Chapter 32

“Hope vs despair.”

Princess Celestia stood over with the heroes and the reformed chaos ponies looking over a desert looking on the ruined city. The walls were massive but they were ruined and falling apart. The tower that stood over was huge it towered over the walls and in front of the walls was the army of dark Alicorns then Princess Celestia flew into the sky.

Then North Star starred at them and said “there’s a lot of them.”

Sugar Cube then said, “I think I have an idea. Look I know this sounds crazy but I can lead a regiment of ponies and have them distract the shadow Alicorns while you and Celestia have a clear way to the tower.”

North Star then said “But.. How?”

Sugar Cube then said, “North Star I was trained to kill Alicorns I’m not proud of it. However, until Equestria’s safety is secure I will do whatever is necessary to keep her safe. Trust me.”  

North Star looked at him then said, “I trust you.”

Sugar Cube nods then he went to Princess Celestia then said “ Princess Celestia do you agree?”

Princess Celestia starred at him then said, “Yes I do. I have full faith in you.”

Sugar cube then said “Alright.”

He then went to the reformed chaos ponies and shouted, “Listen all of you! I never fought in a war but all of you stay back when we reach them I’ll kill most of them you’ll help when I need it!” They all nodded then he leaves then Lance said, “You can’t handle them by yourself!”

Core then said, “Lance is right why are you doing this?”

Sugar Cube then said, “To save lives. Those Alicorns will murder all these ponies I’m not going to let that happen I’ll do what has to be done.”

Core then said, “Lance I guess we’ll lead a regiment keep North Star and Princess Celestia safe.” Lance nods then they went back to North Star and Celestia they were kissing.

Then Lance said, “Let’s wait a second.”

Core coughs then North Star turned and he blushes then said “Alright stop starring come on.”

Lance then flew in and then said “North star Core and I will lead a regiment to keep you two safe to the tower.”

North Star nods then said “Sugar Cube this is your idea?”

Sugar Cube then said “we can’t afford any chances.”

North Star then said “alright then. Let’s do this together!”

They all then galloped forward through the desert sand they charged the walls of the castle the alicorns flew in and started to blast them but North star created a spell shield and the shadows dissipated. Then North Star broke off with a left flank and they headed through a hole in the crumbling wall. Then Sugar Cube then shouted, “The rest of you stay behind North star’s speel shield. They all stopped then one said, “You can’t take all those Alicorns by yourself?” Sugar Cube then took a smoke bomb out if his cloak then said, “This is what I was trained to do.” He then left through the shield and then he threw the smoke bomb.

The Alicorns saw the white smoke and started to blast it with magic then daggers started flying upward. Five Alicorns dropped from the sky with daggers in their necks. Then one shouted “something is dodging our shadows he’s moving too fast!” then a dagger entered his throat he coughed blood then fell. The Alciorn stopped the shadows then they saw Sugar Cube standing on an Alicorn forcing him to use his horn creating a small spell shield. He drives a dagger through the Shadow Alicorn’s throat. He then let go and they saw his eyes they were silver again.

He then shouted “All of you I’m going to say this once! You have a choice! Let go of your evil ways and come back to the light! Or, stop fighting and leave either way if you keep fighting, all of you will die!”

The Alicorns laughed then Oblivion flew forward with his grey coat and his long grey mane wearing black armor with his pupils with the omega symbol he then shouted “Don’t underestimate him all of you concentrate your attacks.” One Alicorn then said “he’s just an earth pony? He can’t win.” Then Oblivion said, “He’s more than an earth pony. He’s the only one of two who survived my experiments.” Sugar Cube starred at Oblivion then Oblivion then shouted, “Kill him! We will not give up! Omega is with us we can’t lose!” They all started to blast where sugar Cube was he back flips ten times and avoids all their blasts. One Alicorn flew in trying to blast him with his horn while ramming it into him. Sugar Cube then threw a dagger with a small chain wrapped at the end as it entered the Alicorn’s throat he fell and then he tried to pull but Sugar Cube held then chain. Then Sugar Cube raced up behind the Alicorn as the other Alicorns tried to blast him but the Alciorn he was attached to do put up a spell shield. Sugar cube swore then jumped back and the one Alciorn was blasted to pieces by his own comrades. Then Sugar Cube got up from the sand as they concentrated fire again. Sugar cube speed through the desert then he flipped backwards as they blasted where he was. Then the sand heaved and was thrown at him sugar Cube closed his eyes and mouth and the sand just fell over him then he got up and then he heard the sounds of the horns humming. He then throws another dagger and another Alicorn fell. The alicorns kept firing at him. However, he dodges their attacks and threw more daggers each one hitting their mark,

Then one Alicorn shouted. “He’s just an earth pony!”

