Thread 40: Stories 91-105

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 >Discord
~~~

>Something is coming...

There were a great many who thought he could see through time. Many, far too many, thought him omnipotent, as if he could just see every corner of the world at any point, always. This was, sadly, not true. Just like a great many thought that to be an Alicorn meant the power of a literal god, with all the trappings, so too did they sometimes overestimate him.

Oh sure, by far he was the most powerful thing upon this planet. None could match him if he put his mind to it, not without some sort of unexpected trick, but this power was simply that, power. He could warp reality, but he had but one mind.

One mind focused squarely on the tiny little floating island he could not hope to touch.

It seemed unfair, really. Normally, any problem he had he could just snap away, but he never cared enough to do so. But the one time he so wished his power could fix everything in an instant, and it was taken from him.

Oh, so unfair.

He did not know if this was the doing of another being, some grand weaver of fate. Really, the idea that fate could control him went against the very notion of chaos. Still the idea this was some sort of cosmic karma was not lost on him.

...he just wished they had done it to HIM, and left Fluttershy out of it, if that was the case.

Which is why he was here, watching. Knowing that something was gathering inside of that place, something was coming, and he would be utterly unable to do a single thing about it. Enraptured like watching a coming head on collision, he could only wait for the inevitable.

And he knew that it was all his fault.

>...This isn't fun anymore.
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 >Changeling
"Guard"
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>Okay, so, as it turns out, our saviors are little fillies or something.

"Yeah, kind of humiliating."

>Well, for you. We could technically have killed them all.

"And you didn't because...?"

>Its gmspmgpsday...

"..."

>Look, the important part is, we are blaming the lack of cakes on the toys.

"And why the hell would I do that?"

>Because the alternative is that we tell everyone how bad you got spoofed. We will rub it in too, completely mock you inside and out, make it very, very obvious we could easily swindle you again. Is that what you want? Do you really want to be an even bigger laughing stock to Equestria?

"...Mnot a laughing stock.."

>And I am not a damn bug monster! I AM A BUG PONY!... I THINK! I DON'T KNOW MY PHYSIOLOGY!

"Sorry?"

>OH SWEET HIVEMIND WHAT AM IIIIIIII!?

"...You okay?"

>WHYYYYY!?

"Uh, you guys want to come back later? He'll probably be a bit."

The plushies carrying torches just nodded, and left.

"...These guys beat us."

>WHYYYYYY!?

"...There's that regret at my life choices again..."

>YYYYY!?
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 >Hero-Chitania
“Mane-iac”
‘SA”
[Cadence]
{Chitania}
~Poindexter~
^Titania^
=42=
-18-
`Smashtania`
(???)
#???#
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We rejoin our heroes in splendid, epic battle! The chitinous CHITANIA and her Crusading Crushers against the foul Mane-Iac and her forces of insanity!

>YOUR TIME IS UP, MANE-IAC!

“AHHHHAHAHHAAH! YOU FOOOOOOL! YOU FACE I, THE MAAAAANE-IAC FALSELY! YOU SEEEEEE! HAVE REFOOOOOOOOOR-OW!”

Beside them, the red hot fury of the hotheaded crusher TITANIA rams against the power of the luminous shield of LUMINOUS SHIELD!

‘Maney will you just get it out already-HRK!’

Behind the battling foes, the beautiful Queen Overture stands ready, poised in front of the poor civilians, holding them hostage!

[Don’t worry, buddy! You stick back there with Poindexter and Two, we’ll handle this!]

{No yeah, sure, have a ball.}

~MANEY NO!~

{Looks real dangerous.}

~HOW ARE YOU NOT FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW!?~

{They look stupid.}

~THAT’S what you’re focusing on!?~

{It’s a matter of personal pride.}

~Oh sure, your popcorn maker goes missing, and you lose your cookies, but if multicolored versions of the biggest monster to ever stomp through Canterlot comes a knocking, you don’t care.~

{Nope.}

‘Can we talk about this?’

^Sure, just hold still and do the talking, and I’ll do the punching!^

‘You are being really hostile towards me in particular, is something up?’

^NO! NOTHING IS UP! THIS IS NORMAL!^

>Ahhh, you’re not still mad, are you Titania?

^NO I AM NOT!^

>You’re mad.

‘Mad about what?’

