The guards of Shadowgate were highly nervous. The plains around the shadow pony capital city were cloudy that day, but this was to none of their concern. The fiery clouds in the distance rapidly approaching the coastline were much more troubling than a few drops of rain. Alarming the king and his son at once, both came to the edge of the capital, where they could see above the canyon the city was build in. Slowly and surely, the clouds of fire encircled the city until they engulfed half of it.

And then it happened. Several war citadels broke through the fiery clouds and revealed a mighty armada of about a hundred citadels. In midst of these armada the Nagohod left the clouds and obscured the sunlight with its enormous shadow. Widespread panic filled the streets as ponies ran in sheer terror as the sky above them was filled with stone.

The mere sight of Nagohod, this enormous beast of a war citadel, caused the shadow pony guards to tremble in fear. Yet discipline and training hardened their hearts good enough to stand their ground at the side of the king. Looking at the monarch, they awaited his command.
“Your highness...”

Nodding to his captain of the royal amasian guard, King Arthax glared at the mighty fortress.
“Yes, Mirotex... This is truly the darkest day in recent amasian history... The Alicorns of Darkness have returned...” His voice was calm, yet in his mind all alarms rang like crazy. An enormous armada was hovering over his capital and encircled it. Surely they came with no good intentions.

It was then when he heard an all too familiar voice.
“Father!”

Whirling around, he saw his son approaching him from behind.
“Irtex! You shouldn't be here! The catacombs of Shadowgate won't shield us against their rage, my son. But they will lead out of the city. We all have to abandon the city. You must lead these ponies here away while I try to get as many ponies out of the city!”

“But father, I-”

Nodding his head, the king smiled down to his son.
“I know you wish to help me. But it has to be like this. Should I perish, Amasia will have need for your guidance. You will have to go a different path than I go, my son.” Placing a kiss on his forehead, he then looked at the captain of his guard. “Mirotex, take good care of him.”

Answering with only a brief nod, the stallion took the prince and carried him away, much under the protest of the young colt, who called out for his father.

* * * * *

Up above, the two black alicorns stepped towards a window and conversed a bit.
“Two days of travel, a record speed for this giant hunk of stone fortress.”

“It comes to no surprise if you consider that WE are the ones levitating it, not several dozen unicorns. And the levitation field we span around Nagohod also gave the surrounding citadels a speed boost.” Looking down to the city of Shadowgate, Lamira wrinkled her nose. “The city truly has grown like a cancer... They've abandoned their traditions of regulated births... Seems these rotten mortals have forgotten their rightful lords.”

Asira let out a cruel laughter,
“Nothing we can't help with, Lamira... We will teach them who was always calling the shots.”

Muzzling her sister, Lamira smirked.
“I am glad you think the same. Asira, my beloved sister. Let us open Nagohod's eyes to open theirs as well.”

Not a minute later the eyes of the gigantic pony bust at the front of Nagohod opened, Lamira and Asira flying in each eye socket. As they began charging their horns, their manes and tails began to go ethereal, glowing orange, then red hot magma and bathed the gigantic eye sockets in a hellish light.

Down below, the Shadow ponies gazed up to the spectacle,
“THERE! THE GIANT PONY BUST HAS OPENED ITS EYES!”

Slowly, but surely, the red glow in the bust's eyes made the shadow ponies forget their fear and anxiety as their own eyes began to glow red. Coming out into the open, several looked up with content smiles in their faces as the hypnotic effect of the light drew them in.
“This is beautiful...”

Others, however, those who didn't look up made their escape and with their shadow powers they dematerialized and fled through the thinnest cracks and openings down to the deepest catacombs, where deep below thick tunnels gave way to an escape route, which was quickly filled with an almost never-ending stream of floating shadow.

By now Lamira chuckled sadistically. Slowly the red hot magma shade of their manes and tails brightened up to a blazing white hot one and grins of madness came to the two dark sisters. The time was up.

In the next moment, two bright plasma bolts were speeding down onto the surface, right into the center of the capital city. Whoever was left in the city had barely the time to flinch as the detonation vaporized everything. A dome of destruction arose from the canyon the city was build in and the following detonation blast grew with a steady horizontal speed, destroying everything within its path like a steamroller, never growing in height. The inferno slowly consumed every inch of the capital and flooded fiery death into the deepest corners of the canyon, causing it to crumble apart on the edges, where the stone was be exposed to the most stress.

