DIVERGENT SCENARIO- DAYBREAKER
The following showcases an alternate scenario where things went worse than they did.
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The battle between Luna’s forces and Celestia’s had lasted almost a week, and it was clear that the path to victory for Celestia and her followers was uphill at best. They had made gains every so often, but they were just as easily wiped out.
Lightpoint could only give so much advice and direction against such an intense affront. He was, however, not willing to abandon her highness in this time of duress.
Things, however, turned from bad to worse.
Lightpoint had to relay the latest developments to her majesty, nothing good. He talked to her, told her the developments, and it was dire for sure. The Luna following ponies would be at the castle gates at any minute.
But it was clear something was not right with her highness, something different was about her. A sense of… desperation. A sense of defeat. But simultaneously, a sense of not wanting to take anything anymore.
She talked. She talked in a new, dire tone. She said that she was the Princess of the Sun. The all powerful sun. That she is the one who is to rule this world. She doesn’t need this war. She knows she is the mightiest one of all, who can wipe out these ponies of this “New Lunar Republic”, and she will show them all who is really in charge in Equestria!
Inch by inch, her fur became paler, and the pastels in her mane started turning a bright orange, before igniting and turning into raging flames. In a matter of minutes Lightpoint’s biggest fear was realized… Pushed against the wall, Celestia had succumbed to her sense of self importance… Daybreaker had emerged.
This… this was the absolute worst possible turn of events to happen. Lightpoint was frozen and completely at a loss for words. The threshold was crossed, and everything could be at risk. The Luna-tics, Canterlot itself .. But he was her advisor still, and couldn’t just leave her.
He still had to guide her.
Immediately, Daybreaker approached the opposing forces entering the castle gates and with one big blast wave of fire, wiped everypony out who was standing at the door. Luna ponies, Canterlot royal guards… everything. Nearby bushes had caught on fire, and the courtyard had become a shambles of charred material.
“Your Highness! You can’t do this! You’re going to destroy everypony! Even your own followers!” Lightpoint shouted at this new form of Celestia in a desperate attempt to keep her on a normal course. “What you’re doing is not conducive to winning this properly!”
Still, Daybreaker began to lay waste again to everything and anypony in sight. She was the true ruler of this kingdom, after all, she would say.
“Your Highness, you need to stop this destruction at once!”
This time, Daybreaker paused mid flight, and slowly turned around to look at him, with a furious and terrifying gaze from those dark red eyes of hers. Lightpoint was frozen in fear.
“I will no longer hold back,” she said in a commanding voice. “I am the ruler of this kingdom, and I will no longer let any of these ponies interfere with me!”
Her focus on Lightpoint only intensified, as she came to a realization.
“In fact, I don’t need you anymore!”
Immediately she took a deep breath and spit out of her mouth a giant fireball moving at high speed, right toward Lightpoint. As soon as it registered to him what was going to happen, he was hit by it, sending him sailing into the air, and being flung at least 20 feet away as he landed on the castle floor in a slide.
He was shaken, bruised, and seared in many places on his torso and legs. He got up in a staggered way, sporting the most terrified open mouthed expression he had ever displayed, afraid for his very being. Instinctively and without thinking about it one second, he started galloping away as fast as he could, with horrified tears streaming down his face.
He could no longer be her majesty’s advisor.
As he exited the castle through a side passage, he sat, singed and banged up, and started sobbing behind the exterior wall.
It was over. There was nothing else left to do. He thought maybe he could run away to Mount Aris or somewhere. Maybe take Commander Gray along with him. Equestria would be no place to stay anymore… whatever would be left of it.
