Hear the voices of Samuel/HTVO: Arc 1: Samuel

Chapter 46: Protect the Walls Of Canterlot

Canterlot city was devastated by the amount of purple acid that melted most of the streets and buildings. Many royal guards did their very best to stop the enormous behemoth, Erebos, that rampaged throughout the city, heading towards the kingdom.

Celestia and Luna, the two princesses and rulers of Equestria, flew straight towards the demonic god. There horns glowed bright as they looked at one another before nodding. Both sisters fired a magical blast straight at him. Once the two large balls of magic collided into the bubbly purple blob's skin, they explode, causing acid to splatter out around the demon. Erebos roared before turning his head towards them.

The two princesses narrowed their eyes, engulfing their bodies in a ball of magic. Erebos roared again before swinging his right claw but when it collided against the balls, they went through it, destroying part of the claw. Erebos hollered in pain, backing away, but before he regenerated his right claw the two sisters flew straight through his chest before they both floated with their wings flapping in front of him.

Their balls fused together to one big ball. The two touched horns charging up magic before they both pointed their horns at Erebos, firing a large beam of light and dark at him.

When the beam collided with the massive giant, it obliterated half of his body leaving out his lower half. The beam took part of the south corner of Canterlot with it before destroying the wall and carving through the forest. Celestia and Luna both looked at each other shocked.

"I guess we forgot how strong we were the entire time," Luna says flipping her mane to the side smirking.

"Yes, that is true. I have not fought alongside you in ages. Who knew that today, that together, we're this strong." Celestia said, looking at her, smiling back.

The two were suddenly interrupted by demonic laughter. Looking down, they gasped seeing Erebos standing on a half burnt rooftop that was surprisingly till standing by sheer luck. Erebos' eyes gleamed red as his bat wings spread apart.

"It appears we have to use every last bit of strength we got against this monster." Celestia said charging up a spell as her horn glowed bright.

Luna nods her head in agreement and says, "Let's not hold back then." The two sisters flew straight towards the demon of Pride. Erebos' wings turned into massive hands of purple acid holding large balls of poison. He laughed even more before he threw both the balls at them. Celestia and Luna gasped when their ball of magic shattered before they separated, dodging the balls of acid.

"Forgot there was a time limit on that spell." She said.

"It's alright, sister, even Starswirl forgot." Luna said firing dark, soccer ball-sized balls rapidly at Erebos. Erebos leaped from rooftop to rooftop, dodging the magical gunfire. He smirked as his wings morphed into large serpents that drooled purple acid melting away specks of the rooftops he landed on.

Both acid serpents extended towards the princesses. Celestia gasped as one dodged her magical blast and hit the right side of her wing. When the acid touched her right wing, her eyes widened as she yells out in pain from its intense burn. She struggled to stay a flight, but the serpent came for a second round. Luna gasped and fired a large beam of dark magic that obliterated the head of the serpent, but at the price of saving her sister, the other serpent coiled around her and squeezed its poison body. Luna yelled out in pain from not only the poison acid burning her body but from the tight crushing constriction the serpent was applying.

Celestia gritted her teeth and dodged the headless body of her pursuer before flying towards the one that was squeezing her sister to death. Celestia fired soccer ball sized light balls at the acid snake, destroying parts of its body and pulling her away before releasing a massive explosive wave that destroyed both serpents and most of the section of the city they were in.

Erebos was swept away by the wave. He crashed through eight homes before hitting the side of the large mountain. Celestia floated to the ground, gently laying Luna on the ground. She levitated most of the acid out her body and cast a healing spell to cure some of her wounds.

"Poison, he poisoned us." She moaned.

"I know, don't worry, I managed to wipe away most of the poison inside of us, at least to help us last bit longer before the effects kick in. We will find a cure soon, but we need to handle this beast before he gets to the kingdom." Celestia said lifting Luna on to her back.

"Sister, cast the spell." Luna muttered.

"Spell?" Celestia looked at her confused.

"Release Nightmare Moon." She said looking at her painfully.

"But what if she corrupts you, what if she takes you over for good. I can't lose you again!" Celestia protested.

