Chapter 21: Battle for the Crystal Empire part 2

3rd POV

Near the borders of the Crystal Empire a set of airships were seen approaching the kingdom as soldiers dressed in solar style armor and lunar style armor resided within them and along with them were Princess Celestia and Princess Luna who were also in their battle armor as Celestial held her long sword while Luna held onto her scythe. Beside them was the Mane six as they look towards the kingdom as Twilight prayed that Cadence and Barb were alright. One of the soldiers soon approaches the two rulers as they both turn to him.

“Your majesties we will be arriving soon to the Crystal Empire and have already had the others armed and ready for battle.” He said as both rulers nodded at the soldier before looking towards the Empire.

Both thinking about Frank as they hoped that he was doing alright especially after learning that Queen Umbra had returned. Just then a pillar of purple light is seen shooting out from the castle followed by a loud roar that seems to have echoed throughout the kingdom as this startle’s everyone within the airship. The sisters are wide-eyed at the sight, as their concern for their human friend had skyrocketed as a shiver ran down their spines at the malicious power emanating from the pillar. Twilight and her friends were also worried about this as well though one them mentioned how the roar was familiar to the one Frank had made back in the Everfree as both princesses prayed that their beloved human would be alright…

Moments earlier

Running down the hall Frank is seen dashing with incredible speed as he tries to look for Cadence and Barb and thanks to his enhanced smell, he was able to smell their scent as he is then led to a trail towards the girls. However, he would soon turn pale once his nose picked up a certain sent which caused him to go even faster for it was the scent of blood as he is seen running toward the courtyard where he finds the two and goes completely wide-eyed to what was in front of him. As he saw Cadence laying on the ground in a pool of her own blood as Barb was on her knees as tears ran down her eyes as an armored figure loomed over the downed princess with a blooded broadsword in hand.

Without warning Frank rushes towards the figure before delivering a power drop kick as he hits the armored figure with enough force to send him flying towards the wall where the figure is seen crashing through various walls and away from the 3. Once that was done Frank then rushes over to Cadence only to go wide-eyed at the princesses’ condition as she had a large slash across her chest and was losing a lot of blood as she holds onto her side. The sight of this caused Frank to have a flashback of his sister and how she was horribly damaged during the first battle against the invaders as Frank shakes his head as a thought came into mind as he reaches inside his thigh bag in search of a familiar canister.

“Come on God damn it where is it?... Aha got it!!” he said pulling out the canister of Bio-Armor along with a syringe as he opens the cannister and proceeds to fill the syringe with its contents before looking over to Cadence.

Holding her head up she looks to Frank as her eyes begin to dim from the blood loss as Frank stared back at her with a calm gaze even though he was terrified on the inside.

“Don’t worry Cadence I will save you.” He said to her as Frank pierces the syringe onto her neck injecting her with the serum as it enters her blood stream however, she then begins to convulse as her veins begin to pulsate as the nano-bots travel throughout her body.

“Cadence just hold on. It will all be over soon just taken it easy.” Said Frank he holds onto Cadence as she continues to convulse, but after 5 minutes she begins to calm down as the nano-bots did quick work onto her wound as it rapidly heals up while also strengthening her skin. However, this also manages to knock her on conscious as the effects of the nano-bots did strain her body a bit as I gently placed her head down on the ground. Barb crawls towards them and is wide-eyed at the sight of the princess who was once bleeding out but was now healed but seemed to be still weak from the blood loss as laid on the floor while Frank sighed in relief knowing that the serum worked.

“H-how is this possible I thought she was done for after taking that hit.” She said as Frank begins to check Cadences wound with was sealed with his right hand however it was then that he sensed something within her as he then places his hand over her belly and wide-eyed at what he felt.

“She’s…pregnant!!!” he said in surprise as Barb was also shocked to hear this and was about to question him about how he knew until the armored figure reappeared after being kicked through various crystal walls as Frank and Barb turn to him.

Upon closer inspection the figure seems to have the appearance of a Black Knight as it had red spikes on his shoulder, larger stature, black cloak, and with a broadsword in his left hand. The knight was also missing his helmet only to reveal to be someone that both Cadence and Barb were scared to see again for it was none other than the former prince Shinning Armor as he walked toward the group with an annoyed expression while also sporting a new orange crystal horn on his head. The former prince narrowed his eyes at the girls until he notices the human as he forms a smirk before placing his broadsword over his shoulder.

“So, the great hero of Canterlot finally shows himself. I had been wondering when you would arrive Mr. McCloud.” Said Shining as Frank was completely silent to which the Armor raised an eyebrow at.

