Heart of Gold, Pony of Steelby Snowdead123ChaptersNew Missions to take onFlashbacks and Filly DelphiaTrain arrivals and settling inChangelings and The PrincessNews to the publicTelling your friendsEpilogueWelcome to the SystemThe Heart of the CompanyTime Limit and RevengeNew Missions to take onThe older stallion wandered down a long corridor to meet a younger mare at a door. "Nice to see you, Crowned Gems. Have you found anymore candidates for the experiments?" asked the old stallion. "Not yet, but I'm close. We're running low on hearts in Vanhoover to take. I have sent a representative to Filly Delphia to find more hearts. No luck yet, though." she replied. He nodded and walked past her and continued onto the next door. The door opened and he walked inside. The stallion walked in and sat down in the desk. He put his head in his hoofs and sighed. "I thought everything would be easier then this. He tells me to lie to everypony and make them believe we're doing good. How can they be so ignorant and not see how evil this is. I wish I could leave this evil place..." he said to himself. He pick his head up and looked at a silver name tag on his desk. It read "Vice Chairman Golden Stone". Next to it was a picture of a family. In the picture was a mare and a filly. A stallion was also in the picture. It was the old stallion, but younger and happier looking. He looked at the picture and looked away quickly. Twilight walked back to her friends. "Uh, girls, Princess Celestia wants to talk to me and me only. I'm sorry, but you'll have to go home. I'll meet you back in Ponyville.". "But, Twilight, why?" asked Pinkie Pie, frowning. "The princess just wants to talk to me right now. I would appreciate it if you leave." she said. The ponies sighed and walked back to the train station. Celestia turned to Twilight and Luna. "I must now speak to you along with Luna. I have already discussed this with Luna, but she can help me explain." she paused and sighed. "We have heard from many sources that the Tri-Pony corporation is planning to take the hearts of Luna and I. We have more guards to help protect us, but we have seen what they can do. They started taking Changeling's brains so they can have the same shape shifting forms. Thankfully, they are having trouble finding more hearts. It should keep them busy for awhile with the troubles they are having. It will only be a matter of time before they find another town. I heard they are looking in Filly Delphia to find some hearts. I want to send you their with two other ponies to watch out for them. I am not sending two of your friends though. I'm sending two of my guards out of royal uniform to go with you. I don't want the representative in Filly Delphia to think we know what their up to. You will have a day to pack and find something to tell your friends about your absence. I need you to go, and don't worry. Everything will be fine. I am counting on you to save Equestria and everything beyond it." she said. Twilight nodded and turned around to go home. "And Twilight.". Twilight turned back around. "Yes?" she asked. "Don't fear Tri-Pony. They are no match for the power of your magic." said Luna. Twilight put on a small smile and turned back around again. Golden Stone approached the new worker in the search department. "Hello Ms. Hayseed. How are you today? Did you find another pony to use for the experiments? We're running low on resources." he asked. "I'm trying here! Don't rush me. This is a very difficult task. I have to find PURE hearts. I can't use regular hearts!" she yelled. "I know its hard, but you have to work harder! We need these hearts! You don't want to lose your job, do you? I have no idea what would happen if you do. How would you get money to take care of your family? You wouldn't want your family to starve, do you?!" he yelled. She coward under his shadow and shook her head. "I thought so! Now, WORK!" he shouted. She shakily stood up and ran back to her office. He sighed and wandered around in the hallway for awhile. Eventually he walked back to his office and sat down. "What is happening here. I need a break from this horrible thing we are doing. We kill innocent ponies for our own selfish plan to do wrong to all the good ponies. What had the princess done to deserve this? All of Equestria would be better if we would just go away." he said, looking at the family photo on his desk. "Why did we have to kill these ponies?....Why?..." he whispered, still staring at the photo. Flashbacks and Filly DelphiaTwilight met her friends at Sugar Cube Corner to explain why she was leaving. "I have to go and get something from Philly Delphia for the princess. She wants me to stay there for awhile and make sure everything is done for what she wants me there for." she said giving a nervous smile. They nodded and excepted her answer as truth. She wasn't convinced that they would fully believe her. "So you see, I have to leave for awhile, but don't worry, I'll be back!" she shouted running back to the library. She burst inside the door and was greeted by running over Spike. "AHHH! Twilight, why are you in such a hurry?" he asked. "I have to meet the princess at the castle tomorrow for very important matters. She needs me to go to Filly Delphia for awhile and-" "TWILIGHT! Slow down! So you need to go to Filly Delphia, why are you so flustered?!" he asked. "Its very important that I be there on time. This isn't just one of those times where I over react about the tiniest of things! This is an extremely bad thing we're dealing with and I need to be ready for it." she said running around gathering things for her journey. The train pulled up to the Canterlot train station. Twilight Sparkle walked off and met Princess Luna. "Hello princess. When do I have to go? Where are the royal guards who are coming with me? What do I have to do?" she asked nervously. "Don't worry about anything Twilight Sparkle. The guards are already on the train. They will tell you what to do. Here's your ticket." she said handing her the ticket. She took it and boarded the train. She was greeted by two stallions. She didn't recognize them without their uniforms on, so she wasn't sure where to look. One was gray and the other was white. The gray one seemed to be one of Luna's guards and the white one was Celestia's guard. "Hello Ms. Sparkle. My name is Star Shield and this is Spark Plates. We are here to accompany you to Filly Delphia for the mission." said the white stallion. "So, Star Shield, are you one of Celestia's guards?" she asked. "But of course! And Spark Plates is Princess Luna's guard. The princesses thought it fair to send one of each. Just because of the threats from the Tri-Pony company." he replied. She nodded and looked out of the window as the train pulled away. Golden Stone walked out of his office and locked the door. He was locking up his office for the night and going to his lonely and small home. He wasn't the way he acted in front of new workers, all happy and cheerful. The truth was that he was a tired old colt with a permanent gray cloud over his head. Nothing had been the same since he joined the Tri-Pony company. He never wanted to think about that day ever again, but no matter how hard he tried, the memories just kept coming back. He is standing in his house, calling out the names of his wife and his young filly. Nopony answers and he begins to worry. Out of nowhere, an old blue stallion walked in front of him. "Don't bother trying to fight me. And don't call out their names, they can't hear you. Not where they are. Too bad you wont get to see your beloved filly become the first pony to have her heart transfer into our new robots." he laughed. "What do you mean? What have you done with her!?" he yelled. "Its over now, you have no choice but to join us. Or we'll have to hurt your wife, too." he scoffed. "Fine, you win. I'll join you." he said, defeated. He was led to the Tri-Pony building and put in his office. "Great, now, where is Lilly Pad?" he asked. "She's becoming a robot. I'm not going to lie to you, it was hard to get her to stay still, but we