* * * * *

At the very same moment, Princess Celestia, currently walking on her way to the other representatives, came to a sudden halt. Feeling a great loss of life somewhere on the planet choked her for a moment. It was distant, but so strong she could feel it even here. Leaning against the wall, she struggled to control her breath again which by now had fasten in pace. While almost hyperventilating, her eyes looked around in mild panic. Something horrible had happened right now and alicorn magic was behind it.

A maid came around the corner and spotted the princess, only to gallop over to her.
“Princess Celestia!”

Getting her composure again, Celestia took a deep breath and nodded at the maid.
“I'm alright again. Just a bit too much stress, I guess. Don't be troubled for my sake.” With an unsure smile the maid nodded and went on her way while Celestia went on to the conference hall. She had to be careful from here on. Ponies were worried enough already even without her behaving oddly. Still, the feeling she experienced was most troubling. More so knowing the fact that the delegates from Amasia agreed to come, yet never arrived. When she entered the conference hall, the Masar and Griffons were already sitting in the chairs in front of a podium. The zebrican delegates were missing as well, declining to sit in one room with Masar. She had to meet with them alone.

General Marek recognized the alicorn mare at once and approached her.
“Princess Celestia, when do we start the conference? Obviously we all are a bit... eager to finally start this conference.”

“We will begin right now, General. I will say some words and then we will evaluate who can commit how much to our cause, if anything at all.” she replied.

Now facing all the high officials of Equis, Princess Celestia nodded at them with a kind smile, even while worrying in the back of her head. Fortunately the ponies were catering them with snacks and drinks to calm their patience. What puzzled her a bit were these uncommon robes some of the unicorns were wearing. Abandoning the thought, she waved it away as some new Canterlot fashion.
“Thank you for taking seats. It comforts me that our efforts to a temporarily non aggression pact were so fruitful. I have summoned all of you here for one purpose: To defend our countries at all cost. The Darkness Sisters and their Descendants of Tacitus must be stopped or others will suffer under similar attacks like Equestria. You are all briefed on their destructive force, each one of you was shown what their war citadels can do. Weather alteration and bombardments to strike our subjects with terror and fear are only the beginning.”

One of the unicorns approached her with a kind smile that slowly turned into an eerie one.
“Oh, if you ask me, you haven't seen it all!”

By now the other unicorns gasped in surprise. Several griffons arched their brows as the princess leaned a bit forward.
“And who are you then? You are not of the castle staff!”

Sensing the danger, the Masar began to growl at the unknown mare and the one or another griffon sword was readied to be unsheathed, should this mare try an assassination attempt. Not seeing this, the mare bowed before Princess Celestia.
“I am a mere messenger from the mistresses I serve. They wish to see you.” And without further ado, she lit up her horn, causing a hologram to appear above her. Her eyes now empty, the mare was nothing more than a husk, but the hologram was very full of life.

Sneering down, Asira looked at the delegates and representatives in the hall.
“So... You're finally banding together? Don't let me stop you. I rather have it that the enemy is gaining strength. And that very strength is what will make destroying your nations that much more fun.” Looking down to Celestia, Asira grinned. “But you don't have a fighting chance. You don’t know who we are or what we plan…. You will never see our attack coming!”

Grinko stepped forth and growled at the hologram.
“And who are you to intrude here, not even introducing yourself? This is outrageously rude, even among enemies!”

Ignoring the Masar prince, Asira continued to look at Celestia.
“Where are the four monkeys who so carefully protect you and your country now? Where are the pony agents you call the Elements of Harmony? They all are not here...”

Gritting her teeth, Celestia glared back at Asira.
“If you don't know where they are, then they are safe!”

Shoving Asira out of the hologram, Lamira now smirked at Celestia.
“Then this is it, Princess Celestia… Today marks the beginning of the end of Equestria’s defenders…”

Seeing the maleficent smirk of Lamira, Celestia looked around and saw several of the unicorns again. Under their ropes a red glow emerged and their eyes began to shine red, unfortunately unnoticed by anyone else as all were paying attention to the hologram, not the servants in their midst. Raising her left hoof, she shook her head in realization. 'Alicorn amulets!'
“NO!!!”

But it was too late. Several detonations were caused by the alicorn amulets as the unicorn Descendants simply detonated themselves, causing heavy collateral damage. Three of them appeared by teleportation and pointed their horns at Celestia, Grinko and Prince Griffith before they teleported away with them. When the dust settled down, only the golden tiara of the Princess of the Sun remained.