He then flew in at Sugar Cube who jumped up and severed his right wing another Alicorn tried to blast Sugar Cube, but Sugar cube used the Alicorn with only one wing as a body shield as he was shot Sugar Cube threw a dagger through the first Alicorn’s corpse.  Then it hit the other Alicorn then Sugar cube dodged another blast aiming at him from above and then he throws another dagger straight up and that Alciorn fell. The Alciorns all surrounded him and they all blasted where he was then he smirks then he yanks the chain and two of the Alciorns fell from the sky and they were used as body shields as they were blasted Sugar Cube threw ten more daggers through their bodies as the rest of the Alicorns all hitting their mark. As they fell he flips forward avoiding the falling bodies,

He turned to Oblivion who was still flying overhead. Sugar Cube then said “Any more subordinates for me to kill?”

Oblivion then fell from the sky then said, “You’ve come a long way.”

Sugar cube then said, “It’s over North Star and Princess Celestia are going to destroy Omega and end this.”

Oblivion chuckled then said “Then you go back to having normal life correct?”

Sugar Cube raised an eye then Oblivion said, “I never told you why you were special. You see most ponies and Alicorn usually take the dark energy when their full adults knowing exactly what they are doing and with their free will use the energy. However, the power can be forced into adults even fillies, you were young enough just young enough where right and wrong meant nothing to you. You had no idea what was happening to you and it was up to your body to resist resist its power. In other words, the energy left you and what it left was a sample of its power. I’ve tried this experiment on over 100 fillies each one’s body gave out before the power was accepted, except you and one other. You two were the only survivors.”

Sugar Cube eyes became blue again then he muttered “100.”

Oblivion then said “I’ve been experimenting with the pool of shadow for more than two hundred years and you Shade were the perfect killing machine your ability to see into the future was amplified and your body literally responds to the world around with your acute instincts as you’ve just proven even Alicorns are no match. You held back though? Why not embrace what I gave you!” Sugar cube then said, “Embrace? You turned me into a weapon trained earth ponies to kill for your personal gain. Tell me what is there to embrace! And what do you mean there’s one other!”

Oblivion then said, “You are so pathetic! Even if you win today, your life will never be normal Shade. His name was Death and we did the same thing to him as we did to you we took his parents and him. We then disposed of his parents raised him with no love, no pity, no mercy, taught him as we taught you. Yet he gave into the darkness his body molded it into a darkness even I could not fathom. He was a failure he let too much in. Yet I knew he had his uses and sent him on mission far east. He was supposed to kill Prince Luminous but some pony foiled that.”

Sugar Cube then said, “That monster the one I fought that was him? I didn’t kill him he got away.”

Oblivion then said “that mistake is going to come back you see I gave him orders if you failed to kill the Alciorns on his return he will come back. I know this is against Omega’s orders and his plans but Death’s order is to kill every pony in Equestria. I want the world to end I want the death of every pony on you. Shade I win, Omega failed my idiot father who thought he had everything planned that every pony will bow to his perfect world. I will end it I will bring darkness even worse than Chaos in my perfect world every pony dies only death will remain. I know North Star is going to die and there is no other pony left to save Equestria. Shade my gift to you is an enemy created out of the same pain and suffering I forced on you. Yet he gave into the darkness and he is coming and when he does he will bring hell."

Oblivion lifted his wings and then said, “There’s no hope for you.”

Sugar Cube got up then said, “I will fight him and save every pony. Even if I have to sacrifice a life of happiness to fight the darkness forever I’ll do it!”

Then Sugar Cube raced at Oblivion then Oblivion just smiled as Sugar cube stabbed him though the gut then he looked into Oblivion’s vacant eye.

Then Oblivion said, “ After all these years tell me why didn’t you just commit suicide? Why not end your pain and suffering?”

Sugar Cube starred at him then said, “Hope, I hang onto hope.”

Then Oblivion laughed then as he fell to the sand he said, “I wonder who’s going to win your hope or my death. Still, either way you lose.”

He then closed his eyes then Sugar Cube starred at his corpse then said, “Seems that way.”

Then Sugar Cube gallops up the dunes every chaos pony starred at him with awe some in fear then Sugar Cube said “Let’s go into the city Celestia and North Star need back up.”

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