I was stood on the bow of the Jörmungandr, looking at the steadily approaching Mt. Canter with the capital city of Canterlot located on the side. It was a shadow if it’s former self, with a dark cloud looming over it like an oppressive shadow. I looked at my team, two members down, we would have to make do.

“You ready?” I asked, they nodded but didn’t say anything, we all knew what would happen if we failed but no one wanted to say it. I’d spoken to Minion and Vinyl, if we didn’t make it then they were going to look after Garnet and Ruby, who were in Ponyville. Celestia walked over, she was covered in golden battle armour and had a staff levitating next to her. She sat down next to me and looked at Canterlot.

“Captain” she greeted, not taking her eyes off of the capital.

“Princess” I replied. “How’re your Honour guard doing?”

“Nervous” she said simply, Celestia’s Honour guard were a group of six ponies from my ship that were the best fighters we had, they were also equipped with elemental armour that only used light based powers. Luna had a set of six Honour guard, with the same powers, except they had silver amour and were thestrals. I spotted a couple hundred Rahkshi approaching and sighed before speaking into a small red and gold bracelet on my right wrist.

“Shoot them down” I said, I heard a dull whirring, followed by the staccato pops of one of the auto-turrets and I could see glowing, magic infused metal slugs whizzing through the air towards the Rahkshi who began to drop out of the sky. Two dark figures slammed onto the deck inform of us and stood to their full height, of course, Vapaa’s brothers decided to show up. I turned to Vapaa and nodded, he and Takanuva flew off, the ploy worked and Vapaa’s brothers flew after them. My armour adapted to its airborne mode and the rest of my Toa followed my lead, seeing Scar with a set of heli-rotors sprouting out of his back was certainly a new one to me. His Gatling guns had also moved and were now located on his hips, much like with Boris. Speaking of whom, he now had a set of booster jets on his back, as did Autumn and her two siblings; Winter Chill and Midsummer Night. “Right, our priority is to get to the palace and contain Teridax. Our personal safety is lowest priority, no exceptions. Am I understood?”

“Perfectly, Sir!” they all said.

“Good” I said, before getting out my sword and shield “let’s get out there” and then ran to the edge and jumped off. After free falling for a few seconds I heard a pair of jets kicking in and I shot forward, my wings keeping me airborne as the jets propelled me along. Autumn flew alongside me.

“What’s the plan?” she asked “you have a plan, don’t you?”

“Honestly, I doubt we’ll get very far” I said “so, if I can’t take down Teridax in single combat, I want you and other Toa to surround the Castle in an energy shield. I’ll hold him in the throne room so that I can nova blast him to Tartarus…”

“You’ll bring the castle down on top of you!” she exclaimed.

“That’s a price I’m willing to pay if it means Teridax is stopped for good” I said “look on the bright side, at least I’ll see my dad again” she sighed before pulling me into a kiss.

“Just try and be careful” she said.

“You know me, dear” I said, giving her a two fingered salute “I’m always care…fuck” I slammed into a billboard, Autumn pulled me upand gave me a pointed look.

“Shut it” I muttered. Before flying off towards the castle with Autumn, Celestia and Luna in tow.

*POV 3rd person*

Fantasia walked into the great hall of paradise.

“Brother, sister” she said “I’m begging you let me go down there and help restore my daughters to the throne”

“You know the rules” Tempus said “we cannot meddle with the affairs of mortals”

“Suppose Teridax wins” Fantasia said “he will hear of us and he will try to claim this sanctuary for himself, we all saw what happened all those millennia ago. His heart is a pit that will never be filled”

“He will not get past the gates” Anima said, before sighing “but very well, I will give you a few months” Tempus looked at the goddess of nature in shock.

“You can’t be serious” Tempus said, Anima rolled her eyes

“Brother” she said to the god of time “Fantasia is the only one of us three with anything even remotely resembling a sense of humour. Go sister, before I change my mind” Fantasia nodded before turning to leave, ornate gold armour faded into existence as she left the hall.

“Why the generosity all of a sudden?” Tempus asked.

“You’re a male” she said, looking at him out of the corner of her eyes and giving him a wry smile “you wouldn’t understand the bond shared between a mother and her children”

*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

We flew through the streets of Canterlot until we came to large square with shops around the edge, I got out my sword and shield before diving into the group of Rahkshi.

“Have at you!” I yelled as I spun around, taking the heads of several Rahkshi as I went. I landed on the ground and sent a column of fire into several that were charging towards me, incinerating them. One went to attack me from behind and I went to slice its head off only for the Rahkshi to have a golden blade thrust through its chest and turn to dust. A white and maroon Alicorn in gold armour materialised “Fantasia?”

“Hail, Vuur Koning” she said, before thrusting her blade into the ground and sending out a golden shockwave that turned all the Rahkshi in the square into dust “I have come to assist in restoring my daughters to their rightful place on the throne” Celestia and Luna landed nearby and their jaws dropped.

“M-mother?” Celestia asked.

“We have plenty of time for a family reunion later” I said “we need to get to the castle, think you can eliminate the Rahkshi?” Fantasia smirked.

“It would be my pleasure” she said, before turning to her daughters “come children” the three Alicorns then took off and I looked at Autumn.

“You okay?” I asked.

“Just thinking what the buck we’re standing around for” she said, before taking off. I followed her and we flew towards to castle I put the jets to full and aimed for a stained-glass window depicting Teridax overthrowing Celestia and Luna, I crashed through the window and rolled across the floor.

“Okay” I muttered, wincing as I pulled a shard of glass out if my arm “not one of my better judgement calls” Teridax chuckled and stood up.

