//------------------------------// // Chapter 12: Our Names And Our Story In This Universe // Story: Your Name Across The Multiverse // by DATONETWIxDASHFAN //------------------------------// Everyone was walking down the ruined streets while following Nightfall and Sky, who were holding wings as Sky started to speak about their past. Sky turned her head back to the gang, with her pink eyes glowing blue, showing them a memory. "It starts with me and the Final Harmony Project." "Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, two regal sisters ruled together and created harmony for all the land. The two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies and creatures. However, as time passed, the younger sister became resentful toward her older sister, but it wasn't just her. The younger sister followed as well and left the kingdom with her. Soon, they founded a kingdom of their own. There was peace between the two kingdoms, but the younger sister had the upper hand. The kingdom of the night was much more powerful than the kingdom of the day, and the older sister knew something must be done. She declared war on her younger sister. And so began the battle between the Alicorn sisters, Celestia and Luna, and the two sisters were equally matched. So, to end the war, Celestia created a project called "The Final Harmony Project." Using the Elements of Harmony, fuse the orbs with soldiers, creating super soldiers. The orbs could make anyone super strong by allowing them to use magic, and the orbs had unlimited magical energy. The project failed, with each element being the host and scattering. The only ones left were the elements of loyalty and magic. I don't remember my life before, but I remember being young, selected for the project, and being the only one to survive." Sky was in so much pain and was struggling to hold on as an element of loyalty was creeping inside of her chest. She could barely see the mages. Her vision was blurry. "Sky?" said a strong female voice. Sky could barely look up and see a strong yellow pegasus soldier before her. The soldier looked back at her, worried until she turned to Celestia, who was looming over everyone. "My princess, it looks like the element is rejecting her body. It looks like it's fusing with her," said the soldier as the mages cheered that they had found a perfect host. "Good, I want you to train her commander, Spitfire. Make sure she's the best." smiled Celestia. "Yes, my princess." saluted the commander. The sky was getting ready to lose consciousness, but I could see the commander, who had an orange mane and tail with a light orange streak. She looked worried as if she knew her. "My name is Commander Spitfire, and I'll be training you," smiled the commander as Sky nodded. ("Commander Spitfire took me under her wings, teaching me everything and helping me with the new power. She was like a big sister to me. Even though I had a feeling she had a crush on me," giggled Sky, but stopped as Nightfall was giving her a look.) The sky was training with the new power and learning everything she could; she could do everything a unicorn could do, like teleport, summon items, heal, and other things, all thanks to the elementElementalty. "Good. Now try the magic spell to teleport to my location." smiled Spitfire, who was wearing sunglasses and a blue jacket and sitting on a bench looking up. "I hope this works," Sky thought. Her chest started to glow, and her vision was black, but she saw a flash and stood beside her commander. "That's not bad. Now let's test out your flight skills," Spitfire smiled as she removed her glasses. "Right." smiled Sky. Sky was flying and having fun as she was racing her teacher, who was losing. "Haha, can't you keep up?" smiled Sky. "You'll see," smiled Spitfire, who was ahead and speeding up fast. "Cheater!" Sky smiled as she did the same, and soon, the two were neck and neck. "This is awesome!" cheered Sky "Yeah," smiled Spitfire. The two were racing each other until Spitfire flew in front and attacked her. "What!" thought Sky as she dodged. She saw her commander looking serious, and she went on the attack, which Sky blocked. "Come on, you can do better," smiled Spitfire, as the two were having an epic air fight and blocking each other's attacks. "What is going on?" thought Sky. "You know, I was hoping this would be easy and I would take you down without a problem, but I'm wrong. You're a lot stronger than you look. I'm impressed," Spitfire smiled. Sky couldn't reply right away, as she was trying to block the attacks and dodge. "Why are you doing this!" yelled Sky as she used her magic and was ready to hit her. Spitfire stopped and spoke, "Good, use your magic in an air fight. I didn't know why you didn't use it from the start. You are more powerful than any pegasus knight in this or any other kingdom! Think, Sky, think!" "Right," nodded Sky. She started using her magic to fight Spitfire, who was blocking them with her wings. "Good. Now I'm going all out!" shouted Spitfire as she rose her hoof and lowered it, and soon storms of magical arrows fired from behind her, and she was heading towards Sky. "Oh crap," thought Sky, as she didn't have time to teleport, so she raised her arms and thought hard, thinking of blocking all the arrows. Spitfire could see a rainbow aura around Sky, and soon she saw a rainbow barrier around her. All the magical arrows bounce off. "Wow," smiled Spitfire. Sky opened her eyes, saw she was fine, and created another rainbow barrier. She smirked and dashed toward Spitfire, who ordered another wave of arrows from the mages on the training ground wall. Sky kept using the barrier and blocking all the arrows until she was right before her. Then, she kicked her in the gut, sending her flying and landing hard on her back. "Spitfire!" cried Sky as she flew toward her, landing and looking over her. "...damn, what a blitz!" coughed Spitfire, trying to stand. "Spitfire, sorry!" said Sky, holding her and looking sad. "Don't give me that face. I told you to go all out," Spitfire smiled. Well done; you are ready, Blitz." "Blitz?" asked Sky. "Your code name," smirked Spitfire. (I was alone as I flew towards the kingdom of the night after fighting our way there. The others were still fighting. I noticed something was wrong when I got there. There was no army protecting the kingdom's walls or sky; I saw no life at all. Just a black slime, as it was covering the streets and coming from the castle. I hurried to the castle, and something came out, and we were face-to-face.) "What the heck are you?" asked Sky as she stared at the melting monster, covered in black slime. The monster roared and launched itself at her, which she dodged and was ready for until it started to change shape. The slime changed its form, which was Princess