The Unicorns' Might

I apologise for the inconvenience, but this story has been cancelled. I have many reasons, the most of which just mean the same thing: I don't have a good ending. That's it. But please, enjoy the part of the chapter that I did complete, and try and make up your own ending in your head.

Fluttershy jerked herself up as she awoke, but yelped as her broken wing hit against her elbow.

She looked around, remembering that Luna had informed her that she was sleeping in the castle.

She looked at her wing, which was bandaged up.

She turned her attention to the bed which she was sleeping in, it was quite large. The blanket was just as large as the bed, with Princess Celestia's cutie mark on it, so she figured it was her bed.

She returned her attention to her wing and began softly massaging it to try and soothe her damaged feathers.

"Good, you are awake."

Fluttershy stopped rubbing her wing and looked toward the doorway. Princess Celestia was walking in, approaching Fluttershy in the bed.

"Hello, princess." she said.

"Good morning. How are you today?" Celestia replied.

"My wing hurts a lot. How long have I been in here?"

"Since last night."

Fluttershy laid back down onto the plump pillow behind her. She knew what Luna had told her, and what she had to do.

"Did you receive my message from Luna?" the princess asked, walking over to beside the bed.

"Yes, but I can't defeat Discord." Fluttershy said as she lifted her head back up. "You know I can't."

"Fluttershy, you must remove your doubt. You will never be able to accomplish your goal if you don't believe in yourself."

"But it's impossi-"

Celestia placed a hoof over her mouth, stopping her from talking.

"Fluttershy," she said. "I believe that you will do what's right."

She removed her hoof from her mouth and placed it back on the floor.

"Can I count on you?" the princess asked.

Fluttershy was silent for a moment, before she responded. "Yes, I'll try my hardest."

"Good. I know you will make the right choice."

"Right choice at what?"

"A most horrible choice."

"What? What will I have to do?"

"I cannot tell you, you must find out in time."

Despite what Fluttershy had said, she still knew there was no way she could do this.

"Princess Celestia, thanks for trusting me, but I don't think I'm the right pony for the job." she said.

"Fluttershy, I will assist you in defeating Discord, but only when you need it."

"You will? Thank you."

"The doctor had examined your wing while you were asleep. It should be healed in a few months, but even then, it won't be as strong as it was." Celestia said.

"A few months? Shouldn't it only take a few weeks?"

"Yes, but without our unicorns we don't have the magic to make a full recovery."

"Couldn't you do it?" Fluttershy asked hopefully.

"No, I can't. I am not educated in the fields of medicine."

Fluttershy pondered on the thought of her decision which she was apparently going to have to make.

"Could you tell me anything about my decision?" she asked.

"I'm sorry, Fluttershy, but I mustn't." Princess Celestia said. "However I may give you some advice."

"Yes, anything."

"Don't you dare put my life before anypony else's."

Fluttershy knocked on the large wooden door of Discord dark castle, nervous as anything. The door opened, though not very wide, and saw Minuette.

"Fluttershy," she said with a mischievous grin. "you are a fool to have come back. Discord has been waiting your return."

"I'm here to stop him." she said confidently, although inside, she wanted to run away and hide.

"You can't defeat him. He will destroy you and your friends."

"Princess Celestia said I had to, and that it was my duty."

"Well then, go ahead. I won't stop you."

Minuette's horn began to glow, as she teleported Fluttershy away.

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Fluttershy fell to the floor as she arrived in the room. She looked up and saw Rainbow Dash, sadly moping in her cell.

"Psst, Rainbow Dash." she whispered.

Rainbow Dash turned around to see her friend lying beside her prison.

"Fluttershy, you're alive!" she said as a smile grew across her face, but quickly dropped. "What are you doing here?!"

"Where are the other two?"

"They were tortured, so horribly. They're in the hall with the unicorns now."

Rainbow Dash thought Futtershy was stupid for coming back.

"Why are you here?"

"I came to stop Discord."

"No, you can't! Get out, before he knows you're here!"

"Fluttershy!"

They both looked behind them and saw Discord, laughing insanely.

"Discord!" Fluttershy growled.

"You were a fool to come back!"

"I had to, I can't let you take over Equestria!"

Discord sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Do we need to go through this again?" he said

He called out towards the door. "One of you unicorns, get in here!"

"Yes, Discord?" Lyra Heartstrings said, poking her head through the doorway.

"You, whatever your name is, teach Fluttershy a lesson."

Lyra nodded, and walked into the room. She approached Fluttershy, and her horn began glowing it's amber glow. It blasted into Fluttershy, sending her flying backwards and landing against the wall and to her surprise, it didn't hurt as much as she thought it would. It still hurt though, as her wing was being hit against the wall.

She tried to stand back up, but struggled as her legs began to cramp.

She soon found herself being lifted off the ground, but not by Lyra's magic. Rather, she found Discord's sharp claws wrapped around her neck, pinning her against the wall.

"Well well well, looks like your plan failed." he said, tightening his grip.

Fluttershy tried to remove his claws, but was unable to. Her body dangled helplessly as Discord held her. The pain she was experiencing was unbearable as her wing scraped against the stone wall.

"And now, my poor Fluttershy," he said with an evil grin. "You shall die!" Those words echoed through her head, as well as Rainbow Dash's.

"No!" yelled a voice from behind them.

Discord turned around, but was smashed across the room by Celestia's magic. Fluttershy yelped as she fell to the ground,

"How did you get in here?" he said angrily.

"I teleported, how else?" she said.

"You're no fun, you know that?"

Discord pointed at Lyra.

"Stop her!" he demanded.

"Is this a joke?" Princess Celestia said as Lyra's weak spells repelled off her.

"Oh, no joke here."

"Then how do you expect a simple unicorn to stop me?"

"She may be no use, but what are you against the power of every unicorn in Equestria?"

As he said that, the rest of the unicorns began swarming through the doors and circling the princess.

"What are you doing, Discord?" the princess asked as more and more ponies walked in.

"I'm simply using using the combined power of the untempered magic of the unicorns against you so I can finally rule Equestria in peace."

"You can't do that, their combined power is too unstable! It would destroy us all!"

"Yes, all of us except for one." he said. "Lucky for me, I'll be safe."

Futtershy backed away from the crowd of unicorns, not wanting to watch what was going to happen.

"Go ahead, teleport away." Discord taunted. "Abandon your ponies."

"I would never do that, you know I wouldn't!"

"Well let's see about that. Unicorns, attack!"

All of the unicorns began casting a spell, which gathered into a large ball of light in the centre of the room.

Princess Celestia looked over at Rainbow Dash sternly, and then at Fluttershy. She nodded, very slighlty, but enough for her to notice.

The unicorns fired their spell at Celestia causing her fall to the ground.