>Ohhhh, you don’t even remember?

‘Remember…?’

^YOU DON’T EVEN REMEMBER!? OH IT IS ON NOW! I’MMA PUNCH YOU INTO PASTE! I’M GONNA BEAT THE TAR OUT OF YOU! YOU’RE GONNA BE SPITTING UP CHUNKS OF HOOF SO LONG YOUR GRANDKIDS WILL TASTE WHAT I STEPPED IN YESTERDAY, AND I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THAT IS POSSIBLE!^

‘It’s not.’

^EAT PUUUUUNCH!^

Against her onslaught of righteousness, he turned to his companion in evil as she matched hooves with the thunder bringer, THUNTAINIA!

‘42? Want to swap?’

=Can’t, busy!=

Unable to break away from that foe, he turns to his other ally in the alliance of evil as she squares off with not one, but the power of TWO heroes, the smashing Crushtainia and the crushing Smashtainia!

‘Hows about you, 18?’

-I’M ALREADY FIGHTING TWO OF THEM BECASUSE CADENCE WON’T HELP!-

[Well excuse me for protecting the kindergartener and two powerless ponies!]

>So, Madam Prelude joined you as well, eh you Mane-Iac?

“AHAHAHAH!...OH HEY! That’s right! You are just like her!”

-What?-

“Madam Prelude is Queen Overtures EEEEEVVVVIIIILLLL DOPPLEGANAGERAHAHAHAHAH!”

-…-

“…I meant just the doppelganger part!”

-Sure, right-ACK!-

(I still owe you for that fight in the subway.)

-Wrong pony! Changeling! THING! You’re not who you think you are!-

`Funny, that’s exactly what someone under mind control would say!`

-…Is it really-WHOA! THIS IS SO UNFAIR!-

As if to answer her call, evil fires so bright rushed forth, and cut off the battling pair from their opponent!

…

With a cackle, a flaming warrior so great landed beside her!

+THEN PERHAPS I MAY EVEN THE ODDS!+

`OH NO! It’s the Inferno Rider!`

+DA DA DA DA DAAAA! DA DA DAAA!+

>…And he has clearly been taken over by The Coltson.

`THAT FIEND!`

#Alright, let’s see what we can do!#

And hark, from that same direction, came… uh…

`OH NO! IT’S… A GUY!`

#…#

…He uh... he was… THERE! THE GUY WAS THERE!

“AHAHHAHAH…. Even I don’t know who the heck you are, man.”

‘Hey, Actarius.’

`OH NO! IT’S… what was his name? Forgot it already.`

#…I’m just going to, uh… watch the crowd, if that’s okay.#

AND WITH THAT HE-, oh forget it, he left, who even cares.

‘You do that-HEY!’

^I’M GONNA CRUSH YOOUUUUUU!^

[Poindexter? Why is that one so angry with Shiny?]

~He left her at the altar.~

[…WHAT!?]

~Yeah, was a pretty bad story. Nobody liked it, but hey, canon.~

^RAAAGGGHHHH!^

AND WITH THAT! Our heroes resumed their battles to stunning heights! Foe against foe, old love against old love! Destruction to be had, pain brought, but who can say if our courageous crushers of crime will come out on top? STAY TUNED, AND FIND OUT!

{…why are there no laws to prevent this? Someone should make a law saying you can’t just make up characters based on someone.}

~…Uh…~

{What?}

~…Nevermind.~

{Hrpmh.}

~…Teach you to be a jerk.~

{What was that?}

~NOTHING!~
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 To My Editor,

Thank you again, the chocolates -while now superfluous after yet another regime changed, all hail the Mass Collective of Sentient Beings- have made me quite popular amongst the fighting stallions and mares the 1st Moscolt Brigade. Yes, I have finally been attached to something called other than 'That Bunch' or 'Those Guys Over There', Josef Stallion may just be my favorite prospective ruler based on actually organizing this nonsense.

But I digress, I am now writing to you from just outside of the area the locals refer to Grogary Gorki. The industrial heart of Stalliongrad, this metropolis rivals our Manehattan in size, yet spreads forth from the mineral rich mountain at its center like a parody of our own beloved Canterlot. It is a strange place, where the young are judged by their ability to work in the mines as though being put through the crucible of a classical Pegasus City-State, hoping to one day reach adulthood and be welcomed into the faction that controls this place, The Laborer Guild.

The Laborer Guild are a strange people, a hold over from an ancient savage time where the blacksmith and the miner were key in the survival of their fellows just as much as the guardsman. Indeed there is not a single square in this city without the statue of three ponies standing together, crossing sword, pickaxe, and hammer in a show of solidarity and camaraderie.

