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Can't Be Too Happy

by iamcreativekitty

Chapter 20

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Chapter 20

No One's P.O.V

Looking at the disaster happening in front of them, Abohaty knew she needed to put an end to it all. She let go of Glitz's hoof and looked him in the eye.

"I'm sure you see the dead guards everywhere, so I'm not going to ask you to fight."

"But-" Abohaty put a hoof up to his lips.

"Remember how we saw Nom Nom at the liar?" Glitz nodded slowly. "She didn't have any sort of cuts, bruises, or bloody wounds because when you try physically hurting her, her skin will "regrow" over the bruise, wound, burn, whatever it is. So that's why the guard's swords are useless."

"How did she die then?"

"Most likely some sort of smell killed her. It could've been the diamond being taken off of her, but that doesn't always kill the pony...or cat in this case. It just makes them powerless and weak. Which is why an intoxicated smell could've just been Nom Nom's last straw," Abohaty explained. "So I'm gonna try to break that diamond. In the meantime, try helping ponies get to safety, especially the hurt ones." Glitz smiled and nodded. That was certainly doable for him. Before he went off to do his new task, he was pulled in for a long hug from Abohaty. "Be safe, please."

And just like that, she rushed off.

Glitz started searching around for anypony that needed help, specifically Stormy after he saw the way she fell. But his attention was caught on Kelsey on the hospital bed being rolled by Celia. He caught up to them immediately and Celia looked at him in shock.

"You're alive?!"

"It's nice to see you too, need any help with that?" he asked. "Because I know you run much faster than that." Celia looked at Kelsey, then back at the royal guard.

"Thank you," she said. She waved at Kelsey before running off, much faster than she was running before. Now that Glitz thought about it, he probably should've sent another guard out with her just in case.

"Where we going?" he asked Kelsey.

"Uhhh, I think everypony is running to the train station right now for safety." Glitz thought about that for a second. Was it safe, really? There were no other places he could think of to hide since homes were destroyed. But at the same time, if Amirah spotted where everypony went, it's possible she could set something off at the station. He looked around for a unicorn that would definitely be helpful. He saw a guard with a blue mane and orange coat and recognized him immediately. He wasn't a unicorn, but he would be a lot of help.

"Flash!!" He called, hoping the pegasus would hear him over the ruckus. Flash Sentry turned his head and ran over to Glitz.

"Hey, long time no see!" Flash lifted his shield when he sensed something coming down at him, and the magic backfired into the air again.

"Is there anypony guarding the train station?" Flash scratched the back of his head with his hoof.

"Don't think so...but I can look after it if ponies are taking cover there."

"Please do, I'm trying to find Shining Armor if he's here." Glitz told the guard.

"Uh, yeah, I think he went-" Flash's words were cut off by a loud crashing sound that almost sounded like it was an explosion. Both he and Glitz looked to where the noise evolved and a wave of dust blasted into their faces. For a good moment, ponies paused everything they were doing to look at what had happened. Glitz saw everypony in the main six but Rainbow Dash rush to the scene.

"The castle, it's going to fall!!" He heard Rarity cry. It's as if everypony forgot about the Queen just for a second to run over to the castle. This left Glitz, Kelsey, and Flash out in the open for Amirah to eye.

"At last, you're here! For a second, I got worried you actually died." Glitz handed Kelsey over to Flash knowing he was going to be Amirah's next target. He thought the best idea would be to follow the crowd of ponies to lose her again, but he was dragged right off of his hooves with the use of magic. He pulled his sword out and stuck it to the ground, to hold on tightly. Sticking his sword to the ground did not give him help at all. Amirah's power was strong enough to detach him from his sword. Before he knew it, he was facing eye-to-eye with the grand villain.

"You look even better in person! I missed you yesterday Glitz, what happened?" The Queen asked. Glitz didn't say a word. She must've stopped by yesterday looking for him if that's what she meant. Maybe Grammar's house parties were worth it for once. "That's not very nice of you to ignore the Queen. I hope you know how to swim because I wouldn't want you to drown with the other guards." And just like that she flung him straight into the river that flowed between Springfields and Canterlot.

Meanwhile, Twilight was helping hold the castle up so that it didn't completely fall onto Rainbow Dash who had flown straight through it. The rest of the main six helped the blue pegasus from underneath so that Twilight could finally let go and just let the castle fall. She then went to go check on her friend, to see if she was okay.