“Silent type huh? Well, no matter though I should thank you for dealing with the mad Queen and her crystal soldiers now no one will get in my way to take over this kingdom and to have my revenge on the two who branded me a criminal. Me a pony who wished to protect my home from the heartless races from outside of the kingdom who plan to harm the ponies and to make matters worse my former wife and sister had me exiled from the kingdom and I was forced to go on the run. Well guess what I have returned and have come to get revenge on those who had betrayed me, and I am not alone.” He says as he snaps his fingers as a group of large ape like beings appeared around him armed with the same black armor that Shining wore however they each had a helmet with a strange seal as their eyes had a sinister glow.

“As you can see, I wasn’t alone as I came across some of the remnants of the Storm Kings army and after doing some alterations to their minds, they now serve me and only me. Now then you overgrown monkeys…KILL THE THREE!!” ordered Shining as 6 of the storm guards went charging towards the girls and Frank as the first one swung its axe toward the human until…

POW!!!!!

The soldier is punched right in the face as he is sent flying before hitting the wall this manages to distract the other storm guard as Frank dashes toward the second one as he delivers a swift kick sending him flying like a soccer ball out and over the yard. The others go wide-eyed at this as Frank turns to them as his eyes glowed blue before firing twin beams of energy one of storm guards is then incased in ice and unmoving. One of them tries to attack him from behind only for Frank to turn around and blasts him with a wave fire sending the guard back as most of his body was covered ash and soot. The two remaining guards then aimed their scepters at the human and fired blue energy projectiles at him which explode upon impact as a dust cloud covered the area, but as the dust settles they become shocked to see the human unaffected from the attack as he points his index finger toward on of them before firing a beam of yellow light as it hits one of the guards in the chest before exploding right on the spot. Before the last one could react, he is then smacked across the face by an energy spear as Frank then twirls the spear around before delivering various strikes to guard from all directions.

Frank then thrusts his spear forward which sends the guard flying before hitting the floor hard as Barb and Shining stared at the human with shock after witnessing what Frank had done as the human then lifts his spear then throws it towards Shining ducks down voiding the spear as it hits a piece of his mane. And in the blink on an eye Frank appears before Shining with his arms crossed as Frank stared at Armor with a cold gaze which causes the former prince to step back for a bit.

“Any more subordinates you wish to send to fight your battles for you?” asked Frank as Shining glared at him.

Frank POV

I stared at Shining with a burning hatred he pulled out his sword and was charging at me which meant he was going to fight me as Shining swung his sword to which I dodge to the right and as he swung again, I dodged to the left. The former prince seems to have gotten angrier as he then delivers a barrage of sword swings as I dodge each strike with ease and was feeling unamused at the former prince as I then decided to end this as Shining swung his sword in the left to which I did something that one punch man did.

As I stopped the blade with my teeth before biting into it as it shattered into pieces as I spat out the left-over pieces as Shining stared back at me with disbelief in his eyes.

“Are you done?” I asked as Shining tosses the broken sword to the said as his horn lights up as a battle axe appears in his hand as Armor brings it down to my head as I catch it with 3 of my fingers stopping it in place.

“Interesting ability you have there. But not enough.” I said before slapping him across the face as the force of the slap sends him back a few steps followed by another one which manages to knock a few of the unicorns’ teeth.

“What’s wrong I thought you wanted to kill me?” I said before jabbing him in the face breaking his nose as Shining places his hands over his broken snout as he glared back at me.

“Not so fun now, is it?” I asked as he then light up his horn and proceeded to summon multiple energy weapons from axes, swords, spears, and daggers as he shoots them towards me.

I rolled my eyes at this and proceeded to kick and punch and deflect each energy weapon sent my way as they all were knocked back some of them shattered or impaled onto the ground until no more came to me as I look back at Shining who was wide-eyed at this while noticing a slight tremble on his hooves.

“Let me ask you something. You did all this all because Cadence revealed you of being a racist who did horrible crimes against those that weren’t ponies along with other ponies with the same belief as yours? If that’s the case, then you must be the biggest idiot that I have ever met then again, its idiots like you that always cause problems like this. And what you did to Cadence was out of line and I won’t let that slide PENDEJO!!!” I said as I cracked my knuckles as they let off an audible cracking sound as the prick then stared me with angry gaze.

“LIKE I GIVE A SHIT FOR THAT DAMN MARE AFTER SHE HAD REVEALED MY SECRET TO THE KINGDOM, I WAS BRANDED A TRAITOR TO THE KINGDOM FOR DOING WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO KEEP MY PEOPLE SAFE!!” He yelled as he conjured a spiked mace on his left hand before swinging it to which I dodge before jabbing him with my right fist as I then responded to him.