The walls are something to behold as well, large, imposing, and thicker than a bull elephant's length, the men of the 1st Brigade say that to lay siege to this place would be folly even with modern weaponry. Thus, dear readers, it is fortuitous that our mission today is one of peace and diplomacy. As I write this, the man with whom I have been seeking audience, Antlers, is plying his silver tongue with the Guild's Elder Council, in an attempt to give them both Stallion's rhetoric and a no small amount of promises should they back the Hooviets in what is rapidly becoming a certainty to march upon Stalliongrad itself and take it in Stallion's name.

While I attempt to remain unbiased, readers, there is a sense of hope that touches my soul when I hear the muffled voices within the Council's chambers. I genuinely believe that the Hooviets have a better chance of uniting this fractured and wounded nation better than their rivals, even if I do not care for their Anti-Royal leanings. Then again, I've been wrong before, and I'm far from ever receiving a Ponlitzer prize.

It's strange, though, reader. As I write this here, inching just a bit closer to Pavel in order to shrink away from the glares I can feel all around from the Guild members, I have been hearing rumors from the Hooviets that another group is gaining power to the east, armed with more than just rifles and pistols, but backed by a legion of iron ponies. I don't know how they received this assistance, nor how they could have afforded it but I fear for the stallions, colts, mares, and fillies I march with, I fear for them when they go into battle against this horrible enemy.

With that rumination finished, I believe the talks between Antler and the Council have finished, and as such is my business in these cavernous halls. Hopefully when next I write I will have the transcript of an interview with the mysterious cervine who serves as Josef Stallion's lieutenant.

Yours Truly,

Trenderhoof

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 >29
"MM"
'Trixie'
[Zecora]
{???}
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"So, uh... we gonna get in that?"

>...

"I'm just saying, we're kind of superhero-ish."

>We're less superheroes than Spooky Doo. We go around doing crazy deeds at the behest of dead children.

'Spooky Doo is so a hero! YOU SHUT YOUR FACE! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOUR WHOLE FAMILY!'

[Wow, that choas stuff sure is making her crazy. Usually, she's very unmotivated.]

>LAZY! SAY... nevermind.

"Uh, actually... thaaat's just... her. She likes that show. A lot."

>...Disturbing-

{COMING THROUGH!}

>Aw shi-

*BLAM!*

"Ooooooo..."


[Right in the face with that thunderclap thing.]

'You okay?'

>...

'...He's not okay.'
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 >Smashtania
"Crushtania"
[18]
{55}
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HARK! The perilous battle continues! Engaged against foes so great, do they hope to stand a chance!?

>Wow, he's sure a hothead!

And will willy old Smashtania stop joking around long enough to do it?!

"Stay focused! Madam Prelude is different. Much stronger than she should be!"

>Yeah, no kidding! And the Inferno Rider isn't even doing his soul eater trick! Something is up!

[FOR LOVES SAKE LISTEN! We're not those guys!]

"Hmmm, perhaps the Mane-Iac is controlling them as well?"

>But Madam Prelude is a mind control master, no way was she taken over!

"We shall have to just keep fighting, and hope we find the answers along the way!"

{That sounds legit!}

[NO IT IS NOT SHUT UP!]

"Oh my... he's so much more... different now that he doesn't have that awfully growly voice and dark demeanor. He's so much more... approachable."

{Thanks! But you shouldn't approach too much, cause fire.}

"Well, I do like a little danger."

>Oh Crushy! Always crushing on every boy you see! Don't you ever learn? You're so crushy, one of these days you're gonna stomp the whole world flat!

[It's like a low rent version of Pinkie..]

"I don't know, maybe I can return him to the side of good with my feminine wiles!"

[...I feel offended...]

"Say, Inferno Rider, don't you think I look pretty?"

{Sure!}

"..."

{...}

"...That's it?"

{Yep!}

"I'm... I'm JUST pretty to you!? You... yoooou..."

>UH OOOHHH!

[What!?]

>She gets, uh, upset when they rebuke her.

[But... he said she was pretty.]

"I'M *JUST* PRETTY TO YOU!? NOT BEAUTIFUL!? NOT WONDROUS!? WHY YOOOOOOOUUUUU!"

>You're in for it now! Nothing stops her when she goes on a rampage when she gets turned down by a boy!

[...that's not sexist at all.]

"CRUSHER BALLLLLLLLL!"

{Oh hey, you named your attacks? I've always wanted to- OH NO!}

[I REGRET EVERYTHING!]

