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"I understand the distrust from all, but I do not require your trust, only your help."

In the middle of the crowd teleported an Eldritch female, but what she looked different in some regards, wearing a helmet that had a structure similar to those of the honour guard.

Blue symbols were flowing around her like fireflies, and she had a long Ponytail coming from the back of her head.

But when she appeared, things were about to get even more tense, as Princess Celestia herself was arriving at Ponyville with an armed escort of 50 Royal Guards.

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The Ponies stayed hidden, but they had sent invisible The Mask to go just close enough that they could know what was going on. "I have a bad feeling about this." "I can see two ways how this can go wrong."

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As the Princess and her escort landed, she walked towards the stranger, a look of anger was written on her face.

"You have hurt my little ponies, and you dare to ask help from us? Give me one good reason why I shouldn't banish you straight to Tartarus!!" She said with a furious tone.

Arlayna did not seem to be fazed by Celestia's outburst, instead just calmly stood there.

"Because if you do that, you will never know the true threat that is facing all of you. So you can spare me your tantrum."

"I am listening." Celestia said in a cold tone.

"Some of your *ponies* seemed to be have made contact with a very particular person. But it turns out this *person* is a servant of the great devourer, the endless void that consumes all."

"You ponies might have already figured out about the coming invasion, but there is far more to this *invasion*. Our dear friend *Montarion* seems to be have been keeping some secrets."

"And who is this *Montarion?* I do not know anypony by such a name." Celestia said, not buying it.

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"I have a feeling she knows we are listening." "Well, there she goes talking about secrets when she surely isn't telling everything." "And I would not consider Montarion as friend quite yet, it takes little more time than that to call somepony a friend."

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"I can hear you all the way from here, why don't you come forward? I am sure your Princess would be thrilled to hear what is going on from your perspective."

"I will explain my reasons soon enough, but it would be better if she heard it from one of her own subjects."

Behind her mask, she stared at a certain pony with a gaze.

"Why don't you step forward *Nameless Alchemist*? You have spent the most time around the latest events. That would only make it more beneficial for you to share your information. You all gave such a nice speech about serving your princess, now is your big opportunity, do not waste it, *My little ponies*."

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The ponies came forth. Nameless tossed his notebook to one of the guards, "Everything we know." "But you Arlayna have lack of understanding of words" "It's true we said we are loyal to our rulers." "But that doesn't mean, that we serve them." They did respectful nod towards Celestia 

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"You ponies may still see that as a difference, but there are some who no longer see the difference."

"But you have already given your part of the information, now it is my turn."

She then looked at Celestia, her helmet not showing her facial expressions.

"Those attacks from the Eldritch Warhost where not out of Vengeance or dominance, they were only a distraction, they are using the coming invasion as an opportunity to mask their operations on this planet."

"The warseer is known by different names to hide her identity, but those closer in her command know her as Ilyana. Among our prophecies, one held true value, for your race seems to be unaware of what is laying beneath your own hooves."

"The prophecy speaks of a stone, or more precisely a soul stone. It was clouded by mystery but those who have seen beyond those *riddles* know the price of that stone.

It contains the soul of Isha, a member of the ancient race who was seen as a deity by her people, her powers were among one of the strongest the galaxy has ever seen to this very day. But all of her whereabouts had been lost since she met her tragic end millions of years ago. Her soul was preserved, but it was kept away from our foes, the great devourer tugs at her soul within every passing moment. But even in death, her visions have saved countless of lives from the dangers of the universe, and she can do so again."

"But there is more to this than just her soul, her sword *Mournblade*, a weapon that has been crafted from the energies of a dying sun. Its power is what Ilyana seeks so dearly. She is obsessed with the prophecy, sending her people into one deathtrap to another."

"But you might ask, why would any of this concern you? Because these artefacts are among the most powerful ones the galaxy has ever seen, and it is not just Valtrek's forces and Ilyana's army that are after them. An ancient foe will soon be walking this life cycle again, the destroyer of our parent species, Aruthum the Thrice-born, Eternal champion of the Devourer and leader of the Blood Cult."

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The three ponies didn't say anything, but they looked almost like they were......fed up, as Arlayna told her story. Grin seemed like he was more or less talking to someone, but he was silent and didn't look at anyone. 

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"You have all worked so hard to get such a thriving civilisations, are you willing to let it all go to waste?"

"This may all be rather hard to process, but your ignorance is going to be your very downfall, you can either head my warnings and join forces. Or you can ignore my warnings and watch as your planet becomes a total war zone, where nothing will remain."

She narrowed her eyes.

"But what will you do once your planet is safe? Will you help out fellow survivors in need, or are you going to turn your backs on them?

If you promise to help our people, we will aid you in the defence of your planet in any way we can. But if you decline..."

"Then your race won't deserve to be helped." She said those last words in a very cold tone.

