Hey, it's me again! Okay, I'm sorry for the waiting, but please forgive me: I left for 24 days on a trip so I couldn't write the 1st chapter. But anyway, here it is! But I just want to tell you something before: I'm confused about this pegasi/pegasus thing. Should we say "A pegasi" and "Two pegasus", or "A pegasus" and "Two pegasi"? I don't know how these things works, so I made what make more sense to me. Besides that, I know we won't hear about the Resistance that replaces Athena in 300: Rise of an Empire, but we'll see it later, maybe in one or two chapters. Enjoy~

It was a normal day in Canterlot. It was a warm spring day like another, the sun was high and white clouds were traveling the sky. Queen Celestia was in the meeting room of the magnificent Canterlot Castle. The room was one of the biggest of the castle but only a huge table was occupying it. The table was shape like a circle and twenty ponies could sit around it.

The funny thing about this is that there were never was twenty ponies around this table. Queen Celestia, Commandant Twilight, Commandant Discord and Commandant Chrysalis were the only one that could sit around that table. That's why the meeting room always seems to be empty. The room with the tall white walls and a scarlet carpet was too big for them, but this was the safest place too. Guards were scattered all over the place, and only a god could manage to get into the Castle.

Anyway, Celestia weren't alone. Commandant Discord and Commandant Chrysalis were with her. Queen Celestia invited these two for a very special meeting. They were going to talk about the final and decisive war. After years of little fights between the Resistance, the Moonlight Rebellion and the Sunshine Army, Celestia was going to start the last war, the one that was scaring everypony.

In the meeting room, Celestia was sitting at her habitual place with Discord at her left and Chrysalis at her right. She didn't know where to start, since the two other didn't even know what was going to be the meeting about. Celestia was waiting for one of the sub-rulers to say something. She knew that Chrysalis wouldn't speak a word if she's not obligated to, but she also knew that Discord will say or ask something unproductive like always. These three were far from the perfect team, but since they are the only one that trusted Celestia enough to work at her side, Celestia was obligated to endure them.

"Sooooo, where is the purple pony?" asked Discord. Not that he actually cared about the "purple pony", he just felt like asking the question and break the silence.

"Twilight wasn't invited, and she doesn't even know that there's a meeting. Today's subject doesn't concern her. " answered Queen Celestia.

"Oh, okay." reacted Discord, uninterested by the reunion. Celestia sighted, closed her eyes, and started the reunion.

"Today, we'll figure out a way to fix our biggest problem. I think you already what the problem is, but I'm still going to remind-"

"No reminding, please. I've got other things to do and I don't want spend a single second more than I should in this room, so hurry." interrupted Chrysalis.

"How can you know that we're talking about the same problem?" asked Celestia, trying not to get mad at Chrysalis like she always does.

"Well, the fact that I still can't have my own changeling army is the problem!"

"*Sights* Chrysalis..." started Queen Celestia as she tried to stay calm. "How much time will I have to tell you: You'll never have your stupid changeling army! And what's the problem with the pegasi army that you're leading now!?" And here they go: another fight. Celestia, Discord and Chrysalis may be on the same side, but they always, always fight. They're far from the perfect team.

"Well, they are ugly and weak. Changelings are waaaay stronger and a lot more pretty than these creatures. And why can't I have my changeling army anyway!?"

"Last time you led one, you destroyed Cloudsdale!"

"That was an ACCIDENT, it won't happen again!"

"It sure won't happen again, since there's no more Cloudsdale to destroy!" argued Celestia. Chrysalis looked away, pissed, and Celestia took a deep breath. She then continued what she was saying. "So, like I was going to say our problem is-"

"The Elements of Harmony, duh." said Discord.

"Discord! When will you stop interrupting m-"

"Never" answered Discord, amused.

"Why, oh why don't you two stop pissing me off!?" asked the Queen, angry and tired of the two morons.

"Because I can't get my changeling army." answered Chrysalis.

"Because Fluttershy can't be a sub-ruler like us." answered Discord.

"Now what? Fluttershy as a sub-ruler? What is she going to do, a bunny army?" laughed Chrysalis.

"Why not? Bunnies are cute, aren't they?" said Discord while making appear a white, fluffy bunny in his hand with his chaotic magic.

"But seriously Discord," said Celestia, "Twilight is not one to agree about war, and I don't think Fluttershy is. I'm afraid that Fluttershy isn't going to help much, Discord."

"Are you saying that she's useless? She's the one that taught me about friendship, she's my only friend!" said Discord. In fact, the god of chaos, only have one friend: Fluttershy, the yellow pegasi. Fluttershy was the only one that could understand Discord and see who he truly was. It's sure that, with the pressure of Celestia, Discord could do awful things, but he's also very kind and weak in the inside. If it wasn't for what he owes to Celestia, Discord would probably be a harmless chimera among numerous ponies.

"I'm afraid that 'friendship' is useless in the world we're now living in." said Chrysalis, feeling unconcerned by the whole reunion. Discord looked down, disappointed, Chrysalis looked away, bored, and Celestia finally continued the meeting.