With a crash! And a kaboom! And a KABLAM! She struck! Can our heroes prevail with this new found edge!?

[NOT THE FACE!]

...Probably.
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 >Thuntania
"42"
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KAPOW! KABLAM! TAPPA TAPPA BOOM! A flurry of strikes so fast hammer against one another! The thunder bringer Thuntania may love her crushing, but can she stand up to the helmeted ones hammering!?

Lets find out!

>You are quite strong for a minion.... too strong.

The foul creature grunted, pushing back against the hooves locked against her own in epic struggle!

"I am the commander of her majesty's army, the strongest besides her highness herself! If I was anything less than this, I would not deserve the helmet upon my head."

>...I can respect wanting power for a position. But in the end, power is only useful for one thing.

BOOM! Like that, a burst of compressed, superheated air struck the thing in the stomach like an invisible hammer of justice, sending her flying!

>Defeating evil!

But yet, she did not stay down!

"Pfft, that's stupid. You can do lots with power. You can knock down a wall, you can pick up something that's really heavy... I mostly use my power to get the lid off the pickle jar."

>...

"...It gets stuck easy."

>Huh... I suppose-

OH NO! While lost in thought, Thuntania was too distracted to see the blow so mighty headed her way! CRASH! That wall is not getting back up!

"I also use it to punch those after those I care about, of course. Don't want to imply different."

But Thuntania is not one to take that lightly!

>...Heh, fair enough. THUNDERCLAP!

THE BATTLE RESUMES! Will our blue beauty of serenity defeat the chitin covered creep, or is she about to feel the sting from that bug!? Stay tuned, and find out!

"....That announcer is fucking racist."
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 >77
“Cheerilee”
[???]
(???)
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>This is bad!

He had been running around with Cheerliee all day, doing his very best to get everyone he could find to safety. Of course, being a bug monster with an eyepatch and a makeshift shiv, he caused more running and screaming than the monsters did sometimes. Most times… pretty much all of the times.

“Well, what’re we supposed to do!?”

>We’ve got to find Poppet! With how unhinged she’s been lately, who knows what this is doing to her!?

“But where could she be!?”

Suddenly, a massive collection of explosions went off behind them.

>…

“Right.”

>Oh no, she’s using the cluster bombs! She must be panicking out of her mind! Come on, we’ve got to… to…

[Hey~]
(*sigh*Hey~!)
[What's the matter with your head? yeah… hey~!]
(Hey~!)
[What's the matter with your mind and all your sighing?]
(And-a ooh-ohh)
[Hey~!]
(Hey~!)
[Nothin's a matter with your head, baby, find it!]
(Come on and find it)
[Hell, with it, baby, 'cause you're fine and you're mine, and you look so divine]

With a grin a mile wide, she aimed right at the growing number of monsters.

[Come and get your love!]

And 77 could just… watch. Just watch as they all ceased to be.

[Oh hey 77! You want some of this?]

>…I’m good.

[Suit yourself… COME AND GET YOUR LOOOOVE!]

>…

(I know, I’m scared too.)

“…So, know any good psychiatrists who could deal with this?”

[COME AND GET YOUR LOOOOOVE!]

>…Nope.

"Me either..."
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 >???
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Building building building

Almost done almost done

So close now just have to build a little more here and a lot more there

That part will work for this

This part works great for that.

Building building building almost done.

>..What are you doing to my rides?

Building... building...

>...I'm going to have to stop you, you understand. Sorry, you look like you're having fun, but I've got to protect my park. Just how it is.

...Building is delayed.

>Let's do this-ACK! WHY DO YOU HAVE LASERS!?

But it will resume.

Soon.
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 >Faketania
“Mane-Iac”
‘SA’
[Titania]
{Cadence}
~???~
(???)
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AT LAST! The battle reaches it’s fever pitch, the highest point of the fight! With everything on the line in this last stretch, our brave heroes are giving it their all! But can the ever rivals Chitania and Titania put aside their petty quabbles long enough to work together and truly understand the meaning of teamwork!? WATCH! AND FIND OUT!

