The yells of war could be heard right outside the gates of Canterlot. The sky was dark with smoke of battle as the land was littered with the scars of battle and bodies of the defeated. The walls of Cantalot held firm against many assaults but the latest one threatened to topple them over. Looking over the city around and the lands around was the ruling Princesses, Celestia and Luna. Celestia looked towards the invading army, the forces were so many that it made it look like the ground was moving.
"Sister, our forces have been pushed back further and we've lost contact with the town of Everfree and the bearers of the Elements." Her younger and paler sister spoke, leaving Celestia to look on with a blank stare. There was no emotion shown but the frustration was evident. Their defeat creeped ever so closer.
“If the wall falls… there’s nothing that will stop them from over-running Canterlot… and there’s nothing we could do.” Celestia said as her grip on the railing grew tighter, her frustration more evident as the moments past to her younger sister could see. “If we’re quick enough we could get most of the citizens out of the city…” The Solar Princess said out loud. Silence befell the two soon after before the younger Lunar princess spoke.
"Perhaps… this may soon foolish but… why not let… them out to help?" Luna suggested, regarding a third party they could use to their advantage but such a thought was quite hopeful. Celestia’s eyes widen and quickly turned to her sister in shock.
“Them? Are you crazy Luna?! You know how hard it was to capture them in the first place?!” Celestia said, almost yelling due to her shock. The memories of her and her sister trying their hardest to capture this being. It was a century long task and they had only barely managed to do it… barely.
The being they refer to was a prisoner locked away in the depth of the Canterlot Catacombs, deep beneath the very mount itself. The Prisoner was a being whose mere existence defied reason, whose crimes against Equestria are innumerable and whose magic defied the very nature of any other form of magic.
"No. Absolutely not. We'll… we'll find another way to deal with-" before she could finish there was a loud explosion which drew the attention of the two princesses as they watched some of the walls crumble a bit. This caused Celestia to sweat a little as her younger sister stared at her. Unable to excuse such actions any further, Celestia hung her head before hers and Luna's hands shone brightly, taking them both away in a bright flash of light and bringing them down to the depths of the mountain, deep below the Canterlot Catacombs.
The two made their way down deeper into the catacombs, their steps echoed off with each step they took, bouncing down the path before them and soon they arrived in front of a large heavy metal door with a number of symbols, chains, locks and more. It was the most heavily secured place in the land of Equestria, and only Celestia and Luna are the only ones that knew about this.
“This… is a terrible idea sister.” Celestia said as she crossed her arms. She stared at the door along with Luna.
"It's either this or Equestrai falls." Luna simply stated as her hand shone a pale blue, turning the thousands of locks placed upon the door. Celestia frowned at this and, with a sigh, raised her hand up and her hand was engulfed in a golden white colour, turning even more locks before the final lock was undone, leaving the door unlocked before us.
“This better be worth it.” Celestia muttered to herself as the two walked towards the door to open the reinforced prison door. When the doors fully opened, they looked in to find a chambers of pure darkness, what little light they had did nothing to pierce through. But what unsettled them both was the complete silence. Celestia and Luna glanced at one another for a few moments before the two slowly stepped closer towards the door and looked into the room.
“We know you're in here. Show yourself.” Celestia called out into the room as despite the fact that the being was the most powerful being so far, she didn’t know the beings name. Luna peeked in as well, looking in as well as all they could see was pure darkness.
"Show-" Luna, nearly mimicking her sister's words, was silenced by a booming voice.
"What!? I was sleeping!" The voice yelled out before the cage of the prisoner came into view, revealing itself to be similar to an Iron maiden. The two looked at each other for a few moments then looked back at the Iron maiden.
“Well ‘sorry’ for waking you, but we are in need of your… assistance.” Luna said towards the prison which was silent for a few moments.
"Pfft yeah right, as if." The voice said once more, mocking them both for such words. "I'd much rather stay here where it's nice and cozy." The voice added on before another voice chimed in.
"Oh come on, it's dark, cramped and you haven't even moved a single muscle for the past two millennia." The new voice spoke out between the two sisters, who were quick to jump away in fright as low and behold there they were, the prisoner. "I have a name." The prisoner said to which they simply frowned more. The two princesses looked at one another, their hearts being quite quickly from the fright.
“H-how did you… there is no way you could’ve…” Celestia said in shock as she looked between the Iron Maiden and the being before them. Luna blinked a few times, now realizing that it was true that the two didn’t get the beings name.
“I… well, that’s not important right now as of right now-”
"Some would be inclined to disagree on that." The prisoner said before huffing once again. "For the last time I have a name!" They yelled in frustration to no one in particular. A snap of the fingers could be heard before light engulfed the dark room, revealing it to be… a cozy place instead of the harsh prison they remember it being.
“What in the… how did you-” Celestia started to say before shaking her head and turning her head at the prisoner.
