Twilight's eye twitched. "Okay, here's the plan. We build an exact copy of Equestia someplace not being unmade by the invulnerable universe destroying giant. Sound good?" Her eye twitched again.
Dawn looked at Twilight in annoyance. She smacked her across the face with a hoof. "I thought you were made of sterner stuff. You are the element of magic, Twilight, act like it! Don't make me regret the decision to trust you. Look at that monster, tell me what you see."
A mountain to their left ceased to exist. Several stars snuffed out. The moon and sun were nearly fully reformed now.
Twilight's eye was still twitching a bit, but she took a deep breath and calmed herself. She looked at the colossus floating motionless before them. The light struck it... And was devoured. It was not the creature absorbing the light however...
She began casting, summoning a lightning strike from the clouds. It struck the armor, and was absorbed. She watched the process with a Sight spell cast.
Dawn nodded. "Very good, you've noticed it, there is an enchantment on the armor covering that monstrosity. It absorbs magical energy."
"Then how can we attack it?"
"Um... Girls, I hate to complain but Shimmer and I can't keep this up for much longer and-" Fluttershy was cut off suddenly as her concentration was broken by a large black hand sideswiping her from the air. Shimmer immediately broke eye contact and plunged through the air after her.
Omega laughed. "Fools, did you think you could keep me immobile forever? I'll unmake you next!"
A loud blast sounded. Pinkie had fired a weapon from the distance, a baked bad flew through the air and exploded on impact. "The Cupcake Cannon MK2! Prepare to be assaulted with the worst baked items to ever have graced an oven!" She fired again.
From the opposite side Lokey, comedy mask in full relief, had somehow cloned herself into a pony with an a poofy mane with a bald spot, a bald pony, and a pony with a head of black hair which looked like it had been cut around a bowl. The three clones were chucking pies from a table floating next to them for no apparent reason. "Hey knucklehead, catch this!" The pies arched in the air and burst into flames on impact.
Pinkie laughed. "Exploding lemon meringue. Good one!"
Rainbow had been watching the exchange of Dawn and Twilight, she hadn't had much to say while the eggheads talked magic, but she thought she could offer an opinion now. "How about physical attacks?"
Dawn nodded. "Applejack, Blueberry, you two are the strongest physically. Do your worst."
Applejack and Blueberry swooped up into the air. "On the left Blue!" Making use of the gravity boost they both accelerated just shy of Rainboom speed and flipped at the last possible moment to land two precision kicks in the chest plate. The armor vibrated and visibly showed cracks.
Twilight had been watching closely for magical field variations. "Its hardened against physical attacks. Maybe a precision magical and physical strike..."
Pinkie and Lokey were now spraying Omega's eyes with seltzer water. Applejack and Blueberry attacked the legs.
"Ideaaa!" Everypony looked at Rarity. "Darlings, it's simplicity itself, we need to punch a hole in something that by all rights we should not be able to. I do this at my shop every day! You've seen my designs, I used gemstones on everything, but in order to sew a gem to an outfit you have to punch a hole in the stone to properly attach it. Just before that dreadful incident with the diamond dogs, I made an outfit entirely studded with diamonds. It initially proved difficult, because on every other occasion I had been using a diamond tipped drill to bore a small hole. A diamond can cut another diamond, but the process becomes harder when you lose bits with every attempt."
Pinkie and Lokey had broken into a barbershop quartet, with Lokey singing three of the parts. Pinkie was... Also to the side playing piano.
Applejack and Blueberry assaulted Omega from all sides to run interference, while Pinkie and Lokey... Did whatever they were doing.
Twilight nodded. "You asked me to research a spell to enhance the hardness of diamonds, in return you taught me the spell to find gemstones."
Rarity flashed a grin. "Precisely dear, I say if we can't blunt force our way through, we can drill! I will clad myself in the diamond skin I had during my... Altercation with Sapphire here. Sapphire can do the same, and we can become a living drill bit!"
Rainbow scratched her head. "Okay, but how are you gonna drill? You need something to spin you around..."
Rarity smiled warmly. "I happen to know of a couple of ponies who can make tornadoes particularly well. So, is it a plan then?"
Tornado and Dash grinned.
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It took them some time to gather the gems necessary, in that time Pinkie and Lokey reenacted the pageant of Hearths Warming eve in midair as their clones formed an audience. Still more clones were off to the side pelting the monster with baked goods. Omega swept his eyes and hands about swatting at the clones.
Applejack and Blueberry were taking a breather. Fluttershy and Shimmer returned, the former fully healed after the ministrations of the latter.
The sun shone again in its full glory, and the moon was again adorned with the face of the Mare.
Rarity and Sapphire returned, clad head to hoof in a cloud of shifting sparkling gems. Rarity squee'd. She absolutely loved the way she shone in the light. She turned to Sapphire. "Just like we practiced dear!" Sapphire nodded. She and Sapphire flew at Omega, clasping hooves and using their wings to begin the rotation. Behind them Rainbow and Tornado began crafting a storm more powerful than either had ever crafted alone. Twilight and Dawn fed their energy into the wind tunnel keeping it stable. The storm caught Rarity and Sapphire in its wake and propelled them, spinning them at speeds which made the two blur together into one form.
