The Punishment of the Villains

"Luna?" Twilight pleaded, squirming in her bonds.

Luna stood where she was hours ago, mouthing stuff, and sometimes screaming, eyes a sick green. Tears streamed down her blue cheeks, hitting the bloodied ground with soft *drip drop* sounds.

"It's no use. We've been defeated by Sombra." Apple Jack said, sagging slightly.

Rainbow nodded in agreement, staring out at the dead yak army, and the now quiet room, aside from Luna occasionally making a sound. "Just give up Twilight. We lost, they won. When Sombra comes back, we'll all be sacrificed." Her voice was monotone, dull.

Twilight wiggled some more. "I'm NOT giving up! We've always won, always prevailed! WE are the heroes! The heroes NEVER fail!" She managed to squirm out of her bonds some more. "And we aren't getting sacrificed! Not today!" She wiggled again, and her fore-hooves were free.

She pushed the rest of the ropes off her body, and stood, rubbing a rash that had developed during her time tied up. She moved to Apple Jack, and began to untie her. "We can defeat them! The magic of friendship is everything!"

Apple Jack stood, and smiled at Twilight. "I guess I needed to hear that Twi. Thanks."

Twilight hugged her friend, and moved to free Rainbow Dash.

Once every-pony was free, they took a step toward Luna.

"Snap out of it Luna! Please! It's Sombra's magic." Twilight pleaded, shaking the princess.

"No, no...NO TIA!" Luna collapsed onto the ground, and began to weep.

"Luna! Luna listen to me!" Twilight pleaded. "Face your fears! The Tantabus is gone, and Celestia will never become Day-Breaker! Its just an illusion!"

Luna calmed down slightly, and her eyes became normal. She blinked at Twilight, the tears ceasing. "Huh? What?" She looked over at Twilight. "Thank you Twilight, you saved me!" She hugged her fellow princess.

"It was nothing." Twilight smiled, and patted her friend on the back. "But now, we need to stop that umbrum army."

Luna pointed at the yaks. "How? Twilight, they defeated the yaks in a good half hour. We can't defeat them alone."

Cadence waved her hand. "Actually, they can't stand love magic. If you can find the Crystal Heart, I'm sure you could easily defeat them. I noticed that when ever I lit my horn, they shrank away from the cage."

Twilight smacked herself in the face. "It's so obvious! Why else did Sombra explode when we used the heart on him years ago? He is part umbrum, so it will hurt him!"

"Then lets find it!" Rainbow roared, dashing out of the once beautiful throne room.

Twilight, Apple Jack, and Luna shared a look with one another before rushing off to join their friend in the hunt. This was not going to be easy...

"Rise with me my brethren, and we will destroy the pony kind!" The helhest king concluded on his long speech/pep talk.

The now freed helhest, and changelings cheered, rancid screeching filling the air.

"What about Sombra?" Chrysalis hissed to Tirek. "How are we going to do with out the umbrum?"

"Provided, Luna has the bat pony army, and Celestia her army, we should be even in numbers." Tirek calculated.

"Actually, the princess has requested help from the yaks. We managed to defeat them though." Sombra's voice pipped up from behind them.

"Sombra, you've arrived at last?" The helhest king demanded.

"No, I'm still in the Crystal Empire." He said, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Of course I'm here. We made a deal."

"Excellent." The helhest leader snapped. "Get those hideous beast's in line. Your an hour late Sombra."

"Did you now hear the part about the yaks?"

"I did! Get them in line now!"

Sombra rolled his eyes, and walked off, the umbrum trailing after him.

"Don't you think we should give the Umbrum half an hour to rest a little?" Tirek asked. "They just fought the yaks, and walked all the way here from the Empire. They must be exhausted."

"I know that. That's why you, are going yo give them the energy they need to fight."

"What?"

Tirek let out a scream as he was tossed into a sea of umbrum.

"Foods on!" The helhest guard hollered to them, Chrysalis laughing her head off in the background.

"Halt!" Celestia commanded the army of creatures behind her.

The beasts ceased moving, and eyed the army opposing them.

"King Caballo, King Sombra, Lord Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis." She greeted the four villains leading the swarm behind them.

"Greetings princess. I'm surprised you managed to escape." King Caballo hissed, his foul voice deafening in the ears of the creatures. "And I see you've managed to get the aid of Hippo-griffs, and Dragons. Impressive. Its just a shame there are no yaks."

"Enough talking. It's time to fight!" A dragon butted in, flying at the villains.

Chrysalis blasted a shot at it, holding it in place, and brought it down to Tirek. "How is this tasty little morsel? I'll suck the love out of it, you the magic, and Sombra the fears?"

Tirek grinned, and grabbed it, inhaling sharply. The dragon squirmed as the centaur ate his magic like a vacuum cleaner, growing bigger. He tossed it to Chrysalis, who enacted the same thing, and then to Sombra.

"Delicious." The king hissed when he was finished. He raised a hoof, and brought it down onto the dragons face, killing him immediately.

Ember roared in anger, and flew up. "HOW DARE YOU!" She bellowed, breathing flames out of her nostrils. She dragged the fire over the front line of the army opposing her, and a couple of changelings dropped to the ground, screaming as their bodies where melted. And then the war began, beasts out for each other's blood.

Celestia scanned the sea of grappling monsters in hope to take out one of the leaders.

"Who you looking for?" A husky voice hissed from behind her.

She turned around, and came face to face with Chrysalis. The changeling queen slammed Celestia in the face with magic.

"You will not prevail Chrysalis. No matter how big of an army, or how much power you have!" Celestia snorted, and blasted her opponent with a yellow beam of magic.