Abohaty watched her kingdom fall in sadness. She's lost many things already, but losing her home made her feel deep sorrow. But she knew it wasn't the time to heal, so she began focusing on what she was doing in the first place. She was trying to find Flora before Amirah could notice she was back. For her plan to work, she needed Flora. But she couldn't find any of the high commission. Everywhere she turned, there were just guards from all over Equestria.

Finally, she was able to spot Flamora in the crowd of ponies who went to go see the fallen castle.

"Flamora!!" Abohaty called. She almost couldn't believe that was her voice because of how exhausted it sounded. Flamora turned her head and ran over to the princess with a smile on her face.

"Oh my god, you're okay!!" She gave her a big hug and pulled apart. "What happened here?" she asked, pointing at her side.

"I don't have much time to explain, I just need to find Flora. Where's Flora?"

"Haven't seen her, I'm sorry." Abohaty sighed. "Is there anything I can do?"

"I just need somepony who can make Amirah stay still..."

"Celestia maybe?" Abohaty raised a brow. She didn't know much about Celestia, but she was interested in knowing what exactly she can do. Simple unicorn magic was not going to hold down somepony as powerful as Amirah. Not even for two seconds. That's why she preferred to find Flora, whose vines are quite strong. "Celestia can help brighten the skies to make Amirah go blinded for a few seconds. Well, not just Amirah but everypony."

"Including me?" Flamora nodded. "Because I have to break that diamond on her head. And I plan to do it with one of the guard's swords, so I kind of need to be able to see," Abohaty explained to her.

"Is there a spell in your spell book that can help you sort of...detect ponies?"

"I don't really think so..." Abohaty frowned realizing her plan may not work. That was until she remembered Nom Nom's diamond is detectable through the dark because it would light up. "Is Luna here?!" she asked. Flamora shook her head no.

"Back in Canterlot."

"Thank you!!" Abohaty took off on her wings, not caring if she was seen by anypony. Canterlot was over the river, and it would be easy to reach Luna in no time. At least that's what she thought. She had to pause when she saw a bunch of guards in the water trying to swim back to shore, most of them practically failing. She used her magic to create a flower bed that ascended from the water, bringing up multiple guards. Abohaty continued flying across the river until she reached the entrance of the Canterlot castle. The guards let her in without any questions and now Abohaty was walking down Canterlot's halls. She turned to one of the guards standing on the side and asked for Princess Luna. The guard directed her to where she sat and left the two alone after kneeling to greet her.

"Hi..." Abohaty whispered. She wasn't sure what to expect from Princess Luna since she and her barely talked either. But the princess didn't seem to be upset, more so confused.

"Why hello there Abohaty! What brings you here? Is there no war going on right now?" she asked.

"No, no, no, Queen Amirah is here. It's just...I kind of need your help with defeating her completely, and I'm not sure if your down for it," Abohaty said, kicking her front hoof back and forth.

"Well, my sister asked me to stay in to keep the kingdom safe, but nothing has happened yet, so if it's quick and doable, I can help." Abohaty smiled. "What do you need me to do?"

* * *

Glitz walked onto the dock and shook himself off as if that was going to make him any drier. Other guards did the same and ran back into the battle as if they didn't almost drown. He watched Flash Sentry roll Kelsey's hospital bed onto the dock. Multiple ponies were here, he even saw Gabe and Written Script sitting together on the bench. He wanted to wave hi, but neither of them was looking his way so he continue strolling.

On his way to exiting the station, he passed by Flora who was seated on the ground with her eyes closed. Glitz sat down near her and spoke quietly.

"Hey..." he greeted. The unicorn fluttered her eyes open slowly.

"Oh, dude, you're alive!" she cheered.

"Did you guys just tell everypony me and Abohaty died or something...?" he asked, with slight laughter in his voice. Flora shook her head.

"Nah, we just all assumed since you guys didn't come back, something happened." Flora looked at the chaos happening on the far end of Springfields. "But I'm glad to see you made it back okay. Did you ever find Abohaty?"

"Oh yeah, she's here....somewhere." Glitz stretched his neck to look around. Magically, Abohaty and Princess Luna appeared right in front of them when he looked back. "Oh." Was all that came out of his mouth until he realized who was standing in front of them. "OH."

Immediately, Flora and Glitz stood up and bowed down to Princess Luna.

