Mori Pro Imperio: The Story of Pliton Calleius

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy picked up speed, and soon, we entered through the portal. I was in Equestria, and the first man to travel in between dimensions from Tamriel. I looked around Canterlot, and what I saw shocked me.

Canterlot was being besieged by the Changelings and Daedra. Twilight looked away, and I saw tears go down her face. The Changelings were using battering rams and siege towers to get past the walls of Canterlot. The Daedra were using dragons to bombard the city with fire and frost.

"We need to get down there!" Applejack said, reaching for an arrow from her quiver, "Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, let's go!"

Rainbow Dash nodded, and the chariot lurched forward as we descended. Applejack launched an arrow, and smirked as a dragon went down, its left wing useless. It crashed into a siege tower, and it collapsed on the Changeling infantry.

As we landed in the castle gardens, we were greeted by a white Unicorn with blue hair wearing golden armor and a dark-colored Pegasus Unicorn –not unlike Princess Celestia– with dark blue hair. She was wearing much more armor than the standard Equestrian. Her armor was stained in blood, and her hair was matted with dried blood.

"Princess Luna," Twilight said, saluting her, "I have come back from Tamriel."

"And what of the situation in Tamriel, Twilight Sparkle?" Luna asked, "I need to know."

"Much like here," Twilight said, "We cannot spare any more reinforcements from Tamriel, Your Highness. I'm sorry." She hung her head, but the Unicorn raised it with his hand.

"Listen," he said, "Twilight. You're all the help we need. We can beat back the Changelings."

"I hope so," she said, burying her head in his shoulder, "Oh, brother, it's been so hard in Tamriel."

I was surprised when she said brother. I had no idea that he was her brother. He looked to me, and tilted his head.

"Oh," she said, "This is Pliton Calleius; he's from the Imperial Legion in Tamriel. He's come by my request."

"Pliton," he said, stretching out his hand, "I am General Shining Armor, General of the Royal Equestrian Army."

"General Armor," I said, shaking his outstretched hand, "Tribune Calleius, at your service."

"Now that we are done with the name game," Luna said, "We need to get to the Elements of Harmony, before they break through the walls."

She ran off, and the others followed. I caught up with Applejack, and asked what they were.

"They're basically our secret weapon," she said, "It can reverse all chaos in Equestria. We used them to banish the Changelings in the war."

"Alright," I said, "Good to know." She nodded, and we ran into the Castle. Luna went into the Throne Room, and used her magic to summon a case. She opened the case, and dropped it.

"My Princess," Shining Armor said, "What is the matter?"

"They're not there." Luna said, "The Elements are gone. Canterlot, Equestria is lost."

"No it's not," Shining Armor said, "We can hold the city."

"I will continue to look for them," she said, "You coordinate the defenses."

"I don't think so," a demonic voice said. "I hid the Elements. You will never find them."

I drew my sword, and said, "Reveal yourself, monster! By the power of Talos and the Divines, I command you to show yourself!"

"As you wish," the voice chuckled, "Champion of Talos." Black wind came from the ceiling, and whirled around the center of the room, and began to take shape. What came from it, was a crossbreed of a snake and monkey, with a bull's head. The monster laughed wickedly, and turned to me.

"Tell me," he said, "Champion of Talos, who am I?"

I was shocked what came next, "You are Molag Bal," I said, "Daedric Prince of Domination, and King of Rape of mortal-kind."

In the Realm of Oblivion, there are 17 Daedra who are more powerful than all others, the Daedric Princes. They all rule over their own Plane of Oblivion, and have their own army at their command. Even though most of them are inherently evil, some people in Tamriel worship, especially the Orcs and Dark Elves. Molag Bal was one of the most powerful of the Princes, and had one of the largest armies to correspond with his power.

"Very good answer, very good indeed!" Molag Bal said, clapping his hands, "Now, I am going to enslave Equestria, to then use these weak Equestrians to finish my conquest of Nirn! None of you can stop me, not even your puny Elements of Harmony!"

No one moved as he went up to Luna, and said, "And you can be my queen. Together, we shall rule over these two dimensions. You and I, your sister will have no jurisdiction over you." He then grabbed her head, and licked her neck.

"No!" Luna said, smacking him back, "I will never betray my sister!"

"Fine," he said, with Daedra materializing next to him, "Then I will have to kill you."