>So, evildoer! How did you manage to take hold of poor Luminous Shield’s mind!? Never before has a fate such as this fallen him!

‘…Right… never…’

“AHAHHAH! I DID NOOOOOOTHING OF THE SORT, DEEEEEAR…. What did you say your name was?”

>HAH! As if you could forget the one who beat you black and blue when you tried to fire your conditioner ray, or turn the entire ocean into shampoo!

“…That sounds bad. What would everyone drink if that happened?”

>You didn’t care! You’re crazy!

“AHAHAHAHH! I AAAAMMMMMM!... But even I think that sounds silly, is the point.”

>You’re feigning of sanity will not save you, time to BRING THE CRUSH!

Her superpower coursed through her once more, growing that crushing limb to dizzying size! But size is only half of the battle, and that half wasn’t enough! Deftly the fiend dodged her heroic blows left and right! Tendrils so foul pulled her away from every blow, every possible retaliation! Like a wild worm of deceit, Mane-Iac stayed one step ahead of our favorite crusher!

But how did dear Luminous Shield fair?

[TITANIM TACKLE!]

CLANNNNNG!

…The fiend! His shield of legend was enough to hold her back!

[So… you’re just as strong now as when we first…]

‘Listen, can we talk? This is all a huuuuge misunderstanding.’

[The only misunderstanding I had was thinking you would ever really love me!]

‘Okay, yes, that is a misunderstanding, because I’m not-‘

[RAAAAGHHHHHHH! CHROME CRUSHER!]

‘Chrome is weaker than-‘

OR SO HE THOUGHT! With her rage fueling her newfound power, she smashed right through his shield! Shattering it like the hammer of JUSTICE!

{SHINY!}

Her righteous shining fist of fury shot forth! Aimed directly between the eyes of the one staring gobsmacked at the sheer force of her JUSTICE! It seemed the end for Luminous Shield’s reign of evil!

{LOOK OOOOUUUUTTTT!}

SNAP!

And perhaps it would have been! Had it not been for the untimely intervention of… THE MANE-IAC!?

[What!?]

But no matter how she struggled, Titania’s might could not pull herself loose from the whips of fiendish green! But no act goes without its just rewards!

>I’ve got you now!

CLANG!

Just like that, the Chitinous team leader’s blow was knocked away, by none other than the very shield of the one who wears it as his namesake!

[What’s going on!?]

>Mane-Iac is terrible with teamwork, and even under control Luminous Shield should not be willing to risk himself to save her! This is…

[…Maybe Luminous Shield isn’t under a mind control.]

‘THANK YOU! Now, let me explain what’s going on-‘

[You…YOOOOOOOOU! YOU’RE THE REASON HE LEFT ME!]

“…Uh…”

[You are the one who took his heart from me! You are the one who robbed me of my wedding day! YOOOOUUUU!]

“…I uh… no?”

But her rage was too great! Her sense of justice too pure! Right before their eyes, she began to shift her body, shimmering metal skin bending and twisting in unnatural angles!

[TITAAAANIIIIUUUUMMMM…]

AGAHST, Chitania could only watch as her team mate continued to change form!

>You idiot, what are you doing!?

[HYPPPPPEEERRRRRRRR….]

Until at last, a cannon of RIGHTEOUSNESS stood before them all!

>YOU’LL HIT THE-

[CANNNNNOOOOOOONNNNNNN!]

In her rage, Titania made a terrible mistake! One that could have only come from her trademark rebellion and rage! She fired…

AND THE CIVILIANS WERE RIGHT IN THEIR PATH!

BUT WHAT IS THIS!? Moving in front of the blast is… is….!?

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

THE MANE-IAC!?

Like the thunder of JUSITICE clapped from the lightning of THE LAW, there was a terrible explosion…

And all was silent…

All… except for one…

~M-Maney?~

The civilian who she had protected.

He walked up to the shield that had been cast in between them by the combined heroic efforts of Luminous Shield and Queen Overture, the one that separated him from the prone, unmoving purple leotard clad… villainess?

As the shield fell away, he moved forward, and softly tapped body.

~Maney… c-come on, get up… You’ve… you’ve shaken off worse than that, right? Remember when the Donald Trot building fell on you? You even… you took a bomb to the face, remember? This shouldn’t be anything to you. This… you’re the Mane-Iac. You’re… you’re stronger than this. Come on… get up…~

Titania’s face, once so full of rage, looked away in shame and in horror. What had she done?

>This is what happens when you act like a hothead, Titania.

Her words were harsh, but there was sympathy there too. Sympathy for the sister she holds dear.

~…C-come on… get up…~

