Brave New World, Discord's Revenge

The alarm was exceedingly loud by now and Owen was smiling like a mad man. The destroyed cockpit was now ablaze and everything around it was burning too. Jake was no longer laughing, as the building around them slowly collapsed.

"Owen?"

"Yes?"

"Can we get out? Before we die?"

"Um... Sure."

The door behind them blew off its hinges and Celestia stood there, looking VERY angry. Her horn glew as she strode into the room.

"It was him!" Jake yelled, pointing at the Professor.

Owen rolled his eyes and pulled out his gun once again. He aimed it at Celestia's head and pulled the trigger. The gun clicked empty. Owen groaned, unhappily and put it away.

"Well, it's been wonderful knowing you Celestia. But I'm afraid this building is structually insound. I hope you have insurance. BYE!"

Owen turned around and lept through a window, sending shards of glass everywhere. Jake looked at the spot where he had jumped.

"Suicide? What an idiot."

Jake lept through a window and teleported out of the room, across realities. Hurricane stood, frozen to the spot and stared at his Princess. He gave her a weak smile before sprinting through the open window and taking flight.

"Foals." Celestia yelled.

A huge shadow loomed on the floor and a small airship was slowly rising in the sky. The Professor was standing on top of the balloon and Twilight was at the controls in the cockpit. Jake appeared in the cockpit after teleporting through one of the windows, and Hurricane landed neatly on top of the airship with Owen.

Owen raised his hoof in salute as the aiship flew away, his smile still glued to his face. Celestia growled and strode back into the building. After treading over remains of the Defender, she then heard the siren for the first time. Her eyes widened as the entire castle exploded.

"NOOooooo..." She screamed.

Canterlot Castle erupted into a colour mash of rainbows and fireworks that lit up like the fourth of July. Shards of glass and brick came tumbling down out of the sky and crashed into the ground. Frightened ponies ran from the falling mortar in a fit of frenzy. Celestia herself was thrown from the castle into the mountain nearby.

Her impact created a large crater, which combusted rather quickly. Her body fell lamely to the ground. She didn't move. The huge rainboom was still exploding across the sky, sending debris across the land.

"So Professor, please explain to us what happened to the Defender?" Twilight asked, as Owen walked down the stairway to the cockpit from the top of the balloon.

"I overloaded it's Rainbow engines for a second time. I didn't think that they'd survived the first time. But, it seems that they did."

"You completely destroyed Canterlot."

"Yeah... They'll rebuild it. It only takes the Apple Family a song and a small number of ponies to create a barn in under one minute. Canterlot shouldn't be a problem."

The airship began it's desent as it neared Ponyville. Owen stared out of the cockpit's window. He had a hard look on his face. Twilight set the controls to autopilot. She trotted over to him.

"Hey... Are you alright?"

"I'm fine Twilight... It's just I'll never see you again..."

"What!? What do you mean?"

"Celestia's a demigod. She won't be dead. And she won't be until she has me strung up by my neck or on the moon for one thousand years. I have to escape..."

Twilight put her hoof on Owen's face, causing him to turn to her. There were tears in her eyes, but there was also something else. Acceptance.

"Okay... I'll help you."

Owen moved closer to her and planted a kiss on her lips. Twilight wrapped her hooves around his neck and kissed him more passionately. Jake smiled at him, happily.

A few minutes later, the airship landed in Owen's hanger. All of his friends were there to meet them. Ebony ran forward and thrust her arms around Owen. Aimee almost landed on Hurricane and gave him a hug too. Jake walked off the airship and a muffin was thrown into his hooves. Derpy was hovering above him, giving him a smile. Sam and Rainbow Dash ran down the hanger to greet their friends.

Owen got everyone into the centre of the room to tell them the news.

"You blew up Canterlot?" Aimee questioned.

"No, part of Canterlot."

"...And now we have to leave?" Ebony asked.

"No... I have to leave... Possibly Jake and Hurricane too." Derpy and Aimee looked really upset at this prospect.

"Then I'm going aswell." Aimee declared.

"Me too!" Derpy yelled.

"You ain't going anywhere without me, Owen." Sam put a hoof on the Professor's shoulder.

"Well. You're the craziest guy I know, Owen. But I love you and I'm going with you all the way." Ebony smiled.

"As long as I'm with her, I don't care where we go. Lead the way Owen!" Tom put his hoof around Ebony's neck.

Owen looked at his friends, tears were in his eyes. They were truely loyal to him... Speaking of loyalty...

Owen nodded at Jake who hit Rainbow across the head with a pipe. Her body hit the floor with a thud. Sam almost screamed, but Owen held him back and shook his head.

"She belongs here..."

Owen went over to Twilight. She smiled at him, a warm loving smile. One that Owen had never seen before he had met Twilight. He hated the fact that he had to do this.

Their lips touched and they kissed once more. During the kiss, Owen slipped his hoofs befind Twilight and touched her hoofs too, placing them behind her back. When the kiss ended, Owen looked rather upset and Twilight looked confused. The Professor backed away from her. Twilight tried to follow, but soon realised that she couldn't.

Owen had handcuffed her to a pipe on the wall.

Twilight's eyes were flooded with tears as she struggled endlessly to try to break free. She looked at Owen, hopelessly. Owen didn't look at her.

"What now?" Sam asked.

"Well. I have officially fixed this portal, so we can return home!"

"Wait. Our world was destroyed in the 2012 apocalyspe."

"Incorrect. PART of our world was destroyed. Two places remain. Denmark and..."

"I'm not allowed to step foot in Denmark." Jake and Sam remarked.

"Fine then we'll go to the other place. Which is..."

The door behind them exploded and Celestia, donned in a crystal white battle armour marched down the stairs, several royal guards following her. Owen motioned to the portal.

"Into the portal! NOW!" He yelled.

Aimee didn't argue, she just lept in with Hurricane flying behind.

Sam thought for a second or so, then he jumped through too.

Ebony looked at Tom. "We followed him this far, don't worry." she kissed him then ran through the sphere. Tom followed suit.

Jake shook Owen's hoof and tipped a hat that had strangely appeared on his head as he ran through with Derpy in tow.

Owen turned round for one last look at his home. He smiled sadly at Twilight then walked, calmly through the sphere, right before the entire room filled with guards. The portal closed shut, it's energy leaving it for the last time.

Celestia yelled in frustration, kicking over the numerous trinkets that Owen had left behind. She ordered that Rainbow Dash be taken back to Ponyville to be healed. She turned to her faithful student. Twilight looked terrififed, the tears were still streaming down her face. Celestia unlocked her handcuffs and embraced her.

"Are you aright?" Celestia asked.

Twilight didn't answer, she simply looked at the floor.

"At least he's gone, Twilight. He can't hurt anyone anymore."

The room felt cold and all that could be heard was the portal powering down...For good.