"It's a shame. Luna was telling me the same thing, and you should see how she turned out." Sombra called out.

GORE SCENE

Celestia let out a cry of agony as a sharp kick hit her in the leg. She turned around, only to get blasted in the chest with dark magic. Crystal's began to eat away at her armour, and into her flesh. Blood swiftly began to drench her beautiful soft pink/white coat. Chrysalis blasted her with another beam of magic, and gave Sombra a wicked grin. "This is too easy. Clearly you've been sitting on your ass too long to become a match for us Celestia."

Celestia growled, and pulled out her battle-axe, swinging it at Chrysalis. It slashed against the changelings green armour, just grazing her holey hoof.

Chrysalis flew up, and cast a spell, creating an iron battle-hammer. Celestia shot into the air just as the hammer so narrowly missed her face. She circled above Chrysalis before swooping down and sending the axe whizzing at her back.

Chrysalis ducked and head-butted Celestia. The alicorn grunted.

"If you think flailing that weapon around is going to do you any good, your wrong!" Sombra jeered from below, sending a blast of magic at her.

"Enough!" Celestia hissed. "What have you done to Luna?"

"Just a couple of slight adjustments to make our little fight fair." He replied, shooting another blast at her.

Celestia went flying into someone.

She looked up to see Chrysalis smirking at her. "Get off the battle ground Celestia. This is for us serious folk, not little alicorns who are pretending to be of importance." The changeling let go of the alicorn, sending her tumbling to the ground.

Sombra caught Celestia in his hooves, and shot her with magic in the belly where she wasn't protected. Celestia grimaced, and curled up in Sombra's arms to prevent any further attacks on her stomach.

"Enough game's now. Chrysalis, would you like to do the honours?" He cooed.

The changeling descended gently, and rubbed Celestia on the cheek. "I think this princess has a lot of love, and fear, and magic on her. It would be such a shame to waste a valuable food source."

Sombra grinned, and dropped the mare onto the ground. "How about we brutally torture her then?" He asked.

Chrysalis grinned, and rested the battle onto the ground, spreading a bubble of protection around the trio.

Sombra summoned up a gauntlet, and removed Celestia's armour with his magic.

Celestia cried in anguish as the gauntlet ripped her skin and wings. Blood seeped out of her injuries, cloaking the ground around her in red. She vomited up a pool of gore, and Chrysalis laughed with glee. "Your too weak and saintly to stop us, aren't you?" She jeered, grabbing a wing with her magic, and plucking the feathers off it.

Sombra set the bloodied gauntlet down, and picked up her other wing, and summoning up a skinning knife. Slowly, he dragged it over her soft plumage, destroying what was left completely.

Celestia's guards, and a couple of hippo-griff began to pound on the bubble in vain, hoping to try and stop the villains from any more assaults on their sun monarch.

"You will be stopped, and punished." Celestia promised weakly.

Sombra ceased skinning her wing, and jabbed the knife into her leg. "Oh shut-up Celestia. I've waited far too long for the chance of revenge. Don't think I'm like you and your sister, who sit on your fat asses all day long. I've practised Martial Arts, magic, a lot of things. I've honed my skills, and learned some new things. Now I get to finally have a real life punching bag." He stood, and Chrysalis tore off one last flight feather before backing away.

Sombra reared up, and jumped, spinning his body in an anime motion, and sending a hind-hoof crashing into her jaw.

Chrysalis laughed cruelly as Celestia stumbled to the ground helplessly. The sun monarch panted heavily as Sombra threw a punch at her gut, and she fell onto her side weakly.

"That felt good." Sombra said, swinging his tail slightly.

Celestia bit her lip, and flinched as the villains neared.

"Any last words Celestia?" Chrysalis cooed, slamming her battle hammer in front of the Sun monarchs face.

Celestia opened her mouth to say something, but a blinding flash of blue light in the distance stopped her.

Umbrum began to scream in agony as their shadowy bodies where shredded apart. Sombra grimaced at the light. "What is that?" He asked Chrysalis.

She shrugged, and a silhouette holding a silhouette came into view, A heart shaped crystal along with them.

"The Crystal Heart!?" Sombra cried, cowering away. "Get back!" He summoned a crystal, and jumped into it, or tried to. It faded away before he could enter it.

Chrysalis began to sweat as she fought to keep the force field from breaking. "A little help?" She panted.

Sombra joined her in protecting themselves as two more princesses landed.

"Come out and fight us, coward." Luna huffed.

Celestia noticed her sisters bloodied withers instantly. "Lulu!" She sobbed.

Luna locked eyes with her sister, and gasped in horror. "How. Dare. YOU!" She roared.

The remaining monsters and ponies around them ceased fighting at Luna's shout. They all turned to watch what might become of Sombra and Chrysalis. The allies of Celestia backed away from the shield.

Luna's horn began to ignite, a powerful aura surrounding it, and Sombra and Chrysalis looked at each-other in panic. Twilight lit her horn as well, and the duo prepared to penetrate the shield. Before they could shoot, however, Two huge red hands grabbed them, raising them into the air.

"Just what do you think you are doing?" Tirek demanded.

Twilight grunted as Tirek began to absorb her aura, turning her coat into a dull, unhealthy looking grey. She screamed in agony as her cutie-mark was ripped off her flank, joining her magic as it entered his mouth. He released her, and began inhaling Luna's powers. The mare shot beams of magic at him, but it only helped him eat her aura faster. She let out a cry of pain as he squeezed her body sharply, his figure growing larger by the minute.

"Luna!" Celestia cried out from the shield. "Twilight!"

Tirek cried out in delight as the alicorns aura filled his body. Then her turned to the army opposing him, and fired.