The Path to Transcendence

The light of dawn pierced through the windows shining onto the lavender pony’s face causing her to squint and roll onto her other side, but to no avail. The sunlight was relentless in its demands to wake up the new ruler of Equestria.

Twilight sighed and groaned as she climbed out of bed trying to not disturb Fluttershy as she slept soundly without being bothered by the sun rays. She needed the sleep anyway. Working night and day to ‘convert’ the ponies of Equestria into her army was no easily task. It required a great amount of time and resources to do so.

The purple unicorn quietly walked over to the mirror that hung upon the wall and levitated a brush to her hair. She was a little shocked at the sight she saw in the mirror. Her eyes held heavy bags under them from the loss of sleep that she suffered from on a daily occurrence. Her mane had become disheveled and mismanaged from tossing and turning through the night despite Fluttershy’s company.

She smiled at herself and turned to walk out the door but stopped after hearing her partner arise from her slumber.

“Good morning Eclipse.”

The mare turned around still smiling at the Pegasus.

“Good morning to you too Fluttershy.”

The pink maned pony climbed out of bed and trotted over to the unicorn and kissed her gently on the cheek.

Twilight blushed and nuzzled her assistant.

“How’d you sleep?” Asked the yellow pony.

“Great! Not a single nightmare. Thanks for sleeping with me Fluttershy.”

“Oh, it was nothing. I really enjoyed it myself.”

The two smiled at each other before exiting the room. The once dimly lit and dark hallway was now basked in the radiant light of sun.

“What would you like for breakfast dear?” Ask the yellow pony.

“A daisy sandwich. That’s all. I have a lot to do today so I can’t spend all morning finishing breakfast.”

The Pegasus smiled, “alright. I’ll have it right out for you.”

Fluttershy trotted ahead of Twilight entering the kitchen as Twilight found a seat in the dining room. The Princesses certainly had ‘the life’ with the accommodations inside the castle. The kitchen was the size of the courtroom and the dining area was approximately the same size with an elongated table stretching at least twenty feet long and four feet wide.

Twilight thought it was completely unnecessary as she remember having dinner with the Princesses one before. The three ponies sat close together so they could enjoy each other’s company.

The pink pony exited the kitchen with a plate in her mouth that present a wonderful looking sandwich as she placed it in front of Twilight and sat in the seat next to her smiling widely.

“Thanks Fluttershy.” Said the purple mare as she took a bite of the sandwich.

It was the same delightful flavor she remembered. The only other time somepony made her breakfast was when Spike wanted to cook Twilight a special ‘brithday’ breakfast that ended in disaster.

Despite his best efforts to please Twilight, his pancakes came out burnt as nearly the treehouse did. He attempted to multitask like Twilight, making coffee, toast, eggs, and pancakes all at the same time but that proved to be too much for the baby dragon to handle.

Twilight giggled to herself as she remembered the dragon’s attempts to please her. It was a kind gesture so she didn’t become angry with him. She merely smiled at the dragon and asked him to help her clean up before they went to Sugarcube Corner for breakfast there.

The mare finished her sandwich and rose from the table, “thanks Fluttershy, that was wonderful.”

The shy little Pegasus smiled, “oh it was nothing. I’m glad you liked it though.”

Twilight looked over to the corridor leading to her personal study, “well, I got to get started with today’s agenda. And I’m sure your patient needs you too.”

Fluttershy’s eyes shrunk to pinpoints, “oh no! I completely forgot about him!” she said before running off into the hallway to Twilight’s left.

“I guess it’s time to get started. I’m going to bring you back brother. I promise.” Said Twilight aloud to no pony in particular.

…………

Rarity awoke to a violent shaking from her dragon companion.

“Darling what’s wrong?” she said tiredly, blinking her eyes to focus on the world around her.

“Come on, we got to go. The patrols are getting to close for comfort.” Said Spike sternly looking up and peering out he window.

Four ponies trotted around aimlessly circling the hut. They were royal guards, still strapped in their ceremonial golden armor. Each one let out a ghastly moan. The earth pony leading the group bumped face first into a tree to which he recoiled with brushing up against the bark as she maneuvered around it.

Spike opened the back door slowly trying not to alert the undead guards of their presence.

“Stay close and try not to make a sound and we’ll be fine.” Said the dragon anxiously.

His whole body was trembling showing he was just as scared as Rarity was about being caught by these horrible creatures.

The dragon and the pony crept cautiously around the guards keeping as much distance as they could between the undead monstrosities and themselves. It was like maneuvering around a mine field where you could spot each danger, but in addition the positional dangers could move around and even run if necessary.

They were halfway to clearing that would allow them a quick escape from the zombies behind them before a twig snapped under Rarity’s hoof. The undead guards swiveled their heads in the direction of the sound perking their ears up to catch any more disturbances as they began to gallop towards the dragon and the pony.

“Fuck! Run!” Shouted Spike as he began to sprint. Rarity was not long behind him as they trampled over dead leaves and snapped more frail branches. The sounds of the running would only further the zombie ponies’ pursuit after them.

A gnarnled tree root protruding from the ground tripped the pony sending her skidding across the muddied ground as she struggled to get back up.

Spike turn around noticing the zombies encroaching closer to his beloved Rarity.

“Spike run! Get out of here!” Screamed Rarity.

The dragon stopped and turned around and charged towards the zombies, “there’s no way in hell I’m leaving you Rarity!”

The dragon stretched out his claw tear out the throat of one of zombies. Its inky-black blood covered his claw as the other zombies began to circle the dragon preparing for a full on attack on all sides.

“If you die, I’m going with you!” yelled the dragon.

Outnumbered and outmatched the dragon would soon begin the fight for his and his lover’s life.