My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Legacy

MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC: LEGACY

A next generation fanfiction series by SnowyZo3

Chapter 5: Entering Fillydelphia

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Meanwhile,  back in Ponyville, the group of four made it to Sugarcube Corner. Due to almost being caught by Discord a multitude of times, getting from the apple orchards to the center of town took much longer than expected.

“In here.” Miracle whispered as she held open the door for the other three. It wasn’t a moment too soon that the door closed, as Discord came through again, looking for more survivors.

“Hmmm....I thought there’d be more of them.” he thought out loud before his eyes began glowing a sickly shade of yellow. “Chrysalis my dear, have you found anything on your end?”

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“Here?” Cyclone asked as he touched down, and Metro hopped off.

“Yeah, I think this is where they are.” Metro said as he walked up to a shed behind a house. As he rounded the corner, he came face to face with something that made him freeze: his friend’s mom, Giggles, frozen in stone with a fearful look on her face.

“Something wrong, kid?” Cyclone called out before walking over and finding the other pony. “You know her?”

“That’s my friend, Daylight’s mom...” he said before quickly running over to the shed and knocking frequently. “Daylight! You okay?”

Finally, the door opened, and a orange pegasus with a black and red mane, orange eyes, tan snout and a cutie mark resembling the sun streaking across the sky. “Metro? You’re okay!” he said, opening the door wider to reveal a light grey unicorn colt with yellow eyes, a neon blue mane and a turntable cutie mark.

“Dubstep! You’re here too?” Metro asked.

“You sound surprised to see me, dude!” Dubstep answered as he walked forward next to Daylight, then noticing the guard. “Are you here to save us, mister?”

“You and any other survivors.” Cyclone answered. “Cumulus! Radio the princess and tell her we’re evacuating three colts ASAP!” he turned back to his partner, only to find nopony there.

Back in front of the house, Chrysallis returned to her normal form, a large, Alicorn-like Changeling Queen, with a long jagged horn and a flowing icy blue mane. Her eyes glowed a sickly green, and she could hear Discord’s voice in her head.

“Plenty of them. I’ve been following a group closely for some time, but I’m ready to...”

“Cumulus? You over here?” a voice called.

“Gotta go. Somepony’s coming.” Chrysallis quickly said as she cut the connection and reverted to the Royal Guard form she was maintaining, just as Cyclone and the other three rounded the house.

“There you are. What happened?” he asked Chrysallis.

“Uh, nothing. Just checking for any sign of Discord or Nightmare Moon.” she lied.

“Well, keep an eye out. We’re taking these kids to the rendevouz point. Hopefully the others found more of them. C’mon.” Cyclone ordered as he and the kids began walking towards the edge of town.

“I’ll get you soon enough” Chrysallis muttered to herself.

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“Ugh...What’s that smell?” Sunbeam coughed.

“Melted steel. We’re getting close to Fillydelphia.” Moonlight muttered, “The place is full of steel mills.”

Sure enough, as the six of them got slightly further down the road, the city of Fillydelphia came into full view. Large industrial complexes were visible from outside the city, littered with tall apartment buildings and warehouses.

“It’s not exactly the prettiest thing I’ve seen.” RB whispered to herself.

“It’s a factory city. It isn’t supposed to be pretty.” Moonlight said.

“We get it Moonlight. Let’s see if we can find a place to stay for the night. We’ll keep an eye out for the Alternates later tomorrow.” Amethyst suggested.

“Sounds good to me.” Golden Harvest agreed.

As they got closer to the city limits, they could see a checkpoint set up, guards stationed all around it. One noticed the oncoming group and stepped forward.

“Halt! Identify yourselves and state your business!” he called out.

“The princess sent us! We’re supposed to retrieve the Elements of Harmony and stop Discord and his allies!” Amethyst called out.

“Well how can we tell you’re not Discord and his friends in disguise?” Another, younger sounding, guard called out.

“He’s got a point, how can they tell?” Surprise asked the others.

“Jeez, just let us in already!” Moonlight yelled.

After her outburst, another voice came from behind the checkpoint. “Let me through! I know that voice!” It was soon that they learned the voice came from none other than the General of the Royal Guard himself, Shining Armor. “Well, my niece came to pay us a visit.”

“How can you tell it’s her, sir?” one guard asked.

“I can recognize those outbursts anywhere.” he chuckled.

