"What in Tartarus..." Lola said as she looked over at Ponyville from atop a hill. Or rather, she was looking at what remained of Ponyville. "What in Equestria happened while I was gone?" Lola continued to ask. It was in vain right now, because no one was going to answer her. "I was only gone for five days. How could this have happened while I was away?" Lola asked.
"It's not your fault Lola." A computerized voice said. "But we must search for whoever did this and look for any survivors." The voice continued.
"Of course, Deca. At least your still here." Lola commented. And to think, this place was so beautiful five days ago...
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THE IMMORTAL WAR
Five days prior to the opening...
Lola's father handed her the U.M.D. AKA the User Morphing Device.
"By the way, you should know that I've modified the U.M.D. to interface with Deca." Rob said before he fully left earshot.
"Deca? What the buck is Deca?" Kale asked.
"Once we get back to the castle, I'll show you." Lola said.
Everyone arrived back at the castle unscathed and then Lola booted up the U.M.D.
"Okay then, connect to Deca." Lola said.
"Scanning...found familial match to Rob Snowden, the Justice Hero. Now booting up connection to the Digital Enclypedia Computerized Assistant" A computerized voice said. "AKA Deca" The voice added before the screen of the U.M.D. suddenly changed and a face on the screen was shown.
"Hello everyone. I'm the Digital Enclypedia Computerized Assistant. But you can call me Deca for short." A new more feminine computerized voice said.
"Is that an AI program?" Sunset Asked.
"Deca is more than just some normal AI program. Aren't you, Deca?" Lola asked.
"You bet I'm more than your daddy's AI program. I'm able to take the data I've amassed to learn and grow just like any carbon-based lifeform out there in the multi-verse. The more data I collect, the more I'm able to understand, and the more things I learn." Deca explained.
"I like this AI's attitude; she's not afraid to put some weight behind her kick." DoF Rainbow Dash said.
"Err...don't you mean some bite behind my bark?" Deca asked.
"Right...guess you haven't had much connection with the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic world huh?" Lola asked.
"Nope. My data on the world of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is seriously lacking. It's fucking annoying." Deca said.
"Did...did she just...curse?!" EG Fluttershy exclaimed.
"You bet I fucking did." Deca responeded.
"Settle down with the curse words, Deca." Lola said.
"What foal langauge! If you had a mouth, I'd wash it out with soap!" DoF Rarity said. "And you better bucking believe that!" She added.
"Err...bucking? Does not compute...does not compute..." Deca said.
"It's pony profanity" Lola said.
"Oh. I understand. I'll have to learn more about this ponified profanity you use later." Deca said. "Right now, I am detecting energy signals closely matching that of The Greater God on your planet." It added.
"Wait, what pronouns do we call you by?" Princess Twilight asked.
"You can use female pronouns to objectify me if you wish; I don't mind. Even if I have no objective gender, I find myself identifying as a female AI. I hope that helps." Deca said.
"Oh great, my mentor wants to make freinds with an AI program." Luster Dawn said.
"And what's wrong with that? If she wants to become friends with me, I'm all for it. I'm hoping to become friends with all carbon-based lifeforms after all." Deca said.
"That's not creepy." EG Rainbow Dash said.
"Anyways, Lola was it? I would like to ask you a favor if you don't mind." Deca said.
"Sure, what is it?" Lola asked.
"I would like you to take me to The Greater God. Of all the information I've collected, there is one thing my databanks lack when it comes to the past: The Immortal War." Deca said.
"What's The Immortal War?" Luster Dawn asked.
"My father and Expert only know the basics of it: One day, the god of Two Sides Yin-Yang started an uprising, convincing several immortals to try and upstage their captivity away from mortal eyes. The Greater God and the defending immortals fought back, but then out of nowhere, Justin Harkus; the first ever justice hero; appeared in the Immortal Realm despite being Mortal. It is said that thanks to Justin Harkus bringing forth a light of truth that ultimately defeated Orbarus and thus halted Yin-Yang's Plans." Lola explained.
"Yes. But I wish to know the full details behind The Immortal War. So please Lola, take me to see The Greater God. This would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get the details from him." Deca said.
"Alright. Everyone else stay here. I'm taking Deca to see The Greater God." Lola said.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Luster Dawn asked Lola.
"I'm the daughter of Rob Snowden the Justice Hero; that's a rhetorical question." Lola said.
"I just wanted to ask to be sure..." Luster Dawn said.
"Hey don't worry, I'll go find The Greater God and you all can have a party to welcome me back." Lola said.
"I can agree to that!" DoF Pinkie Pie said.