managed. You'll see her when she's done." "What!? That wasn't part of the deal! You were supposed to let her go!" he yelled, tears starting to fall from his eyes. "You can never trust the head of an evil corporation, Golden Stone. You of all ponies should know this! I didn't think you would fall for this so easily. I really do feel bad for you now, with you being so ignorant and all. It's okay though. It will get easier once you get to know the system." he said, leaving the room. The stallion lay on the floor, staring blankly into the wall. He stared at it for 10 minutes before he started to do anything. It had been 30 years since that day, and he still couldn't forget that terrible stallion. Train arrivals and settling inTwilight and the other two guards sat in silence, awaiting the arrival to Filly Delphia. Twilight was getting tired of the silence and was the first to brake the ice after a half an hour of no talking. "Sooo, how long have you guys been guards for the princesses?" she said, startling them. "Oh, well we've been their guards for a very long time. Obviously, Sparks over here hasn't been a guard as long as I have." he replied giving a smile and a small laugh. Twilight was amazed. She'd never seen a royal guard laugh or smile before. Or call another guard by a nickname. Though Spark Plates didn't seem to enjoy his nickname as much as Star Shield did, she was still amazed. "Well, Twilight, you're Princess Celestia's student. You seem to send her a lot of mail. She just puts all of the already read scrolls in a pile, and sometimes, when she's not around, Luna plays in the pile of scrolls." he stated, laughing and causing Twilight to laugh as well. Spark Plates remained silent. She was getting the feeling he didn't actually want to go with them. 'Maybe he was forced to go. Maybe the princesses took him away from something. I wonder what it is...' Twilight thought. "Stop being such an up-tight stallion all the time, Sparks! Enjoy the time we have off from guarding. Sure its a mission that's not exactly safe, but at least we don't have to stay sitting in the same place for the whole day!" he laughed, patting him on the back. He slapped his hand off his back. " Do you know how much danger we are in!? We could die! We may never see our families again! I'd rather be in Canterlot doing nothing then on a train with a fool and a stupid unicorn!" he shouted angrily. Twilight frowned and looked at the floor. Why would he call her a stupid unicorn. She wasn't stupid. "Why would you say that!? The princess said everything would be fine! Your going to scare Twilight!" he yelled defending the sad mare. "Good. You should be scare! We'll probably die and our families will never see us again. What would your wife and sons think if the princesses had to tell them your heart was ripped out and you were brutally murdered!? HUH!? The princesses may be wise and all knowing, but they can't see the future." The rest of the train ride was silent and no pony wanted to talk. Even their breathing was deathly silent. Twilight nor Star Shield dared to look at Spark Plates. He was still recovering from the massive outburst. The train ride was three hours long, including stops on the way. When they're stop came, they got off at Manehatten and took another train to Filly Delphia. The princess arranged for them to stay in a house in town, near the Tri-Pony base in the city. They were to keep a close watch on anypony who might be a representative. At the same time they had to act as normal as possible so they wouldn't be caught. Still, there was no talking. When the house came into view, Twilight pulled the key out of her saddle bag and unlocked the door. It swung open and revealed an empty house. There was nothing in it except a table and three chairs. In the bed rooms there were beds of straw. A lantern lay on the floor next to each bed. so they could see at night. Twiligt wanted to get strait to work so she could get this done faster. What the one guard said about this being a deadly mission really scared her, and she wanted to go home as fast of she could. She couldn't bear the thought of never seeing her friends and family again. What would they think? What with the last thing she told her friends was a lie! She wouldn't let that happen. She would return to Ponyville alive and healthy. She sat in front of the house watching for anypony who could be a Tri-Pony representative. It was a harder task then she thought at first. She was sure it was just Changelings and The PrincessPrincess Celestia was preparing to make a dangerous and long journey to the Changeling kingdom. She and Chrysalis made an agreement to not kill each other, only for once. They were both being effected by the Tri-Pony company and decided it best to take action as allies. She finished loading the carriage for the ride when Luna appeared in the castle courtyard. "Sister, you do not have to go alone. I can come with you." stated Luna, making Celestia notice her presence. "I appreciate the offer, but I wish to go alone. If something happens to me, at least you will be here to take over my responsibilities." she said rejected her sister's offer. "Don't talk like that! You will come back! I don't think I could be able to take on your responsibilities as the ruler of Equestria! It will be safer if we both come.". "I'm not letting you. I don't want something to happen to you, little sister. I would never forgive myself if something did." she said. Luna wouldn't listen. She just stomped her hoof and walked back to the castle. She was going to go, whether her sister liked it or not. She planned to have another carriage follow Celestia's an hour after it left. She stood on her balcony and watched as her sister's carriage flew away from the castle. She waited an hour, and left as well. On her way, she felt like she was protecting her sister, but really, she was putting them both in danger. Days had gone by and they still traveled. Luna was getting tired of staying in the carriage and wanted badly to fly or walk on the ground. It felt like years, but she had finally arrived. Her sister must have over slept because she caught up with her only five minutes away from the Changeling's Kingdom. "LUNA! What are you doing here!? I told you to stay home!" she shouted from her carriage. "I couldn't let you go alone!" she yelled back. Celestia was furious with her sister and wanted to punish her with something, but Luna's punishment would have to wait. Celestia had business to attend to. The queen of Changeling's was expecting her... right? She was ambushed by a group of changelings. Luna ran after them to try and save her sister, but they captured her too. Celestia struggled and shook them off, but it was no use. They kept coming and grabbing her. "Luna! Watch out!" she screamed as a bunch of changelings grabbed her and pulled her down. They had done the same to Luna, and they lay pressed against the ground. It was a trap and they had both fallen into it. 'I guess this is revenge for stopping her from taking over Equestria. We can escape, can't we?' Celestia thought. She was definitely wrong and they were not going to escape any time soon. The changelings brought them to a dungeon and left them there to rot. Luna and Celestia sat in silence, thinking about what they were to do. "Sister? I should have listened to you. I shouldn't have followed you." she apologized. Celestia wouldn't listen and ignored her. Luna sat in silence again. "Please forgive me? I was just worried about you and-" "You should have listened to me! If we even make it out of here, I don't want to speak to you ever again! Even if we're here forever, I don't want to speak to you! I'm not accepting your apology!" she shouted. Luna looked down and scooted to the corner of the room. She lay down on the rusty, grungy floor and closed her eyes. She didn't want to, but against her will, she started tearing up. She sobbed quietly in the corner of the cell. Celestia sat in her place, still furious. She ignored her little sister's crying and focused on how to escape. She thought she had found a way to get out of the cell, but she wasn't going to tell Luna. She could find another way. Celestia was so mad she wasn't thinking straight. 