Corruption of a Princess
Chapter 4: 4. Devastation
Previous ChapterThe Great and Powerful Trixie, as she used to be called, was walking around the back skirts of Ponyville. Ever since being defeated at the hands of the now Princess Twilight Sparkle. This became a nightly routine for her, she would walk until her thoughts were no longer. She also saw it as an exercise, as she had became depressed and out of shape. She was not an evil person, at hear anyways. She was just as noble as Twilight when she wasn't the Great magician she sought out to be. Actually she had become somewhat of a friend to the Princess, as they figured out they had a lot in common, but she has not seen the alicorn in a few weeks. She knew she was busy and she figured she did not want to bother anybody since she was the Princess. Go happy thoughts! The unicorn thought, as she was being close to finishing her walk until she heard a commotion. Making a hiding spot behind a bush, her eyes were starting to disbelieve her. In front of her, was her friend; Twilight making conversation with a former friend and lover of hers... King Sombra. What is the meaning of this? Oh my, she looks different. That means... and before Trixie could get that last thought out... everything went white, and she had to think fast to make a force field over herself so that the magic could not effect her. Trixie saw everything turn into ashes around her which also meant the bush she was hiding behind. She saw the evil in the Princess' eyes. It looked even more powerful than when she was an Element of Harmony. Her mane was in a bun, and she was wearing a steel crown. Oh no, Trixie thought. She's been corrupted. This is bad, this is real bad. As many of these thoughts were going through her head as well as viewing the barren wasteland around her, she did not realize that she had been caught snooping... "There a problem, oh Great and Powerful One..." .. Oh, buck..
On the other side of town, the damage had been worse. There were many homes, burned to the ground. One belonging to the Whooves family. Thankfully, the family did a weekly storm shelter test under their home so just in case anything happened, they would be prepared. They did not think anything like this would happen. The Doctor, was great at inventing things, but somepony created something so powerful, it destroyed Equestria. His wife; Derpy and his two daughters; Dinky and Amethyst Star (who was his daughter due to a fling with the teacher down at the school many years ago) were fine. Everypony else; however looked horrible. Not horrible enough for his needs but he knew that if he did not react soon enough, there could possibly be even more damage. No time to think, we need to get Vinyl and the others. He thought as he and his family sped through the town to Vinyl and Octavia's apartment. Wait... it's Saturday.. I know exactly where they are... he thought as he made his way to the one pub in Ponyville that he knew the other would more than likely be.
At the boutique, the former Elements of Harmony and Spike were slowly starting to wake up. Applejack being the first, was not extremely pleased with what she saw outside.
"What in the buck happened? Why does Equestria look like it's been destroyed. Everypony needs to wake up now!"- Applejack yelled as she looked up and saw that the Boutique had been destroyed, the others were groaning from the pain of the flash that had happened not realizing the shop had been destroyed until it's owner let out an ear piercing scream that could cause glass from three miles away to break.
"My shop, my beautiful dresses, my baby stuff... RUINED! My gems, GONE! Everything else.. GONE! THIS. IS. THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING. Oh, no the baby!"- Rarity said, as many tears were flying down her face as well as the others, while Rarity was sobbing, Spike discovered something off in the distance.. something that was really important to Rarity, and she was lifeless.
"Rarity.."- Spike said, as he directed his wife's attention to the cat that was flown across the shop. A cat, named Opalescence, which Rarity had since she was a filly was laying down, lifeless. Rarity, seeing this stopped and started sobbing even more. At the sudden realization that it took Opal, Applejack darted out of the shop, as she knew Winona probably had the same fate. As Applejack made her way out of the shop, she stopped and broke down in tears at the sight before her... everything was gone, and if she was correct.. she could have swore she saw Sombra wink at her. That did not matter as the others made their was out the door as well, with the exception of Rainbow Dash and Soarin who knew that in an emergency like this; they would be called. They were the Wonderbolts, and they were the heroes, and they had to leave the others.
"Guys, we have to go. This is an emergency and I am pretty sure the other bolts' are on duty now as well. Stay safe you guys."- Rainbow Dash would say as her and her husband darted out the door as the others feared they would not see them again.
"Everypony, we need ah plan. There is somepony behind this an we have to stop them. There is ah reason why we were chosen as the Elements, and Ah believe it is in our honor that we defend that. We need to split up and check on our families. Big Mac, Ah'll go check on the farm with Caramel, you head to the tree house an make sure the girls are still okay. Pinkie Pie, I think you need to check on your family, and Pokey can go check at the Cake's. Fluttershy, ah'm gonna need you to go with Rarity and get to a doctor. We need to know if she still has ah baby or not. Spike, you have the wings. You need to go check an make sure everypony is okay as well as the princesses. Ah don't know where Twilight could be, but Ah sure hope she is okay."- Applejack said, as she and the others would dart out the door. This was unlike anything they had ever seen, and they didn't know if they were the only ones alive or not.
At the pub, 3 mares, a Doctor and his family were standing over a unicorn who was passed out through the whole catastrophe .. with the way Vinyl drank, she could sleep through anything and that was proven just an hour ago...
"What in the hay happened?"- a white musical unicorn said, as she was slowly opening her eyes. I must have got hammered last ni- *gasp* "TAVI!, LYRA!, BONBON!"- Vinyl said panicking, not realizing that the other mares were standing right in front of her with the Whooves family. Instinct took over her and she grabbed her marefriend in a bone crushing embrace.
"Oh dear Celestia, Tavi. I was so worried about you, I thought you were gone, and I-"
"Vinyl, take a look around you!"- Octavia said, redirected the confused and hungover Vinyl in the general area of the devastation. Vinyl went from relieved to disgusted faster than the Doctor could get in his time machine.