"Okay, you can get up now, we don't have time for that," Abohaty commented. "Flora, I need your help."

"I can try but I think ponies have legit tried everything at this point to stop her, and she doesn't even have a scratch on her body," she explained. "And it's tiring just going back and forth in circles."

"Yes, I understand, which is why I'm going to put an end to this for good." Abohaty looked Glitz up and down and raised a brow. "Wait, where's your sword? All your stuff really?" Glitz took off his helmet to show her he was soaked. "Oh..." Abohaty looked around for another guard. "Okay um..." She spotted one of her other guards and ran up to him. Politely, she asked to use his sword, and that mission was accomplished successfully. She ran back up to the group. "Okay, come on! Glitz, you stay here." He nodded and watched the three mares run off. "Flora, do your very best to tangle Amirah in vines as fast as you can up to her horn." Flora nodded and began running another direction that lead her closest to the queen. "Luna, you can start the eternal darkness now, and once I see that diamond glow, I will attack." Princess Luna smiled and flew up into the air away from Abohaty who still continued to run. Flamora caught up with her and smiled.

"Still need my help?" Abohaty thought about it for a minute and an idea came to her head. She levitated the sword closer to Flamora's horn.

"Light this for me, please." Flamora gave her a grin before using her horn to set the sword on fire. "Thank you." The ponies parted and Abohaty flew into the air. The darkness was working because she couldn't see a thing. Just shadows of houses and ponies starting to pause what they were doing. Abohaty looked around to find the glowing blue diamond. That and the sword were the only things giving her light. As long as Abohaty could see the glowing diamond, she would be fine. With no time to waste, the Princess began flying full speed towards the diamond so she could hit the target directly. She knew she completed the task successfully when she heard the diamond shatter and Queen Amirah scream in horror. Abohaty let go of the sword and landed safely on her hooves. She and other ponies around watched as the fire only spread bigger. She was now the center of attention since all the light was on her. Abohaty observed how Flora's vines slowly detached from the Queen, allowing her to fall. She walked over to Amirah and looked into her venomous red eyes. "You should always learn the risks of the things you take that are so strong. It could backfire on you like this in the end." Abohaty backed away because the fire was growing more. It grew big enough to the point where you couldn't see Amirah's body anymore.

The eternal darkness did not last long. Eventually the sun rose back up again and the fire was put out, leaving Amirah's burned body in the center of Springfields. More ponies crowded around the scene to see if the Queen was truly dead and if the war was over. Abohaty sighed in relief, thankful her plan worked out. But then frowned at the disaster the war caused. Even her home was destroyed.

Abohaty turned around when she felt a hoof tap on her back. It happened to be Twilight who was accompanied with the other Princesses.

"Well done Abohaty, you did an excellent job defeating the Queen," Celestia congratulated. "We are very proud of you." Abohaty smiled, but it quickly went back to the frown she originally had before they got there.

"What's wrong?" Twilight asked. "Aren't you happy? You won't have to worry about her attacking anymore!"

"Yeah I guess." Abohaty sucked her teeth. "Doesn't change the fact I lost the most important ponies and cats close to me and on top of that my kingdom is a disaster," the pink princess explained. "I truly don't see anything to be happy for anymore, but woo-hoo! I defeated her!" That was the most depressing cheer she's ever done in her life. "But thank you guys for trying to help out. I know I sucked being the pretty perfect princess I was supposed to be, but I thought maybe I could come back strong still, and I believe I did...hopefully."

"Are you kidding, you just defeated the Queen! That's an amazing milestone!" Luna responded.

"And every princess still has a lot to work on. No pony is perfect. And I'm sure once your kingdom is all fixed up again, you will be back on track in no time!" Twilight added on.

"How on earth is this supposed to be fixed?" Abohaty asked. Twilight and Celestia exchanged looks.

"We'll handle it," Twilight offered.

'You guys already did so much. All I did was come in last minute and ended everything."

"And that was the missing piece we needed," Celestia said, wrapping a hoof around Abohaty. "Why don't you make yourself comfortable at the Canterlot Castle and we'll help make this place better than it originally looked before. Luna, guide her to the guest bedroom, please." Princess Luna nodded and signaled for Abohaty to follow her.