"Erm, anyway, like you two seem to know, our biggest enemy at the moment is, indeed, the Elements of Harmony. We'll then need to eliminate one of the Mane Six so they won't be able to invocate the Elements anymore."

"Which one are we going to kill? I vote for the purple pony, she really is annoying me." voted Discord.

"Oh! If Discord votes for Sparkle-butt, I vote for Butterfly-butt: She's the easiest one to kill." said Chrysalis.

"You mean Fluttershy? I hope not, because I won't let you kill one of my friend!" said Discord, offended.

"Friend? Oh, don't tell me that you actually like that pony: She's weak, innocent and dumb. And it's not like a stupid chimera like you could stop me."

"Stupid chimera? You mean, powerful god of disharmony!"

"Argh! You two just stop it! You're driving me crazy!" shouted Celestia, mad again.

"Oh, shut it Sun-butt. I think we can all agree that Butterfly-butt is the easiest one to kill."

"Maybe, but I won't kill somepony in the Sunshine Army! I'm not the kind of queen that kills her own ponies!"

"For once, I agree with Celestia." agreed Discord.

"Say what you want, chimera, but agreeing with her means that we won't kill Butterfly-butt neither Sparkle-butt."

"Why? Ah well, guess I'll endure her a little longer..." said Discord before looking away, disappointed.

"But Celestia, who are we going to kill then?"

"Well, we'll have to kill the Resistance's leader Pinkie Pie or the Moonlight Rebellion's sub-ruler Applejack. But my plan consists of killing Applejack."

"Applejack?" asked Chrysalis.

"The orange pony." said Discord.

"Oh, you mean Apple-butt."

"Yeah, yeah... call her what you want. But anyway, I'll explain the plan later, for now, I would want an Earth Pony messenger. Discord, since you're in charge with the Earth Ponies, do you think you can get me one?"

"What kind of messenger do you want?"

"I would like a friend of Applejack or Rainbow Dash, and a fast one too."

"Is she the one that'll kill Applejack?"

"No she's not; she'll just deliver a message. Since the three factions agreed on the "Messengers aren't assassins" rules, we can't ask the messenger to do so. And I don't want the Sunshine Army to break this rule."

"Oh, then I think I've got somepony that could do it. She's a really loyal pony. She'll do whatever I say. She can go to the Moonlight rebellion and comeback in something like 40 hours. The thing is that I don't know if she is one of the orange or the blue pony's friend, but I know that her best friend is in the Moonlight Rebellion, is that okay?"

"Hum... yeah. I think it could work."

"But why do you need a friend?"

"Well, I don't want Applejack to kill my messenger like last time. You don't know it's frustrating to lose a messenger!"

"Oh, I see."

"And Chrysalis, because you're the one who is in charge with the pegasus, I would want you to divide all pegasus that can fight into two armies. One army will be for you and Discord, and the other one is going to be for me."

"I'll see what I can do, but will Twilight know about this?"

"Sure, she has the most important role in the war: She's going to be the one who'll kill Applejack."

"Are you sure about this? You really think the purple pony could do such thing?" asked Discord.

"Twilight never discussed one of my orders in the past. If I tell her to do so, she'll do it."

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"Applejack, I... I wanted to ask you something really, really important." said the blue pegasi.

"What is it, Rainbow?" asked Applejack.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash were walking in the streets of Baltimare. It was a hot and shiny day and everypony were working around them. Like always, Applejack and Rainbow Dash were together, talking. It has been a long time since the Moonlight Rebellion didn't fought against the Sunshine Army, and there wasn't one pony to complain 'bout it.

The two friends we're walking besides The Hole. Not any hole, THE Hole. Other ponies give her other names like "Gates to hell", "The Deadly Pit" or "Abyss of the Traitors". In this hole, many ponies have fallen. This hole is used by Luna to throw the traitors in it. If one falls in it, he has no chance of survival. Applejack loved to walk besides this hole because it's like if she was feeling more superior to before. Many traitors have died there and Applejack was just walking right beside the hole containing their corpses.

"Well, erm, I've remarked that since we had been separated from our friends, you... you changed a lot. And it's not a good thing."

"Changed? Well, everypony changed. You also changed Rainbow; I'm not the only one."

"No! That's not it! Not everypony changes like you did! The Applejack I knew was a kind-hearted earth-pony that cared about her friends, but now, the Applejack in front of me is cold-hearted and cares only about winning one single war! You are ready to sacrifice anypony's life, including yours, if that could help Luna and the Moonlight Rebellion win against the Sunshine Army!"

"I don't see where the problem is. Luna and the Moonlight Rebellion should be the two most important things for everypony. If the Moonlight Rebellion falls apart, Celestia wins and I don't think she'll let Luna or any of the Moonlight Rebels alive."

"Idiot! You prefer to die with the sadness and regrets of killing your friends than dying happy surrounded by your friends!? It's the most absurd thing I've heard!"