“Ah, Vuur Koning” he said “have you come to surrender” at that moment Autumn flew inside and landed next to me.

“Over my dead body” I said, drawing my sword and shield “surrender or I’ll nova blast this castle to Tartarus” Teridax chuckled as he got out his staff of shadows and stepped forward.

“Your hollow threats are worthless, human” he said “you give yourself so many titles, when they are meaningless” at that point Fantasia, flanked by Celestia and Luna crashed through the ceiling.

“Surrender, Teridax” Fantasia said, drawing her sword “we’ve just destroyed your Rahkshi, you have no forces” Teridax chuckled.

“Ha! You think you can stop me?” he asked “so called god, only the Great Beings could bring me down…”

“I am a Great Being!” she snapped, cutting him off, the rest of us stared at her, wide eyed “now, be-gone” she then thrust the sword into Teridax’s chest, only for it to phase through, Teridax flickered.

“Then your reputation has left me underwhelmed” he said, and began picking at his long, thin fingers “I’m not even in Canterlot, I’m currently on an ironclad, sailing away from your miserable city, you’ve won this war. But I’ll be back, and then not even you so called gods can stop me”

“What are you planning!?” Fantasia demanded.

“That would spoil the surprise now, wouldn’t it?” his hologram then disappeared.

“FOR FUCKS SAKE!!!” I yelled, before blowing out another of the stained glass windows, launching my sword across the room and imbedding it into Teridax’s crystalline throne, I then slumped to my knees “once again, that bastard has fooled us all”

*POV 3rd person*

Vapaa crashed into the side of a building, his brothers flew over and landed. Takanuva had been taken out soon after the start of the battle. Vapaa stood up and coughed.

“This time” Gabe said, pulling his scythe out of hammer space “Your farewell will be forever, brother”

“You lost the right to call me brother long ago” Vapaa said, before spitting his blades into two.

“Then we will have no problem with killing you” Seth said “Drew” he then pulled out his swords and the three of them charged. Vapaa brought his swords up to block their attacks before kicking Gabe away and pushing Seth into the wall, he then took off into the air and flew up to a great altitude.

“Trying to run away, are we?” Gabe asked, and the two Makuta flew over to Vapaa and blocked his path.

“Actually” Vapaa said, smirking “I was drawing you into the middle of the Union army” the clouds cleared to reveal hundreds of Pegasi, Thestral, Griffins and the Neu-Toa, all surrounding them, with the Jörmungandr directly behind Vapaa. Frostfang growled and the two Makuta slowly put their hands up.

*POV 1st Person Vuur Koning* (1 week later)

We were all stood in the celebration hall of Canterlot castle, Celestia, Luna, Fantasia and Mata Nui were there.

“Toa Jörmungandr” Celestia said “for playing a crucial part in returning Equestria to order, it is my honour to award you all the Celestia Cross; for most conspicuous bravery and valour in the presence of the enemy” Celestia levitated 15 gold crosses hung from red ribbons and clipped them to our left shoulders.

“Toa Jörmungandr” Luna said “for helping to return Equestria to our rule, it is my honour to award you all the Luna Star; for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of life and going above and beyond the call of duty” she then levitated 15 silver stars hung from blue ribbons and clipped then to our left shoulders, next to the Celestia Cross.

“Toa Jörmungandr” Mata Nui said “For protecting the innocent and fighting with courage and honour, I award you all the Lhikan Star; for acts of gallantry in the face of exceptional danger to life and limb, whilst demonstrating staying power in order to fulfil the mission in an ethically sound way. You are all truly deserving of the title of Toa” a Royal guard then levitated 15 red, metal circles with a golden depiction of the figure on Mata Nui’s mask, all hung on golden ribbons, and placed them on our left shoulders, on the other side of our Celestia crosses. Celestia then spoke up.

“Would Ruby, Garnet, Thel, John, Aurora, Spike, Applebloom, Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo please step forward?” she asked, the kids eyes widened and they nervously walked over from the assembled audience, I noticed Scootaloo had a cast on her wing, but had no problems standing right next to Sweetie Bell “For assisting in protecting Equestria, I award you all with the highest civilian award I can bestow upon you. The Equestrian Cross; for acts of the greatest heroism and courage in the face of extreme danger” she then levitated 9 silver crosses with an engraving of the Equestrian flag in the middle and clipped them to their shoulders. We then heard clapping and laughing.

“Bravo, bravo” said a voice that made me groan in frustration, we all looked around to see Metus. Myself, Minion, Vapaa and Natrix all exchanged glances and nodded before pulling out pistols and pointing them at him.

“What are you doing!?” Celestia exclaimed.

“That” I said “is Metus, an ice tribe Agori who has made quite the name for himself selling secrets to the enemy, whether they be Skrall, Bone Hunters, or Makuta” the Guards all pointed their weapons at Metus.

“Now, now, let’s not be too hasty” Metus said “oh, sure I’ve sold the odd bit of…information to the enemy, but it brought everyone together in the end, I united the Glatorians the first time around”

“Whatever you have to say?” I said “you can tell me behind prison bars, take him away” the guards then dragged him out of the room, despite his protests.

“Honestly” I said “it’s like some cliché scene out of a movie”

“Oh, don’t be silly” Pinkie Pie said “that happened because the writer of this fan-fiction was bored and wanted to add some surprise drama to the scene” everyone stared at her, wide eyed, a cricket could be heard chirping in the background.

“Pinkie” Rainbow Dash said, facehoofing “you are so random” Next Chapter: 13 Epilogue Estimated time remaining: 2 Minutes