Princess Celestia was having trouble deciding, her 1000 thousand years of judgement has never extended beyond the stars after all.

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The ponies stayed still silent, but The Mask made itself visible "These creatures known as ponies are super helpful, they have made friends with some of their worst enemies." "And I'm sure no one would have problem with survivors getting help, until these 'survivors' are wearing full-body armor and wielding weapons, of course." "And there is empty land-masses besides Equestria, that could be inhabited" "Or this help you need, possibly that you need a meat shield?" It was obvious from way it spoke, that Mask didn't have any respect to anybody.

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"If you really think that we would have any reason to use you as meat shields, you truly are a fool."

"We are trying to preserve life, not throw it away like disposable objects, you should all be grateful we are willing to help because without our you would be fighting against a

enemy, you don't even know anything about. But they know a lot about you all, you could thank the demon for that."

"The eldritch war host will not attack any of your settlements while Valtrek's forces attack your planet, they do not favour any large-scale assaults, hit and run attacks are in their best favourite."

"But the invasion forces you will be facing won't care much for a careful approach, they would send it countless waves of their soldiers until your defences are worn out because they have the numbers to back that up. But I would recommend keeping an eye out in space, a telescope should do the trick. Should their invasion become too hard when making planet fall, they will simply deploy a virus bomb on the surface that will wipe out all life, where only a barren rock will remain."

"That is all for now, I will contact you soon enough again, but for now, it is my goodbye."

She then teleported away.

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As it becomes silent, suddenly something tried to contact nameless via telepathy.

"Nameless... Nameless can you hear me?? Please let this work..."

 

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"They might know lot about these creatures, but they know nothing about me, and I will not be grateful about anything. Life doesn't concern me"

When Nameless got the telepathy, he tried to answer to it. "I hear you."

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"It works!"

There could be very loud noises heard in the background.

"Nameless! This is Jack!

"Is it going for you guys? Having any luck yet?"

Jack said those words with a deep and sore voice.

 

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"Nothing has really yet changed in our part.." "But does name Arlayna Lutris tell you something?" "Because it seems that she will be allied with us, or at least that is what she claims." "And she seemed to know things about us."

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"Sadly I don't recognise that name, But if she is there to help, it would be best to accept. Especially with the incoming invasion, you will need every advantage you can get,

whether it is manpower or tactical advantage, this battle will decide the fate of your entire planet."

An explosion collided close to Jack, the rubble crashing into the interior of a building.

"RRGGH!!- Listen, you will need to be on the lookout for any signs of corruption within the villages of Equestria, the chance is very likely that some of the ponies will go insane and fall to the enemy, the corruption can be subtle, but it is noticeable."

"no no no noo...."

"You try to do that ok? It is very important, if the corruption spreads too far it will eat its way to the heart of the Equestrian Command structure." Jack said, almost with a screaming tone.

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"The choice about alliance is on hooves of Celestia" "But about the corruption, Details would be nice, how to notice it, and more importantly, how to deal with it?" "I hear you have situation going on there but we can't do anything without details."

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"Right right, I am going to speak fast because they are getting close."

"A fast way to notice is if a town goes totally dark, in most cases no news will come from it, as it is probably overrun since the enemy will ambush them from every side, leaving no escape for the civilians possible, not even flying is going to save them from that."

"But most importantly, corrupted individuals will start an uprising, rebel against their government and leaders, they start forming small cults, wich can lead to a militia. But when the influence of the warp becomes too strong in that area, the chance is very likely they will start sacrificing innocent ponies in order to give lesser demons a temporary body in this realm."

"Now listen to this part carefully, whatever happens, do NOT abandon your allies and friends to those monsters, if you end up living even one individual behind, that will mean they will get an extra follower, this is the reason how they managed to get such a large amount in their armies, they use a type of virus that infects others, wich they will slowly transform into the mindless I told you off before, while I know the virus works on my race, I am not 100% sure about how it will work on ponies, but don't expect that to be an advantage, this virus can adapt in terrifying ways, they will start kidnapping ponies and put them in Conversion centers where they will attempt to create a strain."

Jack then was silent for a moment, before answering again.

"Listen, we may not have known each other for a very long time, but you guys have really changed me a lot.

The deaths of my friends and family had trusted me into a lifetime of nothing but Vengeance.

But as I came to Equestria, and I saw those families, something changed in me, a feeling that I was afraid I had lost...

But now that the feeling has returned, all my thirst for vengeance right now has been fading away, and I hate to say this... But I am afraid, afraid to die."

"I am begging you, keep Equestria out of their hands, whatever it takes, your world is perhaps the only one remaining where life still thrives this way, everything else is broken and scattered, nothing remains of what we used to call *home*. Your first impression of our kind may have been rather bad, but there are a lot of survivors out there who are all rooting for you guys, and so will I, with every Viber in my body. I wi-"

Suddenly the sound of massive metal legs could be heard stomping into the distance, legs the size of a titan.