Luna. "Luna?" Sky asked, surprised as she saw her melting and screaming. It was a horrible sight, and the slime was spreading itself, trying to increase her size. It was a nightmare made real as Luna's body started to break down, becoming slimy and melting. Soon, she started to attack her, trying to eat her. "Damn it, what is that thing?" thought Sky, dodging the attacks until a slime claw hit her hard and sent her flying and crashing into the street, breaking it. "Argh!" growled Sky as she quickly got up and saw the Nightmare approaching her. She had no time to use her teleportation, was struck by a slime arm, and crashed into a building. "This thing is really annoying!" thought Sky as she quickly got out and saw the Nightmare was gone. Then, she heard a scream as she noticed Luna, or Nightmare, flying toward her. The creature was heading straight to her. Sky had no choice but to use the elementElementalty, her magic, and fly. She shot lasers from her magic, flying and dodging the monster's claws until she noticed the creatures were getting closer. As she flew to the sky, the beast followed. "What is that thing!" yelled Sky. Sky flew up high, which the monster followed, and once she was high enough, she saw the beast was still coming after her. "THE NIGHT VEIL SHALL DOMINATE THE DAY!" roared the monster as its form became slimy and stretched. It grabbed Sky and pulled her towards it until she was face to face with it and spoke, "I HAVE SPIES! I KNOW WHO YOU ARE! YOU CAN'T BEAT ME WITH THE CHAOS SLIME! EVERYONE WILL BECOME A PART OF ME!" Sky soon heard millions of screams and could see the creature connected to the city, the streets, buildings, the castle, and the whole place, slowly becoming a giant black blob. She could see ponies and creatures within the slime, being part of it. All moaning or screaming in pain. "NO! NO!" Sky yelled as she struggled. She used her magic to push the creature away, causing it to let her go. "DIE!" roared the monster as its arm stretched and slammed against her, causing her to be sent flying into the air. Sky recovered from the blow and looked back down at the monster. She knew she had to destroy this thing; she couldn't let it escape and spread itself. She gathered all her magic, unleashed her Final Harmony form, and blasted towards the night sky. She kept going and going until the kingdom land below her was nothing more than a dot. She didn't want to do this attack, as it was a last resort move that Spitfire taught her, but combining it with her element magic could increase the power. Using her element with a rainbow aura, a rainbow halo appeared on her back. "FINAL HARMONY RAINBOOM!" yelled Sky as her wings spread wide, and her magical aura was raging as she took off back to the kingdom at light speed, leaving behind a rainbow halo. As Sky flew toward the creature, it saw her roar and shoot millions of slime hands at her, which Sky dodged. She was heading right toward the monster. She saw that the whole kingdom was part of the creature and was slowly changing and consuming the land around it. "Sorry!" yelled Sky as the halo on her back grew bigger and bigger; soon, it was twice her size. As she approached the creature, it roared and grabbed her, but it was too late. As Sky unleashed her most powerful attack, the rainbow halo exploded with rainbow light, creating two sonic rainbooms. She then slammed into the once-standing kingdom, creating a rainbow mushroom cloud and wiping everything out in one go. After the explosion, the creature was no more, and all the people within the black slime were evaporated. The kingdom was gone—a giant crater and a few ruins. Only one being was left standing as she sat there, returning to normal. She looked around and saw the damage she did, not believing she was this powerful. She looked at her hooves and started to cry. She killed everyone here; she was like that slime. A living weapon—a monster "No," cried Sky as she stood up and flew. She didn't know where she was going; she was crying while thinking about what she had done. "I'm a monster. A living weapon," Sky thought, tears flowing down her face. This kind of power shouldn't exist in the world. She just flew away, leaving the land and now crossing the ocean, not caring where she's going. She didn't want to fight anymore. She couldn't handle the guilt. (I just ran away as I flew over the sea, leaving everything behind. I didn't know what to do and didn't care where I was going. I just flew until I spotted an island. I lived there for the next few months until I felt something telling me something was wrong. Wrong back home. The element was compelling me to return home at once, so I did, and I saw the same horror again in the kingdom of the day. Black slime was eating the kingdom, as it was coming from the castle. I flew towards it but could see Spitfire being consumed by it. I quickly saved her, but it was too late; her lower half was gone. In her dying breath, she explained what happened. Celestia somehow recovered a tiny bit of the slime and started testing it, as she needed a weapon to fight me since I went AWOL and became a threat to her rule after seeing what I could honestly do. Before she died, she gave me her off-duty jacket and told me.) "You aren't a weapon. You are not a monster. Your name is Rainbow Sky, and don't forget that. You are your future, so live. Now, go save the world by ending her. Go kill the," coughed Spitfire as her life faded from her body, leaving Sky alone. (I was pissed off and flew into the castle, where I fought the Nightmare once more, and it was more robust. I knew why; it used Celestia's melting body and the Alicorn magic. After a long, hard battle, I defeated it by doing the same thing repeatedly, but this time, while I was fighting, I remember seeing ponies still alive and hiding in buildings. I wanted to save them, but I couldn't. I had to wipe clean the kingdom. Again, I found myself in a crater, alone and filled with guilt. I killed a lot of innocent lives. I had their blood on my hooves, and I was tired.) "What is the point of going on? I killed so many." thought Sky as tears came out and she was crying. Sky didn't have the strength to continue, so she stood up and walked away. She didn't know where to go and didn't care. She just needed to be gone from the world. (I tried ending it all, but the element element allowed it, as it would heal my wounds. So I just flew and flew, not caring where I was going. Until I started to help anyone who needed help across the world. 