Overthrown Book 2: Dulling Armor

"Hey," Shining Armor said, confronting Cadence about what she said at dinner on the balcony of the palace, just outside the dining room. "You can't talk to me like that."

"I didn't say anything," Cadence said, unphased by the sudden confrontation.

"I mean from before," Shining Armor said, pumping his chest ever so naively and sheepishly. "I'm the... The peak of pony evolution and you're... You're a capybarnia!"

Cadence gave him a confused look, not knowing what he meant by that.

"It's a rodent that lives in the jungle," Shining Armor said sheepishly.

"Oh! So you butt kiss animals now?" Cadence said with a sly grin. "Also, it's capybara, you..."

At that point, Shining Armor had enough of Cadence's crap. She used his magic to grab her by the wings and slam her into the nearby wall. Cadence was in shock at the sudden outburst on her husband's end. Shining Armor walked up to her, a look of malice in his eyes. Purple Horn's words echoed through his head as he asserted his dominance over her.

"I! Am The Head! Of The Canterlot Guard!" Shining Armor yelled, with rage in his voice. "You talk to me like that again, and I will have you blasted by my fucking magic you stupid bitch! After I've perfected an attack spell! Is that what you want?"

"No," Cadence said, with fear in her voice.

"SIR!" Shining Armor screamed.

"No sir," Cadence repeated.

"That's right," Shining Armor said, now feeling more confident than ever. His adrenaline pumped tenfold after this encounter.

Meanwhile, Twilight was on a separate balcony of the palace, thinking about her path in the journey thus far. Between the lie and the unnecessary drama, she wasn't sure what to do. Suddenly, Applejack went on the balcony next to Twilight, with a very stern look on her face. Twilight knew exactly what Applejack was going to lecture her about. AJ was the element of Honesty after all.

"Why'd you lie to Purple Horn, Twi?" Applejack asked.

"I..." Twilight hesitated. "I didn't know what else to say. We need all the help we can get to save Equestria and if someone like him can get a chance to redeem himself, why not?"

"But did you have to lie?" Applejack asked. "That's where I'm getting at."

Suddenly, the duo heard the sound of an airship in the distance. The rest of the Mane Six, Purple Horn, Shining Armor, Cadence, and Spike gathered outside to see what was going on. Suddenly, Scootaloo exited the airship, with two buff bison as her bodyguards. Scootaloo had a scar on her left eye, and she was now holding a wand. She looked closely at the group of warriors, who were all in their battle stances.

"Tacky," Scootaloo said, amazed at the group. "What a tacky group of characters."

"What do you want?!" Shining Armor asked a sense of authority in his voice. "You darn well know we disagreed to join your war ages ago! The Crystal Empire doesn't welcome terrorists!"

"We're not here for that," Scootaloo said, turning to Spike. "I'm here to ask your dragon friend here to join our battle. He has had a great track record in Equestria, of course. So it's only fitting for a dragon of his size to be my butler."

"Oh! Spike told us a lot about you, Scoots," Pinkie said, much to everyone's dismay.

"Maybe shut up now," Purple Horn said, nervously.

"Yeah," Spike added. "Maybe don't..."

"We're just talking here," Pinkie said, before continuing. "Yeah, Spike told us that you were a psychotic, carrot-looking, asshole. His words, not mine."

Scootaloo turned to Spike. "You said all that about me?"

"No, NO!" Spike denied, nervously. "I... I didn't say any of that!"

"Sticks and stones, Spike!" Pinkie said. "Don't let her intimidate you. Like you said at dinner, this flightless, orange-frosted, short-winged dime store muffin can kiss your fire-breathing ass and take her war to where the sun doesn't shine."

"OK! I have never said ANY of those words in my entire life!" Spike said, sweat visible on his face.

"Oh, the modesty! People say I have a loud mouth on me, but this guy," Pinkie said, pointing to Spike. "He's got a huge sailor mouth."

"WHAT?!" Spike said, getting even more nervous. "I don't even know what half of that means."

Scootaloo had enough. Using her wand, she blasted Spike into a million pieces. Blood and guts flew everywhere, ending the dragon's journey for good. Everyone gasped in shock at the gore that was present in the moment. Purple Horn, meanwhile, immediately started chewing Pinkie out.

"You stupid piece of shit! You just got him fucking killed!" Purple Horn yelled.

"Hey! We're all grieving!" Pinkie retorted. "PS, do you know what he was doing to the food?!"

"Enough!" Scootaloo yelled, asserting her authority. "I've waited a long time for this moment. The Princess of Friendship, her band of misfits, and even two royals were not on my to-do list to assassinate today. But Moondust Bloom gave me my orders, and I intend on following them to a T. No one, no matter how powerful they are, is going to stop me. No one at all. All I need is Cadence."

"Twilight," Shining Armor said, with a sense of urgency in his voice now. "Run!"

Twilight and her friends didn't hesitate for a second about the matter. They immediately ran to hide from the psychotic orange pegasus, who wielded the wand. Shining Armor and Cadence prepared their horns to give Scootaloo one of the most powerful blasts known to man. But Scootaloo, thinking fast, cut off both of their horns instantly with a knife formed from her wand. The couple gasped at the sight of their horns in Scootaloo's hooves.

"How?!" Cadence asked, in shock.

"Simple," Scootaloo answered. "This wand gives me ten times more power than even an alicorn. Moondust Bloom made sure of it."

"Stand down or else we'll use our magic on you!" Shining Armor yelled weakly.

Scootaloo laughed like a psycho. "Nice try," she said. "But even the great Shining Armor knows that you can't use magic without your horn or a wand. I had to take care of the horns first."

Scootaloo blasted at the duo multiple times with their now severed horns. With each blow, Cadence and Shining Armor became more and more weak.

"Strong enough to have it all," Scotaloo said softly, with each blow, before letting her rage come to a boil. "TOO WEAK TO TAKE IT!"

Meanwhile, Twilight and the rest of her friends were trying to find a place to hide from the psychotic pegasus. Scootaloo was hot on their tail, still boiling with the rage she felt after ripping off Shining Armor and Cadence's horns.

"Your weakness, Twi, is morality! It's choking you!" Scootaloo yelled. "CAN YOU FEEL IT!?"

At that point, Purple Horn had an idea. "Stand back!" He yelled as he began charging up his horn.

"What are you doing?!" Pinkie asked as she stepped back with the rest of her friends, a worried look on her face.

"Getting this motherfucker out of here," Purple Horn responded.

"How so?!" Pinkie asked, continuing her usual antics.

"Geeze! Do you ever shut up!?" Purple Horn yelled, annoyed with Pinkie.

"THERE YOU ARE, YA LITTLE SHITS!" Scootaloo yelled as she charged at the seven ponies with a scream.

But all of a sudden....

BANG!

Scootaloo was sent flying away from a blast of Purple Horn's horn. Watching the palace fall in front of her, she let out an annoyed yell. Then, she flew back to tell Moondust Bloom the news.

Meanwhile, Twilight had just woken up to see the destruction of the Crystal Empire.