A Guardian's Rise

"Alright, so we all know the plan, right?" Cloud said looking among his friends in the room. Sonic scratched his head as he smiled at the wing he now had protruding from his back while Script played a video game, his eyes focused on the swift moving polygons and pixels. Cloud groaned and clapped his hands as they both suddenly looked over at him, "Hello? Plan to save the known universe over here, wanna repeat it back or somethin'?" He said with a slightly annoyed tone as the two looked at one another as if wordlessly asking if either of them caught it. Cloud groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Alright, we'll go over it one more time. You guys know repeating myself hurts my head, so listen up."

Wow, are you sure you're me? I never put this much effort into... Well... Anything.'
"I've got a date and a concert riding on this, so yeah, I'm gonna put a foot forward." He said passively as he felt a mental shrug before he sat down in front of the two, a Game of Life board sitting in front of them as he readjusted pieces, "We're here and the school's here. Sunny and the rest are probably at her place across town, so we got at least some time, so I say we go find Comet who probably is just as crazy magically enhanced as we are, find a way to fix all'a this and then I go to my CC Concert with Limestone. Case closed, any questions?" He said swiftly as the other two stared at him before both raising their hands, "... I should've seen that coming."

'I did.'
"Shut it, Aether..." He sighed before snapping finger guns at either of them, "Shoot."

"Alright, so like... Plan's pretty clean cut, 'cept for one major thing bro... It's not a plan. It's an outline." Script said confusedly as Sonic nodded.

"Well, an outline is kinda all we got. I'm still questioning pretty much all'a this so I'm working with a blank canvas." Cloud admitted scratching his temple.

"Big true! And besides, we still gotta find Comet. We don't know where he is! Plus, that Twilight girl... You sure she's... Y'know?" Sonic hesitated before striking his hand across his neck and sticking his tongue out dramatically.

Cloud went to answer before he paused and looked down with a bit of guilt on his face, "I... Don't know. She was in the way of a flying construction tool, so it's not out of the question, but if she is, then their being pissed at me has some merit. But that's not important right now, what's important is stopping whatever the heck Sunset is up to." Cloud said readjusting his stance as he stood up, "Anything else?"

"A few things dude. First, you sure we gotta fight the girls? Like, I... I'm gonna be honest, I don't wanna fight Rarity or Fluttershy. Flutters is sweet and Rare... Well..." Script looked away rubbing the back of his neck, a dusting of pink on his face, "She's... Y'know..."

'... No bucking way.' "No fucking way..." Cloud and Aether said in unison, "You still have a crush on that prima donna, don't you?" He asked as Aether simply laughed hysterically.

"Hey, watch it! I mean... Ugh, yeah..." He groaned sitting back down after shooting up onto his feet and slouching over, "I can't help it, dude. She's glamorous, she's beautiful, she's... Amazingly talented too." He admitted rubbing his neck.

"This is so not the time for this. We have better things to worry about and you're pining over the biggest drama queen between either world. Stop Sunset now, we'll worry about her after when the worlds aren't colliding. Work for you?" Aether piped up after his laughing fit ended.

Script growled a bit at Aether's words before taking a deep breath and letting it go carefully, "Yeah... Yeah, you're right. World first, love second." He said as if trying to keep himself mentally in line as he stood, "So where to first?"

Cloud looked up at him and smirked, "Like I said, we gotta find Comet. If anyone could fix this, it's him... But uh..." He rubbed the back of his head and smiled sheepishly, "You have any idea where he'd be?"

Across town, Sunset and the mind controlled girls walked through town, people quickly standing out of their way as they passed. Their fear made Sunset smile with pride as she looked over to Rainbow Dash at her side, "Cloud and his pathetic friends will be likely on their way to the school. Run ahead and stop them." She said as Rainbow nodded with a salute before breaking off ahead in a rainbow streak. She grinned wide as she chuckled, "At this rate, taking over both worlds is secured. No one will be able to stop me..." She said looking back at the blank stares of her once enemies behind her, "And how poetic that those that tried to stop me will assist me in making it happen."