Omega looked away from the Pinkies and Lokeys assaulting him, and down at the tornado about to strike him in the chest. "What are you-" He felt something cutting into the plate, sheering the metal. "No, this is not possible, I am the end. I am invincible. You cannot do this!"
Rainbow struck a pose, catching a pair of sunglasses Pinkie had tossed her for no apparent reason. "Who the hay do you think we are?"
Rarity and Sapphire burst through the shell of armor. However, instead of finding a body underneath, they found a curious sight. At first Rarity was convinced she was seeing things. However after her eyes stopped spinning she still saw it, albeit without the constant nausea-inducing eye spinning. It was a rather nicely decorated little room, the walls were a pleasing shade of purple, a table was placed in the center, surrounded by four chairs. At the table, there was a silver tea service with a plate of scones. This by itself seemed perfectly normal, compared to the apparent guests to this tea party. Nightmare and Discord, sitting at a table, were eating the scones and drinking tea.
Discord looked annoyed. He finished his scone. "Yes well, no point in bemoaning our fate now, we'll either be destroyed or we won't." He drank the teacup, and tossed the tea to the side, where it became a potted plant.
Nightmare slammed a hoof on the table. She managed to spill her cup in the process. "I don't understand, when I joined with Luna I still had control. It wasn't full control, but I wasn't a prisoner in my own body!"
Discord rolled his eyes. He dabbed up the tea with a napkin and poured her a fresh cup. "Really, you are surprised that mixing your magic with chaos magic produced something neither of us expected? There was a reason this was Plan B you know. I knew we would produce a powerful being when we merged, I had no idea what would result." He held out the plate. "More scones?"
Rarity and Sapphire stood up, Rarity cleared her throat. Both Nightmare and Discord looked at her. "Excuse me, I hate to interrupt, but would one of you care to explain what in the buck is going on? Oh, and do pour two more cups would you? I suspect this explanation may take a moment." Rarity pulled a chair out for Sapphire to sit, and nodded courteously as Discord pulled out a chair for her to sit as well.
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On two separate celestial bodies, two ponies woke from their healing slumbers. A mane of solar flare blazed out from the elder sister. The younger sister's mane now shown with the light of a several supernovas happening at once. Celestia felt her sister's recovery. She hesitated, but decided to use a communication method she and Luna had barred to each other since long before the incident. They preferred to use scrolls under normal circumstances, but she felt Lulu would forgive her this time. She concentrated and sent her thoughts to her sister.
Luna heard her sister's voice in her head. "Lulu, are you alright?"
Luna nodded, then realized this was pointless. "I'm fine now Celly." She looked up the at sky and winced, some of her favorite constellations were bereft of key points of light. "The night sky is going to take a lot of time this evening, I may have to repaint the whole thing."
Celestia heard her, satisfied. She thought back. "Shall we go kick some flank?"
Luna smiled. "Indeed, see you on the surface sister."
Both of them teleported to go meet their friends.
FIRST !!!!!!!!
EDIT: love the ending about discord and nightmare ironically still being prisoners after resorting to "plan B"
An plese don't send pinke i don't want to relive "Cupcakes" again
435433 Very good, now would you care to edit your comment in the form of a comment, or shall I send Pinkie after you?
Almost...there!
And a tea party, how quaint. Yet not entirely unexpected.
Fillies and gentlecolts, it has hit the fan... for Omega, that is.
Um, what did I just read?
I'm pretty sure it was awesome, but my brain doesn't seem to be working properly anymore.
ahahah awesome as I was expecting it to be! rarity joining discord for tea cracked me up
and we finally know how to shut down panic-mode twilight, just have to dawn-slap her a lil bit
PS. you better give some molestia to sapphire after all this is over, she deserve every bit of it!
So they created a being of pure evil and chaos, but didn't have a flippin' clue what would happen or how to reverse it. Seems legit.
Discord. When he's not spreading chaos he can be quite the gentleman.
435631 As he said, there was a reason that was Plan B. Discord is whatever amuses him at that moment. He is not amused seeing creation being unmade with his power.
435512 I second your Molestia motion, though I believe it would be best to imply it rather than...you know...uhm...that word that rhymes with...is a synonym of...my brain still isn't working right so, you know what I mean...I think.
Okaaay, my brain seems to finally be working again, so here goes:
435637, "with a hair of black which looked..." would make more sense as "with black hair which looked..."
435711 fixed. grammar check failed on that one.
435660
mmm, I've no idea of what you mean, but I can always trow a wild guess and say that the author managed to stay away from clopping up until now, so I don't think we'll see "...and suddenly Celestia jumped on Sapphire and started to clop her hard from behind right in front of the still warm carcass of what used to be Omega" or maybe yes?
435723 I know you must loathe having to fix a fix, but "head of of black."
435729 Correct, I might imply, but the whole crush thing is more of a character motivation. I will address it, because its a plot element and needs to be addressed, but I will not be blatant about it.
435729, that's better than what I think I was thinking I think.
GIGA..... DRILL...... BREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Epic Gurren Lagann reference, I loved it!
