The hooded figure took their gaze away from The Moon Lord and looked back to the group, their mighty blade still in hand. The unknown female being was about to speak until twilight unintentionally cuts her off.

“N-no... This can’t be. P-Princess Celestia?”, Princess Twilight Sparkle question's with tears still flowing. “T-this is a new test right?, you’re just testing me that’s it isn’t it?.” Twilight just couldn’t except what had transpired as she continues to question Celestia’s body as if The Sun Princess would respond, the lavender alicorn even begins to tap Celestia with her right front hoof. Even though Celestia wasn’t Twilight’s actual mother the lavender alicorn loved her all the same, as far as she was concerned she had the honor of having two mothers: Twilight Velvet and Princess Celestia.

Princess Cadence was right there with Twilight on the opposite side of Celestia’s body, here was her adoptive aunt figure who practically raised her until she became old enough to be on her own. Like Twilight, The Princess of Love couldn’t except this either as both mares almost looked crazy as they metaphorically and almost literally were “beating a dead horse.”, although the beating is in the form of pleading.

Of all The Alicorn Princesses present the one whos heart shattered most was The Princess Of The Night, Luna. Luna’s heart was filled with sorrow and regret as she thought back to all the times she had hurt her sister without any intention, sure they’d often argue with each other but Luna would never willingly harm her beloved sister. Her biggest sin that she regretted for all of her life was when she allowed the beings known as ‘Nightmares’ to enter her heart because of her jealousy and pain which turned her into Nightmare Moon. All Luna could say was:

“I’m sorry Celly, I’m so sorry...”

The rest of the group watched on with tears of their own as they all move closer to Twilight, Cadence, and Luna. Spike in particular walked up to twilight’s left hind leg and held on to it as if his life depended on it. The rest of the main six, Zecora, Tempest Shadow, and Starlight Glimmer began to speak their minds, their own words of sorrow. Suddenly, their words of sorrow became much darker and even though they were all heavily heartbroken something erupted in their hearts upon seeing their beloved sun princess lay dead before them, something most Equestrians barely feel often: Pure rage. Twilight, Cadence, and Luna watched their friends and loved ones reactions with wide eyes and their mouths agape.

“That heartless fiend!, how dare he, Princess Celestia didn’t deserve that!” - Rarity.

“That no good varmint, why ah’ got half the mind to shove my favorite shovel right up its backside!” - Applejack.

“This moon lord is nothing but a brute, I shall avenge the princess when I stomp him with my hooves, my combat staff is ready as is my rage, you shall not survive this day!” - Zecora.

“You know what?, right now I wish I was still evil because I’m gonna need it for what I’m gonna do to him!” - Starlight Glimmer.

“I was about to get my horn back, this loving Princess offered to restore my horn and you took it from me... You took it from me!” - Tempest Shadow. Tempest’s magic began to leak out of her shattered horn as her rage continued to build.

“You no good meanie!, I’m gonna stuff you into a cupcake and stomp on it!” - Pinkie Pie. Pinkies mane was noticeably deflated and the color of her mane became, darker. She even managed to pull out a kitchen knife from her mane.

“You will burn for this!” - Spike.

“I’m gonna clobber you until there’s nothing left, even if you try to run I’ll catch you!” - Rainbow Dash.

“How dare you, we ponies simply want to live in peace but here you are trying to take our way of life. I never wished for any living creature’s life to be snuffed out but for you I hope you die!.” - Fluttershy. Yes, even The Element Of Kindness became... Corrupted.

“No, It can’t be...”, The hooded figure says as the world around them seemed to have taken a darker shade of... Purple?.

(Play on repeat/loop, recommended to hopefully enhance reading experience)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZ-Z0u5eGc

The Alicorn Princesses turn to the hooded figure as they recover from their surprise at the words spoken from the ponies, zebra, and dragon. Luna is the first to speak as Twilight and Cadence walk along side her.

“Doth thou know what has transpired?, we can see by thy reaction thou are familiar with this unknown phenomenon.” Luna questions.

“Yes, but before we continue I must shield your friends from the effects of The Corruption, they do not seem to be as resistant as you and your fellow princesses.”, after saying these words the hooded figure rips off her cloak and tosses it into the air. “Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Celebes, the last of the Terra Dryads.”, Celebes then thrusts the Terra Blade into the ground, the edge of the blade pierces the floor with little effort as a green aura engulfs the Dryad. This aura then alights the entire area consuming every being present, upon closer inspection one could even see leaves floating around as well.

(This is how the dryads blessing and how the dryad looks in game.)

Princess Twilight Sparkle, being the curious mare as always, begins to assault Celebes with various questions.

“Oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh, what is this?, are there any books about it?, where did you study?, did you graduate from Celestia’s school?, what’s that weapon you’re carrying?, what’s a Dryad?, did you-”, Twilight’s questioning was silenced as Cadence puts a hoof to her muzzle. Luna, Cadence, even Celebes gives twilight a deadpan stare that could easily be translated to:

“Really?”, this causes Twilight to fidget nervously.

Suddenly Twilight, Cadence, Luna, and Celebes looks back to the others as they seem to have calmed down from their outburst but the way they recovered made it seem like it wasn’t them saying those things and threatening to act upon it. Sure, they were indeed angry but something seemed to have amplified their rage. The group recovers and began to question what was happening which ranged from: “Woah, I never thought I’d say those things.”, to, “I... I swear I don’t want to be evil again.” Pinkie in particular returned to normal as her mane inflated once more, her kitchen knife noticeably vanished as well.

“What did you do?, and what’s The Corruption?”, Princess Cadence questions which also gets everyone’s attention.

“We don’t have much time, we need to stop The Moon Lord before things get worst.”, Celebes proclaims as she readies herself for battle. “Just know that you are all protected from the effects of The Corruption thanks to my prayer and that I’m your ally in this fight. I know you have no reason to trust me but we must cast those things aside and fight together.”

”NAY!”, Luna exclaims with her Canterlot Voice. ”THOU SHALL TELL US RIGHT NOW DRYAD, OUR SISTER LAYS DEAD BEFORE US AND THOU KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW!”

“And I will tell all of you what is happening but we must-”

[RAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRR]

Celebes’s words was cut off by an otherworldly roar as the group looks to the skies. There in the dark purple skies of Canterlot the group, except for Celebes, look on in horror as multiple threats descends upon them but it wasn’t The Moon Lord, these flying terrors were considerably smaller but they did still dwarf the average Pony even an Alicorn in size. These beings were best described as flying parasites. It wasn’t just the skies however, the very ground below them began to shake this instantly alerted Applejack and Pinkie pie thanks to their connections to the earth as an earth pony not to mention Pinkies ‘senses’.

“Tail, eyes, legs, mane, everything!. Twitching!. My Pinkie senses are going crazy!”, Pinkie exclaims as she continues to twitch and shuffle.

“Pinkie’s right y’all, this aint no ordinary earthquake... Somethin’ is moving, a lot of em.”, Applejack explains.

“You mean there’s something worse than those flying... things!?”, Rarity questions.

Suddenly, the ‘earthquake’ stops but only for a few seconds before multiple worm like creatures erupt from the floors, the streets, the ground, the entire landscape of Canterlot. These worms easily dwarfed the flying parasites many of them being three to five times the length and over all size of the parasites.

Author's Notes:

Gonna give everyone two chapters today. , Thank you all very much!.