'Luna can find her own way out. She can stay here and wallow in self pity. I don't care anymore.' she thought. News to the public(This chapter actually has cussing in it, so, yeah) The terrible workers from the Tri-Pony decided to set up speakers in every corner of Equestria. "Attention all of Equestria! You are going to die! We will slaughter your family and take your hearts!" shouted a voice on the speaker. Everypony ran and screamed in horror. The speaker hadn't been turned off, so all the ponies heard what followed. "I wont let you kill anypony you son of a bitch! You will not live to see the light of the next day!" shouted Golden Stone. From the speaker came the noise of smashing and bashing. An older stallion yelling and hitting noises erupted from the speaker. He yelled one last time and then a bunch of metal smashed. "Everypony! Stop panicking! Its over. The head of the Tri-Pony woke up from his sleep. "Thank goodness that was just a dream. I thought that horrible vice chairman was going to kill me. Ha! He couldn't He's to weak." Twilight, Star Shield, and Spark Plates had been in Filly Delphia for awhile now and had nothing. They decided it was time for them to go home and tell princess Celestia of their failure. "Spark Plates, what do you think the princess is going to do? I hope she doesn't banish me and put me in prison where she banishes me to.". He was in no mood for Twilight's paranoia. "You know what I think? I think stupid unicorns like you should be locked up, chained in a cage, and destroyed in a fire! That's what I think! You have anymore questions, Twilight Sparkle!?" he shouted. She burst into laughter. She laughed so hard she cried. "You know what I think of your attitude? I think your an old, selfish colt who needs to be exiled to hell! You can be burned in a firey pit of hate and no pony like you! That' what I think!" screamed Twilight, releasing weeks of pent-up anger. He was taken aback. She was boiling with rage. He didn't say anything for the rest of the train ride. She was happy that she had finally shut him up. When they arrived back at the castle, the princess was in the royal infirmary. Twilight walked into the room where the two princesses where resting. "Princess Celestia! Princess Luna! What happened?" she exclaimed worriedly. "We were tricked into trusting the changelings. They put us in prison, but we managed to escape. How did things go in Filly Delphia?". "Not well. We found nothing. I'm so sorry." she said. "Its okay my faithful student. I already know what I need to know from the people in Canterlot. I'm afraid they are powerful enough to attack." At the moment, Golden Stone was finishing after the third heart harvesting this week. He grabbed the butcher knife and ripped it into the body. He let all the blood drain into the bucket he used for all the blood. He chopped more of the pony up and packaged it. Telling your friends"Girls, I have a confession to make..." said Twilight as she met her friends at Sugar Cube Corner. "What is it sugar cube? You sound stressed." asked Applejack. "I wasn't at Filly Delphia for an event with the princess. I was on an undercover mission for the princesses to make sure the Tri-Pony company didn't hurt them. They're fine, its just that, I'd lied to you. I really need your help stopping them." she said. They all took the news much more normally then she expected. "Okay then. Applejack, I need your strong power to hep us stop them from releasing those robots. Fluttershy, I need your old Iron Will training to force them to let us in. Rainbow Dash, I need to use your speed to get past all of the guards. Pinkie Pie, I need your more... insane side... to disarm those robots. And finally, Rarity, I need your eye for detail to find us a quick way in and out. You got it?" she shouted. "YES MA'AM!" they shouted back. "Don't forget about us!" came a yell from behind her. "Star Shield! Spark Plates! What are you doing here?" she asked. "We thought we should help you. I'm sorry for being such a jerk." said Spark Plates. "No time for apologies! We have to get a move on this!" said Twilight. They wandered around the building for ten minutes until Rarity could find something. She spotted an opening in an air vent to get in through. They all scrawled through the vent and wound up right in front of the guards. Flutterhshy yelled at them and pushed them around until they ran away crying. Rainbow sped through all of the guards left and knocked out everyone of them. They had finally made it to the robot area in the building. "Pinkie, it's your time to shine!" said Twilight. "Sorry girls, but I can't do it unless I'm really mad about something."she said. "Well then. Prepare to be insulted." They yelled out hurtful comments and called her names. She closed her eyes for a second and squinted really hard. When she opened her eyes, she was freaking out. "YOU STUPID, DUMB, IDIOTIC PIECES OF CRAP! YOUR YOU NEED TO GO BURN IN HELL! AHHHH!" she screamed breaking open every robot and ripping out the hearts. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHH AHHHH!!!" she screamed. "PINKIE! Calm down! Your done!" said Twilight, as everypony held her down. She snapped out of it and cooled down. "You did great Pinkie. Now, Equestria is safe!". "Maybe not. I think we just killed the robots from Ponyville." Star Shield said. "Oh crap." sighed Twilight. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" asked Golden Stone to the ponies surrounded by robot carnage. They charged at him and prepared to attack. "NO! Stop! I'm not here to stop you! I want to help you! I hate this place. I can never forgive them for what they have done to my family. I want to kill them just as much as you do." he stated. They stopped running at him and smiled. 'He obviously works here. Thank Celestia he's on our side.' thought Twilight. He gave them the key to the control room. "Here take this! Go to the control room, and use the emergency shut off for all the robots. I have some unfinished business with the Tri-Pony head. Hurry!" he shouted while running away. EpilogueAfter the everything was cleared out and the Tri-Pony buildings were cleaned up, the head of he company was set to have life in prison. However he managed to escaped and is on the run. Twilight learned nothing about friendship that she hadn't already learned, so the princess didn't get a letter from her that week. Speaking of the princess, Celestia and Luna recovered from the changeling prison, and are still ruling Equestria. They are in the process of getting ponies to forget it ever happened. And finally, Luna is still playing in old scrolls. The end. Author's Note Yeah I'm lazy. Hope you enjoyed the story, and if you didn't, I completely understand. If you felt it got crappy by the end, well that's because I wrote the last 4 chapters in one night. Thanks for reading! Welcome to the System"I am sure you will find that this is a very easy process. It's part of our three step plan to build these fine pieces of machinery. First, we find the ponies with the purest and best of hearts. Second, we cut them out and make sure no one ever suspects us! Third and finally, we build ourselves these amazing robots. Welcome to the system. So, do you think you are up for the task?" asked a deep voiced stallion. The mare he was talking to nodded and smiled. She was a young pony, not nearly old enough to have a job as a politic, but old enough to have a job at some sort of shop. She was still young and ready to start her new job. "Great! Well, this is your office. You will be in our search facility. I will have you in charge of finding the pure hearts for our robots. We are counting on you to get us those hearts!" he said, laughing slightly at the end of his sentence. He was the kind of stallion you wouldn't see killing others' on the street. He was more of the grandfatherly type, but this would show anypony to judge by look and sound. He was a killer, and was the leader