The Daedra ran towards Luna, with Molag Bal laughing wickedly and disappearing. I drew my sword, and ran towards the Daedra.

I bashed my shield against one's head, and brought him to the ground. I ran my sword through his chest. I turned to see a Dremora Lord swing his Daedric Greatsword at me. I brought my shield up, and blocked the attack. While it was off balance, I kicked out his legs. I got my sword out of the Daedra's chest, and swung my sword at the Dremora, lying helpless on the ground.

He rolled away, and brought his Greatsword up. He slashed at me, but I deflected it with my shield. I rolled to the left, and slashed at the Dremora's leg. He went down to one knee, and looked at me with pure hatred. He got up, and swung his sword at me. The blade was deflected by my shield, but the hilt hit my shoulder, and dislocated it. I screamed in pain, and slashed at his arm in revenge.

His arm was hanging by a tendon once I had retreated from my attack. I kicked him back to the ground, and slashed at his face. The sword went down the left side of his face, and was so serious it left his left eye out of his socket. He screamed in pain, and I slit his throat to finish him off.

I let go of the shield, and fought only with my sword. I killed another Daedra, when the others were killed by my friends. After they were all dead, I fell to the ground, my sword holding me up. The pain from my arm was unbearable; I think he must've broken an arm bone.

Fluttershy went over to me, and checked my arm out. "No fractures," she said, feeling my arm, "From what I can tell. Let me relocate it." I nodded, and looked away as she popped it back into place. I thanked her, and grabbed my shield.

"Let's go," I said, "We have a city to protect." We ran out of the castle, where the Royal Equestrian Army was still defending the walls from the Daedric and Changeling Army. From what I could see, the walls were bound to fall and the fighting to descend into the streets of Canterlot, which was littered with dead bodies, ruined homes and businesses, and debris from dragon strikes.

"We can't hold these walls much longer, General Armor," I said, "We need to withdraw from the walls, and garrison around the gates and possible points of entry, to stall the enemy advance."

"I can see where you are going," he said, "I like your thinking." He then used his magic to send a beacon up into the sky, and I saw as about a dozen and a half Pegasi came to him.

"General Shining Armor, sir!" A female said. Her skin was bright yellow, not unlike Fluttershy's, and her armor covered much of her body, and was a light blue. Her hair was out of order, and a mix of different shades of orange. She stood erect while she was bringing her hand in salute, "What do you need sir?"

"Spitfire," he said, "I need you and the other Wonderbolts to signal that all troops withdraw from the walls, and garrison around all possible points of entry. We'll only lose more soldiers up there the longer we wait."

"Yes sir," Spitfire said, "Soarin', let's go." A male Pegasi with pale blue skin, much like Rainbow Dash's, and navy blue hair, nodded, and took off with Spitfire to relay the order.

"If you do not mind, sir," I said, "Might I ask who they were?"

"They," Shining Armor said, "Are the Wonderbolts. They are the highest ranking officers –apart from me and the Princesses, of course– in the Royal Equestrian Army. They are my most trusted advisors in matters of war. They are also some of the most ferocious fighters in battle, and together have claimed over two hundred victories since the invasion began, in cities like Baltimare, Fillydelphia and Manehattan, and in battles like Ponyville."

"Wait," Twilight said, "They took Ponyville?"

"Yes," Shining Armor said, "It was the first place to fall. They burned down the entire town." Twilight looked at him in dismay, but he reassured her, saying, "I know it's going to be hard to rebuild, but I will make sure you and your friends will, Twilli."

She nodded, and we took off running towards the gates, where the Daedra and Changelings were about to break through. The Equestrians were getting about half of the soldiers off when we got there, and they broke through the gates.

We were among the first to fight them inside the city's walls. We were right beside the Wonderbolts, and I have to say, I was quite jealous of their fighting technique. It resembles in countering the attack with fluid motion and a killing blow in the same motion.

I flinched as a Dremora Lord smacked his Daedric Warhammer against my shield. I recovered, and stabbed at his chest. He deflected it, and shoved me back with the hammer held horizontally. I stepped back a few steps, but came back and bashed him with my shield. He went down to the ground, but got right back up. He swung his Warhammer, and cracked my shield.

