before it started, we’re Champions of old from our world. I am Coldra the Moon Knight, the Ashen One.”

“And I am Sun Knight Alberta, the Chosen Undead,” Alberta told us with bow.

“At least you’re here. We came here for a magic navel pearl to keep Luna from turning back into her moon whenever she takes me off, and hopefully let me be able to be worn by others again.” I informed the two champions, thankful for their light illuminating the entrance of the underwater temple.

“We have some of her Chaos offspring here,” Coldra told us as she led us inside, both of their armors looking very much like the Wolf Knight Set I remember from Dark Souls. Oddly, the moment we touched the water, it seemed to retreat, and the water formed stairs that were solid somehow, the water forming rooms around us as we followed them. It was mesmerizing, how the water formed solid floors and walls in an air pocket around us, seaponies swimming around in the illuminated temple around us. “They’ll be able to supply such a wondrous boon.”

“Navi! Luna! What is happening?! Why can’t we physically manifest there now?!” Wiatr called to us from her statue, their combined voice weak and echoing like it was calling down a long hall.

“Ganondorf’s last efforts have plunged the world into darkness! He had already suppressed most all forms of magic teleportation aside from warp portals and similar methods. Now he has robbed us of light.” Luna informed the powerful goddess fearfully with a shiver. I have never seen her so scared. It scares me even more than I already am. “We beseech thee! Lend us aid, however, thou can!”

“I can barely even speak with you! Ladies, use whatever you can, you must help them! We’re already trying to-!” They cut out, and their power ceased. The temple became unnervingly empty without her presence and the seaponies wailed in despair.

“Great. Well, not like I haven’t fought gods before, and fought without their aid.” The Sun Knight Alberta huffed. “Where did you need us?”

“On the mainland, to the North. But tis so far away, and with no means of transport...Navi!” Luna’s voice gained a tone of hope.

“Yes, Luna?” Anything that can help, please tell us-.

“How long does it take to grow one of thine teleport trees?” Luna’s question made my heart sink.

“Oh no~. It’ll take ages, especially without sunlight!” It took weeks in the Hunter’s Dream! There’s no way it won’t take at least a month with this darkness!

“We have a stockpile of magic fertility potions, spells, and ultraviolet lamps we could shine on the tree. Also me.” Alberta declared, her sun-like radiance reminding me of the fact we have help here.

“Um, it should go much faster then,” I admitted with my own hope rising. “But wait what about the pearl?”

“Then let’s get started. First, let’s get your belly bejeweled.” Announced a voice by our head, and we yelped, staggering away from one of those not-a-fairy draconequus holding up an iridescent pearl.