//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 // Story: Darkness of our Hearts // by thenamelessauthor //------------------------------// Twilight’s PoV. Darkness… I began to hyperventilate. I hate darkness. It is so cold and- No! Don’t lose your mind, Twilight! Focus! I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down, before casting an Illuminating Spell, my horn’s tip glowing to full strength instantly. I… still can’t get used to having this much magic yet. “Hello?” I asked as I looked around, my voice echoing creepily, “Is anyone there? Where am I?” What is this-OW! A mirror? Oh no… don’t tell me I’m inside a House of Mirror! Cadence’s mocking laughter suddenly echoed “The caves beneath Canterlot,” Cadence’s voice whispered behind me. I quickly turned around and saw her, surely using a Surface Screen Spell in order to appear in the mirror-like dead crystal wall. Oh. Good… you are OBVIOUSLY not abusing of the secret I confided to you so long ago, which means you are not that cruel and there’s still a glimmer of hope to redeem you! “Once home to greedy unicorns who wanted to claim the gems that could be found inside.” Her image faded away and I quickly backpedaled, however, “And now…” she appeared on the wall that NOW was behind me, “…your prison.” Okay, I don’t want to be in a mineral Mirror House for eternity. “Help! Wataru! Help!” Wait… why did his name come to my mind first? “It's no use. No one can hear you. And no one will ever think to look for you, either.” Cadence laughed nastily, before giggling a little, “Specially your little human bodyguard.” “What do you mean?” “You could say he is… sleeping with the fishes!” No… it can’t be! She is lying, Wataru is alive! I read about Reality Warpers, although it was only in a fictional novel! In theory, even if their immortal bodies are killed, their everlasting soul cannot. They share the same characteristics with beings like Princess Celestia or Princess Luna! “Most ponies have forgotten that these caves even exist. Which is why they are the ideal place to keep the ones who try to interfere with my plans.” She added before going a wild laugh. “Plans? What plans?” “The plans I have for your brother, of course.” She replied mockingly. WHAT?! I focused my magic in my horn, making it flare with a strong purple light, “Don't you dare do anything to my brother, you... you bloody monster!” “Only way to stop me is to catch me!” Cadence laughed before fading from the crystal. I looked around and found her on the other side of the room. If I do this okay, I might be able to- “Over here!” THERE!! I shot a blast of magic at her; however it ricocheted and ricocheted against the crystal. By Celestia, these are Magic Reflective Gems! “Nope!” the floor is made of these too! No way! “Over here!” Shut up! Oh, screw this. I will destroy every. Single. Crystal in this cave no matter how. Rare. They. Are! As long as I can make you SHUT. YOUR. BLOODY. MOUTH. UP!! Purple magical lightning suddenly sparked from my horn before I shot it, releasing something that looked like a bolt of lightning that disintegrated one of the walls to sparkling powder and a cloud of smoke, making me gasp. That looked just like… a Chidori. I heard a couple of coughs coming from behind the cloud of smoke. Someone is over there! IT’S HER!! “No! Wait!” the bloody monster… begged? “Ugh! Please! Don't hurt me!” Okay… she is doing very well the ‘helpless princess’ impression, I give her that, BUT THERE’S NO FOOLING ME! THAT WEAK SMILE DOESN’T HELP YOU EITHER!! “Twilight, it's me! Please, you have to believe me.” Don’t worry, I believe you. I believe you are monster who is gonna marry me brother! “I've been imprisoned like you. The Cadence who brought you down here was an imposter.” “Likely story!” I snorted. “Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake.” Huh?! That’s our- “Clap your hooves-“ “And do a little shake.” I finished with her. Oh my goodness! Cadence didn’t recognize it the first time we met! That means… this mare here is telling the true! She is the actual Cadence! I responded her grin with my own before leaping into her for a hug. “Cadence! You remember me!” This Cadence, the true Cadence, laughed gently, “Of course I do. How could I forget the filly I love to sit for the most?” Suddenly, we heard the Fake Cadence laughing once again, before we saw a spark of light flashing out in the dark distance. “We have to get out of here!” I told Cadence, “We HAVE to stop her!” We need to save my brother! At least… I can trust on Wataru. I hope he is okay… Wataru’s PoV. “I’m sorry.” I whispered in the Changeling’s ear, before chuckling insanely before going into… a more detailed explaining. “It’s just that I have an agenda to fulfill. Hope you understand me, victim number 81.” In a flash, I slashed open the Changeling’s throat with one of my clawed fingers, blood coming out of the wound like a river. I sighed to myself as I looked around the cave-room and the so not-properly scattered bodies of the 27 Changelings that used to be guarding the lake I had been thrown into, besides being the past members of the ‘Being Alive’ club of course, “None of them regretted their sins, so there’s no losses.” Gotta admit though, Relius is quite the Genre Savvy; almost on Discord’s par. I applaud him. I looked at the far away mountain and the familiar castle on it, “Okay… you can stab me with a poisoned dagger in my neck, you can throw me into a lake, you can put spikes at the bottom of said lake as a precaution, and you can freeze the lake to deathly levels just to make sure I die, but you never, ever, EVER PUT ROOKIE SOLDIERS TO GUARD ME!! THAT’S INSULTING!! SPIRIT MANIPULATION: GREAT WILL O’ WISP DRAGON!!” Third’s Person PoV. Princess Celestia registered with the sight the whole room, and sighed in disappointment as she didn’t find her faithful student anywhere, before turning back the couple with a smile, “Princess Cadence and Shining Armor,” she smiled, “It is my great pleasure to pronounce you...” “Stop!” A familiar voice filled the room, cutting down the Solar Princess. Shocked murmurs from the guests, and various disgusted reactions from Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Spike took place as they turned towards the door and saw Twilight Sparkle standing at the main entrance, her hair all messy and her body with several scratches. “Why does she have to be so possessive of her brother?” the Fake Cadence groaned angrily before realizing her mistake, “Why does she have to ruin my special day…” she corrected with sobs. “Because it’s not your special day…” the True Cadence cried as she stood besides Twilight, “…it’s mine!” Everypony gasped and a shocked expression ran through the Fake Cadence’s face, “What?! But how did you escape my bridesmaids?” The lavender coated unicorn and the pink coated alicorn traded a wicked smirk before Twilight replied simply with a casual, “Bridal bouquet.” The fake Cadence pondered those words for a moment before her eyes widened in realization and then took a bored look, “Huh, clever. But you’re still too late.” “I-I don’t understand. How can there be two of them?” Applejack asked confused. “She’s a changeling!” the True Cadence voiced, “She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding off your love for them!” The fake Cadence’s eyes and horn burned yellow-green as a ring of matching flames lanced up from the floor to encircle her. The flames blazed up to the ceiling, temporally blinding everypony and causing to all the other light in the hall to go out. The fake Cadence’s shaded wings flew in a sudden convulsion and transformed into a tattered, insect-like pair as the pink legs turned into hole-pocked, gray-black limbs and the horn’s exterior striped away to expose a gouged, half-decayed black one underneath. “Right you are, Princess.” Chrysalis voiced mockingly as the fire died down and revealed fully as a gaunt, long-legged, alicorn mare, the ends of her mane and tail as pockmarked as