The crowd, as one, stopped their battles, their fighting, to look upon the prone form of their friend, or foe. Hair, no longer moving. Eyes once wide with insanity, no longer open. A laughter that could fill the room… gone.

~GET UP!~

Was she gone as well?

…

“AHAHHAHAHH! OKAY!”

There were sighs of relief, cheers of joy, even silent thanks as the crazed mare jumped to her hooves, hair coming alive as if struck by lightning! With an almost comical bent, she brushed the dust from her leotard, and waved.

So overtaken with relief, the earth pony just had to look away and brush some light from his eyes. Yeah, sure, that’s it!

But now it was Mane-Iac’s turn to take the center stage!

“AHAHAHHA! FOOOOOOLISH CRUSHERS! DO YOU NOT SEEEEE!? IT IS NOT MIIIIND CONTROL THAT SENDS THEM TO HELP ME! BUT INSTEAD THE BONDS… OF FRIENDSHIP! AHAHAHAHAHAH!”

>Friendship…

And true enough, she saw now that they did all stand together, united as one, not through the control of some evil force… but through just the feeling of being together! Oh, how foolish our Crushers felt!

>It seems… we’ve made a terrible mistake.

[So, you’re… good now?]

“INDEEEEEEEDAHAHAHAHH! … It’s fun!”

[HRMPH! W-well… WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY SO!?]

And they all laughed at the embarrassed, red hot blushing Crusher as she looked away, crossing her forelegs in a huff.

>We are sorry for doubting you, Mane-Iac. I think we’ve all learned a valuable lesson not to judge others so harshly. After all, if you keep treating them like criminals… how are they going to change? Friendship can come from anywhere!

As one, the crushers cheered, agreeing wholeheartedly! The others agreed as well, but their voices of agreement came out… a little differently.

‘I hate chaos magic.’

BUT THAT IS THE END OF OUR BATTLE! With new allies on their side, and evil still yet afoot, can the Crushers get over their mistake, band together and save… save the… uh…

(Uh, Shiny?)

‘Yes, Two?’

(Since yer’ done fightin’, why is the ground movin’?)

…Huh, better take a look down low, true believers, and see just what is… just what’s c-cooommm…ing….

*BOOOM!*

…HOLY FUCK! SHIT TWISTING FUCKING HELL ON THE DARKEST PART OF A RYE BREAD SANDWHICH FORGED IN THE FIRES OF TARTARUS’S ASSCHEEK! DO YOU FUCKING SEE THAT!? DO YOU FUCKING SEEEEE THAT?! NOPE! NOPE NOPE NOPE! I’M OUT! PEACE! ALL YOU MOTHERFUCKERS CAN JUST GO HAVE A NICE DAY AND GO FUCK YOURSELVES!

*STOMPSTOMPSTOMPSTOMP*

*CCGGGG….CHGGGGG…. CRGGHHHHVROOOMVROOMVRROOOMMMEWEHHHHHHHHHHSHOOOOOOOM!*

LATER ASSHOOOOOOooooollll….

*ZOOOOooooooommmm….*

“…Did anyone else just hear that?”

‘Hear what?’

“…Nevermind…”
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 non-canon as fuck son.
"Applejack."
>Celestia
-???-
'???'

Applejack looked over a skew of figures on the form she was carrying, gearing herself up to once again to try and rattle that fat starbutt into action, still reading the paper as she walked in.

"'Tia, got a question for 'ya. Now, don't go jumpin' for the window just y-"

Surprisingly she found the Princess of the sun at her desk, hooves on temples in what looked like intense concentration. Odd in itself, and not helped by her choice of clothing. Her regular crown and jewels were gone, replaced by a deep blue jacket and bottoms. Somehow she'd managed to mold her flowing, Iridescent mane into the form of a hat with a unkempt ruff behind it.

It was impossible to see where hairhat ended and normal hair began.

"Uh... Am I interruptin' sumthin' 'Tia?"

The white Unicorn brought her left hand in the air to preserve her quiet, not opening her eyes or breaking that concentration.

>Shhh. I'm trying to manifest my Stand.

"....."

"Your what."

>My stand! I'm the Princess of the Sun, I'm a Hamon Master by default. That should mean that I can get a Stand!

"...."

"You lost me at Stand."

>Just stay quiet and hopefully I'll get something that'll let my star-kissed kister out the window easier when you come around.

"To do ma' Job. Now if'n you're done stallin', we've got to sort all this mess of numbers. Why in the name of your overblown butt did you decide-"

Celestia suddenly shot bolt upright in her seat, staring back at Applejack, startled by the sudden movement. Her head turning this way and that as if she'd stopped someone else in the room.

>It's all my fault.

She said it with a whisper, as a sincere and beaming grin spread across her features.

>IT'S ALL MY FAULT!