While he was recovering from the attack, I stabbed over my shield, and drove the sword straight into his eyes. He screamed all the way through, but stopped when I dragged it out of his head, with blood and parts of eyeball and brain matter staining the sword.

Even though we were cutting down countless Daedra and Changelings, they were always more to come through the gates. I was growing fatigued, but I still fought on. Their siege equipment was battering the walls, to open a new entrance into the city, because going through the gates was suicide. Dragons still flew overhead, spraying fire and frost all across the city.

I slashed at a Dremora who came my way, but he deflected it with his sword. He slashed at my exposed arm, and left a long gash going down my right arm. I went to my knees, and looked up to see the Dremora raise his sword with both hands, and start to bring it down.

Suddenly, an arrow went through his eye, and he fell back, dropping his sword. I got up, and threw my shield away, and gripped my sword with my left hand. I turned back, and saw Applejack reloading her bow. She flicked back her hair, and nodded at me. I nodded back, and advanced towards the Daedra.

I twirled around, using the force to take off a Daedra's head. I then used the momentum to drive it through another's chest armor. I kicked him off the sword, and continued to attack the attacking Daedra.

I kicked a charging Daedra back, and sliced at his neck. I rolled back, and cut at a Daedra's foot, taking it off, and bringing him to the ground. I hacked through his armor, and got on my feet. I took in the situation while heading back to a healer.

We were stalling the Daedric attack, but the defense wouldn't hold for long. They just kept coming. I had no idea where they were coming from, when I saw the Gate to Oblivion right above the fields below Canterlot.

Once the healer was finished with my arm, I called over Rainbow Dash and Twilight.

"You see that portal?" I said, "That is a Gate to Oblivion. If we close that, we can rout the rest of the Daedra and Changelings. We need to get up there, and close the portal."

"Alright," Rainbow Dash said, tightening the reigns for a chariot, "Just us three?"

"No," Spitfire said, with Soarin' behind her, "We're coming too. You're going to need us. We've closed these gates before, you'll appreciate our help."

"Alright," I said, "Let's go." I grabbed Twilight's hand, and helped her inside. She looked nervous, but seemed to feel better when she was thrown a staff.

"This is my favorite," she said, "It can do any offensive spell, and amplifies it tenfold." She smiled, and pointed to the gate, saying, "Rainbow Dash, let's go. The defenses won't be impenetrable for long."

As we took off, Spitfire and Soarin' were right beside our chariot, and Spitfire said to me, "So, you're a high-ranking officer as well?"

"Not really," I said, "I'm a few ranks off of Legate, which puts me in the high-ranking club. I'm a Tribune, which is still a high-ranking officer, since a day ago I was on the bottom of the pole."

"Is Princess Celestia alright?" Spitfire asked, "In Tamriel, I heard that they don't like beings from other dimensions."

"From my viewpoint," I said, "I think General Tullius and the Emperor were fond of their timely arrival, and didn't discriminate them."

She nodded, and looked into the gate, which we were nearing. The gate was guarded by dragons, and I reached for a bow and quiver of arrows, which was in the chariot. I raised the bow, and stretched it back, with the arrow loaded. I aimed at a dragon, and fired the arrow.

It went straight for the body of the dragon, and pierced its lower abdomen. The dragon had my attention, and went towards the chariot. Spitfire and Soarin' flew away from the chariot, and landed on the dragon's back. They drew their swords, and gouged at the dragon's eyes.

I looked as the dragon then barrel-rolled past our chariot, in an attempt to throw them off, with little success. Spitfire and Soarin' stayed on the dragon, and still cut at the eyes. Eventually, the dragon lost its sight, and headed straight for a mountain, unaware of what was to come. Spitfire and Soarin' jumped off, and went for the other dragon, which I was firing my bow at.

"Twilight," I shouted, "Use your staff to attack that dragon! We can't get inside the gate with it still guarding it!"

"Alright," she responded, "I will!" She pointed her staff at the dragon, and lightning came out, and went straight into the dragon. I kept firing my arrows, which were beginning to make the dragon weak.

Twilight then struck the dragon with a lightning bolt when it flew above our chariot, and I watched as it crashed into a Changeling unit, and could see the turmoil on the ground below. An avalanche had begun with the other dragon hitting the mountain, and sent rocks, snow, and the dragon's carcass towards the Daedric and Changeling army.

