The True Master of Chaos

1500 years ago

The great sun was slowly in descent above the city of Canterlot. In the five years of peace, the city had expanded by nearly one half of its previous size. Many of the buildings had been improved, even to the point of matching the royal castles design.

Down by the local lake, a white, teenage alicorn was kneeling down by the water with her favorite book. Her pink mane hung down her side as she skimmed through the lines. Humming to a old past time tune, she gently swayed back and forth on the blanket she had spread across the grass.

Celestia liked coming by the lake because of it was always quiet, not to mention it was always good to get away from her sister. She flipped to the next page, then screamed out loud when a cold bucket of water was dumped over her head. The sudden hit from the chilly liquid caused a shiver to run through her body.

Looking up, she saw her ten year old sister hovering above her, bucket in the grip of magic. Her eyes went angry at the laughing blue alicorn, "Luna,  I'm going to get you for that!"

Luna just continued to laugh at her sisters expense, wings steadily flapping to keep her afloat, "Oh, did Tia get a little wet? You should chill out... Wait a minute, I did that for you!" she laughed hysterically at the joke.

"What's going on here?"

Both sisters turned to see their mother coming through the side trees. Celestia quickly stood up and pointed a hoof at her sister, "Mom, Luna dumped water on me again!"

Magnis lifted an eyebrow, inspecting the puddle at the feet of her still dripping daughter. Looking up, her eyes met with Luna's, whose smile had disappeared, "Luna, we have told you before not to prank your sister when she is reading." Her horn started to glow, enshrouding the gray bucket with her own pink aura and setting it on the ground.

Luna dropped to he ground below, head hung low and turned away. Celestia was about to say something, when she felt her mother nudge her, winking and signaling her to the bucket. Grinning, Celestia's horn started to glow, and ever so quietly lifted the bucket and dipped it into the lake. Lifting it back up, she positioned it over her sister and tilted lit.

Luna squeaked from surprise as the water drenched her coat. Jumping back, she glared up to her big sister, "Hey, I get scolded for pouring water on you and then you get to pour it on me?"

Magnis laughed at her daughters reaction, "It's only fair. Besides, you needed to... Chill out." After a moment, all three of them started laughing together.

On a nearby hill, Solaris sat quietly while he watched his family play by the water. Looking up to the sky, his horn started glowing, and almost instantaneously the sun moved down and set below the horizon. Several moments later, he guided the moon up to the sky, placing in position. "Perhaps I should let Celestia raise the sun tomorrow, she could use some practice." he chuckled to himself.

Smiling, he felt truly happy that his land had been at peace for the first time in nearly three hundred years. Looking up to the sky, his mind began reliving the history of what happened in the past five years.

After the war of Tartarus had ended, it took Sloaris, the elements and nearly every unicorn in the army to close the portal to the realm. While some creatures were able to get through and hide before it closed, the numbers were so few that beasts chose to hide in the shadows of the world.

Volvack had proven to be very successful after the conflict in calling back the dragons from attempting to restart any assault on the ponies. While many thought it was an act of disgrace to agree to peace, none would dare challenge the order of the great king.

Volvack has also been the one to hide the three artifacts that they found after the end of the battle. While no pony could control them, neither leader wanted to take the risk of some crazed pony to attempt to reopen the gates. The mask and the staff were sent off to the farthest reaches of the world, given in secret to other clans of animals that not even Solaris knew where. With the small jewel, he had even gone to the lengths of having the item placed inside of him next to his heart, to ensure it would always be safe.

After peace had been achieved, official borders were created to distinguish where each clans belonged. The volcanic range to the east was given to the dragons and named after the first king, Montara. The area just east of that now sat under the control of Solaris, who gave the land the ideal name for their kind; Equestria.

Despite having a feeling of success after the war, the harsh reality of war always ate at the back of his head. The entire population of ponies across Equestria had been reduced to a third of the population before the war for the heavens began. The dragons had nearly half of all of their breeds driven to near extinction.

Looking down at his family, he felt an even worse pain inside of him; besides himself, Magnis and his daughters were the only alicorns left in the world. Every other member of his race had lost their lives to the wars. His daughters would be the ones to hurt the worst, for they would never be able to find a suitable husband.Since no other pony would live long, they would have to suffer the reality of mortality by watching the one hey watch die from age.

BOOM!

Solaris jumped up immediately at the sound of the explosion. Getting up off the ground, he saw past the town an immense cloud of smoke rising from the nearby forest. Then, another large explosion erupted from the ground not far from it. Each blast destroyed an area of at least five hundred feet.

'No, it can't be.' he said to himself. He sensed a power in which he had not felt since Tartarus, and one of which was stronger than himself.

"Daddy!"

Solaris turned to see Celestia running up the hill towards him, with Luna and Magnis following en suit. All of them had fear plastered across their faces. Getting up to the top of the hill, both of his girls wrapped around his legs. He could feel Luna trembling as she looked up to him with wide eyes, "Daddy, what's happening?"

"Don't worry..." Solaris said as he bent down to nuzzle her neck, "We'll be alright." he tried to keep a reassuring smile, but looking to his wife, she could see the look in his eyes.

Magnis came up to his side and stared at the rising smoke. Her magic level was nowhere near her husbands, so she could not sense whatever what making him so afraid, "What is that?"

"My lord!"