of many killers. He was the vice president of Tri-Pony, an underground organization who is trying to find a way to combined actual pony life with machines. Everything they worked for was making and designing ponies who were perfect in every way.Or that's what their leader was convincing them of. Luna flew onto the balcony of her sister's palace. "Have you found them yet sister? I worry they are numbering." spoke Celesta. "No, we have not found them yet. We share your fears sister. Their organization is rising and they are become more powerful. If we do not stop them soon, they will kill everyone." sighed Luna. "I heave heard word that they are planning to take my heart. Once they overthrow us they want to take my heart from me and take yours too. Its becoming nearly impossible to tell the difference between robots and ponies. The queen of the Changelings wishes to inform us about her predicament as well. Apparently they are taking the Changeling brains too. They have been using them to transform the magic metals into the ponies we love. We must do something now!" shouted Celestia. She looked at her sister as if to find an answer, but she had none. They stared at the sun, right before Luna lowered it down. "If we don't stop them soon, it will be the end for all of us." whispered Luna. Twilight was sent a letter from Princess Celestia to have her meet Luna and herself in the royal Canterlot garden. She took a train to the palace immediately and, even when the princess said not to, she brought her friends. She and the rest of the ponies walked into the garden to be greeted by the princesses. "Hello Twilight. I see you have brought your friends. May I speak to you in privacy near the hedge maze?" she said, putting on a stern face. "Yes princess." she replied. They walked to the maze leaving Luna and the other 5 ponies in the garden. "Twilight, I thought I told you not to bring your friends! This was only for you to know. They can't know until we need them! They must go home!" she shouted. Celestia was angrily looking down at Twilight, but when she saw Twilight's frighted face and watering eyes, she took a deep breath and calmed down. "Please, they must not know about it. It may too much for them to bear, knowing that their loved ones could have the one thing that keeps them alive cut and torn out of their bodies. They have to know only when the time is right.". Twilight looked down and sighed. "Okay princess. I'll have them go home now..." she sighed. The Heart of the CompanyEverypony in the Tri-Pony office was celebrating. "We have finally got a new heart! We can continue on with our experiments! FANTASTIC!" they all shouted. Golden Stone acted like anypony else in the office, excited for their new discovery, but inside, he was terribly afraid of what would happen. The had the subject for their evil doing strapped to a metal cart. They wheeled the cart down the hallway into the room they used for operations. "Golden Stone! Please come to the operation room for the procedure!" came a voice over the speakers. He sighed and walked to the room where, only moments away, a pony was going to have her heart cut from her chest. He walked through the door and saw the pony on the table. "Please hand me the knife?" asked the one pony in a white coat. Golden Stone grabbed the knife and handed it to the pony. She looked at the knife and began to push it into the mare on the table's chest. The mare screeched in pain and cried for mercy. Blood oozed from her chest and she breathed hard. She begged and begged, but they didn't listen. Golden Stone looked down at the mare on the table. She looked up at him and looked him in the eyes. She could see he didn't want to do this, but was being forced into it. She began to fade out as the pony plunged the knife down harder into her chest, splintering and splitting her rib cage. She shrieked louder and cried for help. Blood spurted from her chest and she screamed for the last time. Her eyes closed as the pony ripped out her heart. All that was left of her was a mare with a gaping hole in her chest. "Golden Stone, would you be kind and finish the job? I have to take this heart to the metal chamber for transfer." she said picking up the heart. He nodded in response. The pony walked out of the room with the heart in hoof, leaving him to finish the job. He picked up the knife and cleaned it off. He put it down and picked up an even bigger butcher knife. Celestia was starting to put her plan in action. She tried as hard as she could to bend the metal bars with her magic. The bars were partly magic proof, so it was difficult for her to do. Next she pressed herself to the smallest form she could and squeezed through the hole. She quietly trotted to the edge of the kingdom. She took one last look at the worst guarded kingdom in the world. She also gave one last thought to how Luna would be. She pushed it away and spread her wings. She jumped into the air and flew away into the still lit world. As she flew across the sky, she brought forth night so her subjects wouldn't worry. As the brought out night, she thought more about Luna. 'What would happen to Luna? How will she escape? What will they do to her?'. She couldn't think of this right now. "Oh, Luna. I can't leave you there!" she said turning around. Celestia landed on the edge of the kingdom again. She ran along to the cells, only to find that the cell she had once been in with her crying sister, was empty. "Luna! Where are you!?" she yelled into the corridor. "SISTER! HELP!" she yelled, being dragged down the hall by a changeling guard. "LUNA!" she shouted. She ran down the hall after her. The changeling heard her and struck her just as she got close. She was hit in the face by his jagged hoof. It left an ugly gash under her eyes. She ran at him again. He turned around and showed himself choking Luna. Celestia slowed down, afraid he would hurt her further. "Don't! Stop!" screamed Celestia. The changeling proceeded to choke Luna, and she continued to gasp for breath, but she couldn't get any air in. She made screeching noises, while trying to push the changeling off of her. He let go of her for a second and hit her on her head with his hoof. She yelped in pain and fell to the floor. Celestia ran at him and landed on top of him. He toppled over and was crushed under her weight. He lost his breath and his chest cracked. Luna lay on the floor, unconscious. Celestia ran over to her and held her in her hoofs. "I'm sorry little sister. I shouldn't have left you here alone." she whispered, beginning to cry a bit. Luna began to wake up and saw her sister crying above her. "Sister, don't cry. I'm fine." she said. Celestia opened her eyes and looked down at Luna. She smiled and hugged her little sister tightly. Time Limit and RevengeThey ran down the hall way and unlocked the door. Rarity spotted the button in the array of colorful buttons and switches. She unlocked the case and pressed the button. "5:00 til emergency shut down!" sounded an alarm. "I was hoping that wasn't going to happen." said Twilight. Three worker ponies ran towards them in attempt to stop the shut off. The royal guards jumped at the workers and knocked them down. Rarity, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash protected the button. Applejack and Pinkie Pie fought off the workers when they recovered. Meanwhile, Golden Stone was getting revenge. Golden Star ran down the hallway to meet the head of Tri-Pony and get his revenge. He burst through the door and picked up a piece of broken glass from the floor. "I time for to get even with you." he said. "I don't care. Kill me. I want to die. I wont have to go to prison when I fail.". Golden Stone just walked up to him and dropped the glass. "I'm not going to kill you. I want you to rot in prison. I can finally have time to recover from the pain you caused me for 30, agonizing years!" he yelled. The buzzer announcing the ending of the five minutes and the robots shut off. It was over. Equestria was safe. Of course I realize this is VERY anti-climactic, so I made an epilogue. Your Welcome.