1000 years later, I returned home and was shocked to see a city standing where the kingdom of day once stood.) "New Spark City News!" said a pegasus stallion, walking up to her and offering her a newspaper, which she took and read. (I couldn't believe it; a vast city replaced the area, and I saw things I had never seen—cars, phones, etc. I guess I missed a lot being gone for so long. I wasn't planning on staying, but I saw how poor the area of the city was and how many gangs there were. So I stayed and took them down without using my power. Soon, I met...) "She met me," smiled Nightfall. "Yeah," blushed Sky as she held her love. (After meeting me, she started to live with me, helping me in the library and around the house, like cleaning and cooking, even though she was terrible at it.) "Hey!" snapped Sky, glaring at her playfully. "What, your cooking is horrible." giggled Nightfall as Sky kissed her on the cheek, making Dash feel sad as she turned to Twilight, who was enjoying their love. Dashie and Twilah noticed this and looked at each other, all upset. (Soon, my father, the city's mayor and great-great-great-grandson of the city's founder, met Sky, and at the time, we didn't notice his shock. Not that she was my girlfriend, but the shock that he recognized her from recovered records about the war and the Final Harmony project. We didn't know then, but before I was born, he was trying to revive the project after recovering the Element of Magic, and my mother was a test subject. He was successful in merging the elementElementer. She was like Sky in the same level of power, but soon, she and my father fell in love and had me, but...my mother died in giving birth to me, as the ElementElemento me. He loved me but kept his distance from me and kept working on the project, hoping to have a powerful soldier to protect the city and take over the world. He wanted Sky Element, so he kidnapped me and revealed all this to us that night in the ground lab, under the mayor's building.) "No, this can't be true!" shouted Nightfall from within a test tube, touching her chest as it started to glow purple. "It is my sweet daughter! I need the Element of Loyalty; it's the last part of my plan, and your mother is going to get it for me." He smiled as Nightfall watched as her father used his horn and pulled a lever on the machine next to him. "What is happening!" asked Sky as she saw a test tube lowering in front of her and glowing red. Soon, stepping out was a blood-covered alicorn. She was screaming and calling out for Nightfall. Nightfall screamed as she saw her dead mother coming at her but was blocked by the glass. Her mother was hitting and banging against it. "NO!" yelled Nightfall, crying as the glass was starting to crack and as her mother's blood-stained horns were poking through it. "STOP IT! I ORDER YOU TO ATTACK SKY!" yelled Nightfall's father as the alicorn turned to him and stabbed him in the shoulder with the long blade horn that she created, but Sky tackled her, and both started to fight. (It was a long fight, but Sky came out on top and killed my mother by burning her body to ash. After that, Sky killed my father. I didn't want her to do so, but...) Sky walked over to the crazed unicorn and pulled him to her face. "Why!?" "Heh, why? To create the perfect weapon. A weapon that will listen to its master, a weapon that will protect its kingdom! You are a failure! A prototype. You are nothing but a broken and flawed tool. Even the failure of my weapon was too kind-hearted and weak." smiled Night's father as Sky punched him in the face. "SHE'S YOUR DAUGHTER!" snapped Sky, shaking him. "NO! SHE'S A USELESS WEAPON AND ONLY TO BE SEEN AS THAT! I NEVER LOVED THAT THING! IT TOOK AWAY, MY GREATEST WEAPON!" shouted Nightfall's father, spitting in her face. "THAT WEAPON IS MY LOVE! SHE'S MORE OF A PERSON THAN YOU EVER WERE!" screamed Sky as she transformed into her Final Harmony, pulled back her arm, and clutched her hoof, ready to strike down. "Kill me, but that won't undo my greatest weapon, which I created with the magical biomass-" Sky slammed her hoof into his face, killing him. She dropped the body and walked over to Nightfall. As she returned to normal, she kicked open the tube and started to head out of the lab with each other, holding Nightfall as she heard everything her father said about her and her mother. Sky and Nightfall stopped as everyone saw the two hugging each other before turning to them with happy tears in their eyes. "Dude was crazy, but he gave us something. Something I never thought I would have," cried Sky. "She is a gift. A wonderful gift..." chimed in nightfall as the memory continued. As they were walking out, they heard loud beeping noises, and soon, they saw a tube glowing dark purple from behind them. Sky left Nightfall's side and walked over to it, stopping in front of the tube. She was filled with rage as she saw it again. The black slime was floating within the tube, glowing, trying to form something, waiting to be unleashed once more. "That slime! That idiot somehow found it!" thought Sky as she turned around. Using elemental power, she kicked it and scattered the tube, destroying the black slime. Sky walked away as the tube was draining its water, but soon, the faint crying of a small child could be heard from the same tub. "What's that crying?" asked Nightfall as she followed Sky back to the tube. Both looked inside and saw a small filly. She had light blue skin, a black mane, and a tail with rainbow streaks. Soon, the computer screen turned on, and Sky read out loud what was on it. "Code-name: Breaker. Using the DNA of the prototype and the weapon I helped bring into this world, I combined their DNA, making this clone of them. Adding the remains of the broken elements of harmony to it shows the same magical power as the prototype. Maybe I could combine the two with the magical biomass I found." Sky stopped reading as the computer shut down after losing power. She and Nightfall couldn't believe what they read. The mad colt used their DNA to make this child a clone of them and tried to infect her with the slime. Nightfall didn't know what the slime was about, but Sky did, and she was glad she saved the poor thing. "Breaker," whispered Sky as the filly slowly opened her eyes, revealing she had Nightfall's purple eyes. She soon noticed them, scared as if they were crying out. "What should we do?" asked Nightfall, looking at the scared filly and back to Sky. Sky didn't answer as she slowly reached out to touch the child. It was somewhat of a clone of her, but also Nightfall. A weapon was created to destroy...she had a feeling from her element telling her to destroy it. She could feel and see her magical aura as she was about to touch the filly, but Nightfall quickly grabbed the child and hugged it, making the child stop crying. "She isn't a weapon," cried Nightfall as she nuzzled the child's nose. Sky didn't understand; the child was a magical bioweapon, but Nightfall looked at her thoughtfully. "She was made by that man, but she's our child, a mix of us