The Four Ponies of the Apocalypse
Chapter 3: The Battle
Previous Chapter Next ChapterI flew off after saying my goodbyes. I somehow knew that I would see Rainbow Dash again though. It took me until sundown to reach Canterlot And I could already see the damage they had done there. Whole towers were gone. I haven't ever seen my brothers be this powerful and destuctive. Then I saw him; Discord. "My my what have we here?" Discord said with a taunting voice. "A heroic young colt has come to save Equestria! Fat chance young pony." "I will do anything to defeat you and my brothers." I told him. "Oh will you now? Well then here's a hint on how to do so. 'A massive battle must take place but be warned a sacrifice must be made, if you want your love to save the day.'"
I did'nt know what to think of when it came to the riddle, but I knew that I needed to defeat my brothers. "Well well well. Look who we have here brothers." I turned to see my three brothers behind me ready for battle. "Death! This ends here." I told him with no fear in my voice. "Then let's begin!" He said just as he casted a death spell towards me. I dodged it and shot back a fire blast back at him. He moved and Famine shot a spell of weakness at me. Moving aside, I could feel weaker as it moved past me. Plague lobbed something oozy and slimy above me and it smelled horrible. I kept dodging, attacking, and countering. I landed a blast of fire on Death and knocked him from the sky but I knew he won't be down for long.
As I was about to land a devastating blast of fire on Plague and Famine. I heard a familiar pony's voice. "Warren look out behind you!" I saw her down in the gardens and turned around. I only had enough time to see Death's cold fatal blast before it hit me.
"Warren look out behind you!" I screamed. I saw him glance at me and then get hit by the fatal blow. "NO! Warren!" I cried while watching him fall to the ground. I ran over to his cold still body. He opened his eyes weakly and spoke to me. He said. "Don't worry about me. I was the sacrifice to save the land and defeat Discord. All you need to do now is defeat him." I spoke back. "Why is it just me?" "I remember Discord told me that my love would use my sacrifice to defeat him. Is it not obvious to you? You are the one who must defeat Discord and my brothers. I shall return for you my love. I assure it!" And with that final word, he died.
I looked up and saw his brothers looking down on me with eyes that showed no pain, no remorse, not a single care that they had just killed their own brother. "Oh don't feel so sad my friend." A familiar voice said next to me. "After all you wouldn't want your love's death to have meant nothing now would you?" I suddenly felt this burst of energy inside of me."Haven't you done enough to me already!" I screamed, my voice full of anger. "You killed the only thing I loved in this world!" Somehow I could feel myself getting stronger the more I fought him. "Because of that I will make sure that you will die!" I got up suddenly was shooting energy from everywhere. From my eyes, and hooves, a constant stream of energy was launched.
I directed my energy towards Warren's brothers and they all evaporated as if they were simple pieces of paper in a fire. I looked towards Discord and I could see the fear in his eyes. I wasn't going to let him live. Not after today. I took every ounce of power I had out on him. As I heard him scream I could feel vengeance working its way as I destroyed him. At last it was done. My beams of energy had gone and I was completely drained from using all that power.
It had taken me all night to carry Warren's body to the peak where we first met. It was early morning and I set up a small pyre to cremate his body. I said a few words as his body burned. Praying that he would finally find peace in the afterlife. The body had burned in its entirety and I was ready to leave. But then out of the corner of my eye I saw the ashes start to glow. They suddenly turned into a whirlwind and were spinning faster and faster. I could barely see a pony inside the funnel.
The Return
I couldn't see a thing from the inside of the whirlwind. I was wondering to myself if the spell even worked. Was I dead? I had no idea.
When the dust cleared I saw in front of me my love Rainbow Dash. The Spell had worked and She was overjoyed that I was alive. "Oh Warren I thought I had lost you forever! She said to me. "I was afraid that I would never see you again." I told her. "How did you do that?" "Before I had even arrived in Ponyville I had a close encounter with Death and after I escaped that I decided to create a complex potion called the Phenox's Rebirth. Basically what would happen is if I were to die, I could be reborn from my ashes if I were burned."
"Oh Warren its good to have you back!" She said.
The End