New Missions to take onThe older stallion wandered down a long corridor to meet a younger mare at a door. "Nice to see you, Crowned Gems. Have you found anymore candidates for the experiments?" asked the old stallion. "Not yet, but I'm close. We're running low on hearts in Vanhoover to take. I have sent a representative to Filly Delphia to find more hearts. No luck yet, though." she replied. He nodded and walked past her and continued onto the next door. The door opened and he walked inside. The stallion walked in and sat down in the desk. He put his head in his hoofs and sighed. "I thought everything would be easier then this. He tells me to lie to everypony and make them believe we're doing good. How can they be so ignorant and not see how evil this is. I wish I could leave this evil place..." he said to himself. He pick his head up and looked at a silver name tag on his desk. It read "Vice Chairman Golden Stone". Next to it was a picture of a family. In the picture was a mare and a filly. A stallion was also in the picture. It was the old stallion, but younger and happier looking. He looked at the picture and looked away quickly. Twilight walked back to her friends. "Uh, girls, Princess Celestia wants to talk to me and me only. I'm sorry, but you'll have to go home. I'll meet you back in Ponyville.". "But, Twilight, why?" asked Pinkie Pie, frowning. "The princess just wants to talk to me right now. I would appreciate it if you leave." she said. The ponies sighed and walked back to the train station. Celestia turned to Twilight and Luna. "I must now speak to you along with Luna. I have already discussed this with Luna, but she can help me explain." she paused and sighed. "We have heard from many sources that the Tri-Pony corporation is planning to take the hearts of Luna and I. We have more guards to help protect us, but we have seen what they can do. They started taking Changeling's brains so they can have the same shape shifting forms. Thankfully, they are having trouble finding more hearts. It should keep them busy for awhile with the troubles they are having. It will only be a matter of time before they find another town. I heard they are looking in Filly Delphia to find some hearts. I want to send you their with two other ponies to watch out for them. I am not sending two of your friends though. I'm sending two of my guards out of royal uniform to go with you. I don't want the representative in Filly Delphia to think we know what their up to. You will have a day to pack and find something to tell your friends about your absence. I need you to go, and don't worry. Everything will be fine. I am counting on you to save Equestria and everything beyond it." she said. Twilight nodded and turned around to go home. "And Twilight.". Twilight turned back around. "Yes?" she asked. "Don't fear Tri-Pony. They are no match for the power of your magic." said Luna. Twilight put on a small smile and turned back around again. Golden Stone approached the new worker in the search department. "Hello Ms. Hayseed. How are you today? Did you find another pony to use for the experiments? We're running low on resources." he asked. "I'm trying here! Don't rush me. This is a very difficult task. I have to find PURE hearts. I can't use regular hearts!" she yelled. "I know its hard, but you have to work harder! We need these hearts! You don't want to lose your job, do you? I have no idea what would happen if you do. How would you get money to take care of your family? You wouldn't want your family to starve, do you?!" he yelled. She coward under his shadow and shook her head. "I thought so! Now, WORK!" he shouted. She shakily stood up and ran back to her office. He sighed and wandered around in the hallway for awhile. Eventually he walked back to his office and sat down. "What is happening here. I need a break from this horrible thing we are doing. We kill innocent ponies for our own selfish plan to do wrong to all the good ponies. What had the princess done to deserve this? All of Equestria would be better if we would just go away." he said, looking at the family photo on his desk. "Why did we have to kill these ponies?....Why?..." he whispered, still staring at the photo.
Flashbacks and Filly DelphiaTwilight met her friends at Sugar Cube Corner to explain why she was leaving. "I have to go and get something from Philly Delphia for the princess. She wants me to stay there for awhile and make sure everything is done for what she wants me there for." she said giving a nervous smile. They nodded and excepted her answer as truth. She wasn't convinced that they would fully believe her. "So you see, I have to leave for awhile, but don't worry, I'll be back!" she shouted running back to the library. She burst inside the door and was greeted by running over Spike. "AHHH! Twilight, why are you in such a hurry?" he asked. "I have to meet the princess at the castle tomorrow for very important matters. She needs me to go to Filly Delphia for awhile and-" "TWILIGHT! Slow down! So you need to go to Filly Delphia, why are you so flustered?!" he asked. "Its very important that I be there on time. This isn't just one of those times where I over react about the tiniest of things! This is an extremely bad thing we're dealing with and I need to be ready for it." she said running around gathering things for her journey. The train pulled up to the Canterlot train station. Twilight Sparkle walked off and met Princess Luna. "Hello princess. When do I have to go? Where are the royal guards who are coming with me? What do I have to do?" she asked nervously. "Don't worry about anything Twilight Sparkle. The guards are already on the train. They will tell you what to do. Here's your ticket." she said handing her the ticket. She took it and boarded the train. She was greeted by two stallions. She didn't recognize them without their uniforms on, so she wasn't sure where to look. One was gray and the other was white. The gray one seemed to be one of Luna's guards and the white one was Celestia's guard. "Hello Ms. Sparkle. My name is Star Shield and this is Spark Plates. We are here to accompany you to Filly Delphia for the mission." said the white stallion. "So, Star Shield, are you one of Celestia's guards?" she asked. "But of course! And Spark Plates is Princess Luna's guard. The princesses thought it fair to send one of each. Just because of the threats from the Tri-Pony company." he replied. She nodded and looked out of the window as the train pulled away. Golden Stone walked out of his office and locked the door. He was locking up his office for the night and going to his lonely and small home. He wasn't the way he acted in front of new workers, all happy and cheerful. The truth was that he was a tired old colt with a permanent gray cloud over his head. Nothing had been the same since he joined the Tri-Pony company. He never wanted to think about that day ever again, but no matter how hard he tried, the memories just kept coming back. He is standing in his house, calling out the names of his wife and his young filly. Nopony answers and he begins to worry. Out of nowhere, an old blue stallion walked in front of him. "Don't bother trying to fight me. And don't call out their names, they can't hear you. Not where they are. Too bad you wont get to see your beloved filly become the first pony to have her heart transfer into our new robots." he laughed. "What do you mean? What have you done with her!?" he yelled. "Its over now, you have no choice but to join us. Or we'll have to hurt your wife, too." he scoffed. "Fine, you win. I'll join you." he said, defeated. He was led to the Tri-Pony building and put in his office. "Great, now, where is Lilly Pad?" he asked. "She's becoming a robot. I'm not going to lie to you, it was hard to get her to stay still, but we managed. You'll see her when she's done." "What!? That wasn't part of the deal! You were supposed to let her go!" he yelled, tears starting to fall from his eyes. "You can never trust the head of an evil corporation, Golden Stone. You of all ponies should know this! I didn't think you would fall for this so easily. I really do feel bad for you now, with you being so ignorant and all. It's okay though. It will get easier once you get to know the system." he said, leaving the room. The stallion lay on the floor, staring blankly into the wall. He stared at it for 10 minutes before he started to do anything. It had been 30 years since that day, and he still couldn't forget that terrible stallion.