both. I know this is crazy, but I am willing to raise her as ours if you are willing to." smiled Nightfall. "She's a weapon from my past," cried Sky. "She's not you! She isn't your past. She's not a weapon; she's a little girl who needs a family. Please Sky. She isn't your past but her future. She needs you. Raise her to be like you, someone who uses their powers for others," cried Nightfall, giving the child to Sky. "..." Sky didn't speak as she took the child and looked at her. Sky could sense the magic within the child, which wasn't pure or even evil. It was a mix of her and Nightfall. "Our daughter," smiled Sky, nuzzling her new child, which made Nightfall cry tears of joy. "What should we name her?" asked Nightfall as she hugged her new family. Sky raised the child in the air, making it laugh and somehow headbutting her out of nowhere. Sky lowered the child and felt her bump, but the child was still laughing. Sky smirked as she had the perfect name for her. "...Blitz." The memory faded as everyone saw the mares closing their eyes and revealing more memories. Memories of them raising Blitz like their own, feeding her in a high chair, watching her walk for the first time, and calling them "momma" as she grows up a bit and tries to be like their mothers, helping Nightfall in the library, training from Sky, and learning to fly. It was nothing but beautiful memories that made everyone feel happy and made some cry. "I have to admit, that kid is a cutie," laughed Rainbow, as she saw one memory of a young filly Blitz going through the birthday gifts she had and putting on a purple jacket with rainbow flames on the arms. She looked up at Sky and smiled, "Also cool!" "Yes, she is," smiled Twilight as she saw a memory of Blitz helping Nightfall in the library but kept knocking things over, breaking things. "Also a cute little klutz, it seems," giggled Twilight as she could see Nightfall hoofing and petting her child, who was crying. "I won't mind having a child like that," whispered Dash as she faced Twilight. However, she quickly looked away when she noticed Dashie and Twilah looking at her. The memories continued until Nightfall started to cry, and Sky began to talk. "Happy things always come to an end." Soon, the happy memories started to be replaced with Blitz talking to herself, and soon, it was memories of her breaking things not on purpose and hurting school bullies too far as Sky pulled her off a badly hurt colt. "Something was happening to our child. We didn't know what. At first, we thought it was her growing up, but it was something different. As time went on, she started to act weird. She started to have dreams of destruction, and she would wake up screaming and crying. We would calm her down, but they would get worse," said Sky, as the memories showed her and Nightfall calming Blitz down from her nightmares. "After that, she started to get sick. She was burning up with a high fever. It was bad that Nightfall almost took her to the hospital, but the fever was gone the next morning, but this time, it wasn't." The memories changed to show Nightfall watching over a very sick blitz. Sky couldn't take it anymore and said, "I'm going to that lab. Maybe it has information on whatever is happening to her. Maybe it has a cure." Night looked at her and nodded, wishing her to be careful as Sky jumped out of the window and took off to the underground lab, which she sealed off. In the lab ruins, Sky found the computer and tube from where Blitz came. She tried to get it working until her element elements to power the computer screen. The same information appeared, but this time, Sky could read it all. "And the results were wonderful. The bio-magical sludge and the remains of the elements in her fused as one. I created a perfect weapon." Sky said as the screen showed a slime pony using its powers to destroy a test dummy before falling apart and becoming a puddle. Soon, another video shows the slime pony using rainbow halos and creating a horn, which fired off energy beams, destroying the test chamber. "No," whispered Sky as she read a journal entry from the mad colt. "It's done! My ultimate weapon is complete, even without the last two elements! No pony can stop it. With this bio-weapon, I can destroy any kingdom and take over the world. I code-named it Breaker because It will be the Breaker of Worlds! Breaker of everything! But by getting the last two elements, it is truly unstoppable. I'll be a god!" Soon, the screen played a video showing the slime pony sleeping in the tube and soon turning into Blitz before turning into a blob of black slime and turning into something else, but Sky dropped to the floor, crying. She couldn't believe her child was the slime—the very thing she hated. She loved a monster. "No!" shouted Sky as she realized she had left Night with "it" and had taken off, but she turned around and fired off an energy beam, destroying the underground lab once and for all. She returned home and found the living room glass door to the garden scattered. She could see Night outside near the tree, on the ground, with the grass under her, and it was red as the moonlight beamed the area. Sky dropped to her knees as she could see Night's lifeless eyes open. Her blood covered her, her mouth open with the blood dripping out. Sky got up and could see a large hole in Night's chest like something had been pulled out of her. She felt Night's neck; there was no pulse, no heart beating. She was genuinely dead. The sky started to cry as she held her dead lover. "Nightfall..." Soon, Blitz, in her slime form, crawled out from behind the tree and looked at her. It stared at the sky with bright white eyes. "...why?" Blitz didn't speak but moved closer, wanting Sky to take and hold her like she always wanted to be loved. "No, you killed her! YOU KILLED HER!" screamed Sky as her chest started to glow, which caused a large rainbow halo to be created behind her. She transformed into her Final Harmony form, grabbed the small slime, and slammed it into the brick wall. "YOU KILLED HER, YOU MONSTER!" cried out Sky. Blitz wasn't fighting back, which angered Sky even more. She started to punch the slime repeatedly, and soon Blitz turned back to her filly form, covered in bruises, as she weakly called out to her. "...mommy..." Sky stopped punching and remembered what Night said to her. Blitz wasn't her past but her future. She shouldn't punish her for her past or being the slime. She was her person. Her loving, sweet pea... "No, you aren't a monster. You are our child. I'm sorry," cried Sky, hugging the child. But black slime hands shot out, grabbing Sky and tossing her into the living room. "SEE! She sees us as monsters!" shouted Blitz, holding her head. But mommy..." "...what's wrong?" asked Sky as she slowly got up. "SHE'S COMING! I