* * * * *

Meanwhile, deep within the Ranger HQ, Vinyl Scratch heard a loud rumble throughout the base from her current position, the command room. This rumble was too sudden to be an earthquake,
“What the hay?” The rumble returned, this time even stronger, louder and, what frightened her the most, closer. It was in this moment when the Ranger knew that these weren't any rumbles, but detonations on the surface coming down into the base.

It was then when a griffin looked up from a data terminal,
“Ma'am! Internal systems are shutting down all over HQ!”

And all of a sudden, they were everywhere. Descendants of Tacitus teleported into the halls and while some of them overwhelmed the researchers in the laboratories, others in the assembly halls overcharged their alicorn amulets and detonated, destroying vital assembly lines. Professor Mindfire and Trixie were taken by surprise as their colleagues were attacked, but fought back with spells of their own, before Mindfire got a hold on the new paintball rifle prototype and opened fire with it, killing the Descendants in the laboratories with short controlled bursts resulting in lethal wounds as the blood projectiles exploded upon impact.

Trixie wanted to say something, but the announcement of the speakers made her stop,
“This is HQ Command: Security Status Red! Repeat, Sec-” In the next moment, Vinyl was hit from behind with a fire extinguisher and fell to the ground, halting her warning to the entire base.

When she rolled on her back, she saw the earth pony stallion towering above her with an empty smile on his face as if not at his senses as he raised the extinguisher high to kill her with the next blow,
“In Tacitus name...”

But a short attack spell into his testicles caused him to collapse in pain long enough, so that Vinyl could get up again to nail him down for good,
“What have you done?” she barked at him while charging her horn, only seeing this mindless sneer on his face, what truly enraged her. “ANSWER ME!!!”

Stemming himself up from a defeated Descendant, the griffin officer from before stood up, blood running from his forehead.
“Ma'am! We're picking up movements from the lower levels! Multiple sensors have been tripped. We have a breach!” Vinyl knew a lot about strategy thanks to the time spent as a Ranger and her time as an agent for Princess Luna. Deep within she knew that the enemy somehow must have gathered vital information for their attack today. Surely the recent attack of Mimesis gave them this information. With lots of them inside the perimeter, she had to take steps to defend this base. 'Where the hay are the human Rangers? Now more than ever we other Rangers need them.'

While the alarm howling throughout the base got her back to the situation, the pony and griffin rangers in the command center were now busy coordinating the counterstrike.
“They penetrated down to Level six before we even knew they were here.”

A griffon looked at all of the others.
“They must know our base layout!”

Looking at a screen, a unicorn mare pointed her hoof at an insignia on the attacker's uniforms.
“Intruders identified as Descendants of Tacitus special forces.

A stallion then approached Vinyl and saluted.
“Ma'am! I request to authorize a personnel reduction to Code One levels.”

Arching a brow, Vinyl then nodded.
“Major, this room must remain secured! But I get you. If we don't fight them back, it's all over!”

One mare was speaking calmly into a headset, her voice now audible in all speakers in the command center.
“All Command Center personnel: Go to Code One Defense Readiness!” At once every griffon and pony present in the command center either were tying up the captured Descendants on the floor or were taking arms. Swords and rifles were handed out and every one barricaded the command center up as a last stand.

A screen activated showing Royal Guard Captain Dusk Aegis. The meanwhile battle hardened stallion looked at Vinyl with a strict glare as she answered to him.
“Ranger Scratch, With this alarm here you are signaling that your headquarter security is severely compromised. How is that?”

Looking back to the barricades, Vinyl gritted her teeth.
“There's only one way, sir.”

Dusk's face grew grim as he looked to the side.
“The recent intruder... We were attacked on the surface as well, I can't spare forces right now. Princess Celestia has been taken by the enemy forces. All available forces are in pursuit or securing the streets. You are on your own.”

The message took Vinyl by surprise and she simply nodded before she cut the communication and headed for the exit.
“Ma'am, where are you going? We need you here!”

Standing in the door, Vinyl looked back to the others.
“I will come back, but first I need to go get some things.” 'Octavia, hang on!'

* * * * *

Back at the delegates of the other countries, the Masar and Griffons were in outrage. Maybe it was sheer luck that they didn't jump at each others throat or maybe it was because they were attacked both at once by a third party.

One of the clan leaders approached Queen Sheeris and rested a paw on her shoulder.
“My queen, are you alright?”