"no...."

Then everything became silent.

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Nameless explained to the others what Jack had said and told that with high possibility, Jack is out of the game. After the new information was shared, the ponies started discussing their plans again. 

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The area was filled the sound of massive legs walking trough the terrain.

A massive mechanical howl filled the air at as the titan sized war machine walked.

Jack sat behind cover, his heart pounding at an insane rate.

When the war machine was close, the thumping became louder and heavier within the seconds.

When one of its legs stepped near the building, it collapsed under the massive pressure of its weight.

The ground under Jack broke as he fell down a small hole, while it was not deep, it was very dark.

Inside the hole was a very long hallway in the shape of an inside pipe.

Jack jumped on the side as more of the floor started collapsing above him.

'This is insane..' he thought with worry.

'I cannot keep this up forever, I either die of starvation, I freeze to death or they murder me, either way, all 3 possibilities end with my death, how much longer can I keep this all up?'

'I guess the answer is going to be simple, I am going to die no matter what, but is it really that surprising, I had already figured this possibility years ago if I were ever to return here. But I didn't expect it to change so much... What am I going to do? I am all alone, and so far I have found no other traces of life except for those traitors...  I guess they were right, I really cannot trust anybody.. Friends and Family have become a lie, there is no such thing anymore..'

'Right now perhaps my only friend left could either be dead or converted and if that is the case, I know what my task is going to be. There is no alternative because I am just a child.. my dad didn't hesitate and neither will i. I have no one.'

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the Ponies kept their original plan of heading to Canterlot, but they choose to do it on hoof, because the uncertainty of what could happen. They figured they had no point in staying Ponyville, because all civilian ponies, were most likely evacuated to Canterlot. They started their travel. 

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As Jack had been wandering trough the tunnels for what seemed like hours, he suddenly heard crawling.

'What?!'

While he could in the dark, he didn't see anything particular, only the of crawling.

Until a few seconds later a figure dashed to an another tunnel, Jack could only see the figure for a brief second, all he had seen was something misformed, something that didn't look natural.

'What was that? That looked like it was mutated, but how?'

He eventually delved further into the tunnels, until he found a door.

'It is probably locked...'

But to his surprise, it was unlocked.

As he entered he was surprised what he saw.

"This room... Is this a fallout bunker?"

As he looked around the room, he was flabbergast.

'This room is filled with lots of machines, but also documents, these are hand written... What does this all mean?'

He summoned his weird looking artefact again and contacted Nameless a second time.

"I cannot believe what I found, a Fallout bunker, but it is filled with all sorts of machinery and documents, they are all hand written. But what surprised me most was that I encountered weird creatures, but they suffered from mutation, I don't know how that could have happened, but I guess it was radiation? I have no idea."

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Nameless answered to Jack, "So, you are still alive. Aright. Nothing new here, we are heading to Canterlot, the capital of Equestria."  Nameless then informed the other ponies about what Jack had said. 

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In the outskirts of Appleloosa, it was a sunny day, everypony was doing their usual work.

But that would end...

A couple of small meteors crashed into Appleloosa, it rained fire all over town, but it was just more than mere meteors as creatures started crawling out of them.

Eventually, around 80 creatures had crawled out of the meteors and started slaughtering most of the ponies that were present in the town.

There happened to be a few Royal Guards stationed there, but it was all for nought, they had enough numbers to defend their position perhaps, but to retake the town? Not even close.

"Everypony stay in formation!" Yelled a royal guard officer. But his order was no longer be able to be carried out as the group was thrown into disarray by the impact of a cannon shell, multiple ponies were blown apart while the survivors had been blown back by the force of the impact.

Up ahead 8 war machines started approaching the town, walking almost like huge mechanical spiders while they had scorpion claws at the front, they were equipped with tank cannons, flamethrowers and missile launchers, effective for any assault.

They were followed by a large standing number of 300 cat like creatures, all had a coal black fur with gold coloured eyes. Some of them had firearms well others had weird chainsaw like blades, all assaulting the town at once.

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The three ponies could see what looked like meteors behind the Everfree forest for a short moment. "I don't know what those were but I don't think it's anything good." Nameless said and the others agreed. "Well, nothing we can do about it, too far away. " Grin noted and they kept going towards Canterlot.

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Over the course of days, more and more villages started falling to the dark armies, they attacked from inside their opponents defences.

Their surprise attacks threw the setup defences into disarray, long enough for the advancing armies to bring forth an all out attack.

Within 2 weeks, half of Equestria was starting to weaken in its morale, their enemy attacking at an unnatural speed thanks to their powers of the Demon realm, wich allowed their units to move straight behind enemy defences.