The Alabaster Alicorn leaped up onto her desk, kicking papers and stationary without a care in the world, striking the most fabulous pose she could manage as the phantom figure formed above her, a horselike figure with an imposing gaze and oversized front hooves, , kanji of sunlight hanging in the air.

>Witness my stand, 「 (Love is like a) Heat Wave 」!

Applejack just looked on, deep in confusion. She didn't see anything, just the bizarrely dressed Alicorn of the sun locked in a painful looking stance with a manic grin on her face.

>I've got to try this thing out! Ohmymom I don't believe I have one! 「 Heat Wave 」!

The Stand roared with a show of power, focusing a barrage of punching on a nearby decorative pillar. A resounding reverb of ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA bouncing around the room, and throughly confusing the Orange pony who didn't know what to make of the noise. As 「 Heat Wave 」 returned to its master's side, Celestia was also confused. The pillar was still standing, nay there wasn't a stratch on it!

>Huh. That was unexpected.

She said mostly to herself as she hopped off the desk and trotted towards the pillar, intent on inspecting it closer. Applejack at this point was so put up and confused she just watched as Celestia leeeeeeeeeeaned her muzzle as close to the stone as possible, eyeing it up and checking for changes. Gingerly one of those front hooves poked forward and onto the pillar.

It depressed.

>I-it's soft! I can press my hoof right in!

Applejack didn't know why there were more floating symbols in the air or knew that they were 「 Menacing 」, for she was a filthy baka-gaijin and didn't know Japanese. If she even watched anime. Which she didn't. Too much work.

"...."

Celestia continued her inspection of the stone, eventually breaking off a chuck as easily as you'd like.

>Something to do with drying?...

She spoke to herself as she lifted the hoof full of strange substance up to infront of her face, close enough for her nose to pick up a very familiar scent.

>No way.

Chomp.

>NO WAY.

Another hearty bite just to confirm what was really happening.

>I CAN MAKE CAKE. ANYTHING IS CAKE. THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE

"...."

"What.

>WELL PROBABLY SOME KIND OF MOLECULE TRANSFIGURATION BUT I HAD CAKE ON THE MIND.

She shoves the mass of transformed pillar into the dropped jaw of Applejack as she ran for the door in a blur of elated speed. Kicking up the entrance to her study she pulled another pose with the biggest grin of her life.

>I GOTTA SHOW SHINY. LET'S GO.

Again with the floating symbols as Celestia finally disappeared out of sight. Leaving a devestated room in her wake and an Alicorn that didn't know her top from her bottom currently, taking a chew of the weird confection just to do... something.

"I... I.. I guess it can wait." She stammered, simply spinning around and walking away like nothing happened and leaving a floating sign by the doorway for any bemused pony to see. <- TO BE CONTINUED -

4/3

In a corner of a room in the Crystal Empire, a gleeful laughter can be heard. A noise that'd freeze a pony in their tracks at the sound of it. Floating just off her hooves, cross-legged, she throws her arms out in a motion of taunting battle; staying just above the scattered stolen copies of Part 3 on the floor.

'WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' Came the heart-melting battle cry as Shining Armour looked on at the mighty presence in the room, dressed in gold cloth and purple accessories, her mane a shock of untidy yellow.

-Still having a little trouble with the pronunciation, sweetie?- Shining said as he watched his daughter pose in front of the mirror, and trying with all his will to stop his heart from exploding.

'I almost got it that time!' Said the small changeling with an excited smile she looked back to the mirror, this time standing on the floor. Legs wide apart, she leaned back and pushed her chest outward, swinging her arms down and wide out, hooves flat. 'WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'.

And behind her, a shadowy figure. Ethereal and powerful. The dread stand 「 Marshmallow World 」!

I shit you not that's a real song. And dang, that went longer than I expected.
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 >???
~~

Done.

It's done.

It's all built and it's done.

It's time at last to bring it up. Time at last to stop building.

Time at last to start doing.

It had been delayed, not stopped.

It had been slowed, not defeated.

It had been built.

Just like it should be.

And now it was built.

And now it was time to turn it on.

>All systems, online.