“Oh, haha, Uncle Shining.” Moonlight chuckled.

“Let them through.” Shining ordered. One guard opened the gate, allowing the six of them into the city.

“Princess Celestia said you were in Stalliongrad before we left.” Amethyst asked the older general.

“That was before we got news of an Alternate within the city limits. Then we discovered something that proved our suspicions are true.” Shining explained.

“What’s that?” Rome Beauty asked.

“Follow me and I’ll show you.” he ordered. The group walked towards the city center, where a makeshift headquarters for Shining Armor’s soldiers was set up. Outside it, a white pegasus mare with a black and red mane was arguing with one of the guards. She had quite a concerned look on her face.

“Please, at least let me in to see if he’s okay!” Blood Moon cried.

“Look, I know you’re worried about Lt Chaos, but I’m under strict orders not to let anypony in without the general’s OK.” the guard apologized.

Trying their best to ignore the commotion outside the tent, Shining let the fillies inside, where they completely understood what had happened. In front of them stood four royal guards, all of them frozen in stone with fearful looks on their faces.

“My top Lieutenants: Chaos Star, Valier, Night Thunder, and Jetta Bomber. All of them were found like this within the last 24 hours.” Shining Armor said solemnly.

“But I thought Nightmare Moon and Discord were the only ones who could turn ponies to stone. Aren’t they still both in Ponyville?” Surprise thought out loud.

“About that...We’ve also had Nightmare Moon sightings around the city in the past few hours.” Shining continued.

Amethyst reached into her saddlebag, pulling out the digital map of Equestria. Surely enough, there was a blue dot circling the area around Fillydelphia. “That must be her.” she thought to herself.

“How are we gonna stop her? We don’t have the Elements with us.” Rome Beauty asked.

“You don’t?” Shining turned around, surprised.

“Discord stole them during the eclipse when he first appeared.” Moonlight explained.

Shining sat at a desk, his head in his forelegs, trying to think of a way around this mess, when finally, he thought of something.

“Wait, maybe we don’t need the Elements of Harmony to stop her.” he said to himself.

“What makes you say that, sir?” Golden Harvest asked.

“Just bear with me on this...”

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“Is he gone?” Eight Bit whispered. Sonnet peered through the crack in between the saloon style doors of Sugarcube Corner. She was relieved to see that Discord had moved on and nowhere to be seen.

“He’s gone. We’re safe for now.” Sonnet sighed in relief. “I thought you said you saw guards flying around here, Blue Skies.”

“I did! Honest!” Blue whispered loudly.

“Guys, relax. Let’s see if we can find them from a better vantage point.” Miracle suggested as she headed into the kitchen. Before she could make it into the back room, she walked into something cold and rough. Looking up, she saw the Cake Twins, huddled in fear, looking up at something. Both were statues. Eight Bit nearly let out a yelp if it weren’t for Sonnet and Blue Skies covering her mouth the moment it opened.

“Okay...so he’s been through here already...” Miracle said to herself.

“Who’s there?” a voice came from the pantry. Blue slowly walked open and gently opened the door. Hiding behind a sack of sugar was a small, purple and brown unicorn colt with a muffin cutie mark.

“Bran Muffin? What happened?” Miracle asked.

“Discord came in, and he froze Mr and Mrs Cake, then the twins, then everypony else! I was hiding in here the whole time so he didn’t find me.” Bran Muffin studdered. “He’s not here is he?”

“No, don’t worry. He left for the moment.” Miracle assured him.

“I’m sorry, WHO left for the moment?” Discord’s voice came from above the group. Everypony froze up, and look up, to be face to face with Discord, floating above them, just before he lunged for the nearest pony...

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“This will never work.” Moonlight mumbled to herself.

“Have faith, Moonlight. I’ve got a feeling this will work.” Shining said through his radio. “Now you and Surprise just begin the distraction. Amethyst has begun charging her spell.”

“Okie Dokie Lokie!” Surprise beamed as she bounced into the alley way, the armor she was given for the plan clanging together. Moonlight sighed and followed her inside. Meanwhile, on a nearby balcony, Amethyst, Shining Armor, and the other girls watched from afar. Amethyst’s horn was glowing brightly with magical energy, readying the spell she was taught by the general.