her legs and horn, her back marked with a saddle-shaped patch of green hide and a grayish band of skin encircled her belly as if it were a strap holding it in place, “And as queen of the changelings, it is up to me to find food for my subjects. Equestria has more love than anyplace I’ve ever encountered.” She claimed as she descended down the steps, “My fellow changelings will be able to devour so much of it that we will gain more power than we have ever dreamed of! “They’ll never get the chance!” Cadence countered, “Shining Armor’s protection spell will keep them from ever even reaching us!” Chrysalis chucked evilly, everypony missing the short flicker of red, “Oh, I doubt that. Isn’t that right, dear?” she asked as she looked over her shoulder, towards Shining Armor as she flared her horn, the groom’s eyes flaring as well. “Mmm-hmm.” He nodded hypnotized. Cadence started into a charge; however she was quickly stopped as Chrysalis planted her hoof to stop her, “Ah-ah-ah. Don’t want to go back to the caves now do you?” she voiced, forcing Cadence to back up a step, “Ever since I took your place, I’ve been feeding off Shining Armor’s love for you. Every moment he grows weaker, and so does his spell. Even now, my minions are chipping away at it. He may not be my husband, but he is under my total control now… and I’m sorry to say, unable to perform his duties as Captain. Of the Royal. Guard!” “Not my Shining Armor!” Cadence gasped. “Soon my changeling army will break through! First we take Canterlot, and then… all Equestria!” “No.” Celestia’s imposing voice echoed, “You won’t. You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to perform his spell, but now that you have so foolishly revealed your true self…” the royal mare charged at each other and locked horns briefly, “…I can protect my subjects…” Celestia pushed Chrysalis and rose into the air, “…from you!” The mares conjured a beam from their horns and blasted them towards the others, a clash of sunny yellow and yellow-green, ending in a clash. The changeling ruler gasped for breath under the strain at first, but soon added a few more horsepower to her offensive, causing Celestia’s eyes to widen in fear as the green energy slowly overcome her own beam until it finally touched her horn, casting its glow over her figure before an explosion took place. As soon as the view cleared, everypony saw Princess Celestia falling to the tiles, the end of her horn charred black. “Princess Celestia!” Twilight gasped with worry as she and the remaining Element of Harmony raced over her. “Ah! Shining Armor’s love for you is even stronger than I thought! Consuming it has made me even more powerful than Celestia!” “Maybe…” a bored sounding voice echoed, “…but does a stolen emotion let you stand against my madness?” Time seemed to slow down before an event that no one would forget into their lives took place. One of the three windows surrounding the dais where the Queen of the Changelings hovered over exploded as a black haired human teenager wearing a suit and a fedora went through it while surfing a fifty foot long dragon made entirely of blue fire, with red glowing eyes made of fire as well, like if it were a skate. The queen could do nothing but watch horrified as the living inferno’s jaws closed around her, the teenager jumping from it and landing elegantly on his feet as the dragon ran through another window before getting lost in the sky thanks to his coloration. “Seems like it doesn’t.” the teenager shrugged before giving a shit-eating-grin to the crowd and tipping his fedora with one finger before saving his hands on his suit’s pockets. “Wataru!” the wielders of the Elements of Harmony suddenly cried with joy as they ran towards his friend. “Stop! Show isn’t over!” he cut them down, “Somepony was using Chrysalis from the shadows in order to take down Canterlot.” “What?” Celestia asked weakly as she tried to stand up, her hooves ultimately giving up, “What are you talking about?” “Oh, is this my cue?” A sickening voice suddenly echoed before a pillar of fire took place in the dais. “We need all this ponies out of here now! Even the guards! Go, go, go!” Wataru screamed as he pointed at the door. Every civilian pony in the room rushed out of the room, as Royal Guard guide them to the exit as they took Celestia with them, the queen surrounded by a multitude of different colored glows, only the Mane 6 and Wataru Kamijo remaining inside. The fire died down, revealing the very King Relius standing at the dais with a bored expression. “I see that my doll has failed.” He voiced as he examined the room, “Now… if you could me so kind of giving it back to me?” Wataru spread his left arm and, with a bright flash, a regular looking one-handed sword was being held with his left hand, “Fuck you.” “You? I thought you were dead.” “You were too rushed at thinking that only because you stabbed a dagger filled with enough poison to take down a middle sized army in my throat, and then threw me in a lake filled with spikes at a temperature that puts the Antarctica on shame.” The human explained. “Then I guess I shall rip every limb out of your body first before trying again.” King Relius voiced as his horn flared briefly, flooding the room with a red light. Once the light died down, everyone but Wataru gasped as they stared at the giant sword next to their foe, hovering while making buzzing like noises. ‘Okay… 11’ long, 5’ wide, 3’ thin and only 1 pound of weigh somehow… Could be categorized as ‘Giant Two-Handed Broad ChainSword’ by its looks.’ he though as his face betrayed no emotion, all of the information found out thanks he got thanks to his Genjitsuseigan eyes. “Behold the sword that has slain my enemies! MERCILESS!!” the Kind laughed. “Girls! Go get the Elements! We need them if we want to stop the King!” the teenager screamed at them. “We are not gonna leave you here alone with him!” Rainbow Dash cried at the human. Wataru smiled at them with the most emotionful smile the fillies saw in their lives from over his shoulder, the tension between them leaving the room, “You six are always with me, silly.” The ponies looked at his friend in shock briefly, as the orange sunlight that illuminated his face gave him a godlike aura. “What are you waiting for? Go!” Twilight nodded at him, “Let’s go, girls!” “Right!” the other fillies nodded before throwing their dresses away, including Rarity who despite wanting to grab the dresses and lay them gently over a table, knew that the life of his friend was in great danger and not even a single second could be lost. “Wait!” Twilight Sparkle quickly turned around towards the human. “Take this. It’s a lucky charm.” The Reality Warper smiled as he threw at her a book-shaped keychain, “You are worthy of it.” The mare smiled warmly before turning around and continuing her way. The doors closed behind them and Wataru turned towards the King with a relaxed smile, “Good, they left.” “Do you think that I wasn’t prepared for this before hoof?” The King asked, venom obvious in his voice, “The Force Shield is about to break out, and the 75% of my troops shall be waiting for them at the Vaults! There is no chance of winning, human.” Wataru slowly threw his swords before taking his left hand to his fedora, “Do you think I don’t know that? You underestimate me once again, Relius.” He grabbed his hat and threw it away, “Do you know why I sent them away? Because I don’t want to kill them by accident.” The bearers of the Elements of Harmony trotted down the Canterlot Castle grounds, evading with difficulty the sea of ponies that were still running away from the failed wedding. “Excuse me… excuse me! Ugh… MOVE!!” Twilight screamed as she was forced to push comically a pair of random pegasus, “You have wings, why don’t you fly?!” A bone chilling shriek suddenly muted all noise. “Twilight! Look!” Rainbow Dash called as she pointed to the highest point of the magical dome, where the most changelings were concentrated. The unicorn