Chapter 10 The Crystal Empire

Location : The Crystal Empire

A random guard was galloping towards the the throne room , and he was in a hurry , the other guards looked at him as if he was crazy . "Emperor!".

"What is it?" asked Crystal . "Emperor , it's bad , I had just received word that Empress Celestia has nuked several cities and the death count is high" .

Crystal took the scroll out of his wing , unrolled it , and he was shocked , too shocked for words . "You did good getting this to me , I must inform the princess of the New lunar Republic" said Crystal .

He headed out of the throne room and towards another room which lead him towards a pad .

The door to a crystal shuttle opened . He stepped inside , he knew what he had to do and this time he had to plan something instead of being allied with a crazy madmare that had no committed mass genocide .

"Computer , set a course for the moon" ordered Crystal . The shuttle door closed , as the computer systems came online the shuttle lifted off the ground and took off into the sky on auto pilot .

How could Celestia do this ?! … no I won't allow her to go any further , I know what I have to do , I have to ally with the New Lunar Republic! Thought the Emperor Alicorn . Hours later he exited the planet and was on his way towards the moon .

Moon City

Luna saw an incoming shuttle as it touched down on a unoccupied landing pad . Out stepped Emperor Crystal . "Emperor Crystal , this is an unexpected visit" said Luna

"I know , I wish we could meet under better circumstances , but sadly we can not I had just received a report from one of my guards and I want to ally with you , already most of our scientists have developed weapons , armor , personal shields , and even new ships , which is why I , Emperor of the Crystal Empire wish to ally with the New Lunar Republic" said Crystal .

"Request granted , also can you and your wife make it to the New Lunar Republic alliance meeting today?" asked Luna with a smile .

"yea we can , but who's going to watch Cadence?" asked Crystal with worry . "Fear not I'll send my best soldiers to make sure she's safe , and secure should something happen" .

"Thank you ever so much , now then I think I can contact my wife through the shuttle and see what I can do" said Crystal heading back into his shuttle . Hours later he agreed and soon his wife was on her way with her own shuttle .

She soon touched down on a landing pad , Luna and Star Chaser offered them both rooms until leaders from the Changeling Swarm , and the Griffin Empire arrive .

Hours later King Beck Slasher arrived followed by Queen Chrysalis and King Metamorphosis . They were all lead into a special room which was guarded by elite lunar guards . Once they entered , everypony took there seats as several lights came on .

" As you all know , Celestia has nuked several cities right after the battle of Manehatten , just when everypony was starting to see us as a civilization that is not a bunch of terrorists , but a rebel group fighting for liberation of the Solar Empire , which is why I need all of you to pull all of your rescources together , cause we are going to be attacking Canterlot not today , but when our new batch of troops are ready , and the reason for that is simple , the changelings are working on there fighters , along with there weapons , already they have there tanks ready to go at a moments notice , the Crystal Empire as ready as ever , and the Griffin Empire is ready , as are we , however though I do have one thing to say , The Solar Empire is going down" said Luna .

"What my sisters said is true , after what I had heard from Dusk Shine , I believe that it's time we get our troops trained , and ready to fight , also Celestia has an ally of her own , Emperor Great Sun" said Nightmare Moon .

Queen Chrysalis saw the black mare but wasn't even phased . "Ah Nightmare Moon , I take it you have a plan?" asked King Beck Slasher . Nightmare Moon grinned deviously at the griffin King .

"I do have a plan my friend , once our ground forces lead by Applejack ,we are to make the march and go straight for Canterlot , letting nothing stop us" said Nightmare . Everypony looked at each other as if she were crazy .

"While this plan of yours would work , we will need to make sure that our troops aren't carpet bombed by the Solar Empire' said Chrysalis .

"I agree with my wife , how do we know that this plan of yours Nightmare is going to work?" asked King Metamorphosis .

"that is easy Metamorphosis , every single soldier from each race is going to have energy shields installed into there armor , to shield them from carpet bombs same with the tanks as well" stated Nightmare Moon .

