Title:           Utopia Chapter 1
Author:          Lil_Macintosh
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First Edit:      Wednesday 6th of June 2012 05:37:05 PM CDT
Last Edit:       Wednesday 6th of June 2012 05:37:05 PM CDT

>He was created at my expense, by an extension of my power.
>I brought him into this wretched existence, and he was my charge, my responsibility
>He showed promise
>his power, extraordinary. Courage, bountiful. Sympathy? Limitless.
>He was perfect. Not a single flaw.
>The day I showed him the world, he accepted it
>He knew what had to be done, and that he was the one to do it.
>This once peaceful land, ravaged by tides of war, the chaos of it unbearable
>But he is my savior, our savior
>He is our last hope
>Was, our last hope
>He still stood strong, fighting, tirelessly
>any forces advanced upon him, he decimated with ease
>He was perfect, not a single flaw
>He is perfect
>But I am weak
>Most powerful of my kind, but nothing to him
>I was powerless to stop him, even if I had tried
>But I couldn't, I could never harm him
>I was blinded by my love
>I knew he had to be stopped, but I wasn't the one to do it.
>I'm not perfect
>I don't know who can, if anyone can, stop him
>I'm sorry, I have failed you, I have failed you all
>I'm so sorry for causing this, for creating him, for being so weak
>Please do not blame each other, this was my doing, my fault
>This is my burden to bear alone, until my time ends
>I'm so ... sorry
>I'm .... sorry
>I ...m .....sor......
 
>Celestia's head lay in the hooves of Twilight Sparkle, Who looked at the princess with misty eyes
>Celestia's lips quivered, as if trying to speak, but there no sounds except her dullened breathes
>She had tried to fight it, but she was powerless to it's corrupted magic
>Only her head remained intact, for now
>The remainder of her body, encased in stone, motionless
>she was helpless to his attacks
>And she would die here, in the care of her student
 
>Twilight's eyes glistened, her tears streaking down her cheeks
>She only had herself to blame
>She wasn't strong enough
>Her friends, ..... her friends were just the same as her, weak.
>They had stood their ground, the power of the Elements protecting them from Discords' chaotic magic
>They overcame each others differences and faults, with their friendship alone
>The power of the Elements embodied them, casting a most powerful of spells, pushing back Discord's new world
>But something was wrong
>the elements' power waned, it wasn't enough
>Discord pushed back, overcoming the p0nies attempt
>As the elements glow faded, Discord's laughter rang throughout the skies
>Until a familiar snap, at which the elements faded to a dull grey, powerless
>Rampant cackling taunted the p0nies' ears
>They had failed, the elements failed
>She failed
 
 
>Twilight looked into the fading eyes of the princess, and smiled through her tears
"Princess, I don't know if you can hear me, but, do you remember all those years ago when you told me that I'll always be your very best of friends?"
>The purple unicorn tried to laugh, but could only choke back her sobs
"I know that someday, We'll see each other again, on better terms."
>She was nearing the princesses face, holding her in a loose half-hearted hug
"And I hope then, .... you might be able to forgive me"
>The stone crept up clestia's head, slowly, deafening
>Her eyes were motionless, locked into place by the form they were taking
"Princess, I'm so sorry, .... but we need your help...."
>She looked as if she may burst out crying,
"Even if you aren't here ... to help us!"
>Closing her eyes, Twilight pushed down on Celestia's horn
"I'm so sorry..."
>With a final shove, the horn broke from celestia's head, the soft glow if it's magic dissapating, as the remaining portion of Celestia's head was quickly engulfed by the stone
>Leaving the princess wide eyed, mouth ajar, cold, on the ground
>Twilight, sat alone in the ruins of Canterlot, the silence piercing her ears, tormenting her
"I'm sorry princess,....... I .... I love you ...."
>With her final words, Twilight takes Celestia's horn in mouth, and makes her way out of the crumbling hall
 
 
>It had been 14 years since Discord triumphed over the elements
>So much had changed, Equestria was the first of the lands to fall to his wrath
>Soon after, the Gryphon Kingdom, the Pride Savannah, even the scorched badlands of the Dragons' Peak fell to his wicked rule
>The world was lost, what he called, 'chaos eternal'
>All was forsaken
>But there was hope
>Celestia had gathered the fallen elements, and with her magic, gave them life
>She had assembled the greatest and most powerful unicorns in the land to help with her task
>Their raw magic power, shaped and combined by Celestia's to bring him into being
>Celestia had given him the spark of life, from her own, weakening herself severely
>But that did not matter, he was perfect, he would protect all
>He batlled Discords' magic, and detroyed it with such ease
>He too kit upon himself to save the world from this evil
>But something wasn't right, upon his return, the world was still a disaster, if not worse
>Nothing had changed
>Nothing, except him
>He spoke of how the world was perfect, how everthying was as it should be, he was wrong
>He turned against us, allowed the chaos to spread, helped it spread
>Celestia ordered his capture, but we stood no chance against him, he was perfect, after all
>Equestria, the world, was at it's end
 
 
>Twilight made her way through the dense forest, doing her best to avoid traps, pitfalls, trigger switches
>After a few years of his tyranny, Discord tired of the same old tricks
>He devised more elaborate, invasion tricks
>His simple harmless fun, quickly became hazardous to anyone unlucky enough to be caught in them, ... like Pinkie ....
>But he didn't care, it was his fun
>but that was long ago
>since then, no one has heard or seen Discord for nearly 4 years
>It's said that he just grew bored and left to find a new world to corrupt
>It doesn't matter, the world is gone, whether or not he's in it
>There's no point in trying to save it now.
>All that mattered was him, the one created to save everyone
>The one who betrayed us
>He had to be destroyed, at least then everyone could succumb to the corruption in peace.
 
>Twilight found her way to the enormous hole in the ground, large black stone tablets with strange writing lay around it, broken
>The entrance to the Tartarus
>Twilight carefully made her way down the spiraling slopes
>Even this cursed place wasn't from his reach
>He had breached the Tartarus long ago, brought chaos upon it too
>Some say it's now better than Equestria, but anyone who ventured there, hasn't come back
>Whether because it is better, and they just don't want to return to this husk of a home, or .....
>They just didn't come back.
>Except him. Of course he came back.
>Of course.......
 
>Twilight came upon the ragged boulder that hid the shelter
>With her magic she carefully moved the boulder enough to slip in, then qietly replace it
>She proceded the walk down the maze of tunnels
>Right, right, left, right, straight, left, straight, right, left, left.
>along her way, she passed the familiar sights, the corpses of the ones lost along their way
>Most unknown to her, but a few, Lyra, Roseluck, ....... Flutter- ....
>She turned away, she can't look, not anymore, she can't cry for them, again.
>Keeping her eyes to the floor, she continued until reaching her destination.
>A wall
>Just part of the endless tunnel, with her magic, she phased through the rock, layers and layers of stone
>Until she finally came to the small room with various scratches all over the walls, not a place for happy memories
>Leaving the room behind, she traveled down the small tunnel to a larger clearing
>Her utopia
>Grassy fields strecthced over acre, until meeting the far wall of rock
>Various fruits in the orchards that massed about 2/3 of the clearing, multiple underground streams made their way across the field
>A large sun like ball of light rested in the cavernous air, amidst the clouds, lingering about the wilting blue sky
>Twilight's horn glowed as the blue sky seemed to reform to the cave ceiling, returning to it's lush blue allure
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