looked and her eyes widened in horror as she saw webs of cracks beginning to appear at one impact point after another from the Changelings. It took them one last, coordinated mass strike before completely shattering the force shield. The Mane 6 braced themselves against the accompanying earthquake and when it was finished, the changelings dived towards the crowd, their horn warming up before letting go a volley of yellow-green beams. “Look out!” a random guard cried before everyone threw themselves to the ground. “THUNDER REIGN!!” Dozens of blue colored lightning suddenly descended from the sky and zapped most of the changelings. “Princess Luna!” Twilight smiled, however puzzled at what kind of magic did she just use. “FEAR NOT, MY SUBJECTS!! FOR YOUR PRINCESS IS HERE!!” the Lunar Alicorn yelled in the Canterlot Royal voice, “SOLDIERS!! JOIN ME IN THE DEFENCE OF THE CITIZENS!!” “Yes, your highness!” a multitude of voices echoed before the sound of metal clashing against metal took place. An explosion took place, coming from the Canterlot Castle. The Mane 6 turned around and saw another dragon charging towards a black dot in the sky, made entirely of white fire. “Go! Go!” the lavender coated mare cried to her friends. The small group made it into the center of the city, forced to zigzag around the labyrinth of street evading the ‘dive-bombs changelings’. Suddenly, one of the enemies crashed before Twilight Sparkle, hissing at her. “GET OUT OF MY WAY!!” the mare roared as she reared up one of her hooves for a punch. Her horn suddenly flared and a glowing purple sphere formed instantly in her hoof. The Changeling crying in pain as the orb was slammed into its stomach, packing such strength that it sent him flying away towards the nearest building, where he ultimately lost consciousness, leaving a considerable crater behind him. Twilight gasped as she looked at her hoof in shock, recognizing the attack she just did as a Rasengan. “Twilight! What in hay was that?!” the Honest Earth Pony asked to her friend. “It doesn’t matter now! We need to keep moving!” Rarity reminded her friends. The ponies continued to rush across the city until they saw a familiar flight of steps. “Hurry up! We are almost there!” Twilight cried as they went up the stairs, “We are almost there! We are almost there!” “After all this dung, I’m gonna get so drunk tonight, like, way more than usual…” Applejack cried with a smile. “You drink?” Fluttershy asked her. “Yeah! It’s the Vault!” Rainbow Dash cried, pointing at a considerably far away golden building. “PARTY!” Pinkie cried with joy while bouncing up and down while still going upstairs, “PAR-“ Six pairs of eyes widened in shock as they saw about a hundred and half changelings smiling at them tauntingly as they stood in front of the doors leading to the Vault. “Dammit!” the lavender coated pony coated cried in annoyance. “It’s the fun police!” the Party Earth Pony added. “Looks like we’re gonna have to do this the hard way!” the cyan coated pegasus voiced as she banged her front hooves together before lunging forward, suddenly finding herself facing down an exact duplicate for herself. Suddenly, after a few test movements, the fake Rainbow landed a double-hood punch that sent the real one skidding across the bricks on her back. “How did you-“ she started before several front-line fighters transformed themselves into doppelgangers of her. “They’re changelings, remember?” Twilight told her as she stared wide-eyes at the others changeling, that started to mimic them, “Don’t let them distract you! We have to get to the Elements of Harmony! They’re Wataru’s and Equestria's only hope!” she added, ignorant to the share of smiles between Fluttershy and Rarity. She took a deep breath before standing up only in her hind hooves, “I hope it works!” she pleaded before closing her eyes and starting to focus, her horn staring to flare. The sound of thousand birds chirping reached her ears and she opened her eyes once again, the sight of many copies of her friends AND her friends jaw dropping as they saw her four hooves coated with purple lighting welcoming her. “Okay! Have at you!” she screamed before charging towards the changelings, her friends following behind. Wataru, the Kamijo vs. Relius, the God Tyrant! Suddenly, a ring of blue fire burst to life around the Reality Warper’s feet, drawing a shocked gasp from the tyrant. “You… are a Changeling?!” “You killed! You raped! You tortured! You spread famine on your own subjects! I don’t care if I turn myself into a Gary Sue or Marty Stu or whatever! But I have to do this! I WILL KILL YOU!! AND I WILL ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR ETERNAL AGONY!! EVEN IF IT MEANS MY DEATH. I!! WILL!! END YOU!! BEHOLD, RELIUS, YOUR KILLER!! WATARU KAMIJO, THE GOD OF THE SOUL!" NOW COME AT ME SO I CAN PASS ON MY JUDGEMENT, YOU BASTARD!!" “As you wish.” The tyrant voiced before charging at his foe. The Wheel of Fate is turning… Rebel One! BEGIN! Broadsword and sword clashed, orange sparks jumping everywhere as they fought for dominance over the other. “I will end you! I WILL END YOU!! I WILL END YOU!!” the human screamed with exaggerated eyes they looked at his enemy in a crazed manner, “DIE!!” A pillar of black fire exploded under Relius’ hooves, yet he jumped away at the last moment. “I beg to differ.” The tyrant deadpanned with a poker face. The human burst into an insane laughter as he held his head with one of his hands, another ring of fire, this one white, surrounding his feet. “Heavenly Fire Manipulation: Obsessive Dragon of the Heavenly Fire!” he laughed as the ring exploded into a pillar that shot towards the tyrant as it turned mid way into a giant dragon with azure fire-made eyes. The King, finding himself without room to counter, quickly flew and went through the last untouched window as Wataru laughed like an insane, “Yeah, run! I love the thrill of a good chase!” The tyrant turned around, his wings buzzing and started to slash with his broadsword the attack. However, he quickly found out that for every time he cut its head, it reformed instantly and charged back. “Relius… you’ll need to do better than that. Eheeheehehee!” the dragon chuckled darkly with Wataru’s voice moments before throw a tower of flame at the tyrant, which he evade partially if the fire in his hind hooves indicated anything. “Stupid child…” Relius sighed before his horn glowed red and some kind of water-like magic turned the fire burning him and the dragon into harmless steam. However, his eyes widened in shock as he realized that his body was frozen in midair. Looking under him, he saw some kind of dark red portal snaring him. “Come on over. Let’s play…” Wataru voiced from behind the steam before a dark red dragon head, attached to a chain of dark red/black energy, bite the tyrant on its right shoulder before being pulled within the cloud. Once his enemy was in proper reach, the Reality Warper let go of the chain, threw his sword and created out of thin air a pair of balisong-style butterfly knives before drawing the weapon’s blades out. “DIE-DIE-DIE-DIE-DIE!!” he screamed as he started to spin incredibly fast, attacking the tyrant mercilessly in a barrage of slashes before ultimately sending him crashing towards one of the castle’s walls thanks to stabbing his knives at the same time as the five serpents made of dark red energy surrounding him attacked. Distortion Finish! “Get up!” Kamijo… wins. “How… can you be so powerful?” the tyrant asked. “I think I told you to get the fuck up! I’m not over with you yet! Not by a long shot!” the teenager voiced with hate as he summoned two one handed blunt sword before they vanished with a light pink light. The tyrant slowly got up and summoned Merciless by his side. “You took me by surprise, I give you that. But your luck has run out now!” Rebel Two! Begin! “You are easy to be surprised. Reality’s Infernal Rapture!” the human roared before disappearing in a flicker. The Elements of