"Friends? Which friends? Oh, you mean the one that joined the Sunshine Army and betrayed us? The pony who'll kill you could be Twilight or Rarity! You don't seem to understand that the only 'friend' you have is yourself!"

"A-Applejack..." Rainbow felt her eyes full of tears. What Applejack just said wasn't true: She knew that it wasn't. "I don't know why you are like this, but let me tell you that Twilight or Rarity would never, kill me or you! Maybe they're not our friend anymore, but they were. I'm sure that same you can't kill an old friend!" shouted Rainbow Dash.

"What!? I sure c-" started Applejack before a grey mare caught Applejack's attention. Applejack stayed silent and watched the grey mare. The grey mare looked really familiar to her, like if she knew her before the war, but she couldn't remember the name. Applejack stopped walking and every working pony around them stopped what they were doing and looked at the grey mare. The mare wasn't from the Moonlight Rebellion, her little mark on her cheek, a letter symbol, meant that she were a messenger. She cleared her throat and start talking.

"I have message from Queen Celestia for Applejack, sub-ruler of the Moonlight Rebellion." said the mare.

"Yeah, that's me." said Applejack, walking toward the messenger.

"Dear Applejack," started the messenger, "the final and decisive war shall begin. I am going to conquer the Resistance and the Moonlight Rebellion at the same time. My armies are stronger than never, my weapons are as sharpened and my unicorns are more powerful that they should be. That means you stand no chance of beating me and you face an inevitable death. Know that you can save yourself and your friends if you bring me Luna alone to Canterlot. I didn't want this, I didn't wanted war, but now it's too late and what have to be done must be done. The beloved queen of the Sunshine Army: Queen Celestia." Applejack laughed as the mare finished her message.

"Does she actually thinks I'm going to bring her Luna!? I think that-" began the orange mare as Vinyl Scratch, coming from the crowd surrounding them, interrupted her.

"Octavia!" shouted Vinyl, running toward her old friend. "Octavia, you're alive! You don't know how glad I-"

"Don't talk to me, stupid rebel." coldly answered Octavia.

"Octavia? Don't you recognize me? I'm Vinyl, your-"

"I know who you are, but Queen Celestia forbids all messengers from having relations with other ponies that aren't from the Sunshine Army, but same if I could, I wouldn't want to be friend with a betrayer like you!"

"Wha-what do you mean?" Vinyl's was destroyed, Octavia was so mean and cold with her, and that was the most painful thing that could happen to her.

"When the war began, you said we'll be together no matter what, so we join the Sunshine Army and we had our house and a perfect life! But then you started to prefer Luna to Celestia and you talked about joining the Moonlight Rebellion! And you perfectly know as much as I do that unity is better than diversity! So the reason why you joined the Moonlight Rebellion isn't for the diversity thing, but because you wanted to take away from me all I had!"

"That isn't true!" Vinyl started crying. "I do think diversity is better, it's not because I wanted to take something away from you! I, a unicorn, and you, an earth pony, are the best friends ever! We are the perfect duo! Don't say the opposite! Just join the Moonlight Rebellion and we could be together like before!"

"Never! I would prefer dying than to be part of this idiotic rebellion! We, the Sunshine Army, are right and this pathetic rebellion is wrong. Our army is ruled by the one that raise the sun and the moon, and your rebellion is ruled by a jealous alicorn that envy her sister. Your ruler is only as innocent and dumb as a foal! She's the one that started the war, not Queen Celestia! Luna is the stupid one, not-"

"ENOUGH!" shouted Applejack who was just observing the retrievals of the old friends. "I don't care about your little conflicts, but I will not let a single pony insult our beloved ruler, Luna! You shall pay for what you just did, messenger!"

"Pff! You can't lay a hoof on me! The law forbids-" Applejack kicked Octavia and projected her on the ground, right beside the Deadly Pit. Octavia stood up, her back hooves almost in the Abyss of the Traitors.

"Applejack! Don't do this! She's my friend! Stop!" cried Vinyl. Applejack looked at Vinyl while walking toward Octavia.

"Friend? She's far from being your friend, warrior. She would be ready to kill you is she has to!"

"She wouldn't! I know-"

"I would." interrupted Octavia, coldly.

"I'm trying to help, don't you see!?"

"I prefer to die than having your help." said the messenger before looking at the Moonlight Rebellion sub-ruler. "And you. You're as crazy as your ruler. You represent very well Luna: If you kill me, the Sunshine Army will start a war against your pathetic rebellion!" Applejack approached Octavia and looked into her eyes.

"War has already started." Applejack turned her back on Octavia and kicked her. She projected Octavia in the air, right above the Gates to Hell. Everypony, stunned by what they're seeing, stared at Octavia falling down The Hole. Applejack smiled as Octavia hit the bottom of the pit. Rainbow Dash's jaw dropped as she saw her friend coldly kill somepony else. Vinyl dropped herself on the ground as she just lost her only friend.