Peace Fighter

Chapter Twenty
Zero Allies!

The Felines. The Fascist freaking Felines. Allied with Shining Armor and the Peace Fighters. This is unbelievable. And now all the Empire knows that Shining Armor is leading the revolutionaries. Every citizen is uneasy, and there are whispers and murmurs in the streets about the former Captain of our army Princess Celestia thought as she stood on the balcony outside her room, looking down on Canterlot.

Hooves on marble alerted Celestia to Luna’s presence behind her, the Princess of the Night looking as angry as Celestia. Luna stopped next to her older sister and sat down on her haunches. “We will be ending this and leaving soon, yes?” Luna asked.

Celestia bristled in place before sitting down with a very audible and loud plop, almost collapsing onto her rump to just take a break. “Yes, sister, we will end this war soon and leave Equestria forever.”

Sighing and looking up at the sun Celestia said “I thought it would be easy. I thought we would be able to leave without conflict and find another planet to live on, but Cadence had to be naive and try to save them all. I didn’t like it either, I still don’t like it, but there are always hard choices in life. I would’ve liked to save all on this planet, but it’s just not feasible. At least this way we could find another fertile planet and maybe try again, but our machinations have had a sufficiently large wrench thrown into them.”

“I understand, sister” Luna stated, looking at Celestia. “Celly, we’re out of friends, aren’t we? The Fascist Felines have allied with the Peace Fighters. The Canines are allied with them. The Changelings are currently locked in the throes of a power struggle after Chrysalis’ death and are now out of the picture. And both Nightshade and Red Dragon were killed by the Peace Fighters, leaving just ELEMENT GEAR as our only elite soldiers. It’s almost over, Celly, but if the Peace Fighters keep moving the way they are we may be defeated and killed before we can leave.”

“Celestia, I advise we leave immediately. Please, just forget Shining Armor and abandon him to his fate on this doomed world. We should leave right now” Princess Luna declared.

“I understand your concerns, sister, but I am not leaving until Shining Armor is dead by my own hooves. And I don’t think MY HEAVEN is fully operational yet, so I wish to ensure that it’s fully functional before we leave” Celestia replied.

“Perhaps we should turn MY HEAVEN on Shining Armor and the Peace Fighters? That would end them right quick, sister” the Goddess of the Night suggested.

Princess Celestia looked down at the floor beneath her hooves and thought about it, realizing that Luna’s idea just might work, knowing the destructive power of MY HEAVEN.

“Do it, Lu. Disable our collective invisibility magic and reveal MY HEAVEN to the world” Celestia declared.

In the streets of Canterlot below the castle tower, thousands of citizens went about their days in the royal city. Shopkeepers eagerly displayed their wares, chefs and cooks did their work outside on the streets, allowing the scent of their delicious food to travel up and down the streets, and dignitaries strolled through the streets on the way to their respective gatherings.

Suddenly, all throughout the city a massive blast of magic was heard above and all who heard looked up to the sky, watching as from thin air some manner of thing appeared above their fair city. Slowly the thing materialized, its metal hull taking shape and revealing itself. It was slightly oval-shaped, with what appeared to be a massive railgun mounted to the top. At the bottom of the front and at several other places were large fins jutting out from the beast, and at what seemed to be the rear were two large tubes sticking out accompanied by a small third one in the center. Printed on the right side, in massive black and bold letters, were the words MY HEAVEN.

“CITIZENS OF THE EMPIRE, BEHOLD THE VEHICLE THAT IS TO BE THE END OF THE PEACE FIGHTERS’ REBELLION; MY HEAVEN. THIS IS THE FUTURE OF AERIAL TRAVEL, AS THIS MACHINE CAN TRAVEL THROUGH THE DARK VACUUM OF SPACE ITSELF. WE WILL FLY THIS SPACESHIP TO THE OUTER ORBITS OF OUR PLANET AND DELIVER UNTO THE PEACE FIGHTERS UNMATCHED DESTRUCTIVE POWER AND FURY! REST EASY, FOR THIS WAR WILL BE OVER SOON” Princess Celestia boomed from her tower, assuring the citizens of the Empire that the metal behemoth was on their side.

Taking a step back from the loudspeaker that amplified her voice Princess Celestia looked up at the spaceship MY HEAVEN before looking at her sister, nodding at her. “We will use MY HEAVEN to destroy the Peace Fighters before leaving this world forever. The plans are in motion, and very soon this will all be over, Luna” Celestia said.

Turning back and walking back inside her room the Goddess of the Sun sat down upon a large cushion, wishing things hadn’t gone the way they had. “I had hoped that we would never again have to see the destructive power of this ship, my sister. I’d hoped that nopony would ever have to see the destructive power of MY HEAVEN.”

“I understand, Celly, but it is what it is” Luna responded. “By the way, I have a personal request; can we use MY HEAVEN to kill the Leviathan of the Haro, too?”

Celestia frowned and looked her sister dead in the eye, sighing. “No, one shot to destroy the Peace Fighters will be enough.”

Immediately Luna became visibly distressed. “You KNOW what the Leviathan did to me! Did to US! And you won’t take your revenge on it, but rather just let it die when the sun goes out?! I want it killed by our own hooves, much like you want to kill Shining Armor with yours! I MUST see the Leviathan killed by us, to enact our revenge upon it!”

“No, sister, we will let it die cold and alone when the sun goes out. That’s it” Princess Celestia firmly told her sister.

With a huff of anger Luna rose to her hooves and stormed out of Celestia’s room, slamming the heavy wood door shut behind her.

Sighing in exasperation Celestia looked out the nearby window to the streets of Canterlot below, watching the citizens mill about in the streets as they went back and forth between staring at MY HEAVEN and the royal castle, believing that their Princesses were finally going to end the war and restore peace to Equestria.

Just another lie I’ve told them. It’ll be over, soon. It’ll all be over, and then we can start our species anew on another planet Celestia mused.

I must keep an eye on Luna before we leave, seeing her reaction to my declination to her offer. She is right; what the Leviathan did to us was unforgivable and deserves retribution, but...one shot from MY HEAVEN to destroy the Peace Fighters will be all that I will be able to handle. The destructive power of that ship has no equal, for it is indeed the most powerful weapon in all the galaxy. I fear MY HEAVEN; I still wish to never see it fired again, but I promised sister to use it on Shining Armor's revolutionaries.

And that shall be enough to satisfy her.