Channeling her wrath, not to scream like a hysterical little kitten, the queen caged her anger deep within while holding her face with her right paw, forged it into something far worse. Determination. There he stood, before the enemy took him from her. The place where Grinko stood before he was teleported away was still steaming a little.
“...The ecstasy of steel and flesh... sweat and muscle and rage...” Lowering the hand from her bleeding face, she revealed a bleeding wound, a slash that barely missed her left eye. Closing her eyes, she inhaled deep, making the shivering appearance of being nigh orgasm before whispering her decree. “...War...”

Leaning forward, several of her advisers and the leaders of the other clans were awaiting her explanation.
“My queen?”

Turning around, Queen Sheeris opened her eyes, a certain fire of bloodthirstiness raging in them.
“For my son's sake... WAR!”

An aggressive growl rose from the throats of every Masar and the messengers of every clan stormed to the front and knelt in front of her before she continued, a steady growl in her voice,
“I will aid the equestrian forces with my entire Masar Navy! Every raider, every mercenary, every pirate... Tell every Masar that Queen Sheeris has called to arms. Fresh and live meat on the battlefield along with honor for generations to come for every Masar following me. I will let the oceans burn with our infamous thirteen fleets. No prey takes my son hostage and goes unpunished! NO PREY KILLS A MASAR AND LIVES!!! Our artillery batteries will pluck them from the skies and our warships will turn their feeble bodies to ashes as the sea shall turn red!”

General Marek looked over to the queen. Her anger was understandable, yet looking over to the spot Prince Griffith stood a few moments ago, there was a mixture of fear, anger and determination in his mind. Approaching one of his officers, he nodded in a strict manner. “Go to the Nephelion at once and start her up. We need to inform the king as soon as possible: Prince Griffith was taken by the enemy. Recommendation: Total War.” The officer looked at him with wide open eyes for a second before the General nodded. This was everything it needed for the griffon to comply.

* * * * *

Princess Celestia came to her senses again, the blur of her vision slowly ceased and the world arose from darkness. She had been unconscious for a bit. Looking around, she recognized the uncomfortable boundaries she was in. A set of limitation rings was set upon her horn, normally one would suffice to inhibit magic, seemingly the Descendants were taking no risks with an alicorn. Trying to move her wings equally turned out useless, yet way more painful due to wing cuffs, inhibiting her ability to fly as well. 'Long-range teleportation' she thought. Risky and dangerous if done by unicorns and able to knock the traveler out. Looking to her side, she spotted Prince Griffith and Grinko in other forms of bondage. Strong shackles of iron were tied on their wrists and while Griffith had his own set of wing cuffs, Grinko was wearing a muzzle, rendering him unable to bite.

Getting up, she caught a glimpse outside, where an inferno was in the air. War citadels bombarded the ground below the shuttle she was in. These things were similar to the war citadels the Equestrians described, but were different altogether. Armored with plates of black crystal these war citadels began their approach from the south-east and bombarded the ground without prejudice as dark shuttles encircled them and performed strafe runs on the streets. Within minutes Celestia could witness that the entire empire was a blazing inferno on the ground as well as in the skies. What terrifying magic was this? A cold ran up her spine, a feeling of uneasiness she never felt before. The sky was filled with clouds of fire, making it impossible to counterattack this mighty armada right now.

And then she saw it as the shuttle passed another patch of clouds. Nagohod was flying right above a giant crater inside the canyon landscape. The city of Shadowgate was nothing but a field of ruins beneath it. And the energy emanating from this enormous war citadel felt like an icy cold dagger deep within her heart. Whoever or whatever was on this fortress was responsible for this slaughter on the ground. And Celestia's expression grew from surprised to determined. Slowly the rings on her horn began to accumulate heat. It was a daring move to try this. These rings were meant for unicorns, but were still able to withhold her magic to the point that her spells were immediately dispelled. However, they wouldn't hold forever. It was only a question if they would give in first or her magic powers.

It was then when she overheard a conversation in the next room. While a unicorn mare was steering the shuttle, she was speaking into a headset as well.
“Shuttle Epsilon is requesting to land on Nagohod. We have the 'guests' our mistresses so eagerly await.”

“Roger, Shuttle Epsilon. Maintain course and altitude. Any lower might get you some fire from below. It seems there are several resistance groups down below. Seemingly the shadow ponies had a backup plan. And the numbers we are getting showed us that the main attack, although vast and devastating, only took down half of the population.”

“What? Only half? Someone warned them. We have to-”

Shaking his head, the voice of the stallion chuckled.
“We have to do nothing. The traitor was already found. Our mistresses will handle the situation at the great meeting.”