Over by the train station, ponies started going back to their homes if they weren't destroyed, and the guards began forming a line to get ready to go back home to where they came from. Glitz was one of the guards nearby the line. He meant to speak with Abohaty, but he figured she'd need time to grieve alone first. He was waiting near the line to see if his little brother would turn up, but all he saw were guards. He started to become worried that Grammar got caught up in the rubble from the castle falling. Glitz turned around to ask Abohaty's friends who were all still at the station near the benches.

"Hey, um...have any of you heard from Grammar? Or at least seen him?" The ponies looked at one another and shook their heads.

"Sorry dude, I haven't seen him since you left," Gabe answered.

"I saw him though when we came back," Celia added. "But when I went to check on Kelsey he disappeared and never returned."

This made Glitz become uneasy. He wanted to give it a few hours since there were a lot of ponies around and the war just ended, but the more he thought about his brother, the more worried he got. He wanted to go home to process everything he went through today, but he refused to go home without his little brother. Of course Grammar knew the way back, but as his oldest brother, he had to make sure he was okay.

"Thank you," he told Celia before walking off. He saw both Luna and Abohaty get in a large carriage together but didn't question it. He was too concerned about the fact that no one knew where his brother was. There were so many different possibilities that it was hard to jump to a conclusion and stick with it. So he decided it was best to walk around to see if he saw anything, but that only made it worse. As he walked around, he walked over several dead bodies, most being guards and some being ordinary ponies who probably got their home destroyed and had nowhere else to go. Some homes remained perfectly fine, but others were demolished completely.

Glitz ended up passing by one of the homes where he spotted ponies inside, but it was just some guards and a few ponies from the high commission. He gave the wall inside a knock since the door was already opened. Cloudy looked up from the sofa and looked excited to see him, but she couldn't bring herself to sit up properly. "There you guys are," Glitz said, slightly relieved. "When I saw you two go down, I got worried." Glitz looked over at Stormy who lied on the second couch. She was bandaged much more than Cloudy was and it was clear she wasn't awake just yet. "Is she sleeping?"

"Unconscious, but is still okay...sort of. She got hit about a dozen times," Cloudy affirmed. Glitz frowned.

"Have you seen my brother by any chance?" he questioned.

"He's the stallion with green mane like yours, right?" Glitz nodded. "No, but I'm sure he's alright. Most ponies just ran into other ponies' homes whether they lived there or not when the war started."

"Thank you," he told the white coated mare. Glitz left the house and began looking around once again. It was becoming dark now. The skies were turning orange and the sun was setting. Glitz was on the verge of just giving up looking for his brother until he saw a white coated stallion with short green mane coming out of a random home. Glitz ran over there so fast that he practically startled Grammar.

"Dude, you're alive!!" Grammar yelled in excitement. Glitz gave his brother an enormous hug without saying a word. Glitz wished his brother knew how worried he was about his disappearance.

"I'm just happy you're okay," Glitz uttered, wiping a tear from his eye after letting his brother go.

"Glitz, you disappeared first, and I actually cried because of that!" Grammar shouted. "But then I met Julie, and all my problems disappeared for a good two hours." Grammar tilted his head and thought hard. "Or was it three?"

"Who's Julie?"

"Oh! I met her today a few minutes before the war happened. She and I both coincidentally needed a walk at the same time and we ran into each other. She thought I was cute, and I thought she was hot. She invited me in her house and we made out until we realized there were literal explosions happening outside our window. So I stayed with her throughout the whole war because it didn't seem safe to go back outside." Glitz didn't know if he should've been mad, or just laugh. The last thing he said was the most smartest thing his brother ever did.

"First of all, I can't believe you just went into some random mare's house. And secondly I can't believe you had your first kiss before me," Glitz admitted.

"I mean technically Hanna was my first kiss. Then I kissed this mare named Penny. She was absolutely terrible and almost sucked my face off! And then I kissed Pepper-"

"Okay, okay I get it. I hope Pepper's kisses tasted like salt," Glitz said out of annoyance. He walked away from his brother figuring he'd follow him, in which he did. They both went back and forth on the topic all the way until they got to the train station. However, this didn't truly annoy Glitz since this was what they did everyday as brothers. He was just glad he was okay and that nothing terrible happened to him.

But now that Grammar was found, he knew he needed to check on Abohaty when he could. He figured she was tired and needed a break and he didn't want to interrupt that. So he would just wait for her to approach him when she felt better.


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