Also: Omega must be a being of his own free will, as a result of trapping the source of both chaos and Nightmare moons Magics? They must be rescued! And subsequently reimprisoned again...... Oh well. Excellent chapter.
435747 also "punch a hole in something that by all rights we should not be able to"
435766 excellent, thank you for catching that.
435755 Yes, I suppose so, I mean you would expect in a predictable story the villains get put back in jail. Goodness knows, I have proven to be a predictable writer.
When Discord pulled a chair for Sapphire... That is the first time i was reading a fic and literally said out loud "WHAT the FUCK am I reading?" And then proceeded to laugh at the epic absurdity. Now that I finished catching up, I await for the next glorious update.
*drowns in the references* wow, so many... it's. beautiful *dies*
Loved the TTGL reference. Surprised Discord and NM weren't in control of Omega (that name still gets me). Also Pinkie, Larry, Curly, and Moe running interference and distraction actually got a laugh out of me. I look forward to the next segment.
Loved it! There is a tea party going on inside Omega. Must file this one away for future reference. Pinkie and Loky better be careful cloning themselves or we'll have an army of pinkie and lokys running around.
Many commented on the tea party not being expected. Honestly, not only the story has randomness, but it is Discord plus Nightmare Moon. HOW would there be something that WAS expected?! Great chapter dude. I really "WTF?!" at the tea party thing...and the loled at sunglassed Rainbow...so much win!And now we wait for explanations. See you on the next chapter!
Aaaaah Gurren Lagaan reference, you sir are a legend.
... I love you. this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen...
and here comes Twilight and Dawn(annoys me. you were clearly going for a some kind of contrast between the two, but dawn is a specific type of twilight, and therefore doesn't fit very well, thematically) having their "diplomacy" attempt. It could go well with Discord, but I imagine Nightmare is going to end up getting beaten up.
Nice, and nicely timed -- getting an update after updating makes it feel like I've been rewarded for writing.
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So, Celestia and Luna are about to rejoin the fight while Rarity and Sapphire get more exposition. In the middle of a fight. The only problem I have here is that: taking time out of the climactic battle for exposition.
Otherwise, this story has been pretty well done from start to finish, and I can't wait for more.
436180
Haven't you heard? Talking is a free action!
436180 You drill into a main boss to find your previous main bosses imprisoned inside drinking tea. you've got your 10 other friends outside, 2 of which can multiply at will, occupying it. I submit to you, that is exactly the moment for somepony to explain what the buck is going on. it doesn't have to take forever, but someone needs to.
so...more scones? :)
Alright, so if I am understanding this correctly, Evil (Nightmare Moon) + Unpredictable (Discord) = Destruction (Omega). Beta was evil, and Gamma was unpredictable. Therefore, Beta + Gamma = Omega. Therefore, Nightmare Moon is Beta and Discord is Gamma.
I can see Celestia showing up and saying something along the lines of, "I've plunged down from orbit on wings of fire... so don't even think you can scare me!"
From the epic, Miracle Of Science graphic novel.
435436 Your epic chapter scrambled their brain; I don't think anyone can think properly straight after that chapter.
I am writing this after the scrambling has worn off, ie, five minutes later.
I this story
Anybody else remember the fact that this story started out as nothing more than a one shot riff on all the "Mane Six to Alicorn" fics that have been popping up?
Also, Please tell me I'm not the only one having flashbacks to the Chaos War saga in the marvel universe (Japanese god of chaos and evil absorbs the power of the nightmare king and begins a war to turn the universe back into nothingness).
MOOOAAARRRR
Hahaha I can't get over the insanity of Pinkie Pie and Lokey. Lol wtf is that!
Did they just use Giga Drill BREAKER!!! on Omega?
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awsome chapter, keep it up im waiting with anticipation to see how this already awsome story ends.
Very badflank.
Why is Gurren Laggan like the only anime referenced in fanfiction though?
.... I can sense some Badwolf going on here....
Is that a whitest kids you know reference I do spy? If so: WHY IS ALL THIS WATER JUST LYING ON THE GROUUUUND?
439915 No, it was simply the most ridiculous thing I could think of at the time. clearly the idea predated mine by 5 years Thank you for asking that question, the video was hilarious. But no, noone is stoned, there is in fact a tea party going on inside my big bad.
439933 Anytime :) That scene made me laugh for half an hour the first time I saw it, glad I could share the awesome :)
Nice work! This keeps getting epic-er and epic-er!
I love the gurren lagann bit!
On a side note, I gave the 400th thumb's up.
such a nice even number .
443026 thank you ^^
443731 You deserve it. Keep up the good work.
"He drank the teacup, and tossed the tea to the side, where it became a potted plant."
I love this XD
Just... What... I dont know how to express my feelings, but its great?
454258 The characters depicted in this work of fiction would like to apologize for any madness induced by the reading of said work. The author is a gibbering madman who should clearly not be allowed near a keyboard.
<At Steel Resolve> ...........I forgive you.
456956 Thank you Glad you enjoyed the story enough to be irritated by a fake ending. Real one is still coming. I just need a day off so I can properly write it out.