Everyone turned. The draconequus floated before them, a malevolent smile crossed his face. Celestia spoke.

“You?! How did you get free?!”

“Oh please Princess, you can’t possibly so thick as to not know the answer to that one. You! You and your war!”

“You got free because of us?” Luna asked fury in her eyes.

“Don’t take all the credit, Causing a few hallucinations and a few mental suggestions are not beyond my abilities when I’m in a statue. It was a simple matter of planting them to cause a war between you. After that, there was enough chaos for me to break free. I’ve been free from the day you went to war with each other! After all, what’s more chaotic than war?!” the draconequus laughed.

“It was you the whole time? You were the cloaked pony advising me!” Luna screamed.

“You had a cloaked advisor too?” Celestia turned back to the chimera, “It was you! You who advised our every move! You who planned the battles, you who made them happen. You who destroyed that city! You monster!”

“Oh don’t patronize me sisters!” Discord yelled suddenly with rage, “It’s my job! I’m the other end of the spectrum, the other side of the coin, the yin to the yang. It was me who caused the war, and you were supposed to be in that city when it was turned to glass. Pity you didn’t destroy each other earlier. I was so close before that thing arrived!” he yelled, pointing to John.

“I didn’t plan on an alien from another world popping into existence at the least opportune time. But now I’ve calculated enough to know you will lose princesses! Even with him you will lose!” he snapped his fingers and disappeared in a flash of light.

They all stood dumbfounded. They had been played in the worst possible way. The spirit of chaos turned the sun and the moon against each other. A loud scream was heard.

Everyone looked at the source. A pony pointed to the horizon. Shapes were appearing. It was an army. All kinds of creatures composed the army. Trolls, gargoyles, goblins, dragons, serpents, a few zombies too. Celestia stared in horror. The army was huge. John saw what was going to happen. He reacted.

“Princesses, can you’re ships land?” he asked the soldier taking over.

“Yes,” the both replied.

“What do you have in mind?” Luna asked.

“Luna, take your ship and evacuate Canterlot. Get as many out as you can and get them to Cloudsdale. Celestia, land your ship and begin evacuations here.” He pulled his helmet on and the cockpit closed.

“I’ll hold them off for as long as I can,” he said. Suddenly there were six ponies around him. Rainbow spoke up.

“I want to go with you,” she said solemnly.

“I’m sorry Dashie but you can’t. I need you to get as many out as you can. All of you get as many people on the ship as you can. I need you to do this. Can you do that for me?”

Rainbow Dash’s expression softened, “For you I can. Don’t you DARE get yourself killed. Can you do that for me?”

“Yes,” he gave a salute before flying off. Rainbow watched him go before turning and diving towards the town.

***

The evacuation was going well. The Daylight Flare’s hangers held enough room for the town’s population. Ponies filed up the large gangplank and into the hanger.

John’s fighter terrorized the approaching army but he wasn’t making a dent in the forces. Soon most of the population was on board the ship. John landed his plane in an unused part of the hanger. He exited his craft and ran up to Rainbow Dash.

“How are we doing? I’ve bought you as much time as I can but they’re still coming. They’ve made it to the outskirts.”

“We’re almost finished. We’ll be ready for takeoff soon,” she smiled at him.

The last of the ponies filed on board followed by a few of the royal guards.

“Alright! We’re all clear let’s go!” John yelled. He felt the ship shudder and begin to rise slowly. The army was halfway into Ponyville.

John heard a scream. A small orange and purple filly was running out of an alley way. Behind her were two stone gargoyles.

“Shit!” John yelled. He jumped off the gangplank and took off towards the filly.

More gargoyles appeared in front of her. She was surrounded. Scootaloo screamed and cowered in fear, bringing her hooves above her head.

Just as on gargoyle made a grab for her a shot rang out. The creature fell to the ground; dead, a bullet through its head. The others turned towards the attacker. They snarled and ran towards him. John lined up his sights and fired. Another forty caliber round smashed into another gargoyle. It screeched as it died from a shot to the chest. John lined his sights again and fired. He’d dropped four more before he ran out of ammo. The last gargoyle smiled and bolted forward.

He tackled John only to be thrown off like a rag doll. John jumped up and unsheathed his combat knife. He brought his arms and legs into a stance. The gargoyle snarled and bolted. John ran forward and tackled the beast. He smashed it to the ground and stabbed it in the neck. Its screeches died as the knife sliced its neck. John stood up and sheathed the knife. He ran towards the cowering filly and scooped her up. He made a hard sprint towards the fleeing ship. With the extra weight it was only twenty feet off the ground. Ponies all stood on the edge of the gangplank as John threw the pony up. A white pony with a pink mane caught her and disappeared into the crowd. John continued running after the ship.

He stopped and reloaded his gun. More gargoyles were coming. A troll with a large hammer roared at him and charged. John put a round in his head. The troll fell back, flattening six other gargoyles and goblins behind him. John started running but was stopped by a wall of the zombies. He turned to his left and saw a large dragon snarling at him. He looked left, again he was screwed.

John smiled, he was surrounded.