Train arrivals and settling inTwilight and the other two guards sat in silence, awaiting the arrival to Filly Delphia. Twilight was getting tired of the silence and was the first to brake the ice after a half an hour of no talking. "Sooo, how long have you guys been guards for the princesses?" she said, startling them. "Oh, well we've been their guards for a very long time. Obviously, Sparks over here hasn't been a guard as long as I have." he replied giving a smile and a small laugh. Twilight was amazed. She'd never seen a royal guard laugh or smile before. Or call another guard by a nickname. Though Spark Plates didn't seem to enjoy his nickname as much as Star Shield did, she was still amazed. "Well, Twilight, you're Princess Celestia's student. You seem to send her a lot of mail. She just puts all of the already read scrolls in a pile, and sometimes, when she's not around, Luna plays in the pile of scrolls." he stated, laughing and causing Twilight to laugh as well. Spark Plates remained silent. She was getting the feeling he didn't actually want to go with them. 'Maybe he was forced to go. Maybe the princesses took him away from something. I wonder what it is...' Twilight thought. "Stop being such an up-tight stallion all the time, Sparks! Enjoy the time we have off from guarding. Sure its a mission that's not exactly safe, but at least we don't have to stay sitting in the same place for the whole day!" he laughed, patting him on the back. He slapped his hand off his back. " Do you know how much danger we are in!? We could die! We may never see our families again! I'd rather be in Canterlot doing nothing then on a train with a fool and a stupid unicorn!" he shouted angrily. Twilight frowned and looked at the floor. Why would he call her a stupid unicorn. She wasn't stupid. "Why would you say that!? The princess said everything would be fine! Your going to scare Twilight!" he yelled defending the sad mare. "Good. You should be scare! We'll probably die and our families will never see us again. What would your wife and sons think if the princesses had to tell them your heart was ripped out and you were brutally murdered!? HUH!? The princesses may be wise and all knowing, but they can't see the future." The rest of the train ride was silent and no pony wanted to talk. Even their breathing was deathly silent. Twilight nor Star Shield dared to look at Spark Plates. He was still recovering from the massive outburst. The train ride was three hours long, including stops on the way. When they're stop came, they got off at Manehatten and took another train to Filly Delphia. The princess arranged for them to stay in a house in town, near the Tri-Pony base in the city. They were to keep a close watch on anypony who might be a representative. At the same time they had to act as normal as possible so they wouldn't be caught. Still, there was no talking. When the house came into view, Twilight pulled the key out of her saddle bag and unlocked the door. It swung open and revealed an empty house. There was nothing in it except a table and three chairs. In the bed rooms there were beds of straw. A lantern lay on the floor next to each bed. so they could see at night. Twiligt wanted to get strait to work so she could get this done faster. What the one guard said about this being a deadly mission really scared her, and she wanted to go home as fast of she could. She couldn't bear the thought of never seeing her friends and family again. What would they think? What with the last thing she told her friends was a lie! She wouldn't let that happen. She would return to Ponyville alive and healthy. She sat in front of the house watching for anypony who could be a Tri-Pony representative. It was a harder task then she thought at first. She was sure it was just
Changelings and The PrincessPrincess Celestia was preparing to make a dangerous and long journey to the Changeling kingdom. She and Chrysalis made an agreement to not kill each other, only for once. They were both being effected by the Tri-Pony company and decided it best to take action as allies. She finished loading the carriage for the ride when Luna appeared in the castle courtyard. "Sister, you do not have to go alone. I can come with you." stated Luna, making Celestia notice her presence. "I appreciate the offer, but I wish to go alone. If something happens to me, at least you will be here to take over my responsibilities." she said rejected her sister's offer. "Don't talk like that! You will come back! I don't think I could be able to take on your responsibilities as the ruler of Equestria! It will be safer if we both come.". "I'm not letting you. I don't want something to happen to you, little sister. I would never forgive myself if something did." she said. Luna wouldn't listen. She just stomped her hoof and walked back to the castle. She was going to go, whether her sister liked it or not. She planned to have another carriage follow Celestia's an hour after it left. She stood on her balcony and watched as her sister's carriage flew away from the castle. She waited an hour, and left as well. On her way, she felt like she was protecting her sister, but really, she was putting them both in danger. Days had gone by and they still traveled. Luna was getting tired of staying in the carriage and wanted badly to fly or walk on the ground. It felt like years, but she had finally arrived. Her sister must have over slept because she caught up with her only five minutes away from the Changeling's Kingdom. "LUNA! What are you doing here!? I told you to stay home!" she shouted from her carriage. "I couldn't let you go alone!" she yelled back. Celestia was furious with her sister and wanted to punish her with something, but Luna's punishment would have to wait. Celestia had business to attend to. The queen of Changeling's was expecting her... right? She was ambushed by a group of changelings. Luna ran after them to try and save her sister, but they captured her too. Celestia struggled and shook them off, but it was no use. They kept coming and grabbing her. "Luna! Watch out!" she screamed as a bunch of changelings grabbed her and pulled her down. They had done the same to Luna, and they lay pressed against the ground. It was a trap and they had both fallen into it. 'I guess this is revenge for stopping her from taking over Equestria. We can escape, can't we?' Celestia thought. She was definitely wrong and they were not going to escape any time soon. The changelings brought them to a dungeon and left them there to rot. Luna and Celestia sat in silence, thinking about what they were to do. "Sister? I should have listened to you. I shouldn't have followed you." she apologized. Celestia wouldn't listen and ignored her. Luna sat in silence again. "Please forgive me? I was just worried about you and-" "You should have listened to me! If we even make it out of here, I don't want to speak to you ever again! Even if we're here forever, I don't want to speak to you! I'm not accepting your apology!" she shouted. Luna looked down and scooted to the corner of the room. She lay down on the rusty, grungy floor and closed her eyes. She didn't want to, but against her will, she started tearing up. She sobbed quietly in the corner of the cell. Celestia sat in her place, still furious. She ignored her little sister's crying and focused on how to escape. She thought she had found a way to get out of the cell, but she wasn't going to tell Luna. She could find another way. Celestia was so mad she wasn't thinking straight. 'Luna can find her own way out. She can stay here and wallow in self pity. I don't care anymore.' she thought.
