Chapter 9

Twilight and Tempest ran down the dungeons, finally getting past the last guard patrol that was in the area, when they stopped as they heard someone crying.

The two mares looked at each other, a feeling of dread forming in their guts as they got closer to the slightly ajared door, out of all of the open ones.

Tempest grabbed Twilight’s shoulder and stopped her friend, quieting her by a look, which Twilight understood as ' Be quiet and listen closely.’.

Their sharp ears picked up the sound of something choking, and the sound of flesh against flesh, made the two think bad thoughts.

And if there was only one cell door that is slightly closed, and nopony else was here…

Twilight and Tempest surged forward and banged open the door, stopping at the sight of two stallions crowding around a prisoner.

They recognised who it is and felt revulsion…

Celestia, the Immortal Princess Of The Sun, was chained up against the back wall of the large cell, her wrists shackled and hanging above her head, a ring inhibitor place around her horn to keep her from using magic.

The two naked stallions were groping her bruised and battered body, small cuts on her arms, legs and breasts.

Twilight stood there, frozen with horror at what her fellow ponies were doing to her mentor/friend…

Tempest on the other hand, gritted her teeth and her broken horn flared…

The stump from a childhood of mistakes sparked malevolently as an aura of blue surrounded the two stallions, ripping them off her Princess and throwing them away and against the wall.

Then her magical aura fueled by rage wrapped around the snarling and growling ponies’ throats, putting pressure on them, her eyes blazing.

Twilight on the other hand, sped towards the limp panting form of Celestia, naked and covered in her own blood, her cyan eyes dim with tears.

She lit her horn, trying to heal the cuts and soothe the bruises that were marring her friend’s beautiful skin with her magic.

The mare watched as some of the smaller cuts began fading away, leaving fresh scabs on the skin as they healed.

The dark blue and black on Celestia’s skin faded to a faint yellow, healing, but not fully…

The older Alicorn’s breathing became smoother, her coat turning clean of any… substances that were staining her.

Twilight panted in exertion from her advanced healing charm, and heard two thuds hit the ground.

She looked towards Tempest, who stared down at the two dead bodies of the stallions who...who…

Twilight couldn’t continue that thought…

Twilight shrugged off her dark outer coat that she brought with her and wrapped around the shaking Celestia.

The alabaster mare opened her eyes, pain in her eyes that the lavender mare never saw before,

" Twi...light?...” She murmured, her voice hoarse from screaming so much.

The young Alicorn felt tears slide down her cheeks as she caressed her former mentor’s cheek.

" Shh, I’m here… can you walk?” She said soothingly, then asked at the end.

The older Alicorn looked down at her slightly exposed body from under Twilight’s coat, still shuddering from what she experienced.

" Yes…” She whispered, slowly getting to her feet and grabbed Twilight’s shoulder to steady herself.

Tempest still stared at the two ponies she killed, guilt welling up inside at the life she took with ease.

Before remembering the scene she and her best friend walked in on, and felt enraged, not at the stallions, but at the one who caused this…

Dainn…

The three mares heard a noise coming from a cell outside and slowly made their way over to investigate.

When the three made it to the open door, Tempest peeked in, and her eyes widened…

" Oh dear…” She whispered, shock filling her voice.

Dainn and Megatron were at a standstill, the mech’s servos tightly gripping the wooden shaft of the Caribou King’s MaceWarhammer.

With an angry shout, Megatron lifted himself off the ground, getting to his pedes.

His violet optics glaring harshly at the monster before him.

Dainn stared down at the mech, caught off guard that this small metal golem was still going, despite the beating he took…

And it doesn’t help the fact that the once living corpses of his brethren were staring rather hungrily at him…

Megatron snarled, pushing the heavy weight that was the MaceWarhammer away from him, before snapping the shaft in half.

CRACK!

Dainn stared at his once mighty weapon that felled enemies without pause, snapping in half right in front of him..

The next thing the Caribou King saw was his own creation being swung at his torso…

WHAM!

The large burly deer was sent flying back and crashed into the cobblestone ground of Canterlot’s streets.

Megatron began walking towards the fallen foe, arming his fusion cannon and aiming at the downed Caribou.

All of his thought processes were gone except one…

KILL THIS FLESHBAG! A voice shouted in the back of his processor that vaguely sounded like a mixture of his old self and Unicron.

Dainn struggled to his feet, then was sent flying back again by a metal fist slamming into his cheek, causing him to ram against a wall of another building, leaving cracks from the impact.

Megatron, having enough of this foolishness, aimed his right arm and fired his cannon at the groaning organic.

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

Every single shot from his cannon impacted Dainn’s broad chest, causing him to go deeper into the small crater of the building, spiderweb cracks shooting around the entire wall of the once beautiful building.

Megatron watched with smoking optics at the falling limp form of the Caribou King, his chest charred and burnt from his Energon blasts.

The mech stomped up to where he was laying faceup and ejected his blade, a snarl on his face as he raised it up over his head.

Time to finish this miserable conflict once and for all! He shouted mentally, the sounds of thunder and lightning striking the air, the area charged with an energy that made it seem familiar to him.

Just as he was about to slice down…

A voice called out to him weakly,

" Stop…” It said.

Everything slowed down as Megatron froze in place…

The enraged mech turned his helm over his shoulder to see who spoke…

And his optics widened, the violet glow dimming to blood red...

Author's Note

A/N: oohh~ What do you think happens next? Will Dainn win? Will Megatron still function after realising his actions? Will Equestria survive? FIND OUT IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!~

Sorry about it being a short chapter, but I do just LOVE keeping the suspense going!

I am actually finished with the story, I just got to edit some things, fix small mistakes here and there to make it better, but it's all done, including the epilogue.

Anyways, have a fantastic day, and I'll see you all in the next chapter or story...

TOODLES!~