The landing procedure took place and while Grinko and Griffith, who were still unconscious were carried away, Celestia was brought forth to the two dark alicorns, their manes and tails in their dark coloration again. But as they saw the iron wing cuffs on Celestia's wings, their eyes opened wide in an outrage.
“Who put these iron wing cuffs on her?”

A stallion looked left and right before he stepped forward.
“Well.. I did. I-”

In the next moment he was blasted and swapped away by powerful alicorn magic as Asira glared at his lifeless remains.
“How dare you to get these filthy things on her! Insolent worm...”

Taking a step back, Celestia shook her head in disbelieve, then gave the two alicorns in front of her a devastating glare while the wing cuffs were undone.
“I'm not sure if I should be aghast or relieved... You didn't need to kill him!”

Arching a brow, Asira shook her head.
“Neither did we need him alive! Serves as a warning for the others. They can kill the lesser tribes as much as they want for all I care. But you belong to us...”

With a glare of defiance, the Princess of the Sun looked at the two alicorn mares in front of her.
“So you want the joy of killing me?”

Grinning sadistically, Lamira fought the urge to laugh.
“Oh, not only that. I want to have the pleasure to see your reactions to what's in store for all these worms below. I want the pleasure of you whimpering for them as our Descendants wipe them away one by one under Black Omen. After all that, THEN I want the joy of killing you. And don't you fret: My horn will make a nice fit with your chest and heart.”

Celestia arched a brow. At least for now she was safe from harm. But maybe she could use this time to find out more.
“Black Omen? What is that?”

Grinning broadly, Asira shook her head.
“You will see soon enough, Sun Princess. We are certain you will be most pleased.”

“The world will be most pleased...” Lamira then added with a dark chuckle before she sobered. “Well then... Where are they? Where are your champions hiding? The wielders of the so called 'Elements of Harmony' and these dreaded human monkeys?” Gritting her teeth, Lamira then looked at Celestia in a threatening manner. “Please don't tell me they are dead. I so long for the opportunity to see them die myself.”

A mixture of relief and uncertainty got hold of Celestia. The girls and the humans were out of reach for the Darkness sisters, but would they return with the Doctor in time to save Equestria once again? And what would Luna do? Her temper might lead to yet another crisis. Not showing one sign of concern, Celestia gave both alicorns in front of her a stern look.
“I do not know where they are... But even if I would know, I wouldn't tell you! But I can assure you: They are alive and well! I can feel it!”

“Oh really?” Gritting her teeth, the dark alicorn found no liking in Celestia's tone or attitude. “So, you feel it... Can you feel this?!?” In the next moment a ray of dark magic shot from Lamira's horn and engulfed Celestia in a dark force field, causing her to gasp in pain. It felt like it was sapping her powers, draining them from her little by little. When she collapsed to the ground, Lamira sneered down to her. “You are so lucky we share the same father, Sun Princess... Because of this you will die once all your champions lie dead in front of you and Equestria lies in ruins! And all your silence won't protect them either.”

Looking up in surprise, Celestia gasped once again, partly in exhaustion and pain, partly in surprise.
“You... are Daughters of Tacitus!”

Lamira's face didn't even flinch at Celestia's realization.
“Such as you and Luna are Daughters of Tacitus yourself! But unlike you we are far more determined to end all this...”

Asira wrinkled her nose.
“The very reason you are still alive is the bond of blood we share in kinship. Any other alicorn would be dead by now...”

* * * * *

An hour later the Descendants were meeting in a large hall and were cheering to their commanding officers. Lots of the amasian Descendants were not cheering as loud as they could. Some didn't feel like cheering, but the majority were not informed of the fact of who were leading them. For them, this was a victory stained by unnecessary bloodthirstiness. A unicorn stallion was standing in front of them on a stage, yelling out to them.
“Descendants!!! We are victorious!!! But even we are not completely free of the treachery of Equestria!”

A tied up earth pony was levitated on stage and a dagger was levitated to his throat as the unicorn commander looked at the crowd.
“In the name of Tacitus’ children!”

In unison, the Descendants raised their right hoofs for their united reply.
“Tacitus’ children live in death!”

Raising his right hoof, the unicorn commander smirked even more now, raising his voice.
“IN THE NAME OF TACITUS CHILDREN!!”

And once more, the Descendants replied in unity
“TACITUS’ CHILDREN LIVE IN DEATH!”