“FROM WHAT? ALL YOU AND YOUR CROONIES DID WAS HARM INNOCENT CIVILIANS WHO YOU BRANDED A THREAT TO THE PONIES. JUST LIKE HOW YOU HARMED CHRYSALIS AND HER CHANGELINGS WHEN ALL SHE WANTED WAS HELP FROM CELESTIA WHICH THEN CAUSED THE INVASION IN THE CANTERLOT WEDDING. AND LET’S NOT FORGET YOU JUST TRIED TO KILL CADENCE ALONG WITH THE BABY FORMING INSIDE HER.” I said as Shining then scoffed at the mention of Cadence.

“LIKE I WOULD CARE IF THAT BITCH WAS PREGNANT, SHE AND THE WHOLE EMPIRE BETRAYED ME AND I WILL ENSURE THAT THEY ALL DIE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.” He yelled out towards me as I looked at him straight in the eyes before everything flashes and what I saw was something that would be forever buried in my mind.

As visions of him along with various ponies beating and torturing many races that were not ponies some beaten to a pulp, cut up with slash marks, and even branded by the bastard and his cronies. As the sound of many males, women, and even children cried out in agony from the suffering they endured by Shining as I grabbed onto my head the sight of it being too much for me as something within me just snapped as I then let out a loud roar.

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Just then my body was engulfed in a purple and black aura as various markings had appeared on my body almost like body tattoos as a pillar of purple light shot out towards the sky as I continued to roar out in the sky as all I could feel within me was rage as well as the want to tare this bastard apart.

“YOU WILL DIE SCREAMING!!!!!”

I yelled out as my voice boomed out as I charged forward and delivered a right hook which sends him Shining back as I portal opened behind him as I shot towards the sky as another portal opens as Shining exits out and was free falling as he falls towards the flying human. I then delivered a barrage of punches toward Shining from all directions as I yelled out my battle cry with each punch that I threw as they were coated with the same purple aura emanating from my body.

“ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA….

ORAAAA!!!!!!!”

I delivered a right kick which sends him flying to the right as a purple ball of energy formed within the palm of my hand as I tossed it towards Armor as it explodes upon impact as he goes crashing down to the ground landing away from the castle ground and near the center of the streets. I then flew close toward the area as I spot Shining crawling out from the crater he was in as his armor was completely gone as he was covered in both bruises and dirt as he stands up on his two hooves with some difficulty as I crossed my arms at him.

“You think that was enough to stop me. Well think again you overgrown monkey for I have something to even the odds. But I will say this you should have stayed the away from getting revenge on this kingdom and its so-called princess.” He said as he formed a mad smile as he then pulls out the crystal heart.

“SO, IT WAS YOU!! You stole the Crystal Heart!” I said as tighten my fists ready to give this bastard a brutal beat down as the former prince smiled sinisterly at him.

“That’s right and I am about to end this fight by merging its power with the aid of my new horn here which will make me even more power than you can ever realize.” He said as I glared at him.

“Not if I can do anything to-…” I was cut off as Shining fires a beam of light a beam of light from his horn yet instead of hitting me its shot beside me as I turn around only to see it heading straight towards Barb and Cadence.

Suddenly time seem to slow as I rush over to the girls with incredible speed as I manage to get in front of them before smacking the magic projectile away. However, this manage to distract as I witness Shining engulfing the Crystal Heart in an orange aura before he is then consumed in a pillar of light as I shield my eyes and the girls of the light before it dims down and what was before was a real shocker. Standing before us was the hulking form of a crystal golem as it stood tall like that of a skyscraper, orange crystal spikes on its back, orange demonic eyes, razor sharp teeth, as it held a giant double-bladed axe as the giant monster then let out a freakish roar causing the ground to shake.

“MALDICION!!!” I said as it then turns to me and the girls before opening its mouth as an orange ball of magic was charging up as I went wide-eyed at the whole situation.

“OH FUCK!”

I yelled out as I grabbed Barb and Cadence before summoning a portal where Private Sentry and Sharp Edge were then proceeded to toss the girls inside.

“FRANK!!”

Is what Barb said as she reaches for me as I close the portal and turn to the crysal golem before taking a magical blast to the face.

3rd POV

Barb was still in shock at the sight as the human proceeded to close the portal and in the distance she could hear the explosion of a magical blast as she and the other soldiers watch in shock at the explosion as this managed to wake up Cadence from being unconscious.

