"Twilight!?Twilight!? What's going on Twilight? Answer me!" I yell at her as I try to shake her out of... whatever it is that has happened to her. She doesn't respond. She just lays there, staring out the window.

"Come on Twilight, snap out of it!" I yell at her, putting a bit more force into my voice. Again, she doesn't respond. Okay, I didn't want to do this, but you leave me no choice."GET THE FUCK OUT OF BED!" I yell in my drill instructor voice. She lets out a yelp before falling off the side of the bed.

"MILES!"

"DON'T YOU BACK SASS ME WOMAN!" I yell as I move to tower over her, scaring her slightly. "I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH ALL THIS CHAOTIC CRAP AND IF YOU DON'T SHAPE UP AND START ANSWERING ME I AM GOING TO RIP YOU A NEW ASSHOLE AND BREAK MY FOOT OFF IN IT, DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?"

"AH!" She yells in fear as she tries to hide under her bed sheets.

"START TALKING!" I yell as I yank the blanket away.

"OKAY! We thought we reformed Discord, and for a time we did! You see, before that Discord was evil and once ruled over Equestria, until Princess Celestia and Luna turned him to stone using the Elements of Harmony. When he returned, my friends and I did the same, being the new bearers. After a time, Celestia thought we could reform him, and we did thanks to Fluttershy befriending him. But Discord never had any friends before. So... one thing lead to another and he fell in love with Fluttershy-"

"But Fluttershy was in love with Big Mac." I muse in my normal voice.

"Yeah. When they were saying their vows Discord interrupted and declared his love for Fluttershy. She said no obviously, telling him that they were just friends. It changed something in him. He snapped and started becoming violent towards ponies. It wasn't too drastic at first. A few jump scares, a zap of electricity. But, as time went on, they became worse and worse... Fluttershy doesn't know this though and I only learned it from Celestia recently... but..."

"But?"

"Fluttershy's first pregnancy wasn't a natural miscarriage." She says as she turns her gaze downwards. I sigh and nod, understanding what she means. "Celestia told us that Discord had killed somepony, and that we had to turn him back to stone. So we did, but... I guess we either didn't do it right or something chaotic released him."

"I wonder what."

"Now, we have no chance of defeating him. We aren't connected to the Elements and Applejack and Fluttershy are in Appleoosa. There's nothing we can do." She says hopelessly.

"It ain’t over till the fat lady sings." I tell her, thinking back to that old saying.

"Miles, singing a song won't solve anything now. Starswirl the Bearded only did that as a joke." Twilight gruffs.

"... I was joking... I'm sorry, did you say... fucking Auxy." I grumble to myself. I'll have to be mad about that another time. "Really though? Starswirl the Bearded? Why?" I ask, beyond confused as why she would choose a gamer tag as a name.

"Well, when ponies gather and sing, music flows through the air and brings us together. It was the last spell he did after failing Celestia's final test. My guess was that he did it in attempt to-"

"Twilight, that's not what I'm talking about." I tell her as I sit down and rub my eyes, trying to think of what to do. "Okay... I guess we just have to find Discord and hunt him down. I'll... just have the bots do a wide energy sweep and narrow it down from there. You..." I look back to her sad eyes and try to think of something for her to do. "You... watch over Storm."

"I... I'll try." She says as she looks away from me. I guess that'll have to do, given her state.

"Take care Twilight-"

BOOM

I fall over as the wall to my right suddenly explodes, sending bits of wood over the entire room. A dull ringing fills my ears as my head begins to spin. I've been hit over my entire body, but it doesn't seem to be anything completely fatal, or so I hope. A stinging overcomes my entire body as I feel trickles of blood escape all over, most notably my face. I force myself to open my eyes and take a look at myself, seeing all of the puncture wounds over my side.

I grunt when I feel something lift my head up and force some viscous liquid down my throat. It goes down rough, but I swallow it quickly anyway. Several explosions are sounding off in the background. It must be one serious fight at this rate.Two more potions later, I begin to feel the wounds close up and the pain fade away.

"Are you okay Miles?" Diamond Heart asks. I look around the room and see Twilight hiding in the corner, holding Storm in her hooves tightly.

"Y-yeah. What happened?" I ask as I lay on my stomach and tuck my legs under.

"What I feared most. Luna and Celestia have started a duel to the death-"

"WHAT!?" I yell as I jump to my hooves, wincing slightly. "No, Celestia wouldn't be that stupid! I have the entire city surrounded with bots-"

"Those metal men have been turned into... well, various things." Diamond says as he slowly gets to his hooves. "Now, what are you going to do, Alicorn King, and where do you need me?" He asks as he stands up straight. I ignore the fact that he called me king and move to the large hole in the tree.

