How My Daughter Saved Equestria

One of the darkest times of our lives had quickly turned into one of the happiest. For, you see, after Diamond showed her care and friendship to young Silver Blaze, we decided to make him a part of our family. The adoption was met with great enthusiasm by everypony present in the room, and I swear Cadance, Celestia, and Luna were shedding tears of joy. But nothing could have topped the excitement of our new son, who bounced around our hooves in delight. “I can’t believe it!” He cried, “I’ve got a family! I’ve got a sister! I’ve…got…ponies who care about me!”

Diamond grasped her new brother once again, and my smile somehow stretched even further. I noted that Silver wasn’t excited about the royal connotations his name now held. I don’t even think he cared. He was simply thrilled to the core to have ponies in his life who loved and cared for him once again. We had invited him over to the castle on numerous occasions, and he had gladly accepted, so we knew him very well, and had begun to love him in the process. We had always considered him to be our son, and now we had the opportunity to make that title a reality.

Our filly was just as excited as Silver was, and she wouldn’t stop holding him. The two foals gleefully jumped up and down, squealing their excitement to the ceiling above. Twilight picked Silver up and set him on her back. “Now, then,” she said, “if you’re going to be our son, you need something you don’t have right now. It is a mark borne of bravery, friendship, and harmony. It is the same symbol that your new father, myself, Diamond, and pretty much everypony else in this room has. Silver, as the newest Equestrian prince, you’ll need these.”

With that, Twilight set Silver down and gently weaved magic over him. He cried out as the transformation took place, and I was reminded of the day I became an Alicorn. But after a few seconds, the pain ebbed away and he stood, spreading his new wings and admiring his new horn. “Whoa!” He breathed before turning to Diamond, “I feel…different.”

“That’s because you’re an Alicorn now!” She squealed happily, “you can do magic and fly with me!”

“I can?”

Twilight nodded, placing a wing around Silver. “Of course, my Silver. You represent the crossroads between the three pony species: Earth Pony, Unicorn, and Pegasus alike. With these new implements, you are also charged with new responsibilities. When Stony Tail and I pass into our graves and sleep forever, you and Diamond shall take over Equestria.”

The small colt’s eyes grew wide. “I…I’m gonna help rule Equestria someday?”

“Indeed you will,” Twilight said, “as our son and daughter, it is up to the two of you to ensure that friendship and harmony are upheld in all aspects of Equestrian society.”

As the smiles continued to abound around the room, and Diamond and Silver explored their new status as brother and sister, a sudden static noise was heard from the television set. The screen still displayed the message that had been put up when E1 went off the air a few days before, but the tranquil blue screen was suddenly broken into by yet another intrusion. This time, Dystopia made herself plain, and she was filming it live from Manehattan.

“PRINCESS TWILIGHT,” Dystopia said fiercely, “I NO LONGER NEED TO HIDE AND I NO LONGER NEED TO RACE ABOUT IN THE SHADOWS. IT IS TIME FOR YOU AND I TO SETTLE THINGS BETWEEN US. THE FUTURE OF EQUESTRIA IS ON THE LINE IN ONE FINAL FIGHT. I DON’T WANT YOUR FRIENDS INVOLVED, NOR YOUR FAMILY. I WANT YOU, YOU PUTRID PURPLE PAIN IN MY ASS! THE CLOCK OF EQUESTRIA IS TICKING THROUGH ITS FINAL HOURS, AND IF YOU’LL LOOK OUT THE NEAREST WINDOW, YOU’LL SEE EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN!”

Dystopia’s broadcast didn’t end, but she launched into another fit of evil cackling. Twilight nervously walked over to a window…and broke into tears. Her lips quivered, and the happy atmosphere that had blanketed the room only seconds before was shattered. I joined her at the window and saw a horrifying sight. The beautiful blue skies of Equestria had turned an evil black and orange. Fire after fire burned through the country’s exquisite cities. From the quiet homes of Silver Shoals, one could see most of the country spread out like a carpet, only that carpet had been set ablaze.

“Take our children to their room, now,” Twilight silently said, “they don’t need to see this.”

“Mommy, what’s happening?” Diamond asked.

“Go to your room, Diamond,” Twilight said, “and know that I love you, no matter what.”

Celestia and Luna ushered the foals back to their now shared room, and I turned back to Twilight. “Twi, what are you gonna do?”

“I’m answering her challenge…” were the words that emanated from a now royally pissed off Twilight. I had never heard her growl that way before, but it was rather attractive. I loved being married to a mare with such confidence in herself and her friends. She was never arrogant about it, but she always carried an air of quiet tenacity about her. But this was an angered Twilight I had never seen before. Gone was the frantically grieving Twilight, and now she was more than willing to fight and die for her friends and Equestria.

“OKAY, YOU BITCH!” Dystopia suddenly shrieked from the television, “I’M HEADING TO CANTERLOT! IF YOU AREN’T THERE IN THE NEXT HOUR TO FIGHT ME, I’M GONNA SET THE DAMN THING ON FIRE! UNTIL YOU ARRIVE, I’M GONNA GO HOUSE BY HOUSE AND KILL EVERY LAST PONY I FIND! THE EMPRESS OF DEATH’S REIGN BEGINS NOW! LONG LIVE EQUESTRIA’S NEW QUEEN!”

With that, the broadcast went completely black. Twilight ground her teeth together and magically removed her crown. “Keep this…” she said with venom in her voice, “…until after I destroy her.”

“I’m coming with you, Twilight!” I said firmly, “there’s nothing and nopony that could ever separate us.”

“While I appreciate your thoughts and reciprocate them to the fullest extent, this is something I need to do with nopony else there,” Twilight said, “I need to kill her…and that’s not easy for me to accept. Friendship won’t solve this problem, and neither will our love.”

“But…Twilight…I…I love you!”

She turned and threw her hooves around me. Before I could say anything, she pulled me into one of the deepest kisses we’d ever shared. When we broke for air, she smiled at me. “I love you so very much as well, Stony Tail,” she said sincerely, “but even I can see where the limits are. This isn’t Tirek or Chrysalis or anypony else where my friends and I or you and I can just sing a song and fire rainbow lasers at them and beat them. Baby, this is a pony that will KILL others just because she can. The other villains wanted Equestria. This villain wants the lives of the ponies who inhabit it, and I CANNOT allow that to happen! If I don’t make it back here in a day’s time…then assume the worst and come to Canterlot, but leave Silver and Diamond here. Until then…I must be alone. I cannot allow other ponies to watch me spill blood. Please…tell the foals…I love them.”

With that, she kissed my cheek and flew off to Canterlot.