Harmony versus the Changelings. The wheel of Fate is turning… Rebel One… FIGHT!! Twilight was the first one to land a hit, punching a Twilight Sparkle Changeling with one of her Chidori’s, the foe being hit in the chest. Instantly, a current of electricity ran through his body as its disguises faded, before ultimately landing on the ground, his body spasming like if he got hit by a taser. “I only need one hit at you!” Twilight cried before start to punch and kick Changelings. Meanwhile, Rarity was fighting by herself a fake Pinkie Pie, a fake Rainbow Dash and a fake Applejack by herself. “Some help here wouldn’t be bad, darlings!” she cried before evading a double kick from the Rarity changeling and countering with a punch of the jaw, sending it staggering back. Fluttershy looked in total panic at the three fakers closing in on her, and when they were on closing distance she quickly copied their fierce stare and started to punch the air as she turned away from them, the trio going past her, looking to have been successfully fooled by the act. The shy Pegasus, as soon as she was left alone, galloped away as fast as she could, however, she skidded to a stop before a quartet of Rainbows. Paralyzed, she could do nothing as the foes reared up, before suddenly one knocked the other three away without warning. “Stay with me, Fluttershy!” the true Rainbow Dash smiled at her reassuringly, the sound of punches, kicks and zaps sounding in the background, “I got you covered!” Fluttershy could only blush as she followed her savior. “Okay, I’ll guess that drink will have to wait!” Applejack sighed before throwing her lasso around one of her copies, bringing it towards her before kicking it towards a bunch of fake Fluttershy, knocking them out. Suddenly, she turned around and saw a bunch of Rarity jumping towards her before they got blasted away by a light blue magical blast. “Rarity!” the Earth Pony smiled at her friend, “How did you-“ “Do you truly believe that I like to pay the distress damsel? I have been… reading some books since that awful incident with the Diamond Dogs.” The Generous filly smiled at her friend. “First fight?” the honest pony asked. “First fight.” Her friend nodded “Don’t worry. First fight too.” Suddenly, about a dozen of fake Twilights and Pinkie Pie surrounded and approached them. “Enough chit-chat, Applejack! Let’s take care of these ruffians!” Rarity smiled. “Now WE are talking!” she chuckled before they charged. “Do me! Do me!” Pinkie Pie giggled as she hopped in place. The Changeling before her, disguised as Fluttershy, rolled her eye before a green fire covered her and now stood as Pinkie Pie, ending up on her hind legs and beaming from ear to ear. “Meh...” the Party Pony shrugged dismissively, “I’ve seen better.” And with a fast reach around her, she grabbed two one handed blunt swords and slammed them into the changeling’s head before charging to a dozen of another, knocking them down, evading attacks with totally random and disconcerting movements. “You are NOT coming to our victory party!” she cried as she jumped into a fake Rarity’s head and hit every nearby changeling with a 360° spin with her swords as the one under her fell to the ground. “Girls! Come here! I’m ending this!” suddenly Twilight called, her friends rushing to her side. Her horn started to flare. “Twilight! What are you doing?!” Rainbow Dash asked the six friends had their backs against back. “Wait! We need to be as near as we can!” the unicorn told her as the changelings approached them. “Twilight…” “Just a little more!” The changelings jumped towards them. “Twilight!” The lavender coated mare gave a loud roar as a burst of magic took place and hit every changeling around them, stripping them from their disguised and left knocked down. Changelings… lose. “Whoa…” Pinkie Pie gasped, “That was so awesome!” Twilight smiled tiredly, yet reassuringly at her friends, “Are… you girls… okay?” she panted. “I think so…” Fluttershy answered as she looked at all the defeated changelings. “What about you, darling?” “I just need a moment… to catch my breath.” “Um… sugarcube. I think you aren’t getting one.” Applejack said before pointing at the sky, “Look!” The group looked and her eyes widened as they saw a new horde flying towards them. “I can’t… move! You go ahead!” “Like hay we are doing that!” Rainbow Dash cried as she took her friend on her back and they charged towards the Vault. Applejack made it to the building first and opened the door with a double kick. “Oh… tarnation.” She cursed as they saw the waiting horde smiling at them. “What?! This isn’t fair!” A changeling near her quickly turned into a copy of Fluttershy, “Who said war was fair?” Rebel Two… Fight! Three Changelings suddenly charged towards the lavender coated mare, holding three spears in their hands. Wataru, the Kamijo vs. Relius, the God Tyrant! The tyrant was taken by surprise again as Wataru reappeared before him and delivered a sky-high kick with a pillar of black light that went through the ceiling, sending Relius flying into the ceiling. “I taunted you! So I got my heat gauge filled at One-Hundred, bastard!” the Reality Warper roared as Relius fell started to fell to the floor, “Reality’s Infernal Rapture!” Another sky-high kick was delivered to the tyrant moments before he touched the ground, this one connecting with his wings, which were crushed by the insane strength behind the attack. Relius was shot outside the castle and towards the ground, screaming in agony, yet he teleported at the last moment before touching the ground as to absorb the fall, landing in the middle of some plaza. “Cheater!” the teenager roared from the window, holding his one handed sword on his clawed hand. And he jumped from it. Moments after, the teenager landed on his feet with a disgusting cracking sound, but he shrugged it off and charged towards the Relius, colliding into another clash of swords. Suddenly, the teenager coughed blood. “No!” he screamed in terror as he jumped away from the tyrant, slightly confused from the sudden outburst of his foe. “A fool… like all of my previous enemies.” He voiced before throwing at Wataru with his magic Merciless. ‘It’s either me! Or Twilight!’ the teenager’s eyes widened in realization, “Twi-!” Time slowed down until it fully stopped, Merciless being only inches away from his face. Twilight Sparkle’s PoV. What? What happened? … I was… about to get killed by those Changelings and then… everything faded into… grey and purple… And now I’m surrounded by darkness… again. “Miss Sparkle…” Is that voice! Suddenly, I heard the sound of a door open coming from behind me, and when I turned around I saw an earth pony. He had a steel blue coat, a dark brown mane and small silver streaks, and was wearing a blue-gray business suit, a purple tie and a dark business pack lied on his back. I don’t know how, but… it was like if there was some light coming out of nowhere that only illuminated him and nothing else. “Who are you?” I asked, unable to hold myself back any longer, “Do you know where I am?” “Um…?” the man voiced confused before turning towards me and… I looked into his eyes. My whole body started to shake in fear and I felt a chill running down my back as I looked into those monstrous pale green eyes. I could see it. This wasn’t a pony. It was something disguised as a pony. I could see it on his eyes. My own eyes, reflected on his, revealing my absolute terror! He smiled. But he didn’t smile at me. He smiled at the terror I was feeling. My body was… paralyzed in fear. The very act of breathing seemed impossible. “What… are you?” I asked clearly as I looked at him. “So, Miss Twilight Sparkle, we meet at last. And as to answer your question I have no… particular name, but most refer to me as a Government Agent…” the… ‘G-Pony’ said with a deep and slithering voice, “Your… friend is quite powerful indeed. He has a far more potential than I had by the times I obtained my powers, however I have more experience