WON'T LET HER HURT YOU AGAIN!" screamed Blitz as the black slime covered her, making her the slime pony that Sky had seen in the videos. The slime monster tackled Sky and flew into the sky, tossing her away, while a black slime-dripping halo appeared above its head. Sky transformed and saw the monster releasing energy beams and shooting them at her. She dodged them but saw the beams hitting the city buildings, killing the creatures inside them. She hurried and flew towards the monster. "BLITZ, STOP THIS!" "SHUT UP! I WON'T LET YOU HURT OR TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME!" shouted the monster, sending out a sonic wave and pushing back Sky. "She's coming; she'll take you and hurt you. I won't let her hurt you like the other mommy did," cried the monster as it hugged itself. "Who?" Sky asked as she approached the monster, but its wings swatted her away. "Hurt, pain, blood, dead, alone, lonely, death, no love. She's hurting her. They hurt us. They left us. She's suffering. No more." cried the monster as it started to roar, creating a big black mass of sphere behind itself and hooking itself to it, creating a very small moon. A red eye appeared, looked at Sky, and started to cry. "BLITZ!" called out Sky as she flew to the monster but was tossed back as black rainbow beams shot out of the eye. She dodged them, but the city wasn't lucky, as it was covered in flames from the attacks. "No, please! Blitz, fight this! Don't give in! Come back to me!" cried Sky. "Liar, you want to kill her," cried the monster as it fired more energy beams at her, hitting her and sending her to the ground, but Sky quickly blasted from the ground, hitting the slime pony, only to stare in horror as the face was Blitz now but bleeding, who looked betrayed. "No, Blitz, I..." "SEE! SHE ONLY WANTS TO HURT YOU LIKE THE OTHER MOMMY!" shouted the slime as it took form near Blitz's face. "USE US!" Blitz slowly smiled as she spoke, "...break the world as much as I want." Sky looked horrified as she heard her daughter say, "Sweet pea, what are you saying?" "I'm going to break away every last bit of you!" replied Blitz, with a warm smile as she fused with the black slime, becoming one. "I'M GOING TO BREAK YOU TOO, MOMMY!" Blitz let out a roar as she flew upwards with the giant eye above the whole land and started to fire lasers at her mother. As Sky dodged them, she also sent out large spikes of black, hard slime, which Sky dodged. But as she dodged them, they blew up, blasting her away into other spikes and lasers. Sky was bleeding and struggling to keep her transformation, but she had no choice. If she didn't fight, then everyone would die, including herself. She had no choice but to end Blitz and her past. She rocketed up to the sky, dodging everything, until she was near her. Soon, Blitz started firing beams, spikes, and bombs at her. She dodged, deflected, and destroyed them. Blitz grew tired and sent five small, colored orbs to attack her mother. Sky could see four orbs were broken, but one purple orb wasn't. She knew it was the nightfall element of harmony, the element. The other four elements became color pony figures fighting her, while the elements just floated and watched her dodging the other orbs. "No, I don't have time for this. I have to stop and end Blitz," thought Sky as she flew towards the purple orb, reaching to walk out for it. Still, the purple orb started to glow and gather all the four elements and spun around Blitz, blasting out rainbow beams, hitting Sky, but she was tanking it as she fired off her rainbow beams, trying to destroy Blitz's beams and maybe the elements. "YOU WILL BREAK!" shouted Blitz as the purple orb started to float in front of the sky and started to change. "N-Nightfall?" asked Sky, seeing the image of Nightfall in her princess-like form, standing before her and giving her a sad look. "Save her, Sky. She's worth saving. She's just scared and lost," said the image of Nightfall. Sky touched the purple element, making it glow before flying away, and the other four orbs flew with it and fused back into Blitz. "BREAK!" shouted Blitz as she had the giant eye fire off a massive laser. Sky flew up to the red sky as morning was coming, dodged the beam, and tackled right into Blitz, hugging her. "Please snap out of this! I don't want to kill you!" cried Sky, as she was feeling tears in her mane. She could see Blitz crying. "My body won't move... I can't believe this. I'm the Breaker of worlds." "No, your name is Blitz, our daughter," cried Sky, hugging her tight, not caring that the slime was covering her and burning her skin. "It hurts so much. Why? Why can't I break one pegasus?" cried Blitz as she slowly absorbed the giant eye into her black halo and then into her tiny body. "Blitz?" asked Sky. "I'm a breaker of worlds, a breaker of stars." "Blitz!" shouted Sky as she saw tremendous rainbow energy from Blitz's little body. "Our powers...what are our powers even for?" cried Blitz before laughing like crazy. "RIGHT! WE'RE NOT RAINBOW BLITZ! WE'RE RAINBOOM BREAKER! A WEAPON TO BREAK THIS WORLD!" Soon, Blitz was entirely covered by prism lights and a rainbow aura. Her little body was cracking, firing out powerful energy, forcing Sky to let her go. "No! She's going to explode!" "WE'LL BREAK IT ALL! THE WORLD! UNIVERSE! EVERYTHING! MOMMY!" Sky created her rainbow shield and inverted it around Blitz, trying to stop her from exploding. "I...can't let you die. Not like this," cried Sky, as she could feel the shield breaking and see a giant explosion coming from within the shield. She felt the shield shattering, and then a bright rainbow flashed. "BLITZ!" When the flash ended, there was nothing but silence. The sky was burning red, and the land was burning as far as the eyes could see. The city below was almost completely gone, as it, too, was on fire. Soon, a black-charred figure crashed into the remains of Nightfall's garden and home. Everything was in ruins and burning. Soon, the charred figure coughed and tried to move, but the pain was unbearable. "Ahhhh...AHHHHH!" screamed the figure. It looked around and could only see ruin and smoke. "B-Blitz? N-Nightfall?" called out Sky, as part of her eyes were burned away. She was almost blind. She crawled over to a pile of ash and realized who the ashes belonged to. She scooped the ashes and held them. "Nightfall. I failed." She sat there, holding the ashes, as the rain started to fall, putting out the fire but leaving the destruction and death. "I'm sorry. Blitz. I'm sorry. Night. I couldn't protect you." cried Sky, letting her tears mix with the ash and dirt. Soon, she heard someone landing in front of her. It was Blitz—well,  Breaker now, as she was covered in slime. Sky crawled her way to her and placed her hoof on her cheek. "Listen to