“Ahh” yelled out the princess as some of the medical ponies came in as they give first aid to Barb while Sharp Edge helps the princess onto her hooves.

Soon some other ponies arrive to the group as they all turn to see none other than the royal sisters and the mane 6 as Twilight rushes over to two.

“Cadence, Barb, thank Celestia you are alright!” said the purple alicorn as she hugs the two as Celestia and Luna were looking around noticing some pony was missing or rather someone.

“Cadence where is Frank?” asked Celestia as Cadence was wide-eyed as she realized that the human was not with them.

“That’s right where is he? All I remember was being in a lot of pain and I blacked out before waking up here.” She answered as Barb responded.

“That’s because Frank injected you with something after Shining struck you with his sword and it somehow healed your wound before you fell unconscious.” Responded the young dragoness as every pony went wide-eyed at the news it was then that Cadence realized something as she looks down to see where she had been struck only to find no wound but the upper part of her dress being slashed as she quickly covered her chest that was almost completely exposed while the nearby male soldiers looked away.

The royal sisters were enraged to hear the bastard former prince was here and had tried to kill Cadence and harmed Barb in the process.

“Not only that, but Frank then proceeded to fight Armor after being engulfed in a purple aura and proceeded to beat the crap out of Shining. However things started to get serious when Shining pulled out the crystal heart admitting to stealing it and proceeded to absorb the heart with his crystal horn and ended up turning into some crystal golem. He was about to fire some blast of energy from his mouth before Frank opened out a portal and tossed me and Cadence away before he closed the portal.” Said Barb as every one grew worried at the news though not as much as the royal sisters.

“Where is Frank n-…” Fluttershy was then cut off as a loud explosion was made as the ground shook from the blast which startles every pony.

“WHAT THE HAY WAS THAT?!!!” yelled out a startled Rainbow Dash as Pinkie then pulled out a pair of binoculars from her mane as she uses them toward the direction of the blast and let out a loud gasp.

“GIRLS LOOK!!!” she yelled out as she points toward the direction as the others have looks of shock on their faces at the sight of a giant crystal golem fighting a purple glowing speck in the distance.

“Wait is that Frank? And is he fighting a crystal golem?” asked the pink earth pony as this causes the royal sisters to go wide-eyed before opening their wings and proceeded to fly towards the area of the fight.

Far away from the group

After Frank sends the girls away, he is then hit by the magical blast as it hits him straight in the face before engulfing the rest of his body as the blast expands before it stops leaving a large crater where the human stood as he laid on the ground as his boots and the lower sleeves of his pants were blasted off. Frank is seen with an unamused gaze as he gets off from the ground and proceeds to wipe off some of the dirt that was one him before looking back at crystal golem who had a look of disbelief on his face.

“H-HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE THAT BLAST SHOULD HAVE ENDED YOU RIGHT THEN AND THERE!”

Yelled out the crystal golem known as Shining Armor as Frank stares at him with a look of rage which causes crystal golem to step back as the aura around Frank begins to fire up as the human then begins to crack his knuckles before getting into a boxing stance.

“I am going to kick your fucking ass puto…” said the human before he disappears then reappears in front of the golems face and delivers a powerful right hook to the golems face.

The force of the attack pushing the golem back while also shattering the golems lower jaw much to Shining’s shock as Frank wines up a left punch back before delivering left jab to the golem’s chest as a junk of it falls to the ground. Shining then swung his axe only to miss as Frank flies around avoiding each swing from the axe then charges down towards the golems arm with a powerful kick as it severs the golems arm holding the axe. Shining becomes enraged at the sight of losing his arm as the crystals on his back light up as his eyes begin to light up before firing twin beams of energy toward the human hitting him straight in the chest yet all it does knock him back a bit. Frank’s hands then light up as he then begins to thrust his hands multiple times as a barrage of purple projectiles as they rain down on the golem like shooting stars they each explode upon hitting the golem. The golem is then covered in various cracks as well as some parts of its body missing pieces of crystal as they fall onto the ground as the golem tries to hold to itself with its remaining left arm.

“HOW ARE YOU WINNING?!!! JUST WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?!!!!” yelled out the golem as Frank then thrust both hands out before moving them in a circular motion as two large portals appear one on his right and one on his left and as two large serpent dragons appear before letting out a loud row before charging out on latches its mouth on its chest and lifts the golem into the air while the other one proceeds to latch its mouth onto the golems left arm.