on the subject. In the end, taking down the… one thousand… and seven hundred and fifty metaphysical protective layers he has… erected around your time and space was nothing but a mere child’s play…” Wh-What is he talking about? “However… I admit I was twice as… old as he currently is when I was able to create such number.” The… the way he speaks… it’s all wrong. Emphasis on the wrong words, gaps between words were there shouldn’t be and yet… he says each word so exactly… What in the bloody hay is this?! With a blinding flash, I found myself in the middle of my old library in the tower I was given after I became Celestia’s student, everything exactly how I had left it after moving permanently to Ponyville. “However… I am not here to talk about Misster Kamijo, Miss Sparkle… I came here to talk about you. You’ll see… my employers have… agreed that in your current state, you and your friends won’t be able to… survive the upcoming journey.” “So they authorized me to take the liberty of… firing the Harvesters assigned to you and your friends,” Harvesters? Wait… are there two books in one of the shelves behind him? I thought I had taken every book with me when-Wait, I don’t recognize them. “As well as the power to… intervene directly for this single time.” He added as he reached behind him and opened the business pack and drew something from inside it: the box that held the Elements of Harmony within. “You are a Reality Warper as well…” I commented in shock as I looked at the golden box in shock and then at the G-Pony. “The Elements of Harmony…” he started once he rested them over the main table and looked at them in curiosity, “A force strong enough to neutralize the Nosferatu Alucard and to match only the Demi-Fiend, or the Azure…” he smiled darkly before turning towards me, his eyes glowing menacingly, “…Ironic, isn’t it?” “What is ironic?” I asked with difficulty as I felt that lump starting to form in my throat once again. Third Person’s PoV. “Twilight!” Rainbow Dash cried as she tried to slap her lavender coated friend awake, “Twilight! Wake up!” The mare blinked in surprise a few times before taking one of her hooves to her face. “OW! Rainbow Dash, what the hell?!” she cried at her friend before she felt a cold metal rubbing her face. “Huh?” She looked at her hooves and realized she was wearing some metal made gauntlet boots. They were black colored, maybe made of obsidian, secretly this being Twilight’s favorite metal, and one of them had some kind of red dragon eye-like orb on it. “What is wrong with you?” Rainbow Dash asked her worried, “Now is not exactly the best moment to go daydreaming, you know? And where did you get the boots? They are awesome.” Twilight looked around the room and her eyes widened as she saw the walls were covered in blood. “What… What happened?” “We don’t know, sugarcube.” Applejack suddenly jumped in, “In a moment, they were jumping at you and the next they simply… exploded. No organs or bones… just blood.” “It was horrible…” Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie voiced at the same time, and Twilight realized she and her friends were covered in blood. “And you know what’s the worst part of it? My coat! I mean, it IS horrible that they are dead yet they were about to hurt us or even worse, but it is unnerving how the dark red fits my coat so… perfectly!” “The Elements!” the lavender coated unicorn suddenly gasped as she ran towards the door, her boots making no sound. Twilight Sparkled slammed the door open with her magic, revealing in rightful place over the stone pedestal the golden box holding within the legendary Elements of Harmony. “You know darling?” Rarity started as Twilight opened the box and threw the jewelry to her friends as she put on her crown, “This is the second time something like this happens to us. I think we should keep the Elements with us all the time.” “Yeah, besides my Element just begs to be wore by its rightful owner, me, more frequently...” Rainbow Dash voiced smugly as she put on her necklace. “Okay… necklace, necklace, necklace, necklace, necklace, big crown thingy. We are ready to go!” “Twilight…” “Yes, Fluttershy?” “What if the Elements do not work?” “Why wouldn’t they?” “I don’t know… but what if they don’t? How are we going to stop the Changeling King?” Twilight looked at her friend before sighing sadly, oblivious to the orb in one of her hooves glowing faintly, “If worse comes to worse... then we’ll have to kill him.” She answered with a solemn voice and look as her horn flared purple and they were gone. Wataru, the Kamijo vs. Relius, the God Tyrant! "-light!" Time started to work again, and Wataru could only move to let the weapon hit him in the chest rather than his head. “Die.” Relius whispered with a smug smirk before a current of red electricity ran through the teenager’s body, making him to scream in agony. Wataru felt to the floor, almost dead, blood following out of his chest like a river. “I’m not over with you yet…” The tyrant voiced in a mocking tone before removing with his magic the sword from Wataru’s chest, “Not by a long shot.” He slammed the sword again, this time in his stomach, and he raised him on the air. However, Wataru didn’t mutter even a grunt of pain, he just…chuckled. “What? Can’t… you do better?” he asked as he smiled knowingly. The tyrant looked at him with narrowed hateful eyes before taking out the sword and slamming it again. “Huh… it seems like… you can’t.” the Reality Warper sighed boredly as he shook his head in disappointment. “Why won’t you die!?” the tyrant roared crazed as the saw in the sword’s edge burst to life and he started to slam the sword over and over and over again in a frenzy, more and more drops of blood jumping into his coat. Distortion Finish! “Because… it’s fun to see… you going insane… It doesn’t matter how… many times you do it… the look on the victims’ face never… bores me…” the teenager commented, pausing every time the sword was slammed into his body and tore his insides. A purple light suddenly flashed near the fighters, making them turn around. Wataru’s eyes widened as he looked at the Mane 6, covered in blood, their eyes filled with horror as they looked at him. “No…” Twilight voiced as she felt to her knees. “Oh my goodness!” “It can’t be…” “Wataru?” Pinkie Pie asked at him, her hair deflating instantly. “You… monster!” Rainbow Dash cried, the Necklace of Loyalty glowing brightly for a moment, before she took fly and charged at the tyrant, going instantly into a Sonic Rainboom. “I will kill you!” Relius sighed as he raised Merciless and put it between him and Rainbow Dash in an instant. The pegasus crashed against a red shield that formed around the sword before being thrown back towards her friends. “Stupid ponies… you don’t have what it takes to kill somepony.” Relius voiced as he looked at the Mane 6 down in contempt, “You are too innocent to take a life. That’s why your kingdom has fallen before us. Your princesses believe so strongly in the illusion of ‘Love and Tolerance’ and that ‘Every life is precious’ that they have ignored the reality of the world, and I am the prize for such sin. I came here to judge your foolishness and to end it once and for all! All of Equestria will be nothing but fire, and every single book mentioning you shall feed it! The world shall forget that there was such a foolish thing as Love, and I shall rule over all!” “Relius…” Twilight voiced with growing anger, “I will never… I will never… I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!” she roared as she stood up on her hind hooves. “You won’t forgive me? Like a give a buck!” the tyrant snorted smugly. “Twilight! What are you doing?” “I don’t know and I don’t care! Just make sure to take Wataru away from him!” she screamed as she raised her right front hoof, showing her gauntlet/boot and the red dragon eye glowed fiercely, “Restriction 666 released…” Wataru’s eyes widened in shock as he looked at the orb opening revealing now but darkness