Lola packed enough to last her for a long time, but as she started to leave Ponyville, a pink Celebi showed up out of nowhere.
"So, your the daughter of Rob Snowden." The Celebi said.
"How do you know my father?" Lola asked.
"That is something I will tell you when the time is right. For now, I would hurry. I sense much calamity ahead for this world if you do not hurry." The Celebi said.
"Yeah right." Lola said and then ran off.
"...Oh ye of little faith. You should know better then to question my forsight. Oh well, I suppose just like her father, Lola Snowden must also learn the hard way not to question Tellma." The Celebi said.
Meanwhile, in the Dragon Lands, Garble found himself all beaten up and stared down by some kind of disembodied eyeball monster.
"I...I don't understand..." Garble said. "How are you so strong? WHAT EVEN ARE YOU?!" He exclaimed at the end.
"That's simple. I am the emobodiment of the end times. You may refer to me as...THE OMEGA!" A voice seemingly coming from the eyeball monster said.
"Wait what are you doing? STOP! STOP IT PLEASE! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Garble said but his screams were suddenly silenced.
"...Only a matter of time until I completely destroy this land. And then...THIS ENTIRE WORLD!" The voice seemingly coming from the Eyeball Monster said.
Author's Note
Before anyone brings this up in the comments, no, that little bit with Garble is not "death" as the public and dictionary define it. I would say what it really was, but that would be spoilers for future chapters. Just know that's not "death" as the warning would define death. In fact, one could argue that what happened was much, much worse. But going into the exact detail of it would spoil a future chapter where it'll be revealed what exactly happened.
Dawn of the fourth day, ninety-six hours remain
With the U.M.D. in tow, Lola began to head out but was stopped by Luster Dawn.
"Wait Lola." Luster Dawn said before giving Lola the necklace Cozy Glow gave the bonde maned unicorn. "I would hate it if you didn't have some form of protection, so take this. Cozy Glow made it for me, but I think you'll need it more. Call it a hunch I got." Luster Dawn said.
"Thanks Luster. But I hope I don't have to use it." Lola said and then ran off to go on her adventure.
"Be safe, Lola..." Luster Dawn said. Suddenly Smolder showed up, and she looked worn out. "Smolder? Did something happen?" Luster Dawn asked.
"I-it's Lord Ember and the dragon lands...it's terrible...just terrible!" Smolder said.
A few hours ago...
"Just who do you think you are, coming here to my turf?" Ember said to a giant floating eyeball monster. The Dragon Lord was currently being guarded by three male dragons.
"Excuse me? Your Turf? You have no authority over the likes of me. I am the embodiment of the end times, and in the last moments of your pathetic existence, you can call me The Omega." The eyeball monster seemingly said, despite having no mouth.
"Alright buster, I don't know who you think you are threatening our Dragon Lord like that, but we won't stand by and--" One of the dragon guards said before suddenly a bunch of tentacles envoloped him. "Wait what's going on? NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The dragon said but he was stopped when he suddenly just...vanished.
"What the...what did you just do to him?!" Ember exclaimed.
"What I did to him was something much worse than killing him: I erased him from all of existence." The Omega said.
"Who are we talking about?" One of the other dragon guards asked. Suddenly Ember realized what had happened and turned to smolder.
"Smolder, run. Warn Twilight and the others." Ember said.
"But what about you?" Smolder asked.
"Do it." Ember said.
"Erased from existence? Can someone even do that?" Princess Twilight asked.
"But then why was Ember and Smolder protected considering Smolder still remembers her brother but her parents seemingly could not?" Spike asked.
"It must be the Spirit of Harmony and it's connection to everyone that it touched." Luster Dawn said. "It's the only thing that makes sense, after all I still know who Ember and Garble are. But if they've both been erased from existance..." She added.
"Then we're dealing with the worst kind of threat to Equestria that there ever could be: Someone who can do more than just kill a creature but erase them from all of existence as we know it." Sunset said.
Meanwhile, oblivious to all of this, Lola heads towards the location Deca has in regard to the Greater God. Because of the Greater God being an immortal being, Lola could not simply teleport to him; she had to track him down by foot.
Also meanwhile, Yona was feeling the land of the yaks as The Omega began erasing them from existance.
"How pathetic." The Omega said. "None of these creatures are willing to face the inevitable. Because what hope do they have against the physical embodiment of the end times?" It asked. The Omega then let out a laugh as it continued to erase every yak it came across from exitance.
Author's Note
Yeah, expect this to be one of two chapters that doesn't reach the 1,000-word count that I normally am for with my chapter updates.
