The Old Ways

Equestria

2000 years ago

The Smooze slowly advanced towards the royal castle, covering the grassy plains with its purple ooze, an army of corrupted ponies marching in front of it.

"At last..." The voice of the Smooze echoed, its eyes gazing at the fast approaching castle.

A pegasi garbed in a purple armor hovered alongside the Smooze. " How should we proceed, Lord Smooze?" His coat was littered with purple spots, a sign of being corrupted by the Smooze.

The eyes of the Smooze turned towards the pegasi." Prepare.." The pegasi bowed his head and flew down.

"It ends here..." A gurgling laughter echoed from the Smooze. The Unicorns stepped forward, their horns glowing."Corrupt..."  The pegasi took to the sky "Everything.." The earth ponies pawed the ground and snarled "Nothing can stop the Smooze!"

"For The Smooze!" The army charged towards the castle, but stopped when a bright light suddenly appeared in front of them.

"What is the meaning of this!?" The pegasi shouted in rage and covered his eyes.

The light cleared, revealing two alicorns. The one at the left was a mare. She had a white coat,a flowing red mane and red eyes.The other one was a stallion with a blue coat, a starry mane and blue eyes.

"King Artemis and Queen Galaxia!" The pegasi growled. " Did you come from the safety of your castle to surrender?Or do you foolishly believe that you stand a chance against Lord Smooze? " He smirked.

"I'm deeply saddened" The King spoke while staring at the pegasi " I couldn't even protect my own subjects from the corruption of the Smooze" He solemnly stated.

The Queen stepped forward " We will stop the corruption from spreading. The elements may not work against the Smooze, but we have to stop it no matter what the cost" The corrupted ponies pawed the ground in anger.

"You dare to defy Lord Smooze!?"

"Corruption of our Lord is a gift!"

"Bring it!"

"We will rip those crowns off!"

"Let me show them!"

"Servants.." The Smooze called out, causing the ponies to shut their mouths and turn towards their lord.

"Ye-yes my Lord?" A unicorn asked while bowing his head, the others following suit.

"Dispose.."  They smiled wickedly and turned towards the royals.

"Charge!"

Inside The Castle

"Celly...." a young Luna glanced at her sister, who was looking out of the window with a worried expression."When are mommy and daddy going to return?" The young princess shook her head and turned towards Luna.

"I don't know Lulu.."  Luna sighed in response.

"I hope they are alright.." She whimpered, a tear rolling down her cheek.

"Don't worry Lulu. I'm sure that they will be fine" Celestia tried to comfort her little sister.

"Doesn't that monster have any feelings?"  Celestia glanced at the window again.

"The Smooze is only able to express rage,malice and it only has a limited intelligence" She frowned "Its only purpose is to corrupt everything...."  Luna's eyes widened in fear.

"But don't worry! Mother and Father will definitely stop it" She flashed her younger sister a confident smile.

"I hope so Celly.." Luna lowered her gaze.

I hope so too Luna... Celestia thought as she noticed the Smooze in the distance.

Grass Plains

An earth pony fell on the ground, unconscious. The king and queen had managed to blast anyone who came close, with accurate and fast magical attacks.

"If we cannot get close to them, we shall use long rage attacks!" The pegasi motioned towards the unicorns "  Fire!"

The unicorns fired a barrage of arcane bolts towards the royals.

The queens horn glowed bright and a yellow bubble shaped shield was summoned, protecting them as the bolts crashed into it.

"Use more power!" More and more bolts were fired, but they didn't even manage to make a single crack to the shield.

"Pegasi dive bombard them!" The pegasi charged from the sky at break neck speeds.They crashed against it, but like the unicorns, didn't do any damage to it.

"I cannot believed this!" The pegasi growled in frustration."They are just pesky royals!"

"Don't even try..." The Smooze started to advance towards the royals like a flood.

"Move out of the way you fools! We shall let Lord Smooze to deal with these rulers.."  The unicorns teleported away while the pegasi lifted the earth ponies up.

"Smooze.." Multiple oozy hands emerged from the Smooze, its eyes staring at the rulers "So small..." The Smooze rose like a massive tsunami, intending in destroying the shield with pressure.

The King and queen flared their wings and flew up just before the Smooze came down with a massive force. They fired several powerful blast towards the gargantuan, but it ended up being useless when they were sucked inside the Smooze.

It ends now

"As I thought.." The king spoke. "Our magic has no effect on the Smooze " The Queen glanced at the castle.

"We must act quick before it reaches the castle" The King nodded.

"This will secure that our daughters and subjects will have a bright future"  They closed their eyes and their horns began to glow.

"What is that!?" The nearby corrupted pegasi shouted in rage as the King and Queen were surrounded by a bright light.

"Bright.."  A portal opened right in front of the Smooze.

"Could it be?" The pegasi directed his gaze towards the sun. There was a tiny black speck in the sun." They are planning to send Lord Smooze to the sun!" He shouted in horror.

The Smooze quickly grabbed the hooves of the two alicorns with its stretched arms. They didn't even flinch.

"Impossible.." The pegasi was sweating bullets." They wont break their concentration....." The Smooze started to slowly pull them down.

"They are determined to send Lord Smooze to the sun even if they are dragged with him!"

"You cant stop me!"

Celestia and Luna stared in shock from the window while their parents were pulled down by the Smooze.

"Daddy! Mommy!" Luna cried.

"Don't leave us!" Celestia was also crying.

The King and Queen turned their heads and smiled.

"Dont worry.. you are safe now" They said at the same time.

The portal started to suck the Smooze in.

"IMPOSSIBLE!"

"And remember that we will alway be watching"  Were their final words.

The portal pulled the Smooze in along with the rulers.

A purple shock way erupted from the sun and those who were corrupted returned to normal.

Celestia and Luna cried in sorrow.