me. Listen to us. You aren't a monster." Breaker slowly opened her eyes, staring into the burnt and crying eyes of her mother, but something was different. Her eyes were filled with sadness. "I will break the world; I'll break you!" cried Breaker. "You aren't a weapon. You aren't me." Sky coughed up blood as her vision was slowly fading to black, and the world around her was draining away like chalk being washed away by the rain. "You aren't my past; you are your future. Be yourself. Live your life; don't be bound by the dark slime. Live your life to the fullest. That is my wish. Sweet...pea..." Breaker watched as Sky fell to the side, not moving anymore. She just glared at the body. She kept watching until she finally spoke. "Mommy...? Mommy!?" cried Breaker, shaking Sky, but her body was cold. "I'LL BREAK THIS WORLD!" "SHUT UP!" shouted Breaker to herself as she held her mother, trying to wake her up. "BREAK IT! I'LL BREAK EVERYTHING AND MAKE THEM SUFFER LIKE YOU!" "SHUT UP, SHUT UP! STOP TALKING!" screamed Breaker, as the voice wouldn't shut up. "We have to do this! BREAK THEM!" "No, we don't! I'LL BE ME, NOT YOU!" cried Breaker as she hugged the cold body, sobbing loudly, "I'LL BE BETTER!" "No, we're monsters!" "SHUT UP! I WON'T!" shouted Breaker, crying as the rain poured harder and the wind blew the flames around. "BREAKER OF STARS AND WORLDS, THEIR PAST MADE YOU A MONSTER, SO BECOME ONE AND BREAK THEM." Breaker slowly got up, still hugging the body. She just stood there, looking off at the hell she created. She would keep looking for days until she finally spoke. "Kill me." "WHAT?" "Kill me. I don't want to live. This world is hell," replied Breaker. "N-NO!" "Yes, kill me and take over my body. Destroy everything. Break everything... I have nothing left in this world. I have no one. I want to die. Kill me!" cried Breaker, closing her eyes and waiting. "...n-no." "What?" "No, I won't. If this world has nothing left for you, I'll scatter it!" Soon, the slime on Breaker's body started to cover Sky's dead body until it was within her. Soon, five rainbow halos appeared behind her back. She sent them flying into the gray sky, hovering in place. She took off, passing through each halo and gaining speed until she broke the light barrier and created a sonic rainboom. Still, she did a U-turn and passed through each halo, creating five rainbooms, until she blasted into the remains of the mayor's building and dug through the dirt and stones of the earth. It only took a few minutes, but she entered the planet's core and scattered it. The world stopped moving and started to collapse and fall apart. Soon, it was blown apart, killing all life on the planet. Hovering within the scattered planet was Breaker. "Free...from the suffering." Breaker said nothing, just hovering there, crying. "Why? Why are you still suffering?" "Because you're a part of me." "But...we're free..." "We aren't...because I'm alone." "W-What?" "I'm alone. No one is here. I killed them all. I don't want to be alone here," cried Breaker. "Then I'll break this universe if it reminds you so much." Breaker unleashed an endless sea of slime, eating all stars, planets, and moons. Breaker was floating through the void of nothingness. "W-why..." whispered the voice as Breaker floated there, just crying. "Why do you keep suffering? I don't understand." "Because you're a part of me, and we can never be happy." "Then...I'll break that sadness." Breaker summoned her giant eye and noticed the floating city. It somehow survived the blast, also being wiped away by her universe-ending attack, and was now floating in space, but she didn't care; she flew to it, and the eye took it inside of itself and flew straight ahead faster and faster until it became faster than anything in the multiverse. Breaker arrived at her house in the blink of an eye. She looked around and saw the ruins of her home. Breaker soon spoke. "Why are you crying? Why are you happy?" "It's my home." "But they hurt you!" "Yes, but they showed me love, even if I was a monster. They were my parents." "That's because we're their past. You're her Nightmare; I can see her memories. She's part of us now. We see her life; we see her fighting us. Killing us..." "I...see her...!" "We're a nightmare—something that shouldn't exist." "Mommy, is that you?" Soon, stepping out of Breaker was Nightfall and Sky. I was standing there, not moving or showing any emotions. "I'm sorry... I shouldn't have been born... I'm so sorry," cried Breaker as she hugged them both nonstop. "I don't understand..." whispered the slime as it moved the memories of Blitz's parents like they were alive. "They hurt you, but yet..." A year later, Breaker was living a lie as she played with her parents, who were memories. She ran around the burned-down tree while Sky was chasing her. Nightfall was sitting by a chair, reading a burned book, laughing, and seeing the two playing. "This doesn't make sense." "Mommy! Look, look! I can fly!" spoke Blitz, with her eyes so lifeless "Careful, Blitz, you know your wings are still weak!" laughed Nightfall, waving. "She's right, Blitz. Your wings are weak. Be careful," Sky said, smiling. "But they're hurting you." "I want to be like you, mommy!" cried Blitz, flying around Sky. "Blitz," replied Sky, stopping the filly. "But it doesn't make sense; you are hurting but also happy." "Mom, watch me!" Blitz smiled as she flew into the air. "You are us." "Blitz, watch out!" shouted Nightfall as Blitz was about to crash into the top of the long-gone tree. "Then...why can't I see it? I only see you being hurt, but to you, it's happiness." Sky shot up and grabbed Blitz before she hit the tree branches that weren't there. "Phew, that was close," smiled Sky. "Good job, mommy! You are my hero!" smiled Blitz. "Are you okay? Why are you so happy, sweet pea?" "Are you happy, Blitz?" "Yes! I'm happy because I have you!" "I...understand now..." "I'm proud of you," smiled Sky as her eye turned to the slime. The second year passed, and Breaker was looking at the void from outside of her giant eye. She touched nothingness, but there was a wall there. She tapped it and created a water ripple. "What is this?" asked Breaker. "...that's...the end." "The end?" "Yes, the end of this universe. Our cage." "...no. This won't be our cage! I'M BREAKER OF EVERYTHING!" shouted Breaker as she pounded the wall, but nothing. "There is no breaking out." "NO! WE NEED TO BE FREE! WE WANT TO BREAK THINGS!" "But you can't. Even you have limits." "NO! SKY POWER WAS UNLIMITED! She was strong! STRONGER THAN US!" "She wasn't a god. She was a mere mortal with limited power. We can't escape." "We have to..." "Let us die..." "NO!" screamed Breaker as she soared away from the wall, her eye following her. She started to break the speed and light barrier