Two lights race through the air in aerial combat. One dark blue and the other bright gold. *Boom* They twist and curve through the air with tremendous speed and cause explosions of energy when they crash into one another. In seconds they race over most of the sky as each fight for superiority. *Boom* The gold beam is sent hurtling to the ground after another large encounter. The blue one then races high into the air and begins to channel a great amount of power towards it.

Above the figure, the moon begins to rise and become full. Once it's completely behind the shadowy figure, a bright light envelopes the surrounding area. Without thinking, I turn and run down the stairs. I need to stop them. I need to save them. I need to kill Discord.

FLASH

I blink once before resuming my running. With the help of the teleport I find myself much closer to the fight. I run with all my might, putting all of my strength into every step as I race to get to them. I follow the large plume of dust to its center and find Celestia laying in the ruined remains of a house. She's in her armor, but it's been dented and broken all over. She has some blood coming from her temple as well as her mouth. A large splinter of wood is sticking out of her side.

"CELESTIA!" I yell as I run towards her. She doesn't respond, instead laying in the ruble as her blood continues to flow. When I make it halfway to her, a shadowy aura forms before me and swirls around. It quickly melds into the form of a pony before turning into Luna in her pure form. She looks back to me and smiles as she raises a black hoof to her mouth, and licks the blood from it.

"Hello sweetheart." She says coolly as she faces me.

"Luna, what have you done!?" I yell at her as she walks towards me, chuckling lightly.

"I simply assured our future." She says innocently. "Aren't you happy? Isn't this what you wanted?"

"I never wanted to hurt anyone Luna! You know that! Snap out of it already!" I yell as I try to make my way around her. She simply levitates me up and holds me in the air.

"Now now. Don't fret my love. It will all be over soon."

YOU WEAK FOOL! GIVE ME CONTROL!

"No! Luna please! This isn't you! Discord is the one behind-"

"NO!" She yells as dark clouds begin to form in the sky. She flaps her wings and raises up into the air as lightning strikes over the now dark sky. "THIS STARTED LONG BEFORE YOU! LONG HAVE I AWAITED FOR THE POWER TO BRING DOWN THAT TYRANT AND BRING EVERLASTING NIGHT! NIGHTMARE MOON HATH RETURNED!" She yells triumphantly before laughing menacingly.

GIVE HIM CONTROL

"Soul Fire?"

WE CANNOT USE THIS FORM, NOT YET. LET CORPUS GLACIUS TAKE OVER.

"But..."

DO YOU WISH TO SAVE THEM OR NOT?

"...On one condition, if you save Celestia first, then you can have control."

I yell out as I feel an energy begin flow through my body. I try not to fight it, allowing it to cover myself completely. I feel my body begins to rise as a light begins to form over myself.

With a burst of energy I drop to the ground. I stand upright and dust myself off slightly. I laugh slightly at the stupidity of that man. Even in new form, he's human at heart. Truly weak and ever the martyr. The sound of wings flapping catches my attention.

"Impressive dearest. Purity suits a King like thou." Luna says as she lands before, offering a slight bow of the head to me. "Come, let us bring forth a new era of eternal night, my King." She says as she saunters towards me.

"Us?" I ask, stopping her in her tracks. "Oh Fear, such a powerful emotion. The fear of losing a loved one. The fear of being attacked. Fear. Truly a strong Element of my domain." I say as I walk around her still form.

"I-I fear nothing!" She announces as she looks up, her voice faltering slightly.

"Oh but you do, I would know. You see, when the so called master of solitude whispered those words of Fear into you, he left its touch there. Giving me perfect access, my dear... my sweet... little... puppet." I whisper into her ear.

Thump thump

"Oh yes, don't think I forgot about our little arrangement." I say aloud to Miles. I waltz over to Celestia and look over her still form. She’s so close to the void, such a waste. But, a deal is a deal, and I intend to keep my part of the bargain. I focus the magic in my horn and rip the large piece of wood from her body. She lets out a pained shriek before falling back down. So close.

"Wh-what are you doing!" Luna hisses at me as she begins to charge. I chuckle slightly as I look back to her.

"My end of the deal. Now halt." I say simply. She comes to a complete stop and stand there, completely shocked by her cooperation. "As I said, you now reside in my domain. You do, as I command. Now, for the final part." I drop the wood and refocus my magic onto the cold form of Celestia. So close, such a waste. This pony magic is weak compared to the spiritual prowess of humanity, but it will have to do.