"I have a question , when do we betray the Solar Empire?" asked Emperor Crystal. "Again Emperor , I would want you to betray them , come Canterlot" said Luna .

"Very well , I have a few other queens , who want some payback for what happened several thousand years ago" said Chrysalis . "Oh ? And will this affect anything in the war?" asked Luna . "No , as they are focused solely on Celestia and nopony else" .

"Very well , I will need one of your changelings to help train our troops at the Army bootcamp , can that work?" asked Luna . "Again , I have no problem with that as he will be arriving on one of my transports today" .

Hours later the leaders , walked out of the room and decided to have lunch together except for Chrysalis and Metamorphosis , they decided to head out into the Lunar gardens and just hang out .

With Adam and Rainbow

Adam's POV

I was realxing on the couch once again with Rainbow cuddled up with me , in my mind I thought it was cute , since the start of this war we have gotten a lot closer as friends , and I feel as if I care for her . Although towards the end she's in for a interesting surprise . While she doesn't know as to what it is , I'd rather keep it a secret for her . Pinkie Pie and Surprise know what it is , and yes Pinkie Pie was surprised when I told her that her mother is Surprise .

FLASH BACK , HOURS EARLIER

"Pinkie Pie" I said . "Oh hey Adam , what brings you by and who's that?" asked Pinkie with a smile . "Well this is Surprise , and she has something to say , go ahead" I said .

"Pinkie Pie , I am your mother , I know I never had the heart to say this but , I am the one who gave birth to you , which is why you only remember your parents from the Rock farm , and your employers at Sugar Cube Corner in Ponyville , I watched you from a far , and watched you grow from the filly you are into a beautiful young mare" said Surprise with a soft smile .

At that point I saw Pinkie pie just stare at her own mother , the very one who gave her life , who brought her into this world .

"I'm sorry that I couldn't take care of you , but your real father left me for another mare , nor did I have a single bit to my name , so I worked with the wonderbotls for a few years , I put you up for adoption hoping some nice family would take care of you until I could take care of you" .

"Adam , this is the nicest gift you could give me , while I do hate for what you did to me , I do understand you … mommy" said Pinkie with tears spilling form her eyes .

The two met in a warm hug , and as for me , well I was able to get Pinkie to meet with her mom after all those years .

And yea this is the nicest gift I could give her , a family reunion with her mother , and me well I still have something planned for Rainbow Dash .

Rainbow , I know your father is still at cloudsdale , and I plan to rescue him and have him reunite with his wife and your mother , sadly it's going to be a while I thought .

And knowing me I would plan to make it happen , I do plan to keep her safe one way or another , I won't loose her , she means to much to me .

FLASHBACK END , PRESENT TIME

I decided to close my eyes and simply put my arm around Rainbow Dash and simply hear her breathing . Her calm breathing for a pony she's not that bad , not bad at all I thought .

As I slept with Rainbow Dash at my side , I felt a slight poking at my stomach , I cracked open one eye to see Scootaloo smiling . She walked off and back to sleep I went with a content smile on my face .

I have ponies to look after and a job in the New Lunar Republic Military , I either I have time off , or we are training new troops to make one final push against the solar Empire I thought .

DREAMSCAPE

Adam's POV

I soon found myself on the bridge of a ship and it looked like I was holding my own against Twilight in the final space battle . That's when I saw Princess Luna shimmer into focus . "Ah Princess what brings you here?" I asked .

"I came to visit you , we haven't had a talk like this in a long time" said Luna . "Yea , with this war going on , besides there is one thing I have to mention , you want Celestia dead do you not?" I asked .

"It's hard to say , while yes I want to stop her , but she said that she is no longer my sister , I just don't know what to do" said Luna sadly .

"Listen Luna , follow your heart , and as for Celestia not being your sister , keep that in mind when you meet her on the field of battle , Trust me , feelings like that tend to make you hesistate allowing the enemy to gain the upper hand , or in this case the upper hoof" I said . "but I don't want to be seen as a killer , I want to be seen as a savior among many ponies" said Luna .