The dagger was now levitated so hard against the throat that the skin was penetrated. A few drops of blood ran down the blade and the earth pony stallion shivered, fearing for his live as the next shout was made.
“IN THE NAME OF TACITUS CHILDREN!!!”

But before the Descendants could respond for the third time, a giant screen activated above the stage and Princess Asira and Princess Lamira were shown on it.

As soon as the crowd of Descendants understood what happened, they cheered in wild roar. Looking down to the stallion, the princesses grinned with murderous lust in their eyes.
“Rule of hoof, traitor… The gods can't be stopped by betrayal!” His throat was slit and he slumped down as warm blood ran over the floor.

Raising a hoof, Lamira then smiled gently to calm her followers.
“Ease down, my subjects. We Alicorns of Darkness have returned… never to leave your side again. The Alicorns of Light sought to destroy us… but their hatred had only made us stronger! Today you march forward into your future! A stronger force! An enlightened force! Prepared for the new world! The time has come to claim this world as our own! The time has come to destroy whoever wants to stand up to us!”

Raising her right hoof, Asira then raised her voice until it boomed over the crowd,
“One nation! One world!”

In one united voice their followers replied,
“The Kingdom of Darkness!”

* * * * *

An hour later, a few Descendants were briefed by Lamira and Asira, their faces shown on a monitor.
“You prepared our forces in Amasia well, Commander Kitros.”

Shaking his head, the stallion waved the thought away.
“The preparations went on for three generations, Princess Lamira. Only your wise choice of infiltrating key positions made this minor victory possible.”

Giving him a nod, Lamira smiled.
“All of the pieces for our final victory are in place except a few minor ones. The ancient ruins of the Palace of Darkness in our island of Aresios must be protected. The Changelings were seen making preparations for a landfall at the western coast and are getting dangerously close to things no one must discover. They were seen approaching the site from the north. Once you destroy them, I will give you further instructions.”

Bowing, Kitros returned the smile.
“It will be done, your highness.”

Once the transmission was over, one of Commander Kitros' officers shook his head.
“This will end bad.”

Kitros looked back at his officer a stern glare in his eyes.
“I can't remember that I asked for your opinion in this, Officer Twinkle Spot. A mare fresh from a demotion.”

Twinkle Spot shook her head, remembering the fight over Equestria, when mutiny took place on her citadel bridge and the others overwhelmed her to retreat to the south-east.
“Yes, I was commander once. And being demoted to a mere officer was simple and easy in comparison to the punishments other commanders faced after the debacle recently. I already fought against the Harmony Rangers in Equestria. Can you say that as well? I know the wit the humans utilize when fighting. Our mistresses didn't kill Tyler Jones, but dared to take one of his mares... They dared to harm and take the royal family members of several kingdoms... With this they have made their one and only deadly mistake. Tyler Jones will be surrounded by willing allies now. And his rage, once he finds out we took somepony he holds dear... He will unleash Tartarus upon Equis...”

Another mare raised her hoof.
“Not only this... We are forgetting the direct heir to the Throne of Darkness. Taking the heir to the Throne of Light will not go unnoticed if it is her sister. Princess Luna is-”

A stallion now cocked his head.
“Wait a second! Commander, they've hurled our brotherhood directly into a family feud for the throne hierarchy?”

Now commander Kitros stomped his hoof to the ground. He had to stop this train of thought immediately or his own head would roll.
“Silence! If such thoughts leave this room, they won't even find your bodies once you disappear!”

Twinkle Spot shook her head.
“I can face mortal enemies in Tacitus' name... But to fight his daughters? That asks for a special kind of boldness...”

Going to the door, Commander Kitros looked back at the others.
“Whatever is going to happen, Equis will be engulfed in flames one way or another. Until then we have our orders... I suggest you perform them in good faith.”

* * * * *

Meanwhile, back in Equestria, Princess Luna was informed of the fact that her sister was taken by the enemy along with several others. When she was handed her sister's tiara, a silent rage began to boil in her. The mare who delivered the message already feared for her life as Luna simply turned around and trotted towards the balcony.
“Darkness Sisters... Whoever thou are... Thou have taken the pony who was the most precious pony in my life... And I will makest thou pay...” A tremble went through the castle before her balcony simply detonated. In midst of the smoke two catlike cerulean eyes glowed with fierce anger as the black coat covered her body when her voice boomed all over Equestria.

Author's Notes:

Not proofread yet, any notice about mistake is welcome.