inside it before a red light burst from it, “The… BlazBlue?” “Dimensional Interruption Imaginary Number Formed.” Black lighting and blue mist started to come out of the gauntlet/boot, Twilight’s fangs growing larger, “Azure Grimoire… activated!” The Cutie Mark of the bearer of the Element of Magic flashed in front of the mare. “I’m going to Love and Tolerate… THE SHIT OUT OF YOU” Twilight cried as her mane turned into fire. Twilight Sparkle, the Element of Magic vs. Relius, the God Tyrant! Rebel One! Begin! Twilight’s horn flared wildly before a laser shot out of it. “Whoa!” Relius cried as he shielded himself, “You don’t want to hurt any longer your little human, now do you?” he asked with a smug grin as he rested its end against the teenager’s throat.. “No… I want to hurt YOU.” The mare replied calmly before dozens of spears made entirely of purple and pure magic formed by her side, “Now, dodge this.” she smirked darkly before said spears shot towards the tyrant. “Shit.” Merciless was raised again, and shielded his wielder as he fabrication clashed against it. “Girls! I don’t know how long I can keep going like this! You need to get Wataru out of there or might really die!” Twilight told her friends as more and more spears formed around her and kept charging at Relius, “I know you can’t get close as long as Relius is there so I’m going to distract him!” the spears suddenly circled around the sword before going after their true target. “Son of a-“ the tyrant voiced before being forced to teleport away and appearing behind Twilight, swinging his massive sword, “-BITCH!!” “Now!” Twilight cried as she blocked Merciless with her very boots. Meanwhile, the remaining mares started to run towards his dying friend. “I can’t believe this!” Applejack gasped as she looked at the human once she was next to him, holding back the feeling of throwing up her lunch, “How can a human suffer such punishment?!” “I… have… the Buddha Mode … On…” the teenager chuckled before coughing a bit of blood, “I… need to help… Twilight!” “Wataru! You are still conscious!? How-“ “I… suffered worse than this… Try to survive… a heated up knife going through your heart… I still wonder how they saved me…” he explained as he tried to sit up yet failed. “Don’t move! Don’t you realized how wounded you are?!” “I do but… I still have… One Health Point!” Wataru cried as he stood up, and looked at Twilight; “I can still go on…” a blue card appeared before his face and he smirked, “MUGEN IZANAGI! SALVATION!” The human-like creature suddenly appeared before him before pointing at him with one of his fingers, which was glowing green. The same glow came from Wataru’s body and the mares dropped their jaws as they saw his wounds healing progressively until not even a scar could be told from the hole in the rags that used to be clothes. Pinkie Pie’s hair suddenly exploded back to its usual and she jumped at the human and smiled, “Wataru! You are okay!” The teenager chuckled warmly, “Of course I am okay, Pinkie! Even if I were to die, I would return… Hey, once we’re back in Ponyville. Do you mind throwing a party?” “Me? Minding about throwing parties? Of course not! What is the theme?” “The theme is ‘We stopped Relius’ party… however, I think is more like it will be a funeral so yeah… only I have fun in the funeral of people I hate…I make them look bad and stuff…” The teenager smiled before letting the mare go and walking slowly, his clothes slowly regenerating from the damage they suffered yet still stained in blood, “Now, if you excuse me… I got to make sure that our… host is presentable for the party, um?” “Don’t die… Wataru.” Fluttershy pleaded to him. “You know… I’m gonna build a mansion. Made of ice or diamond or something just as flashy … let’s do the party there. Anyways, as soon as Luna is here, join us.” He added before charging towards Relius in a flicker. “What?” Twilight cried in pain as she was thrown away, her mane no longer in fire, the dragon eye closing, and a big gash running down her chest, however rather than hitting a building, her hit was absorbed by a pair of… arms. “Wataru!” she gasped as she looked in the face at the Reality Warper, “But I thought you-“ “I got better. How are you feeling?” “I feel… hungry by some reason.” The teenager looked at her with worry, his Genjitsuseigan flaring for moment before he sighed tiredly, “Seriously? You got the BlazBlue and that? Dammit, what is wrong with the world? I bet God is not in Heaven anymore…” “What are you talking about?” “Explanations later.” The Reality Warper suddenly cut her down, “I tried to fight with anger, failed. You tried to fight to protect, failed too. Wanna try with the power of friendship, insanity and music?” “Are you insane?” “You know the-“ “DIE!!” Wataru quickly jumped away from where he stood with Twilight, just in time to evade the fate of ending crushed against the ground. “Give me a sec.” Wataru smiled at the mare in his arms as he let her down in the floor before turning against Relius and vanishing in a flicker, “Reality’s Infernal Rapture! Slow!” Wataru appeared right under Relius and delivered another sky-high kick with a pillar of white fire, sending his target flying away once again, however, this time Relius fell almost on slow motion, before turning towards Twilight once more and sighing, “Where I was again? Oh, yeah…” he raised his left hand and looked at his empty wrist, “Vinyl and Octavia must reach this place in three… two… one.” “Wataru!” Suddenly two familiar voices called. “Vinyl?! Octavia!? What in bloody Tartarus are you- You should take shelter.” Twilight asked to the duo as they stopped before them, panting for breathe. “We… got everything ready, pal. It… took a while to get the guards until… Princess Luna had to intervene… pal.” “Yup!” Wataru nodded, “Luna and Spike must be here in four… three-“ A light blue lightning took place and there the Lunar Princess stood, behind her a box filled with instruments and a few Solar and Lunar guards and Spike as well. “Wataru!” one of them greeted the human with joy. “Is everypony ready?” the Reality Warper asked as he took from the box a pair of black and dark red headphone with a microphone incorporated and put them over Spike’s head, the remaining Elements of Harmony joining the group. “Could someone, please, explain what is taking place here?!” Rarity whined lightly. “Oh, Oh! Let me guess! Wataru knew of the Changeling attack all along, and he couldn’t tell anyone who had a key role on it, us and Princess Celestia, so he told anyone who didn’t have a role originally, Princess Luna and Vinyl and Octavia and Spiky here!” “Well done, Pinkie!” Wataru smiled as he looked over his shoulder and saw Relius still starting to fall, “Okay, we still have time so a little explaining won’t hurt. Twilight, you are fighting with me ad when the music starts, you shall feel a small rush of something like adrenaline. Anyways, Spike, remember the song I taught you?” he was answered with a nod, “Perfect. You are singing it.” “But! My voice is not that good, Wataru!” Wataru suddenly kneeled and touched the dragon’s throat briefly before nodding at him. “Dealt. Pinkie, Luna and Rainbow Dash are playing the guitar. If you can’t follow Dashie, then let Pinkie do the most part, same for you Luna.” “Okey dokey lokey!” “Do not underestimate me, Wataru!” “Agreed.” “Fluttershy…” “Eep!” “When I instruct you, you will sing another song that it is crucial for you to sing it or else we might not defeat Relius. Can you do it?” “I will do my best!” “Thanks… everypony else! Do whatever the hell you are feeling like doing! The song shall be downloaded in your brain so you shall know what to do, ‘key keyhole doorknob door okay?” Relius’s fall suddenly went to normal speed and he teleported, once again, to absorb the fall. “Do you think you will stop me with numbers? Fools! All of you!” “My little ponies! Let’s rock the shit out of this boss!” Wataru cried as he pointed at the sky, “Are you with me?!” Many