"Look I know that , however there are going to be ponies that will hate you if you take out Celestia , the elements are long gone , or Celestia may have them still I don't know , all that I do know is that she represents a threat , a threat that we have to elminate one way or another" . She knew I was right , but it felt like she was at the end of her rope she simply hugged me in happiness. "Thank you for those words , I cans see why Rainbow Dash loves you" said Luna .

"I'm sorry what now ? , were just friends is it not wrong for someone like me to be friends with a pony that is ALSO in the military ?" I asked . "No tis not wrong , I can read minds you know" said Luna . "Okay now I'm really confused" .

"Let me try and explain this in a way you understand, when I brought you here you opened up a wound in Rainbow Dash that needed healing , that healer is you , however you also opened her up to a new possibility , love , it is the one thing that drives her as well as her friends , cause without them , she would be lonely , and heart broken" explained Luna . "Alright now when the war comes to an end , then what happens to me?" I asked . "

Well you would have two choices , stay here in the New Lunar Republic and live a new life , or I could have you sent back to earth with no memory of what had transpired" explained Luna .

Now obviously I would pick choice number 1 cause I wouldn't want to hurt Rainbow Dash , she trusts me and I trust her , same with her little sister and little brother as well .

"I'll let you know after the war" I stated .

"That's quite fair enough , after all when ever I visit the dream scape I see that your dreams are always of Rainbow Dash , which is why you care about her so much" said Luna with a wink . I raised an eyebrow in confusion , but shrugged it off .

"So , how long do we have before we attack Canterlot?" I asked . "about a week , maybe 4 weeks or a month , since the war is going in our favor , and once our troops are trained , we then attack with full military might using everything , as I will have night sky handle all air force bases , while somepony could direct the ground troops" said Luna .

"Sounds fair though , and I have to say , that since we have a sizable army and 4 allies we can hold our own" I said .

"That is quite true , and I must admit you have helped us a lot through this war , which is why I would like to make you a permanent resident in the New Lunar Republic" said Luna with a smile .

"Hey thanks , may as well scrap my life on earth , but think you can transport me back so I can get my stuff?" I asked .

"That can be arranged in fact I could open a wormhole and have your ship come through so that way we can get whatever it is you need and we will be out before your United Nations can even find us" said Luna . "Right have we been secretly trading tech?" I asked .

"Indeed we have , they have given us recently Cloaking devices so we can get the upper hoof on them" said Luna with a smirk.

"Perfect , it will also give us the tactical advantage as well" . "That's right and If i'm right I'll get to see you play that thing you call a 'console'" said Luna .

"well I have 2 consoles and you will see why" I said . Hours later I woke up with Rainbow cuddled up at my side with a content smile on her face .

Odd , wonder how long i've been asleep I thought . I finally got untangled from Rainbow and decided to stretch for a bit before heading out to check on the Marine boot camp .

NLR ARMY Boot Camp

A blue unicorn stallion was setting up his office , when he saw the other drill Sargent's walk in . "So you must be the ones that are going to be instructing the privates?" asked Aetherious .

"Indeed we are , we mostly are going to be instructing them on cleaning there weapons , firing there weapons among other things" said a tan unicorn named Cliff Racer .

"well somepony has to keep them in line for about the first week" said Knight Shade . Agreeing they also had two more drill sargents as well named Retro Reck and Star Keeper .

Sure enough everything was set up , as they had there stuff right next to the privates bunks and across from the restroom . Hours later a entire bus load of ponies pulled up and most of them were stallions some mares .

They all had there manes trimmed , and were soon issued some PT clothes made by Rarity and Elusive of course .

Several ponies were from that of the Apple family , Cliff racer was surprised to see a young filly and a young colt among them .

"Well this is sure interesting a young filly and a young colt ? , how do you think we are going to manage that ?" asked Star Keeper. "Treat them like we would any other private" said Astherious simply .

"Okay" said Retro Reck . They all got dressed up in there Drill sargents uniform as they let there privates get all settled in .

"Alright maggots listen up!" called Astherious . Every single pony fell right into line not saying a single word .