As it begins to pull the arm off from the golems body before tossing to the side while the one latched onto its chest slams the golem onto the ground before letting him go as the dragons let out one last roar before flying back to the portals. Shining was in disbelief for he had never seen such power like that before as many questions began to pop from his mind wondering just what kind of magic the monkey use and what form of magic used portals to summon creatures like that. However, his thoughts were cut off as he spots the human looming over with murderous eyes as he is seen floating in the air while carrying the golems crystal axe over his head and proceeds to bring the weapon down hard.

This causes a shockwave as every pony nearby was hit with a blast of wind thankfully none were blasted away from the wind but it did push them back a bit as the royal sisters were nearly knocked out of the sky before continuing their flight towards their beloved human. They soon arrive to an area where a large crater was formed and upon seeing who was in it they were wide-eyed to see Frank in a strange new form as he was looking down at the defeated form of Shining Armor as he was reverted to his normal body after being slammed by his own weapon as crystal shards had scattered around them.

Shining was also covered in various cuts and bruises as his crystal horn had been shattered as it was reduced into a nothing but a stomp as the crystal heart exits from his body and was floating towards Frank who grabs onto it with his metal hand before placing it into his thigh bag by some miracle was still intact. Frank then proceeds to grab the former prince by the neck before lifting off from the ground as he glared at Armor with a burning gaze that causes the unicorn stallion to tremble with fear.

“What the hell are you?” asked Armor as Frank tightens his grip on the unicorns neck a bit before bringing him closer.

“Someone who hates assholes like you. Though I will tell you this I was going to simply annihilate your bitch ass for what you did to cadence, but I figured that may be too good for you. No for what you did you deserve much worse.” Said Frank as he waves his other hand as portal opens before him as Frank smiles at Shining who looks back at him with fear in his eyes.

“ADIOS PENDEJO!!!!”

He then tosses Shining into the portal where he lands onto a hard surface before seeing himself into what looked like a dark void before various tentacles began to appear from within the darkness of the void. As two of them latch onto Shining’s legs before pulling towards the darkness as he screamed in horror before being pulled into the darkness where his screams of pain and terror echoed from out of the portal as Frank snaps his fingers causing the portal to close. Soon an orange orb appears before him before it is then absorbed into Frank metal hand signifying that he had unlocked a new power.

“Frank?”

Said the voice of Celestia as Frank turns around to see none other than his two favorite Princesses as he floats off from the crater and towards them.

“Oh, hey you two I was wondering if you two were able to make it in time.” He said in a cheerful tone as the two princesses had bewildered looks on their faces.

“But enough about that right now we should focus on getting this back in its place.” He says pulling out the crystal heart from his bag before opening a portal much to the princess’s surprise as motions as he then enters inside. He then motions Celestia and Luna inside though they were reluctant to enter the portal, but after seeing the reassuring look on Frank’s face they soon nodded at each other before walking towards the portal and into the throne room of the crystal castle.

“We’re in the castle.” Said a surprised Luna as Frank looks around noticing that someone was missing and without warning something is then shot toward the 3 as Frank gets in front of the girls as the projectile hits him in the chest.

They then look forward and see Queen Umbra with her horn charged up and with a mad look on her face however the princesses notice the state the unicorn was in as she was covered in cuts and bruises with parts of her outfit being torn or badly damaged.

“I’M…NOT…DONE…FRANK… WE STILL…HAVE…UNFINISHED…BUISNESS…” said the mad Queen as she was about to fire another projectile only for something unexpected to happen.

In the blink on an eye Frank disappears then reappears before the queen with his metal hand over her forehead much to the shock of the princesses and the queen as a seal then appears from his hand as Umbra was then engulfed in a pillar of light as the queen is then screaming with pain. As her cries echoed throughout the room as Frank stops it as both Princesses were in disbelief at the sight of Umbra now reduced to that of a normal pony as Frank lets go of her as the unicorn mare hits the floor. However, Frank begins to feel woozy as he starts to lose his balance which was noticed by the princesses who take notice to this and rushes towards him and catches him as the aura around him begins to fade.

“Sir McCloud are you alright?” asked a concerned Luna as Frank then hands her the crystal heart before the aura around Frank fades along with the markings around his body as his vision begins to blur.

“Sorry girl, but it would seem that I am at my limit…”

He says as his vision slowly fades as the voices of the girls echoed within his mind before succumbing to unconsciousness.

Author's Note

This took some time to make this chapter and some rewrites as well hope you guys like this chapter as i work on the next chapter.

Lets hope Frank can handle what comes next for he is about to receive a lot of attention

Anyway see you all in the next post.

updated 5/30/22: just had to add some new stuff since i meant to write it down on this chapter.