"Let's go," I told Rainbow Dash, "The guards are dead! The gate is open!"

"Alright," she said, and picked up speed. The chariot sped into the gate, and as we entered the plane of Oblivion, everything turned red, and anything flammable was burning.

"There," I said, "That's the tallest structure in here! The Sigil Stone should be there! If we take it, the gate will destroy itself!"

As soon as I finished the sentence, a bolt of red lightning struck the chariot, and we began to fall from the sky. Twilight and I were thrown out of the carriage, and began to fall to our deaths.

I was about to hit the ground, when Soarin' flew in and caught me before I hit the ground. He landed, and let me down.

"Almost left us back there, didn't you?" He said, "Never mind that, we've got to get to that Sigil Stone."

I nodded, and drew my sword. I led the way to the tower, with the others following close behind.

"Soarin'," Spitfire said, "Is it too quiet for you?"

"Yeah," he said, "For Oblivion, it's much emptier than last time. Everypony be on your guard, they could come from anywhere."

"Got it," Rainbow Dash said, "We're almost there. There's got to be something near there. Let's go, Pliton." She ran in front of me, and I ran after her. Sweat beaded down my forehead, it was burning hot in Oblivion. I gripped my sword harder, and my knuckles grew white. I felt to see if my quiver and bow were on my back, and ran harder to catch up with Rainbow Dash.

We came up to the wall of the tower, and we went to one side of the door. Rainbow Dash nodded, and knocked open the door with her shield. I ran in after her, but found nothing in the ground room.

We ran for the stairs, which led to the chamber with the Sigil Stone would be, but bars rose from the door, and blocked the way.

"How pitiful," a voice said, "Did you really think it would be that easy? Did you think that you could walk into the plane of Oblivion, and stop my invasion of Equestria?" Then, dust from the floor rose, and shaped into a large Daedra, which towered over the both of us, and the body then began to take shape. His body grew four arms, with gigantic weapons in each. His feet grew grotesque claws and spikes. His head took shape, and grew into a large, bald head with pointed ears and sharp teeth. As he finished taking shape, he laughed.

"These are the only who resist me?" He asked, "The only who fight against the Daedric Prince of destruction and revolution, Mehrunes Dagon?"

I reached for my bow, and loaded an arrow, and said, "Let us pass, Dagon. You are no chance against us. Canterlot stands, your war in Equestria is over, your army of Daedra and Changelings have routed."

"Do you think I care?" Dagon laughed, "Why, would you look at the small little Imperial, telling a Daedric god to stand aside? This is pathetic!" He stepped, and brought his foot down in front of me. I let the arrow fly, and hit Dagon in the eye.

He flinched, and stomped at me. I rolled away, and fired another arrow.

"Puny mortals," He screamed, swiping at me with an enormous war axe, "You dare attack a Daedric Prince?"

"Rainbow Dash," I said, "Fly up and occupy him, I've got a plan."

"Got it," she said, flying up, "I hope you know what you're doing, Pliton."

"Just go!" I said, running to Dagon's foot. I jumped, and landed on his small toe. I ran towards his ankle, and grabbed a spike. I climbed up, and sent an arrow into his nose.

"Filthy mortals," He said, "Die!" He sliced at Rainbow Dash, and sent her to the ground. I climbed up his calf, and saw Rainbow Dash hit the floor. I cringed as I saw her wings break her fall. She didn't make a sound as she hit the floor, and looked as though Dagon had killed her.

In an act of anger, I sent an arrow up Dagon's loincloth, and saw him kneel down as the arrow hit his genitals. I jumped, and caught his loincloth. I climbed up, and grabbed onto an ear piercing, and climbed into his ear.

He dug his hand into the ear, and almost crushed me. I ran back, and tied a piece of rope onto an arrow and the other end on my belt going around my waist. I fired the arrow, and lodged it inside his arm. Once Dagon had retracted his arm, I followed, with a force that nearly ripped me in half.

As I flew behind his arm, Dagon looked around the floor for me. I grabbed onto Dagon's neck, and cut the rope. I dug my sword into his neck, and hacked and slashed through his skin.

"You do nothing but scratch me, mortal!" He said, grabbing me, and looking right into my eyes, "Do you really think that will stop me?"