I spend nearly an hour weaving the flesh back together. She's lost much of her blood, but that's the least of my worries. Once I finish with my healing she looks up to me and reaches towards me. I smirk and swat it away. I upheld my part of the deal, now it's-

Thump thump

"NO! THAT WASN'T PART OF THE DEAL!"

Thump thump

"THE DEAL WAS FOR CONTROL! YOU CANNOT HAVE IT BACK! I AM IN CONTROL! I AM THE POWER! I AM THE VOID! YOU WILL NOT TAKE WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE! MILES!"

With a bright flash of energy I fall to the ground. I look to my green hoof and smile. Sorry Corpus, I said you could have control, but I never said for how long. Better luck next time. I get back up and look over to Luna and smile to her. She looks down at me and tilts her head slightly, confused by what's just transpired. I run over to Celestia and lay by her, check her hoof for her pulse.

"Oh sweet Barbra, you're alive." I sigh in relief. She's awake, but far too weak to do anything at the moment. That leaves-

"Move. Away." Luna commands me as she holds an energy blade to my neck. I shiver slightly as the blade gingerly caresses the short hairs there.

"Luna... put the blade down and lets talk about this." I say as I sit upright, afraid to move.

"No. This is it. Eternal night will take over forever! Now move." She orders as she presses the sharp blade into my neck. It doesn't break the skin, but it holds me in place.

"Luna, please. Think this through-"

"No! Move or die with her." She demands. I feel my chest begin to rise and fall as I try to think of a way out. I look down to Celestia and see her eyes try to tell me something. She's trying to urge me to do something... but what!? "So be it."

"And so they say, so they say, so they say 'but you won't understand." Whoa, where is that music coming from?

"The workings of this world with you head buried in the sand." Okay, Luna hasn't killed me yet, just roll with the illogical spell.

"And so I say, so I say, so I say 'but there's so much to do. And the graveness of the situation is shadowed by my ineptitude." Okay, just turn around slowly and face her, done. And not dead!

"There's nothing like the moon to hide the sun. We're forced to use the lamppost to guide us home. We thought we'd last forever, we were wrong. We walk home through the night time singing songs, 'cause there's no forever." Okay, standing up and approaching her. My words seem to be getting through to her, she's at least dropped her swords. After repeating the ending, I've made right up to her, so I reach out and hold her hoof.

“Trust the fact that everything is relative, trust the fact that nobody will ever say: 'fine. The brain is all there is to the mind.' But life is not a waste of your time.

“This is no lament, it’s suspension of belief, it’s analyzing everything to justify a means. Keep god out of our house, was written down by my house. Ten foot letters on a concrete wall. Did the priest mind? Well not at all. If he has to pick and choose well then his ethics are his.

“There’s nothing like your brain to spoil the fun, but you must keep living until you’re done. This was all in effort to feel alive. If anybody sings this into the night. It’ll live forever. It'll live forever. It'll live forever.

“Etch my name in a tree so passers-by are aware that I once lived a life without a care. A single set of footprints just to prove that I was there. Well you’re lookin’ at me while I’m lookin’ at you. When will you realize, son, you’re singing to an empty room?" As I repeat the final part, she looks down to the blade and almost seems to jump at the sight.

"Miles, what's happened?"

"NO!"

A blast of light flashes in the sky, revealing a patchwork creature. He glares down at the two of us as he floats down to the ground.

"NO! You can't just sing a song and have everything be okay! That's not how the world works!" He yells... in that voice. That one of a kind voice.

"DISCORD! You'll pay for what you've done! Miles is going to stop you once and for all!" Luna yells at him, getting him to roll his eyes.

"No! I'm not dropping it! You can't just sing a song and- just- NO!" He fumes as he steps towards up. I push Luna behind me and stand to meet him. "Oh and what do you want-"

"ALTUM STANS!" I yell, getting a shocked look from him. He thinks about it for a moment before a crooked smile grows on his face.

"Oh, Miles Eremita. The Lost Spartan. So this is where you were hiding all that time." He chuckles as he looks down at me. "Let's see what you've learned since then, shall we?" He says as he raise a claw.

SNAP

So, how you liking these cliffs? They sure do like you. The song was Under the Lamp post by Chewing on Tinfoil, chosen by Tallestbrony. LAST Chapter, Scythe Elder Necromancer got to choose what Storm was over eating with -lemon waffles. Don't forget to add an Oc to Calling All Spartans, add or edit questions to the Q/A, and like always,

Brony on!