"So what brings you to my so humble abode?" The prisoner asked, turning to look at the two with a grin, revealing the prisoner in full to be a simple looking woman. She had unkempt brown hair, multi-colored eyes which was one of the odd features about her as well as she wore a loose straitjacket. Honestly anyone who would look at her wouldn't make much thought of her with how simple she was. Though, Luna and Celestia saw the jacket in shock as it was enchanted to never come undone, ever. As Luna took a few moments to understand how that was possible, Celestia took this as a way to explain, seeing they were far too deep in this.
“To put it bluntly, we… no, all of Equestria needs… your help.” Celestia said, struggling to ask this as her own morals were getting in the way of her speaking. The woman arched a brow at this as Celestia continued. “There’s an army right outside of the city walls, if they break through all of Equestria would fall.” She explained.
"I missed the part where that's my problem." The woman said with a disinterested tone as she looked down at her sleeve covered hand. The two sisters panicked internally after hearing this as this was their last hope, their saving grace against the invaders.
“We’ll… we’ll make your living arrangements a bit more… comfortable…” Celestia started to say as she glanced around at the cozy place they were in. Luna started to sweat a bit as the two didn’t really have much to offer other than total freedom.
"Hmm… okay." The woman said suddenly, which flabbergasted the sisters. Was it truly that easy to convince her? Surely there was something, a catch maybe. Celestia narrowed her eyes as she and her sister watched as the unnamed woman rolled up her sleeves to reveal the enchanted bracelets. "But you need to take these off first~" She said with a grin as she took joy in seeing their anguish at letting such a being free from its cage. Celestia and Luna looked at one another with a worried look as those bracelets were the only things actually holding the woman back from doing whatever she wants. The two stepped away from the woman to whisper.
“What do you think sister?” Celestia whispered, making the lunar princess hum in thought as the woman they were talking about crossed her arms a bit.
“Well, as much as it sounds bad… I think it be fine…” Luna started to say, earning a shocked and angry look from Celestia before Luna continued. “If… we don’t remove the collar. As long as it’s on, it’ll limit what she could do. So as long as we keep things handled it’ll be find.” Luna finished explaining which Celestia pondered over before nodding.
“That sounds… good. We can do that, sister.” Celestia said before the two turned back to the woman who was minding her own business. “We came to an agreement and… we’ll remove those bracelets.” Celestia said to the woman, getting her attention.
"Awesome sauce." She said to the two before handing her wrists towards the two sisters. The latter of which were still weary of this but did as promised, raising their own hands to remove the bracelets of each wrist. Once each bracelet fell loosely onto the floor, the woman grinned before snapping her fingers, causing reality to warp itself around the three.
"Awesome!" The woman exclaimed gleefully before the scenery around them changed back to that of the balcony which only further the confusion of the two royals as the city walls began to crumble. Celestia’s eyes widen at this as she heard the sounds of combat echo into the air.
“No! We’re too late!” Celesia said as she looked like she was about to launch herself off of the balcony and fly towards the battle itself to fight in the battle itself. Luna gulped when she saw this and her sister before their attractions were pulled away by the sound of a snap of fingers from the woman.
“What… what was that?” Luna asked the woman who lowered her hand down to look at her fingernails through the sleeves of the jacket. She said nothing which left the two to look back at the once crumbling walls only to see it reverse right then and there as if it was never damaged. Another snap of her fingers echoed through the city, which causes a wave of pure magic to course the streets and out of the walls of the walls of the mountain city. The invading army had no time to react as the wave of magic flowed through them, turning them all into nothing but dust. Before long there was nothing left and the invasion was over before it could really begin. Celestia and Luna stared out past the walls in shock and awe… and worry. This was this woman's power… with a limiter on!
"Done, gotta go now." The woman said as the two royals looked back at the woman only find something that shocked them to their core. The woman tapping at the collar and making it fall off her neck and shatter on the ground. Their eyes widen in shock as the collar was the only thing that held the woman back, and now it was off the princesses had a being free to do anything she wanted without issue if the princesses couldn’t stop her now. In slow motion the sisters turned, hands glowing with binding spells and anti-magic spells to try to stop the woman who simply smiled at the two, seeing this all happen before her.
"Ha. They thought." The woman said smugly before snapping her fingers and vanishing then and there, leaving no trace of her ever being there but an echoing giggle of joy. The princesses stood there flabbergast at the spot the woman once stood. An all powerful and possibly dangerous being of magic was now loose in Equestria, possibly impossible to recapture.
"You told me… that the collar was enough to hold her back!!" Celestia yelled at her sister as Luna blinked I'm surprised and panick.
"How was I supposed to know this would happen?! I honestly thought it would work okay!!" Luna yelled back as the two now yelled at each other and panicked about this, totally forgetting the fact they were in the middle of a war torn world.
Author's Note
Heyoo. So yeah this is hopefully something me and Exo are going to from time to time. It's meant to be something for fun. Not a serious story and I hope we achieved a good first impression.
Its also something we've never done before, the whole third person aspect. So we're sorry if it feels off. And please if you see any errors let me know.
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