"Now this is Boot camp , I know some of you are from farms and what your gonna be going through is going to be hell , none of you may like me , but I could care less, but once your all done with Boot camp you'll thank me one day" .

Not a single pony spoke a single word during the boring monolog .

"Now then I am Astherious , your drill sargent along with me are my other drill sargents , Cliff Racer , Star Keeper , Knight Shade , and Retro Reck , they are going to be making sure that everything runs smoothly , we are not your parents , we are not your grand mothers , fathers , mothers , sisters or brothers , we are your drill sargents and that's all we are going to be , starting tomorrow , we are going to start training you in formations , PT , and the only answer out of your stinkin muzzle is going to be Yes sir , Do I make myself Clear?" said Astherious .

"SIR YES SIR!" shouted the privates .

"Good , now go get some lunch cause starting tomorrow is formations followed by PT , a Mile run , and finally topped with , hoof to hoof combat , later on down the road , we will teach you how to clean your weapon , run an obstacle course , rebuild your weapon and fire your weapon and fight with your weapon" said Cliff Racer .

NLR Army BOOTCAMP Mess Hall

They soon left the bunk room and headed over to the officers quarters to get some grub and just keep a general eye on the privates .

"you know the other drill instructors from the Marine Boot Camp should be joining us soon" said Retro Reck . Hours later Lunar Gaming and Trail Blazer got there trays of food and joined the new drill sargents .

"So how are things with your recruits?" asked Astherious . "There going well , though it's a real pain with Lunar gaming's recruits" said Trail blazer .

"it's true , but I am going to make there lives a living hell one way or another so our day can start smoothly" said Lunar Gaming .

Just then Rainbow Dash entered the mess hall , and got her tray of food and sat down with the drill instructors and drill sargents .

"So what's new?" asked Rainbow .

"Well the good news is that a new kind of boot camp had opened up hopefully things go smoothly" said Astherious with a smile

"Yea we are going to use something called Basic training" said Cliff Racer .

"that's good to hear , things are going smoothly with my Shadowbolts and frankly , I have no idea when we are going to be ready" said Rainbow with a small frown .

"Don't worry , in about a month of so maybe a week , w are going to have to attack Canterlot" said Trail Blazer .

Adam's POV

I soon walked in and grabbed my tray full of food and sat down next to RD . "So you must be the captain of the ship Once more Unto the Breach?" asked Lunar Gaming curiously .

"Yea that's me , Captain Adam Seville" I said extending my hand . She gradually shook it with her hoof and got back to eating .

"So Rainbow , what's going on with your Shadowbolts?" I asked .

"well not a whole lot , and thankfully they are doing what there suppose to do and I heard you introduced Pinkie Pie to her mother?" asked Rainbow curiously . "Yea figured I'd surprise her with something like her mother" I said proudly .

Rainbow wrapped a wing around me and kissed me on the cheek in front of the drill instructors and drill sargents . I could tell they were all blushing as much as Rainbow was .

"You did the right thing , poor Pinkie was worried about her mom , not knowing if she was alive or dead" said Rainbow with a soft smile .

Rainbow like I said I have a surprise for you something that will make you cry like a school filly I thought .

Once lunch was over , both the drill sargents and drill instructors cleaned up only leaving me and Rainbow to sit there enjoying our food .

Looking around I didn't see anyone else , minus the local cooks cleaning up same with the janitors .

We soon finished up and we were out of the mess hall , I headed back to my place where I picked up my book once again and started to read .

Hours later I felt someone poking at me , I looked down for but a second to see an orange filly smiling at me . Confused I decided to pick her up and put her on my lap for a bit so she could well rest.

"Thanks , I notice that Rainbow Dash feels a lot more happier around you than in the past" said Scootaloo with a smile . "Really ? What was your sister like before?" I asked .

"Well she was a lot more mopey , hardly ever did a lot with her friends , heck she hardly spent time with me , she was always locking herself in her room during the first few days of the war and simply focused on fighting than not spending time with me , always spent time training her shadowbolts" explained Scootaloo .