cheers of agreement suddenly echoed around them. Twilight and Relius, confused, looked at the building and saw dozens of guards looking at them all from the edges of the building’s rooftop. Twilight turned back at the human with shock and saw him smiling cheerfully. Cheerful insanity, to be exact. She felt his emotions embracing her and she smiled, as confidence washed over her. Relius wasn’t going to stand a chance. “Then let’s go Rebel Finale!! Begin!” Pinkie nodded and started to play her instrument, Luna and Rainbow Dash following suit. Just like Wataru told her, Twilight suddenly felt something running down her body. Several beautiful memories of the times she spent with her friends replayed in her mind and the feelings coming from them covered her body. “What is this?” “This? Is the faith of everypony in the world… the faith that they have in us, for they know we’re are to defeat Relius and save Canterlot, no, all of Equestria. Now… activate once again your Azure Grimoire, Twi!” “Restriction 666 released… Dimensional Interruption Imaginary Number Formed! Azure Grimoire, activate!” The feelings grew stronger and stronger as she said those sentences and when she was over she felt… confident and excited. Everypony counted on her! They were going to win this! “Let’s do this, Wataru!” she cried at his partner. “It’s time to get BAKING!” Wataru laughed as they charged. Twilight Sparkle, the Goddess of The Azure and Wataru Kamijo, the God of Reality vs. Relius, the God Tyrant! The sound of crystal shattering echoed in the background. “Everything was broken here without a trace! …Holy guacamole! I sing awesomely!” “Spike! Do not trail off, will ya?” Wataru cried at him from afar. “Sorry… You can never go back to the past!” “Now!” The guards in the rooftop threw their spears and they formed some kind of circle around the tyrant and his fighter before giving of a rainbow of colors, creating a white force shield. “Nobody knows… so why are you breathing?” “You are not escaping of this!” Wataru cried, “All of this combined magic is so strong that you can’t teleport out of here!” “Really?” Twilight asked him surprised. “Indeed… I made sure of it.” “Why are you living in the pain and the grief of losing more?” “THEN I WILL KILL YOU!! AND THEN THE MARE!! AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL BURN!! BURN!! BURN!! BURN!! BURN!! BURN!!” “Lose it! Lose it! Lose it! Lose it! You know it.” Wataru, with a confident smile on his lips, charged as he created a scythe made entirely of obsidian and threw it to Twilight, “Catch!” “Go! Get rage! Get rage!” The mare, shocked, stood up once again in her hindhooves and caught the scythe before she charged as well. “Just get rage damn it!” “DIE!!” Relius cried as he swung his sword at Wataru. “All or nothing now you must change the world…” The teenager jumped over it before he delivered another spinning kick at the tyrant. “You must do it!” Twilight quickly closed her distance between her target and swung her scythe at it, stabbing him in one of his side. “Deep inside, you will rage, alone in the world!” The changeling cried in pain before grabbing Twilight, the scythe, and Wataru with his magic and throwing them away against the shield, the wound recently inflicted to him healing quickly. “Believe!” “Wataru! Twilight! He is Level 15 and can regenerate every five seconds a total twenty-five wounds when at 50%! You need to last until the minute 2 and second 20 of the song in order to have the cut scene to the True Ending! It’s a timed fight! Oh, and make him go 100% too!” Pinkie Pie cried as she slammed her hooves against the force shield, holding in one of her hooves a book, the title reading ‘Darkness of Our Hearts, FAQ/Walkthrough by thenamelessauthor’. “In what you know is true!” “What!?” “Got it!” The battle duo quickly regained their foot and charged towards the King, Twilight shot at him magic lasers. “'Cause you believe it's brave!” Relius smirked as he blocked every blast with his sword; however his eyes widened as he realized his mistake and covered one of his sides, blocking one of those nasty dragon head hooks. “Twist of fate!” “Come on over let’s play!” Wataru laughed as he lashed with a chain, grabbed onto the tyrant from his throat and pulled him in. Everypony but Spike, who was very focused into singing properly, looked in shock as they saw the King flying towards the Reality Warper, who once his target was near enough, he started to spin, a whirlwind of steel slicing the tyrant’s body apart before striking the final blow of the attack, piercing his heart at the magic made snakes lunged at him at the same time, “Eternal Coils of the Dragon Serpent!” The tyrant was thrown into his back; however, before he could touch the floor, he was stabbed in the middle of his back by a scythe, which, mind you, went through his chest as well. “Even though it's colder than death!” “They will never find your body! Chidori Current!” Twilight screamed as her horn flared and from her boots and current of purple electricity went down the scythe and electrocuted the tyrant, making him scream in agony. “YOU’LL! Break everything!” The lavender coated mare quickly removed the scythe and pushed on his feet its victim with it. “Let darkness consume you!” Wataru roared as he snatched Relius by the head and lifted him up over his head, his right hand dark and massive. “So everything broken is brave!” “SHATTER!!” he finished before crushing him as Twilight’s Azure sucked away his life and the Reality Warper bombarded him with dark tendrils and when finished, throwing him against the force shield. “Minute First! Second Fifteenth! Keep going!” Pinkie cried as she pointed at the watch that now rested in her left hoof. “Only twenty seconds!? Buck!” “I will bless you! With my true power, you commoners! The power of Love that I have been fed with by decades!” Relius roared as a red magical aura suddenly burst from his body, the air and gravity growing heavier in an instant, “Try to stop me now!” he screamed as he spread his hooves before going into an insane laugher. “Just bloody shut up already! Lucifer! Morning Star!” A giant orb made of white and golden energy suddenly descended over the tyrant, before trapping him inside. “Katsu!” an unfamiliar voice screamed. Relius’ girlish scream tempted everypony to laugh as the orb exploded into a blast of energy. Wataru, speechless, turned towards sight and looked at the mare panting lightly as a golden mist surrounding her faded and a pale skinned female angel with two white horns coming from his forehead, light blue eyes, gold and long hair that went past her knees, a warm and confident smile on her lips, spreading magnificently her six wings, three being black and three being golden, her feminine parts covered with a long silk that spiraled around her body hovered besides her with one of his arms aimed at the tyrant. “Thou art I… And I art Thou… From the sea of thy soul I riseth! My name is Lucifer… The Morning Star… It thou wouldst defy injustice and deceit… My power is thine, Twilight Sparkle!” the Morning Star cried before vanishing into a burst of golden fire. “So… in a nutshell, a bookworm, lavender coated unicorn now wields the demonic powers of the King of Hell itself…” Wataru commented, making it sound casual somehow, before looking at said unicorn with a kind smile, “We are so having a date after this…” On the other side of the shield, everypony face hoofed at that, “Yeah, really romantic, Wataru. It is good to know there are still modals and discretion in Eques-“ “I’m looking forward for it, Wataru.” Twilight blushed at the teenager with a smile. “Those two. Have not. The slightest idea. Of what romanticism is!” Rarity cried as he threw her front hooves helplessly. “Now! Let’s keep going!” “Right!” “Everything was broken here without a trace! You can never go back to the past!” The ‘surely-they-are-gonna-be-an’ item charged towards the tyrant, however their movements, as they approached