"Sister, I'm already corrupted, with a devil. I can handle it." She said smiling softly.

Celestia frowned looking down at the ground. She was struggling on this decision. "Luna, you mean a lot to me, I want you to know that." Celestia said glancing at her.

"Sister, we know, we have always known that you killed anypony to protect us and even gave up your own life. Don't worry, we won't be possessed forever by Nightmare Moon, instead, we will keep her check." Luna said smirking. Celestia smirked back and set her down. She backed away and pointed her horn at her charging up a spell.

"Just remember this, I won't let you fall apart." Celestia said.

"We know." Luna said. Celestia cast a spell on Luna that was brightly yellow. Within the yellow light was a dark figure of Luna morphing into another type of pony. When the yellow light dispersed, there, standing proudly, was Nightmare Moon. Her royal blue armor steamed off dark smoke as her slit eyes glowed bright. Her coat was jet black as her mane was dark blue and sparkly that flowed like Celestia's. Nightmare lifted both of her forelegs up in the air and slammed them to the ground hard, shattering pieces of the cobblestone ground. Celestia stood her ground, remaining calm and cautious.

"And what does the 'Princess' of the sun want with I, the true ruler of Equestria?!" Nightmare Moon asked, angered from the fact that her sister was in her presence.

"You should already know why I released you from the prison you deserve to be in, demon. Luna and I require your assistance to defeat this monster who comes before us melting away everything we worked hard to protect and achieve." Celestia said looking back spotting Erebos walking towards them. His hooves left purple hoofprints that were melting the ground. Part of the right side of his face was melted away leaving behind a sadistic grin from the other half.

"And who is this abomination?" Nightmare Moon asked walking beside Celestia looking at Erebos with disgust.

"A demon that plans on destroying this kingdom, along with the rest of Equestria. But that can only happen if none of us succeeds in stopping him." She said looking at Nightmare Moon concerned. "We need to work together on this. Together we can defeat him." She said.

"And what do I get out of this, 'Sister'?" She asked with her nose pointed up in the air.

"Perhaps freedom and part of Equestria, but that means you are not to overthrow me or even attempt to. If you keep your kingdom on a good side with both I and the other neighboring countries, then we can supply you items and assist you if needed." She said.

"We?" Nightmare Moon asked looking at her confused.

"Luna will also be free of you. Or, you can always remain in prison without any kingdom to have, nor any followers." Celestia said causing Nightmare Moon to grit her teeth. "Either way, as long as Equestria is safe from this apocalyptic chaos, I am fine with any of those two options. Pick fast, though, for he is getting closer to us."

Nightmare Moon thought for a few minutes before glancing at Erebos who was almost to them. She silently cursed and looked at Celestia nodding her head. "I will take the first option. But if you were to overthrow me, I will make you regret it. Trust me, I know Luna more than you, I know ways to make her...tick." She said in a serious tone.

Celestia nodded her head as her horn glowed bright. She looked at the approaching demon and fired a bright yellow beam straight at him. Erebos didn't move, instead, he took the beam dead on, losing the top part of his body leaving behind his hooves. Acid splattered across the walls of the nearby buildings. Soon, they started moving towards the hooves, regenerating Erebos' body. Nightmare Moon took an offensive stance and fired a dark lightning bolt that struck part of Erebos' regenerated body. But it continued to grow. He was becoming a behemoth again.

"He's regenerating too much. Not only that, once he is in his behemoth mode, he gets stronger." Celestia said flapping her wings. Suddenly her right wing sent a painful sting down her nerves, causing her to collapse to the ground. She glanced at it and noticed the burn marks left from the acid. Gritting her teeth, she was relieved that it didn't left enough poison to eat away at her insides.

"Are you okay?" Nightmare Moon looked concerned and confused.

"Yes, just my wing, that's all." She said casting a healing spell on it. "Let's take care of this." Celestia said flapping her wings. She gritted her teeth feeling the pain from her wings again. Healing spell or not, they were still hurt. She just had to hold out a bit longer. Nightmare Moon nods her head and opens her wings before flying up in the air and towards the giant blob of poison-acid.