She turned her attention forward once more before she noticed a grope of armored winged and horned men and women ran in front of Sunset and her group, "Sunset Shimmer, for whatever you've done to this world, you are to be taken into custody and tried!" A bigger man shouted holding out a spear, though it was a bit messier than a trained soldier would've liked. Seeing this, Sunset smirked and rose her hand up, a teal and black ball of magic appearing in her palm as she swiped it across in front of her, the guards moving to duck or dodge as some screamed in pain and fell to the ground, few not being nearly as lucky as they fell over in heaps. Unloving and unresponsive to the screams of their comrades. She stared at them for a moment and then to her hand as she grinned wider and began laughing as the guards that weren't injured or worse tried to stand their ground.

She simply rose up her demonic clawed hand with a snap towards Applejack who's head turned at attention instantly and said, "Get them out of my sight." Once the order was given, she nodded and leapt into action. Being used to moving bipedal in comparison to the guards, she gained the upper hand quickly. Sounds of cracks, breaks, screams and bludgeoning like music to Sunset's ears as she snapped her fingers once more, the farmhand powerhouse stopping as she moved back to her side as if nothing had happened, nor that she had blood upon her hands as they walked past the bloodied and beaten men and women. Before she left however, she kicked one of the less injured onto his back to reveal a teen holding his twisted right arm and stepped on his chest. She leaned down and said, "Tell Celestia that I'm coming. And that I'm bringing Hell with me..." She said as she released him as he ran screaming from her only making Sunset laugh maniacally upon his rushing away.

Rushing away from Script's home, the three teens were making their way towards the school.
Sonic seemed to be having trouble adjusting constantly to run alongside his friends as he looked over to the other two, "Yo Script! Why didn't you tell us Comet went to the dance!? Kinda would'a been useful info!" He said as he randomly sped up ahead only to regulate and come back to their side.

"It took me a sec to think about it! He messaged me during a comp game and I didn't see it 'til my eyes may as well've been closed!" He admitted as he panted, trying his best to run with them, "Man... Has the school always been this far?"

"Given what's going on with literally everything? Probably not. But we gotta keep going." Cloud said before he concentrated and began to levitate from the ground, flying alongside the other two as he looked down to Sonic, "Don't worry about outrunning us! Make sure Comet is okay and that Sunset isn't already there." Aether said.

Sonic sighed in relief as he nodded and gave a quick salute as he broke away with burst of heavy wind, nearly knocking the other two back as he sped down the street. Script panted and looked up at Cloud with a groan, "Lucky... Man, wish I had one of those cool hoverboards from Rampant Racers 3... That super cool one with the silver trim and triple boosters..." He said as his horn slowly began to glow before he tripped up and landed on something thick and heavy beneath him. Though he'd fallen, he found that he was still moving as he looked around and noticed under his stomach was the very board he had just wished for beneath him. He stared in shock and awe at the board as he noticed a controller with a quill under it on the front and only grew a bright smile as he readied himself and hopped onto his feet, steadying himself on it and began riding with an excited cheer, "That's what I'm talking about! Dude, these new powers rule!" He laughed speeding along as Cloud rolled his eyes and flew faster to keep up.

Further ahead, Sonic saw the school coming into view as he gave another sigh of relief, "Whew, good. Looks like I got here first! Now let's find Co--" before he could finish his sentence, a rainbow blue shot out from his side and tackled him off his feet and away from the school, through a few bushes and trees and into a nearby park. As they rolled, Sonic groaned and grunted before landing into a backwards roll and using it to kick off his assailant. Stumbling onto his feet, he looked ahead and who threw him away from his goal only to see Rainbow Dash, leaning off a tree she'd been thrown against as she began marching towards him. Sonic tilted his head and groaned as he began hopping back and forth with his fists up, "Man... Figures it wouldn't have been that easy..." He groaned in concern as they stared one another down.