him, progressively slowed down. “Nobody knows… so why are you breathing?” “Foals!” The king roared before his horn flared and dozens of beams shot towards the fighters. “Dammit!” Wataru grunted as he pushed himself and shielded Twilight with his body. “Why are you living in the pain and the grief of losing more?!” The beams hit him in the back and he grunted in pain. “Wataru! Twilight! Minute First! Second Forty-Fifth! When he is at 100% of power, he has a passive skill that slows down anyone that is standing inside his invisible field! Only Personas are immune to it! You need to send your Persona!” Pinkie cried at them. “Right! Mugen Izanagi!” Wataru voiced as “Lose it! Lose it! Lose it! Lose it! You know it.” “Lucifer!” “Go! Get rage! Get rage!” The personas quickly appeared besides their owner before charging at Relius. “Just get rage damn it!” “Fire Manipulation! Condensed Fire Blast!” Wataru commanded, Mugen Izanagi pointing at Relius with one of his claws and a thin line of fire shot from there, instantly piercing one of the tyrant’s shoulder, making him scream. “Megido” A purple colored orb suddenly appeared in front of the tyrant’s face as soon as Twilight uttered those words and it detonated instantly into an almighty explosion of a relatively small scales. “All or nothing now you must change the world…” “Stick to physical attacks, Izanagi!” “You too, Lucifer!” “You must do it!” The Ruler of Infinity quickly removed the Masamune from his shoulder and started to send cutting shockwaves from his swords at his foe as the Morning Star grabbed Relius from the neck and started slapping and punching the Tyrant God’s face mercilessly as she used him as a shield from Izanagi’s shockwaves. “Deep inside, you will rage, alone in the world!” Believe! In what you know is true! 'Cause you believe it's brave!” There was a burst of magical red energy, and the Persona were thrown away by a shockwave coming from Relius. “DIE!! WHATEVER YOU ARE!!” the tyrant roared as from his horn shot dozens of lazers that together formed a dome that trapped the personas inside. “Twist of fate!” “Xemnas Infamous Deathly Dome of Death Attack!” Wataru gasped. Two walls, one in front of Izanagi and Lucifer and then other in front of Relius raised from the ground. “Even though it's colder than death!” The lasers quickly closed towards the Persona and Lucifer grabbed Izanagi by his wrist as the latter aimed with his left hand at the wall before them. A blue portal formed in it, as an orange one, leading to inside the dome, formed bin the wall that was in front of the tyrant. “I’m thinking…” Izanagi started as he and Lucifer vanished in a mix of blue and golden fire. “YOU’LL! Break everything!” “…WITH PORTALS!!” Wataru finished as the lasers went through the blue portal and hit a shocked Relius as they came out of the orange one, sending him flying towards the shield, where he was impaled into by them. “So everything broken is brave!” “2.20! 2.20! 2.20!” Pinkie Pie cried as she pointed frantically at her watch. “Ha! Foals! This might have fooled and harmed me but I will heal this!” Relius laughed. “2.21!” “Go! Down!” “Shining! Now!” a voice cried as from behind Relius a white, purple and light blue blast of magic hit the tyrant in the back, making him scream! “With. Darkness. Now. You can feel it!” Wataru and Twilight looked behind and looked at Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, the tip of their horns together and giving off some smoke, like when a gun has been just shot, a smug grin in their lips. “You can finish him now! He can’t regenerate any longer, his health is under 35% and the invisible field is out of commision!” “WHAT?!” Relius asked in shock as he looked at his wounds. They weren’t healing! “Out. Of. Control!” “How!? How did you know how to do that?! And how did that spell went through the force shield?” “So. Fly. Into…” Pinkie grinned at him, “All there is in the manual!” “…A rage!” Luna and Rainbow Dash went into the bridge of the song and Twilight and Wataru charged at Relius. “Everypony! Stop! ‘Shy! Now!” Wataru cried as a microphone hovered in front of the Kind Pegasus. There was a sudden change of music, despite the fact that everypony that has been playing their respective instruments didn’t continue, however Twilight didn’t know how but she suddenly knew what to say or do. She stopped before Relius and slashed from down and going up the face of the tyrant with her scythe, slashing a vertical cut. “Um… Sabiyuku ENGAGE, karamaru INFINTY [A rustling engage, a race to infinity,] Mayoikomu ao no RAGNAROK de [In the ragnarok of the blue, which has lost its way…]” “Black Onslaught!” Twilight cried as she started to slash Relius repeatedly, big parts of the tyrant’s soul being ripped from him and diving into Twilight’s Azure Grimoire. “Dore dake ken o furueru? […How long will the sword be swung?] Tamashii o yuzurazu ni [The spirit will not surrender.]” “Black Zagam! Nightmare Rage!” Twilight continued as Wataru charged and jumped behind her. “Urei no MONOCHROME [Distressed monochrome,] Deguchi no nai sora e, [go towards the sky with no exit,] konton ga furisosogu haruka e [towards the far-off, where chaos is raining down incessantly.]” Twilight threw her side upwards and Wataru caught it in midair as he jumped above her and landed before Relius. “Sore demo maiagareru ka? [Even then will you still fly high?]” “Destruction!” the teenager roared as he stabbed Relius into his stomach with the end of the scyther and the tyrant disintegrated into ashes despite not being burnt. “Kotae to hikikaeru wa… [To answer you must redeem...]” There was a long pause before Wataru raised his right arm and looked at his wrist, while Twilight turned around and looked at her feet, the shadow of a black wing flickering briefly before fading away as fast as it took place, the force shield surrounding them fading away as well. “And stay down…” “I’m sorry… there was no other way around.” “Mirai… eep! [The future… eep!]” Wataru chuckled tiredly before Twilight’s Azure Grimoire ‘closed’ and the mare felt to the floor. “Twilight! I…” Wataru gasped before falling to the floor as well. “Twilight!” “Twi!” “Twilie!” “Wataru!” The group of ponies soon ran after their friends with worry. “Good…” Luna smiled to herself as her horn stopped glowing and the glow surrounding Wataru and Twilight faded too, “They are just exhausted… But we should take them to the hospital anyways, just to be safe.” Shining Armor looked at the floor ashamed, “Dammit! She tried to warm me and I didn’t hear! And I screamed at her! And now she is going to the hospital! All of this is my fault!” “Not your fault only! We didn’t hear Wataru either! He warned us about something being off, and we just dismissed it as nothing but he sticking to Twilight just because he liked her…” “Wataru likes Twilight!?” Shining asked in shock. “Applejack!” “Oh, nelly.” Shining Armor looked somewhat angry at the human for a moment, however his eyes relaxed as he looked at his right hand. It seemed that Wataru had tried to reach Twilight moments before falling asleep as well, for his hand was obviously reaching for the unicorn’s hoof- “You know… after what I see. I believe that Twilight might like him as well.” Cadence told him with a smile. “And she was by your side always…” Shining looked at his fiancé slightly taken aback. “I will support Wataru here… so, shall you support Twilight?” Shining bit his under lips in stress before smiling at his fiancé. “Yeah…” He nodded as his horn shone for a moment and a light blue aura covered Wataru’s hand, that reached properly for Twilight’s hoof and held it, “It’s the least I can do. As long as they love each other… I will support them.” Everypony, including the guards, ‘Daw-ed’ at that, however they were cut down. “Um… excuse me… but shouldn’t we take them to the hospital already? …If that’s okay with you all of course…” Fluttershy asked confused. Everyone exchanged a concerned look before starting to rush around.