Now I know what she meant , her sister was more focused on fighting , and still is but now spends time with Scootaloo , her brother Scootaroll , and even spends time with me while training her shadowbolts . While at the same time being a sister to Scootaloo and Scootaroll and it's all thanks to me .

"Yea well , I didn't arrive till the battle for Trottingham , poor mare really needed help , and a shoulder to cry on" I said while reading .

"Well again thanks , and being on the moon , it started out as a place for to hide , but now has become our new home" .

"yea I know , it's my home too , Earth , eh I'd rather pass , well minus all the violence and all but being in a war like this , most people would tend to crack under pressure , but it's the finer things in life that you gotta go after" I said softly .

With Rainbow Dash and her shadowbolts

Rainbow Dash walked back to her training grounds to see all of her shadowbolts training . Oh good , at least I can chill or train with them ,after all … wait a minute it's not my shadowbolts but I feel as if something is .. wrong , but what ? Rainbow Dash was confused , she had no idea what was going on with her .

Moon City Castle

Princess Luna was enjoying some tea when a guard came running to her . "Princess I have bad news , already the Solar Empire has launched an attack on Cloudsdale" said the guard .

Shocked and quite unexpectedly she told him to organize the forces to mobolize . She went into the armory and put on her lunar armor .

Luna informed her sister who transformed into nightmare moon . "Lets go sis , I didn't expect this to happen so soon" said Nightmare Moon .

"I agree , apparently Celestia , made a bold mistake !" said Luna with hatred .

Hours later most of the army was mobilized as it was only the pegasi group lead by Stelar Eclipse .

"Alright pegasi listen up , clouds dale is under attack and we are going to lend a hoof , now the wonderbolts lead by Captain lightning dust and commander brave wing must be dealt with" said Stellar Eclipse . Rainbow Dash , already knew what to do same with Rainbow Blitz . "Now then Captain Dash , if you will" said Stellar Eclipse stepping aside .

"Alright Shadowbolts , we are going to take out the wonderbolts , in a tight V shaped formation , this time we are going to use our pistols to open fire with , we are going to go in hard and fast and leave nothing but dust in our wake" said Rainbow with a stern expression

"Captain Rainbow Blitz , is going to be leading the aerial charge as he's going to be focusing on the solar fighter jets , so lets MOVE out!" .

The pegasi and shadowbolts saluted as this was what they were trained for .

This was what they were meant to do . And this is where the true war begins , at cloudsdale , a war that may end in bloodshed or in peace .

But to Rainbow Dash , Celestia attacking her birth home it was something that was unforgivable , it was where she met fluttershy , where she also performed the first sonic rainboom bringing together all of her friends .

Meanwhile Dusk Shine heard the news and grabbed his armor , he wanted to be there as he casted the spell to walk on clouds several times . This is it , the one mistake that she had finally made , Celestia you had sealed your own fate , for good this time! Thought Dusk Shine .

"Barbra listen up , keep the library clean as best you can , both you and Spike are put in charge while I am out" said Dusk Shine .

The unicorn stallion galloped towards the castle at top speed with his armor on . He finally reached the castle as he boarded the pelican .

All the pelicans containing the pegasi took off . Adam and the others were bound for the lunar dry docks . Applejack and her group were going to also help in the battle for Cloudsdale .

Location : the peace corp refuge camp

with Spitfire and Soarin

"hey Spitfire did you hear the news , the Solar Empire is boldly attacking Cloudsdale , but the New Lunar Repeublic is already on there way to stop them" said Soarin.

In shock Spitfire was now angry at Celestia for attacking her home . But a lass she could not interfere in this war .

"We can't interfere , sadly we must remain out of it . It's not our war anymore" said Spitfire simply . Soarin lowered his head knowin he and Spitfire would get in the way of things.

"Look I know Cloudsdale is our home , and all but this isn't our war , we were replaced which means we are no longer able to serve the solar Empress anymore" .

"Alright fine , but sooner or later were going to have to do something" said Soarin as he turned on the radio .

TBC in Chapter 15 the battle for CloudsDale

A/n: I know putting the battle for Cloudsdale far down the road , well that way I can work on the boot camp chapters so as always leave a review :)