"Oh.. my Celestia.. what the hay?! Equestria is destroyed.. which means.."
"I'm afraid so.. Vinyl"- The Doctor said, watching the unicorn tear up which in Vinyl's case was so uncool. Her club and her equipment was destroyed.
"Who could have done this?"- Lyra asked
"I do not know, but whoever did this, was more powerful than anything in the history of Equestria."- The Doctor would say, as he and the mares made their way into the battlefield, letting Vinyl see the actual damage this pony- or machine had done. There was no turning back for the group. They were going to find out who done this.
Meanwhile...
"Well, well, well.. if it isn't the Great and Powerful Trixie. If you ask me, it should be the Depressed and Pathetic one."- Sombra would say as he had transported Trixie into her own room in his castle.. full of chains and weight restraints.
"You will never get away with this!"- She says, trying to levitate a boulder into the King until she realizes that he took most of her magic.
"Hmm, do not need no pathetic unicorn trying to use her magic in my castle. Especially one with weak magic. There is nothing you can do to stop me or my queen, you peasant!"- Sombra would say as the words he spat at Trixie felt like venom injecting into her skin.
"You just wait until one of the Princesses find out, you are going to be so dead when Twilight gets her hooves on you!"- Trixie would say as a familiar figure walked down the steps of the chamber... it really was true..
"Is that so? You pathetic excuse of a magician?!"- Sombra said, as the once noble, and honest Princess Twilight Sparkle walked close to him, nuzzling his cheek and kissing him on his lips. While it was their first kiss, Twilight made sure that she made it juicy enough to prove a point to her former friend. Blush would form on the lavender alicorns face as her husband looked like he was untouched by it.. "That was good, my Queen. You see, Trixie. Your former ruler, and friend, well she knew which side she was needed on, what side she wanted to be on. You, and the rest of Equestria made her do this, you all pushed her over the edge. What did I do? I simply provided her with an offer she could not refuse and now look at her... beautiful, stunning, powerful, and one great wife. She has always been talented, and I made sure she used her talent. I hope you have fun in here, oh great one.. Magic can not save you now."- Sombra says, looking into the eyes of the Cerulean unicorn who was building up anger and trying to fight her way out of the shackles she was forced into. Twilight seeing this, would insert herself into the mind of the unicorn, causing Trixie to scream in pain as she looked at her former friend, who was now once again... her adversary...
"y-y-you traitor... *cough cough*"- The magician said weakly, as she was now forced down into the dirt of the chamber by someone she thought she could trust.
"Payback sucks, doesn't it Trixie?"- the alicorn says as she exits herself out of the mind of the unicorn. She looks so weak, I love it. Twilight thought as she and her husband made her way up the stairs to re enter their castle and as one of the guards would make their way down to the chamber with a plate of food, a very small plate of food.
"Eat up, it will probably be the last time you eat before you are executed."- the guard said, smiling evilly at the captive in the cell.
"Excuse me, I am the Great and Powerful Trixie and Trixie does not have to eat this prison garbage that you call food. And as far as Trixie's execution goes... Let them kill Trixie, Trixie will just come back from the dead and finish what she should have all those years agoooooowwwwwww."- Trixie would try to say before the Guard pressed a button on a device and her chains started electrocuting her...
"Awh, you talk in third person. I am going to have fun with this"- the guard said as he pressed the button three more times, knocking out the defenseless unicorn.
In the castle, the King and his Queen were discussing future plans..
"There is a way for me to control you as you were when you first met me, so that we could fool the Elements into thinking you are not behind this. All I have to do is open your mind up some."- Sombra would say as he transformer his wife into the Princess he knew before. She still looks stunning, he thought.
"Well, if I did not become the puny little Twilight Sparkle everypony knows."- Twilight says as she looks into her husbands eyes. The lust that had always filled the two was about to be broken. Twilight, always thought Sombra was a handsome stallion.. even if he was evil. The nights she used to think about him refilled her mind, and her husband knew what those eyes meant.
"Are you sure you want to do that, my Queen."- Sombra would say inching up closer to his wife.
"I used to think about you all the time, why wait any longer? A few hours would not hurt our little tirade. I could just leave in the morning.. Plus I know you could always feel how the old Twilight was. Unless you want your wife back in your peripheral vision."- Twilight would say, slowly closing the gap between them.
"Either way it goes, we have to get this done. We can have a few hours to just us but after this you have to be Princess Twilight Sparkle and not Queen Twilight. It does not matter to me who you are, you were always beautiful to me, and I have always wondered what it would be like to conquer that flank of yours"- Sombra would say running a hoof down his wife's back causing her to shudder at this every touch. Before he knew it, Twilight would close the gap between them, and they had the next few hours of ecstasy to themselves...
Meanwhile at the castle of Celestia and Discord, ponies were gathered around in the cold night trying to gather information at the tragedy at hand...
"My fellow ponies, during this time of devastation. I ask everypony to make a safe place for themselves and their families. We do not know how this happened, or what- or whom caused this, but everypony needs to worry about the safety of themselves and their loved ones before we try and track down what- or whom caused this. There has been no words from the Elements of Harmony, nor has their been word from Princess Twilight Sparkle. It appears that after their reunion just a couple hours ago, that she has not been seen since. The wonderbolts and the Royal Guards are searching for the Princess at this time. As far as Equestria goes, I, Princess Celestia am declaring a state of emergency indefinitely. Discord, Luna, Cadence and I will try to deal with the matter at hand. Stay safe everypony, we never know if it could happen again. So, be prepared if it does."- were the words spoken out of the clearly upset Princess's mouth as her husband tried to calm her down. This was the worst thing to ever happen to Equestria, something she was glad her parents or her former friends from a thousand years ago could not see. This would be too much for them to handle. This was no ordinary tragedy, this was an apocalypse...