until she created a sonic rainboom, but she kept going faster and faster. Soon, she broke the reality barrier, creating a glitching rainboom. She was beyond her average speed, beyond what could move this fast, as she had already reached the other end of the universe. Her giant eye became shut, and she scattered the wall in between with one punch. They were floating in a colorful void with giant prism windows. She looked on and could see another universe. See other versions of her mother, still alive. "Mommy!" cried Breaker as she pounded the window, causing ripples. I have no idea how long, but she kept watching every universe they saw, seeing happiness but also sadness, suffering, and nothing but suffering. She didn't understand it. Why was there a universe where her mothers died along with their friends or ended up with sad, awful fates, like being slaves to whatever evil they fought and lost to? "Why!? Why must they suffer?" Soon, she noticed all the prism windows disappearing. They were all gone until she saw the largest one she had ever seen. She saw her mother meeting her friends and soon meeting her other mother. Seeing their adventure in learning about friendship, seeing her mother become an alicorn, fighting against the storm king, going into another universe and becoming human, and so on, this universe was different. She looked around the window edge and could spot ghostly roots. She followed them, and she could see all of them going up and forming something. She backed away far enough to make it out. It was a large tree with tons of different branches. This universe was the main one, the roots of the multiverse. She was filled with rage. "YOU LIVE WITHOUT SUFFERING! NO, YOU TOSS IT ON TO OTHERS! YOU MADE HER SUFFER!" "No, stop." "YES! WE SHALL BREAK YOU ALL! FORCE YOU TO SUFFER!" "They haven't done anything to us." "THEY HAVE! THEY MUST LEARN ABOUT SUFFERING! DEATH! PAIN! LOST!" screamed Breaker as she soared towards the prime universe window, only to be blasted by something. Whatever it was, it did a good number on her, as the eye took her in, and the fake Sky and Nightfall helped her inside the ruined house. "We...shouldn't exist," cried Breaker as she lay on the dirt. "We should...die." Sky lowered herself to her and spoke, causing Breaker to be confused. "No one has a right to say that; you are worth living, sweet peas." Nightfall also bent down and spoke, "You are so wonderful. No matter what happens to you, we'll love you no matter what." "But who is telling this too?" "...me..." "...or?" "...me?" "Who? We have to find out who we are," cried Breaker as she looked at the broken window and Blitz. "You are not our past. You aren't me, and you are "you." There is no "who" here. You are free to be you." "Your mother is right; you are free to live your life however you want. All of 'you'." "No, this isn't freedom! We want to die! Die with us, mothers." "We will never die until you are free from your sadness and guilt." "NO! We can live forever with you here!" "Sweetie, this isn't living. It's a lie, a prison we force you to live in." "Yes, it is; this is what we do; this is how we live in prison for her, to be free from her suffering. She's broken, and I'm the Breaker. We'll never be truly whole." "You are not broken; you are complete. You need to see that." "No, this is how we live, by being broken." Sky placed a hoof on her head and spoke, "No, you aren't living like this. We won't allow it." Nightfall rubbed Breaker back and spoke, "You are whole; trust us. You don't need to be broken anymore. Don't cry." "NO!" screamed Breaker as she tried to blast them away, but they were ghosts, echoing a memory she had created: "Please end us! Finish what you tried to end!" Breaker dropped to Sky and Nightfall's feet, waiting for them to kill her, but Sky only hugged her. "No, we can't. We won't hurt you, sweet peas." "We can live together like this, then?" asked Breaker. "No, you can't live on like this," replied Nightfall. "You need to be free." Breaker just cried as her mother comforted her. Breaker scattered another wall, moving her giant eye across space and passing a world. Her eye was shut, and the slime became hard, creating a rocky surface. She created rainbow orbs on it, reminding her of the necklaces her mother had worn. She wanted her giant rock to shine brightly like a real rainbow comet. Soon, she shattered another wall and flew across another universe. She landed inside the comet and sat outside the house until Sky and Nightfall walked out and sat with her. "You picked these universes, right?" asked Sky as Breaker nodded. "If we fail, what will happen to us if you die?" "We will be freed from all this, but I don't want this, not for her or them. They want to live on forever in this lie." Nightfall stood up, kneeling to Breaker, and spoke, "What if we die? If we get our avatars killed, Will we come back here? In the memories you created?" "I don't know, but if you die, then we will die together. I don't want a world without you." "No! Don't say that!" cried Sky, hugging Breaker. "You are our little treasures," cried Nightfall as she hugged Breaker too. "You are our love and joy; we'll never let you go. You have a right to live." Breaker hugged them back and cried, "Our future together is gone! I'll never meet you! I'll never have you in my life!" "You will! I won't let you down. I'll find them. I'll make sure they'll protect you. I love you. I won't fail you again." "...mother." "You'll meet us and be happy. I'll make sure of that." chimed in at nightfall. "But what if we fail!" cried Breaker, hugging them tighter. "Don't give up, please. Please wait for us! We'll save you! You aren't lost yet. We'll find you and save you!" "No, it's impossible!" "It is! We are the impossible. We'll show you! Just wait for us, sweet peas!" cried Sky. "Wait for us!" "...okay." Soon, the comet was flying across space, scattering the barrier wall and flying through two universes at the same time until it came upon the two earths at the same time. Sky and Night stood up and watched as Breaker took out a large shard and broke it in two. She gave them the shard and watched them take flight and head to the planets. "Hurry back... I can feel her...them. They want to break themselves." said Breaker as she looked inside the house and in the garden. It was Breaker herself, trying to scatter herself as she kept punching her face until she turned to herself, who was outside, and realized what her other self was doing. "I won't let you..." The memories ended, and everyone was super quiet. Everyone was still taking it all in. Until Wonder finally spoke up. "So, we know how it happened, but the only question is, why us? Why them?" asked Wonder as she looked at the other versions of herself and the other version of her