Solaris looked to see Star Swirl running towards them from the city. His mane blew freely behind him since he did not take the time to wear his cap. He stopped at the top of the hill, "Solaris, I've already prepared the guards at their post in the inner city. We have to go back now." Star Swirl looked at the cloud of smoke in the trees. He also sensed the horrible feeling of who it was, "My king, I'm afraid it's-"

"Hello Star swirl." a cold voice said.

All of them turned to see a dark gray unicorn with a blonde mane standing not forty feet. The malicious grin the pony had sent chilling feelings down the two younger ones. Star Swirl felt his heart begin to race when he recognized who it was looking at him, "Malvelin?"

Malvelin chuckled at the look the Wizard had before him, "It's so, so good to see my former master again. How long ago did you banish me again?"

Star Swirl stepped forward, glaring down at his former student, "It was four years ago, and you are still not welcome in this place."

A slight frown appeared on malvelin's face, "oh yes, you reject a unicorn who you fear could be stronger than you."

"You were banished for your experiments and with dark magic!"

"It doesn't matter whatever happened..." the gray unicorn smiled once again, "... For I have a new master now."

A flash of gray energy appeared behind Malvelin, causing the others to shut their eyes monetarily. When they reopened, a tall figure stood in the place of it, causing a shake to the five ponies together. Solaris stared in disbelief at who it was, "Aligon." he muttered through quick breaths.

The tall blue alicorn had large burn scars set across his chest area, stripped of any fur. His left eye was nearly shut closed from improper healing. His left wing also suffered the effects of unchecked recovery; the long main bone was visibly bent in several odd angles down its length. His back right leg was also disfigured, completely missing the hoof and the next eight inches of limb.

Despite the horrid appearance, Aligon smiled, his sharp teeth visible through his open lips, "You look like you've been taking care of yourself, Solaris." his gaze went to the two small ponies huddled around the kings legs, "Oh my, what beautiful little fillies you have."

Solaris felt his blood boil at the mention of his daughters. Walking forward, he positioned himself between his family and the demon before him, "How are you still alive after that fight?"

"Well, thanks to your little wizard there, I was held until the last moment as your attacks came in. As the energy came in, I teleported out of Tartarus." he glanced back to his stumpy leg, chuckling, "He he, I guess I didn't get out fast enough."

Malvelin spoke up next, "After you banished me, I wandered the land, looking for anything that I could do. That is where I found him in the mountains. He was barely breathing when I got there. I knew exactly who he was... But I saw the power that he possessed, and I saw he needed help , so I agreed to help him and to serve him in exchange for showing me true power!"

Solaris looked back and forth between the two dark figures, "So you will help him in destroying the world just so you can gain power?"

"As long as I get what I deserve."

Aligon stood between them and the castle. Knowing he had to get his family out of here, the king only had one option. Closing his eyes, Solaris focused his energy to his body, causing the dark flames of his mane to shoot four feet into the air. The line of fire then moved down his back and out to his wings, making his size appear to double. He had gone to full power.

Star Swirl was about to go awakening before he was stopped by Solaris, "Take them."

"What?" Star Swirl asked confused.

"Take my family into the forest and hide."

Magnis Gasped, "Honey, what are you doing!?"

Solaris closed his eyes, not wanting to show the pain he had, "Take the girls Magnis. Take them and hide no matter what."

Luna ran forward and latched onto her dads leg, "But- but dad! Don't leave us!"

"Go!" he yelled out.

Magnis felt herself on the verge of tears, but she held them back. Nudging Celestia to go, she then went down and pulled off the now crying Luna. Looking back she locked eyes with her husband, unsure if it was going to be the last time or not.

Star Swirl wanted to help his friend, but he had to serve his king. Turning to follow the queen, He ran after them as fast as he could.

Solaris made his horn glow, once again summoning the elements out in front of him. Aligon just began laughing at the king, "You should have made sure you killed me last time. You are alone, and even with the elements you don't have the power to kill me."

Solaris just continued to glare at the hybrid, "You shouldn't be doing this. You know the consequences if you kill me and my family; the sun won't be-"

Aligon  began laughing uncontrollably at this point, his cold voice echoing through the still air, "If your lineage dies then the sun and moon cannot be moved. Such an old tale. I have already thought of that. And just so you know, I just need your girls for that." he looked over to Malvelin, "Go bring them to me."

"With pleasure." the unicorn answered with a devilish smile. In a flash, Malvelin disappeared from the hilltop.

Solaris panicked; his family was in trouble now. Before he could do anything however, a large blast came rushing at him. Flapping his wings, he jumped over the incoming attack and charged up his horn. Forming several small spheres of magic, he launched them at different speeds at Aligon.

Aligon teleported over the hill, looking down at the alicorn king. Flapping his one good wing, he launched himself downward. His dark aura solidified into twelve energy spears and raced towards Solaris, who activated the elements and formed an energy sphere around himself. The long spears struck rapidly after each other, causing the shield split. On the final strike, the shield shattered.

Solaris tried recover from the recoil, but felt the heavy body of Aligon crash into him and drive him into the dirt. Shaking himself free, he only found himself caught in the magical grasp of his opponent. Despite using his own magic to break free, he couldn't match the opposing force.

Aligon snickered at the effort being put up, "You and I are considered gods to the creatures of this world..." he paused as he lifted the black alicorn close to his face, "... But you will never be my equal!"

Unable to move, Solaris could only stare in horror as the curved horn on the hybrids head began glowing brighter.