News to the public(This chapter actually has cussing in it, so, yeah) The terrible workers from the Tri-Pony decided to set up speakers in every corner of Equestria. "Attention all of Equestria! You are going to die! We will slaughter your family and take your hearts!" shouted a voice on the speaker. Everypony ran and screamed in horror. The speaker hadn't been turned off, so all the ponies heard what followed. "I wont let you kill anypony you son of a bitch! You will not live to see the light of the next day!" shouted Golden Stone. From the speaker came the noise of smashing and bashing. An older stallion yelling and hitting noises erupted from the speaker. He yelled one last time and then a bunch of metal smashed. "Everypony! Stop panicking! Its over. The head of the Tri-Pony woke up from his sleep. "Thank goodness that was just a dream. I thought that horrible vice chairman was going to kill me. Ha! He couldn't He's to weak." Twilight, Star Shield, and Spark Plates had been in Filly Delphia for awhile now and had nothing. They decided it was time for them to go home and tell princess Celestia of their failure. "Spark Plates, what do you think the princess is going to do? I hope she doesn't banish me and put me in prison where she banishes me to.". He was in no mood for Twilight's paranoia. "You know what I think? I think stupid unicorns like you should be locked up, chained in a cage, and destroyed in a fire! That's what I think! You have anymore questions, Twilight Sparkle!?" he shouted. She burst into laughter. She laughed so hard she cried. "You know what I think of your attitude? I think your an old, selfish colt who needs to be exiled to hell! You can be burned in a firey pit of hate and no pony like you! That' what I think!" screamed Twilight, releasing weeks of pent-up anger. He was taken aback. She was boiling with rage. He didn't say anything for the rest of the train ride. She was happy that she had finally shut him up. When they arrived back at the castle, the princess was in the royal infirmary. Twilight walked into the room where the two princesses where resting. "Princess Celestia! Princess Luna! What happened?" she exclaimed worriedly. "We were tricked into trusting the changelings. They put us in prison, but we managed to escape. How did things go in Filly Delphia?". "Not well. We found nothing. I'm so sorry." she said. "Its okay my faithful student. I already know what I need to know from the people in Canterlot. I'm afraid they are powerful enough to attack." At the moment, Golden Stone was finishing after the third heart harvesting this week. He grabbed the butcher knife and ripped it into the body. He let all the blood drain into the bucket he used for all the blood. He chopped more of the pony up and packaged it.
Telling your friends"Girls, I have a confession to make..." said Twilight as she met her friends at Sugar Cube Corner. "What is it sugar cube? You sound stressed." asked Applejack. "I wasn't at Filly Delphia for an event with the princess. I was on an undercover mission for the princesses to make sure the Tri-Pony company didn't hurt them. They're fine, its just that, I'd lied to you. I really need your help stopping them." she said. They all took the news much more normally then she expected. "Okay then. Applejack, I need your strong power to hep us stop them from releasing those robots. Fluttershy, I need your old Iron Will training to force them to let us in. Rainbow Dash, I need to use your speed to get past all of the guards. Pinkie Pie, I need your more... insane side... to disarm those robots. And finally, Rarity, I need your eye for detail to find us a quick way in and out. You got it?" she shouted. "YES MA'AM!" they shouted back. "Don't forget about us!" came a yell from behind her. "Star Shield! Spark Plates! What are you doing here?" she asked. "We thought we should help you. I'm sorry for being such a jerk." said Spark Plates. "No time for apologies! We have to get a move on this!" said Twilight. They wandered around the building for ten minutes until Rarity could find something. She spotted an opening in an air vent to get in through. They all scrawled through the vent and wound up right in front of the guards. Flutterhshy yelled at them and pushed them around until they ran away crying. Rainbow sped through all of the guards left and knocked out everyone of them. They had finally made it to the robot area in the building. "Pinkie, it's your time to shine!" said Twilight. "Sorry girls, but I can't do it unless I'm really mad about something."she said. "Well then. Prepare to be insulted." They yelled out hurtful comments and called her names. She closed her eyes for a second and squinted really hard. When she opened her eyes, she was freaking out. "YOU STUPID, DUMB, IDIOTIC PIECES OF CRAP! YOUR YOU NEED TO GO BURN IN HELL! AHHHH!" she screamed breaking open every robot and ripping out the hearts. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHH AHHHH!!!" she screamed. "PINKIE! Calm down! Your done!" said Twilight, as everypony held her down. She snapped out of it and cooled down. "You did great Pinkie. Now, Equestria is safe!". "Maybe not. I think we just killed the robots from Ponyville." Star Shield said. "Oh crap." sighed Twilight. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" asked Golden Stone to the ponies surrounded by robot carnage. They charged at him and prepared to attack. "NO! Stop! I'm not here to stop you! I want to help you! I hate this place. I can never forgive them for what they have done to my family. I want to kill them just as much as you do." he stated. They stopped running at him and smiled. 'He obviously works here. Thank Celestia he's on our side.' thought Twilight. He gave them the key to the control room. "Here take this! Go to the control room, and use the emergency shut off for all the robots. I have some unfinished business with the Tri-Pony head. Hurry!" he shouted while running away.
EpilogueAfter the everything was cleared out and the Tri-Pony buildings were cleaned up, the head of he company was set to have life in prison. However he managed to escaped and is on the run. Twilight learned nothing about friendship that she hadn't already learned, so the princess didn't get a letter from her that week. Speaking of the princess, Celestia and Luna recovered from the changeling prison, and are still ruling Equestria. They are in the process of getting ponies to forget it ever happened. And finally, Luna is still playing in old scrolls. The end. Author's Note Yeah I'm lazy. Hope you enjoyed the story, and if you didn't, I completely understand. If you felt it got crappy by the end, well that's because I wrote the last 4 chapters in one night. Thanks for reading!