Celestia followed her, staying to her right. Both their horns glowed bright before they cast their spells. Celestia fired her light balls rapidly while Nightmare Moon fired her dark lightning bolt that was carving upwards, cutting through his insides. But no matter how they did it, and where they aimed, their attacks were not enough to make the acid demon roar in pain like he previously did. Instead, it annoyed him. Large bat like acid wings burst out his back yet again splattering large globs of acid on nearby streets.

"Wings?!"Nightmare Moon yelled shocked.

Erebos flapped them firing more globs of acid at the streets before he gained air and flew up. Celestia and Nightmare Moon looked up before flying up towards him. "We have to stop him before it's too late!" Celestia yelled.

"What do you think he plans on doing?" Nightmare Moon asked.

"I don't know. But I'm sure it isn't going to be good." Celestia said casting a large shield around them. Nightmare Moon supported it using her magic to extend its duration. "I have an idea, it's risky, but we need to keep this ball intact at all cost and make sure its duration lasts longer!" Celestia said looking at her.

"I hope you know what you are doing. I don't want to rule a kingdom that's been swept away by a blob!" Nightmare Moon said glaring at the beast flying straight into the sky.

"He's flying into space!" Celestia said shocked.

"So I guess the plan is ruined." Nightmare Moon said facehoofing.

"Wrong, it just improved." Celestia said smirking. "Do you still know how to turn into your Aliara Lunari and Lunara Deae forms?" She asked looking at her.

"Yes, but I can't last long in my Lunara Deae form. Why?" She asked.

"Because, I need you in your final form while I go into mine." She said.

"Then why did you ask me about my final form?"

"Because you might need to go into your ultimate form just in case your final form won't work." Celestia said, seeing Erebos making it up to space. He turned around and broke through the atmosphere with his back before stopping in the middle of the moon. Celestia and Nightmare Moon broke through the planet's atmosphere, still heading towards him in a magical ball of fire.

Erebos sprouted out six wings that extended back. A large bubble formed in the beast's throat preparing to fire a large cannon of acid. "We need to end this now!" Celestia yelled as her eyes flashed yellow before turning white. Nightmare Moon's eyes flashed blue before her eyes turned completely white.

Celestia's body became a bright white light body while Nightmare Moon's became black. The ball they were in changed into a swirling ball of black and white. Erebos fired a beam of acid larger than the moon straight at them. But their powerful shield of magic went through it unscathed.

They collided straight into his stomach. It glowed bright as rays of both light and dark shined through Erebos' mouth, eyes, and the hole in his stomach. The two sisters caused an explosive wave of magic to obliterate his body. Erebos roared feeling his insides and outsides burning away from the wave. There was no way he could have avoided it for it wiped him away leaving behind nothing but a bright light that shined brighter than the sun.

The ponies that were fighting stopped and saw the bright light. They were both amazed and confused from its illuminating blanket that covered them in warmth. Soon it faded away and the rival cults continued their fighting as they were to do. Celestia and Nightmare Moon were on the moon out of energy. They looked at each other and softly chuckled.

"We did it." Celestia said, impressed.

"Yes, we did. I haven't fought in so long. Being in that mare's mind was a prison, I am sure you know. But to get out of there and release all of my stress. I feel relieved." She said looking at the planet ahead of them. "I haven't seen the outside of this planet for a very long, long time."

"Yeah. I forgot how beautiful it looked from the outside." Celestia said smiling softly.

"Yeah...yet it was ugly on the inside." Nightmare Moon said glancing at Celestia calmly.

"You do have a point. Within that planet there is good and evil. But when you're here or on the sun. There is nothing. I guess that once you look at our home planet from space, you simply admire its beauty." Celestia said.

"True."

Celestia stared at the planet for a few minutes before taking a deep breath. She got up and stretched her wings. "We need to get back, My…our ponies need us." She said looking at Nightmare Moon who gave her a shocked look. "I'm sticking with the first option that you picked. So be glad I didn't decide to leave you here. Now, come on." She said.

Nightmare Moon sighed getting up slowly before opening her wings. "Let's go then." She said smirking.

-To Be Continued-