“The moment you see Nightmare Moon, release the spell.” Shining told her. Amethyst couldn’t speak, as holding back the energy from the spell she was preparing took too much concentration to say anything. Instead, she gave a quick nod and focused back on the alley.

“Uh, Patrol 4 to base, we’ve got no sightings of Nightmare Moon in this sector.” Moonlight said into her radio.

“Whaddya mean? She’s right there.” Surprise pointed at a graffiti piece on an abandoned building, with the words ‘NLR ROOLZ’ written crudely underneath. The moment she pointed at it, Amethyst fired the spell at the wall. It shattered the wall to nothing but rubble. “Oh wait, it’s just a painting.”

“Dang it, Surprise!” Sunbeam groaned, facehoofing.

“Told you it wouldn’t work.” Moonlight sighed.

“Oh, I wouldn’t say that.” Nightmare Moon chuckled, as she materialized next to Shining Armor. “You really thought a simple projectile spell would stop me? Don’t make me laugh.”

Amethyst tried to fire the spell again, only for it to miss Nightmare Mon and disipate in the air behind her. “Nice try.” she chuckled as she leaped for Amethyst.

“OH, NO YOU DONT!” Shining yelled as he pushed Amethyst out of the way. He took the impact, then instantly afterwards, turned into a statue.

“Uncle Shining? Girls, what’s happening up there?” Moonlight’s voice came through the radio. Rome Beauty picked it up and leaped off the balcony onto another rooftop, followed by the other four.

“Nightmare Moon got him! Get outta there you two!” she responded, narrowly dodging Nightmare Moon as she pounced onto the rooftop after them. “Amy, can you do something about her already?”

“I can’t! My magic needs to recharge!” Amethyst replied as she jumped down a fire escape and ran back onto the main street along with her friends. Moonlight and Surprise cantered down a side street and joined their other friends.

“Ooh, now I have six targets. What fun!” the evil Alicorn grinned as she glided above them.

“Now!!!” Sunbeam screamed as all of them ducked. From two alleyways on either side of the street came Shining Armor and another unicorn guard cast a shielding spell around Nightmare Moon, catching her offguard and in a purple colored bubble. “Impossible! I froze you!”

“Simple cloning spell.” Shining smirked as he lowered the bubble to ground level. Elsewhere, the statue of Shining’s clone faded away into nothing as the spell dispersed.

“You will pay for this!” Nightmare moon shrieked as Shining Armor and the guards led her away.

“We should probably let Princess Celestia know we captured Nightmare Moon.” Amethyst suggested. Rome Beauty pulled out one of the devices Gizmo and Dark Star gave the group shortly before their departure. Upon activating it, Celestia appeared on screen, asleep.

“Um...Princess?” Golden Harvest spoke into the device.

“Zz...Oh, hello everyone!” Celestia slurred as she suddenly woke up. “How’s the search going?”

“We just captured Nightmare Moon with the help of Moonlight’s uncle.” Amethyst reported.

“Good job you six!” Celestia applauded.

“Yeah, it’s good, but what do we do with her now?” Sunbeam added?

“Listen to me carefully, Amethyst. Make sure Nightmare Moon is completely restrained. Are you familiar with the same spell Twilight Sparkle used to lift Discord’s spell from her friends in her time?” Celestia instructed. Amethyst nodded as Celestia continued. “The power from that spell should be strong enough to turn Nightmare Moon’s energy back to its original form....”

“Kind of like those spheres the Elements of Harmony originally were?” Amethyst asked.

“Exactly. Once you do, the Element she stole will reveal itself. I also want you to send her back to me via teleportation...” She continued before screaming and the sounds of stone objects falling to the ground interupted them. “What was that noise?”

“Not sure. We’ll call you back, Princess.” Amethyst said as she deactivated the video screen and the six of them ran towards the HQ.

“Oh my Faust...” Sunbeam muttered under her breath as they took in the scene of the disturbance. Every guard and civilian pony in the square had been turned to stone, including Shining Armor. Over to the side, they saw the pegasi mare from earlier surveying the damage.

“What happened, lady?” Surprise asked.

“I don’t know.” Blood Moon started. “One minute, the guards just captured Nightmare Moon, then she escaped and...” Before she could finish, Nightmare Moon came out of nowhere and froze her where she stood.

“Now where was I?” Nightmare Moon smirked as she slowly walked towards the Mane Six, cackling evilly.

END OF CHAPTER 5.