Welcome to the System"I am sure you will find that this is a very easy process. It's part of our three step plan to build these fine pieces of machinery. First, we find the ponies with the purest and best of hearts. Second, we cut them out and make sure no one ever suspects us! Third and finally, we build ourselves these amazing robots. Welcome to the system. So, do you think you are up for the task?" asked a deep voiced stallion. The mare he was talking to nodded and smiled. She was a young pony, not nearly old enough to have a job as a politic, but old enough to have a job at some sort of shop. She was still young and ready to start her new job. "Great! Well, this is your office. You will be in our search facility. I will have you in charge of finding the pure hearts for our robots. We are counting on you to get us those hearts!" he said, laughing slightly at the end of his sentence. He was the kind of stallion you wouldn't see killing others' on the street. He was more of the grandfatherly type, but this would show anypony to judge by look and sound. He was a killer, and was the leader of many killers. He was the vice president of Tri-Pony, an underground organization who is trying to find a way to combined actual pony life with machines. Everything they worked for was making and designing ponies who were perfect in every way.Or that's what their leader was convincing them of. Luna flew onto the balcony of her sister's palace. "Have you found them yet sister? I worry they are numbering." spoke Celesta. "No, we have not found them yet. We share your fears sister. Their organization is rising and they are become more powerful. If we do not stop them soon, they will kill everyone." sighed Luna. "I heave heard word that they are planning to take my heart. Once they overthrow us they want to take my heart from me and take yours too. Its becoming nearly impossible to tell the difference between robots and ponies. The queen of the Changelings wishes to inform us about her predicament as well. Apparently they are taking the Changeling brains too. They have been using them to transform the magic metals into the ponies we love. We must do something now!" shouted Celestia. She looked at her sister as if to find an answer, but she had none. They stared at the sun, right before Luna lowered it down. "If we don't stop them soon, it will be the end for all of us." whispered Luna. Twilight was sent a letter from Princess Celestia to have her meet Luna and herself in the royal Canterlot garden. She took a train to the palace immediately and, even when the princess said not to, she brought her friends. She and the rest of the ponies walked into the garden to be greeted by the princesses. "Hello Twilight. I see you have brought your friends. May I speak to you in privacy near the hedge maze?" she said, putting on a stern face. "Yes princess." she replied. They walked to the maze leaving Luna and the other 5 ponies in the garden. "Twilight, I thought I told you not to bring your friends! This was only for you to know. They can't know until we need them! They must go home!" she shouted. Celestia was angrily looking down at Twilight, but when she saw Twilight's frighted face and watering eyes, she took a deep breath and calmed down. "Please, they must not know about it. It may too much for them to bear, knowing that their loved ones could have the one thing that keeps them alive cut and torn out of their bodies. They have to know only when the time is right.". Twilight looked down and sighed. "Okay princess. I'll have them go home now..." she sighed.
The Heart of the CompanyEverypony in the Tri-Pony office was celebrating. "We have finally got a new heart! We can continue on with our experiments! FANTASTIC!" they all shouted. Golden Stone acted like anypony else in the office, excited for their new discovery, but inside, he was terribly afraid of what would happen. The had the subject for their evil doing strapped to a metal cart. They wheeled the cart down the hallway into the room they used for operations. "Golden Stone! Please come to the operation room for the procedure!" came a voice over the speakers. He sighed and walked to the room where, only moments away, a pony was going to have her heart cut from her chest. He walked through the door and saw the pony on the table. "Please hand me the knife?" asked the one pony in a white coat. Golden Stone grabbed the knife and handed it to the pony. She looked at the knife and began to push it into the mare on the table's chest. The mare screeched in pain and cried for mercy. Blood oozed from her chest and she breathed hard. She begged and begged, but they didn't listen. Golden Stone looked down at the mare on the table. She looked up at him and looked him in the eyes. She could see he didn't want to do this, but was being forced into it. She began to fade out as the pony plunged the knife down harder into her chest, splintering and splitting her rib cage. She shrieked louder and cried for help. Blood spurted from her chest and she screamed for the last time. Her eyes closed as the pony ripped out her heart. All that was left of her was a mare with a gaping hole in her chest. "Golden Stone, would you be kind and finish the job? I have to take this heart to the metal chamber for transfer." she said picking up the heart. He nodded in response. The pony walked out of the room with the heart in hoof, leaving him to finish the job. He picked up the knife and cleaned it off. He put it down and picked up an even bigger butcher knife. Celestia was starting to put her plan in action. She tried as hard as she could to bend the metal bars with her magic. The bars were partly magic proof, so it was difficult for her to do. Next she pressed herself to the smallest form she could and squeezed through the hole. She quietly trotted to the edge of the kingdom. She took one last look at the worst guarded kingdom in the world. She also gave one last thought to how Luna would be. She pushed it away and spread her wings. She jumped into the air and flew away into the still lit world. As she flew across the sky, she brought forth night so her subjects wouldn't worry. As the brought out night, she thought more about Luna. 'What would happen to Luna? How will she escape? What will they do to her?'. She couldn't think of this right now. "Oh, Luna. I can't leave you there!" she said turning around. Celestia landed on the edge of the kingdom again. She ran along to the cells, only to find that the cell she had once been in with her crying sister, was empty. "Luna! Where are you!?" she yelled into the corridor. "SISTER! HELP!" she yelled, being dragged down the hall by a changeling guard. "LUNA!" she shouted. She ran down the hall after her. The changeling heard her and struck her just as she got close. She was hit in the face by his jagged hoof. It left an ugly gash under her eyes. She ran at him again. He turned around and showed himself choking Luna. Celestia slowed down, afraid he would hurt her further. "Don't! Stop!" screamed Celestia. The changeling proceeded to choke Luna, and she continued to gasp for breath, but she couldn't get any air in. She made screeching noises, while trying to push the changeling off of her. He let go of her for a second and hit her on her head with his hoof. She yelped in pain and fell to the floor. Celestia ran at him and landed on top of him. He toppled over and was crushed under her weight. He lost his breath and his chest cracked. Luna lay on the floor, unconscious. Celestia ran over to her and held her in her hoofs. "I'm sorry little sister. I shouldn't have left you here alone." she whispered, beginning to cry a bit. Luna began to wake up and saw her sister crying above her. "Sister, don't cry. I'm fine." she said. Celestia opened her eyes and looked down at Luna. She smiled and hugged her little sister tightly.
Time Limit and RevengeThey ran down the hall way and unlocked the door. Rarity spotted the button in the array of colorful buttons and switches. She unlocked the case and pressed the button. "5:00 til emergency shut down!" sounded an alarm. "I was hoping that wasn't going to happen." said Twilight. Three worker ponies ran towards them in attempt to stop the shut off. The royal guards jumped at the workers and knocked them down. Rarity, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash protected the button. Applejack and Pinkie Pie fought off the workers when they recovered. Meanwhile, Golden Stone was getting revenge. Golden Star ran down the hallway to meet the head of Tri-Pony and get his revenge. He burst through the door and picked up a piece of broken glass from the floor. "I time for to get even with you." he said. "I don't care. Kill me. I want to die. I wont have to go to prison when I fail.". Golden Stone just walked up to him and dropped the glass. "I'm not going to kill you. I want you to rot in prison. I can finally have time to recover from the pain you caused me for 30, agonizing years!" he yelled. The buzzer announcing the ending of the five minutes and the robots shut off. It was over. Equestria was safe. Of course I realize this is VERY anti-climactic, so I made an epilogue. Your Welcome.