Meanwhile, as the two groups continued their March unto battle, the sounds of shouting and confusion arose from what seemed to be an odd combination of the gymnasium and a throne room as Luna stood by as faculty/consultants shouted their concerns and bewilderment at one another.

"We need to secure the kids still inside! They could get hurt!" Charlie shouted looking around at the rest of them.
"Hurt? Forget hurt, we don't even know what's going for this to have happened! Why am I part ASS!?" Mr. Doodle shouted gesturing to himself.
"Well, you certainly act enough like one now don'tcha?" Granny Smith shouted back slamming her fists on the meeting table.

The three continued on like this before Princess/Vice-Principal Luna slammed her fists on the table and shouted "SILENCE THIS INSTANT!!!" as her voice echoed and reverberated through the hall and building itself, louder than any PA system. The three immediately stopped and stared in shock at her as she cleared her throat, "My apologies... All of your concerns are warranted and unsderstood, but until we get a grasp on the situation, we should make safety of the other students and faculty top priority. Turning on one another will get us nowhere." She explained as the three of them looked to each other and nodded, a welcome sign to Luna, "Now, go check on the students. I'm going to check on my sister." She said as she walked away, the other three leaving towards the cafeteria.

Making her way down the halls of Canterlot High, though the twists and turns were oddly more abundant than she'd have liked, Luna made her way to the nurse's office where Celestia sat staring down upon a bandaged, barely breathing Twilight Sparkle. Also turned half pony like them. As she came over, Celestia sighed and looked towards her sister with reddened eyes, "Sister... Has she still yet to awaken to thine pleas?" Luna said worriedly as she sat at her sister's side of whom only shook her head slowly, "She still draws breath, sister. Thankfully it might only be a concussion... We can only hope now that Twilight awakens soon. And what of my student? Where has he gone?" she asked curiously as Celestia took a steadying breath.

"He claimed that something felt wrong... And went to the front of the school... I worry for him, Lulu, but... I cannot leave Twilight's side. Not the way she is now." she said gently brushing the hair from Twilight's face, "... What is going on... Why would Sunset do all this? Out of spite of me? The crown? Why would she--" she stopped as Luna placed a hand upon her shoulder, drawing her attention over to her sister.

"We knew long before now that Sunset held a darkness inside her, Tia. Her hate manifested and finally broke out... And it seemed Twilight just happened to be in the middle of it." She said looking down at the unconscious girl as she took a slow breath, "... My student will do what he can, I'm sure. Especially if it means defending Twilight." She said reassuringly as Celestia looked towards her with a questioning, almost insulted glance.

"And what makes you believe, dearest little sister, that your student could do what mine could not in stopping Sunset?" she said with a tone of disdain in her tone as Luna looked off towards the door.

"Putting it simply, Tia... I know he can..." At the front of the school stood Comet, his posture straight with his hands neatly behind his back, a cold, dead expression on his face as his eyes glazed over, a gentle snowfall around him standing in a white, silver trimmed suit and tie with his glasses neatly placed upon his nose as he stood still as stone, "For he knows not the ways of peace in times of dire straits. He will crush Sunset should she show her face... She will understand why the guard proclaimed his title unto him." she said with a sense of pride as Sunset came around the corner of the school from the left, Script and Cloud appearing from the right.

Celestia's gaze became one of confusion as she tilted her head, "Title...? And what title would that be?" She asked as outside, Sunset's group rushed towards the school and Script ran after them, Sunset and Cloud rushing towards one another as Comet's eyes shown a bright white as the snow picked up and spread further out and around the town as the winds blew into and threw Sunset and the others off. Looking towards him they'd see him floating in front of the school with a swirling icy wind around him,

"The Last Wendigo." she said pridefully as the groups all stared up at Comet in shock and awe. While Cloud stared with wide eyes at his friend, Aether whistled in the back of his mind.

'... I think we found him.'