~~~~~


Partland rumbled, deep and hard like a violent earthquake. Though this seemed strange to any, since it was not connected to any such earth to become this way. But quake it did.

The earth below split, and cracked, and crumbled. From these holes, ropes of steel and wire rose up, spread out throughout the ground like veins through a body. To every ride, to every attraction, it was connected.

They rose like twin blades, tall and thin. Pointed upward the the sky, they were the perfect base as the ferris wheel connected to the center, and from there every roller coaster in the park races over it's top, hooking around and hanging low like twin ropes. They twisted unto themselves, seemingly wrapping around nothing. Each tip of the front car split, splaying outward like a blown shotgun shell, before curling seemingly by nothing at all.

And then, it descended. From on high, the top of the circus tent fell down, and connected right at the top, right at the very center. From behind it's colorful curtain, two burning eyes ignited, and all would swear they heard a roar.

Deep, deep within the center of it all, was a machine. A simple machine in any other time, but now it was simple no longer. Now, it was the very heart of a beast beyond measure.

Even as he leaned back, the body so massive it towered over the entirety of every structure in partyland following it's every movement. Even as he lay eyes on those below, scurrying in fear. Even as he lifted a massive carnival hammer, and prepared to swing, even though all of that.

The popcorn in it's chest continued to pop.

Partyland had, at last, summoned it's destroyer.
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 >???
"???"
~~~~~

>Huh...

"FOCUS!"

>I am focusing.

"You are not! We're only going to get one shot at this!"

>Uh huh.

"WILL YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!"

>Sure, no problem.

"You're not taking this seriously!"

>I so am.

"...I wish I could brush stuff off like you."

>Meh... it's a gift. Now hurry it up.

"I'm doing this as fast as I can! It's hard to do with you!"

>Ouch, felt that one. So insulted.

"Focus!"

>This was supposed to be a fun vacation.

"FOCUS!"

>SQUIRREL!

"..."

>...Sorry, even I thought that was bad.

"YOU SHOULD!"
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 >SA
"Cadence'
'18'
"'42'"
[2]
{M-I}
~PD~
/55/
#Actarius#
$JJ$
%29%
*MM*
\Trixie\
=Zecora=
-13-
<41>
`Suckerpunch`
?10?
&77&
^Cheer^
+SS+
(Chitnia)
_DT_
~~~~~~~

>AHHHHHHHHHH!
"AHHHHHHHHHH!'
'AHHHHHHHHHH!'
"'AHHHHHHHHHH!'"
[AHHHHHHHHHH!]
{AHHHHHHHHHH!}
~AHHHHHHHHHH!~
/AHHHHHHHHHH!/
#AHHHHHHHHHH!#
$AHHHHHHHHHH!$
%AHHHHHHHHHH!%
*AHHHHHHHHHH!*
\AHHHHHHHHHH!\
=AHHHHHHHHHH!=
-AHHHHHHHHHH!-
<AHHHHHHHHHH!>
`AHHHHHHHHHH!`
?AHHHHHHHHHH!?
&AHHHHHHHHHH!&
^AHHHHHHHHHH!^
+AHHHHHHHHHH!+
(Huh.)
_...Bring it._

~~~~~
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 >SA
"Cadence"
'Fake-Chitania'
[Titiania]
{Thuntania}
-Smashtania-
~Crushtania~
(???)
~~~~

>THIS IS BAD!

His woefully understated disposition was punctuated as a massive swing from the thing's hammer ripped the top off the hotel, shattering it into a thousand pieces. His shields were put to the test, and they hadn't even been so much as brushed by the hammer, only the shrapnel.

"We've got to do something!"

>What!? I can't turn my shield to chaos magic, so Magic Love Bomb Attack is out of the question!

"Well, screaming isn't helping!"

>...

"...It's not hurting either!"

{Hey now, don't tell me you guys are worried?}

Sure enough, all of them were smiling.

[Come on, really? It's a giant monster.]

-And you know what thaaaaaat meeeeeans?-

~Leader, would you do the honors?~

She stepped forward, smashing her hooves into the ground and snarling.

'Of course. Crushers... GET FIRED UP!'

They were all consumed in, ironically, completely heat-free magical light. Their shapes grew, and grew, and grew some more until they all towered high in the sky. Almost as tall as the midsection on the machine

'We'll save them all, GET READY TO BRAWL!'

As one, they charged, heroically racing into danger.

'You know what to do!'

[Darn right we do! TITANIUM TACKLE!]

{THUNDER CLAP!}

-SLAPPY SMASHER!-

~CRUSHERBALL!~

Their powers all took hold, and from every angle they rammed into the machine, drilling into it, bending and breaking it's metal.

'We've got it no-...'

And just like that, their powers wavered, and flickered out. Shining skin returned to normal, balled up forms snapped free, even hardened hooves lost their mass and luster. They did not shrink, but that was their only mercy.

[WHA-]

*CHACLICKCLICKCLICKCLICK!*

They had no time to wonder at their new, less powerful states. A hundred different cannons, guns and other such weaponry popped out of every corner of the machine.

And then opened fire.

The five were call cast away, landing hard in every corner of Partyland, crushing dozens of attractions.

'Wha... what happened...'

Their skin began to become much more... 'plastic' looking, much less hard. Much less defined.

>...Honey?

"Yeah?"

>I think... things are getting worse.

The robot retracted every gun, and seemed to almost... grow. Just a bit more at a time.

But enough to notice.

"Yeah... I think you're right."

Only one still looked at the fallen false-Queen. One set of eyes narrowed, almost in annoyance.

(...Freaking fakes.)

But still, she did not make a move besides that, not yet.

...This was just getting interesting.
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