I raised my bow, and fired an arrow into his eye. He grabbed his eye, and dropped me. As I fell, I knew I was going to die. Apparently, Dagon was not done with me, and caught me.

"I'm going to kill you," he said, "Very slowly, and for all of Equestria to see your valiant, but futile, attempt to stop me and save this land."

He took me to the top floor, and made the Oblivion gate open wider, and made his presence in Equestria known.

"Equestrians," he said, "My future subjects, watch and see one of your warriors die for your useless cause." He grabbed both sides of me, and began to pull, "Watch how flimsy your bodies are!" I screamed in pain, and began to pray to Talos for a miracle.

That miracle never seemed to come, as Dagon still pulled at my body. I felt my insides split inside me, and felt my skin break under the immense pressure.

"Dying already?" He asked, "Maybe I won't pull as hard." He still pulled, but I felt some relief. I screamed out for Talos, Akatosh, Mara, any god to help me in my time of need.

"Those gods won't help you," Dagon said, "Not even Akatosh, or your beloved Talos. Prepare to die, mortal."

I dropped my head, and thought of my new friends, and what would happen to them when they found my lifeless body, and Rainbow Dash's. I thought of Twilight the longest, and realized that I wanted to be more than friends with Twilight. I knew it was futile trying to make a move on her, but I wish I had in the short time I knew her.

"Twilight," I muttered, "I'm sorry for not telling you how I felt. I know that we have not known each other long, but I now know, with my soul leaving me that I love you, and only you. This life was empty, until you came into my life. The gods graced my final days with your presence, and I only wish for one more day with you. I'm, sorry, Twilight, please forgive me."

I then closed my eyes, and embraced my death. I was about to give in, when something made me open them. It sounded as though an entire army was coming to rescue me. There were men and women shouting, and clashes of swords.

I looked up from Dagon's arms, and saw that the Royal Equestrian Army had come through the portal, and were fighting through Daedric and Changeling defenses. I saw the Wonderbolts fly to me, and try to rescue me.

"Where's Twilight?" I asked, with Spitfire and Soarin' trying to free me without Dagon noticing.

"She's alright," Soarin' said, "Just keep quiet."

I nodded, and wriggled my hands from Dagon's grip. I tried, but I couldn't. I hung my head, and looked up at Spitfire, and shook my head.

"It's useless," I said, "Go remove the Sigil Stone, save yourselves. I'm dying, I'm no use."

"Nopony left behind," Spitfire said, "Here; we can heal back in Canterlot." She drew her sword, and cut off my hands and feet. I screamed out, and Dagon looked down.

"Treachery, I have been fooled!" He said, "I thought no one could free him! Kill them all, and bring me the Imperial, and his lover!"

Spitfire grabbed onto me, and told Soarin' to remove the stone. Soarin' went up, and removed the stone. We started to fly away, but remembered Rainbow Dash on the floor, dying much like me.

"Rainbow Dash," I said, "She's on the floor, and we have to save her! She can't fly, Dagon immobilized her!"

"Soarin'," she said, "Go get her. I need to get him out of here." Soarin' saluted, and flew down.

"Don't worry," Spitfire said, "We'll get you out of here. Soarin', hurry, the portal's going to close soon!"

We flew out of the tower, and sped towards the portal, with the rest of the Royal Equestrian Army following behind. Spitfire flew as fast as she could, with her wings flapping as hard as fifteen dragon's wings.

"Hurry," I said, "The portal's going to close!" Spitfire flew faster, and tried desperately to move faster. The portal was closing slowly, but would close within two minutes, and we were still a good portion away from it.

"We're going to make it!" She screamed, "By Celestia, I'll make sure of it!"

The wind beat against my face, and I grew faint, with the blood spilling from my severed limbs unable to stop because of the speed we were moving at. My vision blurred in and out, and I felt weak in the arms.

"Spitfire," I said, "I'm not going to make it." I then blacked out; the last thing I heard was Spitfire telling me to stay awake for a few more seconds.

Alright, the cat’s out of the bag, Pliton loves Twilight. I knew I had hinted that, and even threw you off with Fluttershy’s true sexuality, but I’m going to have Pliton try to get Twilight to love him, which is going to take awhile, as I am planning some bumps along the road. I know I confused you by Molag Bal calling Pliton “Champion of Talos,” but I know where this is heading. Read and review as always, really need the feedback.