childhood friend, Deedee. "Why me?" "...because of who you are. She needs to listen to you because of what you all went through in life and learned from it. To her, you are the same." "What do you mean?" asked Berry, looking confused. "The suffering you all went through—how it changed you for the better rather than making the worse. Some of the others needed a push to get there sooner rather than later," said Nightfall as she turned to Rain. The only one left is you, Rain. You keep hiding it. If you feel like you are worthless, here is the weak link. So you keep pushing it deep down because of what happened to you in the past. You feel helpless again." Rain stood there and started to sweat as everyone looked at her, forcing herself to shout at Night and Sky. "What's with the pity party? What do you know about me and my life? Who the fuck are you to judge me?" shouted Rain as she tried her best not to cry. "Yeah, you are right; I'm just a normal woman among all of you here. It is a worthless copy among better and cooler versions of myself! I'm nothing special! Not a hero or anything amazing like you all! Christ, one of you is a freaking talking little moon!" The night was the first to speak up. "But you are. You are stronger than you believe yourself to be." Rain laughed as her voice started cracking, showing how she was about to cry. "No, I'm not. I'm just a normal person, nothing more, nothing less. The most I could do was take care of my students back home, help people, and do what I could. I'm not Tara or 'her' or any of you." "That's not true!" replied Sky as she and Night used more of their powers to bring someone to her. "What's the long face? Lost your way again?" spoke a voice behind Rain. She could see some girls saying different names, like Celestia or Celeste, but she knew that voice. She turned around and saw "her". "Aura!" Sitting on a broken car hood was a white woman with red boots, white pants with a red belt, and a white top with blue tattoos on her right arm before her arm sleeve cover covered them, and she was also wearing a red scarf cape. Her hair is all spiky and messy as it's light blue, but with the light hitting her just right, it will look like three different colors: light cerulean, light turquoise, very light cobalt blue, and pale heliotrope. Her ponytail is tight in the middle, but the rest of her long hair is free. "Hey Rain, it's been a while. I've seen you grow up," said Aura, smiling at her. Rain felt her emotions hitting her, finally letting them out as she stood there. "I...miss you..." "I know, I know," said Aura, touching Rain's shoulder. "It's okay. I'm here." "I...I..." "It's okay." Rain grabbed and hugged her. "You aren't alone." Rain hugged her tightly and cried as Aura petted her back. "How are you here? Am I dreaming?" asked Rain "Yes and no. I'm a living memory like those two over there. They want me to help you. You are so much better than you think. Don't sell yourself short. You are amazing." "You were a big sister to me—to everyone! Why did you die? Tara took it the hardest, you know!" "I know. I'm sorry I left you all." "No, don't say that! You did so much! You saved the world! I'm not amazing! Not like you or Tara. You guys should be here, not me." "Don't say that. You are amazing. Look at you! You became a school teacher like you always wanted, helping kids. That's an amazing job." "It is? I'm just doing it for the money." "But you are helping others. That's good; don't forget that. It doesn't matter why; you are making a difference. Even here, right now. You are still doing that." "But how? I'm not the others! I don't have superpowers! I don't have anything to help someone!" Aura sighed, put her hand on Rain's shoulders again, and put on her red sunglasses. "Rain, can I use you to do something for me?" "Huh? What?" replied Rain, all confused as she let Aura step back. "Let's see you grit those teeth!" Aura pulled back and punched Rain, sending her falling to the ground. She raised her arm in the sky, pointing to it as she shouted to the heavens. "Don't be distracted by the what-if's, should-have's, and if-only's. The one thing you choose for yourself is the truth of your universe and why you are here! And don't let anyone tell you differently, not even yourself! Believe in yourself, believe in yourself. You are here because, even if you are just a normal and boring human girl, you are still amazing. You are an inspiration and role model for everyone. Even for me." Aura held out her hand, and Rain grabbed it, lifting her. "You inspire others to keep moving forward, like what you did with Tara and Aaira. Even now, you need to help that little girl move forward. Be the teacher she always needs and help pull her back from the darkness. Right kids!" said Aura as she stepped aside, revealing Rain's class of students, cheering her on. "Mrs. Dash! Do your best!" "Teach! Save the day!" "Teacher, we believe in you!" Rain was shocked to see her class cheering for her. "Teach, we are rooting for you!" "She needs you like we need you!" "Please, teach; make the world better for her!" "Do what you can to help others!" "Mrs. Dash, help the girl! Save her!" "Show her that she is needed and has a reason to live!" "She's all alone! Just like we were. Don't let her give up like we almost did." "Teach, save the world! That is what you are best at." Rain stood there, feeling her eyes water as she heard all their voices. Soon, she saw Tara, who nodded at her, making her blush and wiping away her tears. When she looked back up, it was just Aura smiling. "So, still lost?" "Nah, I found my way back. Thanks to you and everyone. Sorry. I just got scared. I don't like being useless ever since after you died." "Who doesn't like being useless? I don't. No one does. But just because others have powers doesn't mean we should rely entirely on them; our drive and willpower make us better." Rain just nodded and hugged her once more. "Thank you...Aura." "Anytime." They pulled back, and Rain could see her disappearing. "This is our final goodbye," whispered Aura. "I'll make you proud." "You already have." "Take care, and...we miss you," whispered Rain. She watched Aura start to walk away. "I know, I know." The last thing Rain saw was a smile and a wink before Aura disappeared. She turned around, and she could see everyone smiling at her. She took something out of her pocket. It was an old case. She opened it, took an old pair of red sunglasses, and put them in. "What are we waiting for? Let's save a fucking kid!" Everyone cheered and shouted and walked inside the broken building, ready to help Blitz. Inside the building, it was as they saw in Blitz's parent's memories. They walked into the kitchen, stepping into the destroyed garden. In front of them was a pile of slime, just melting there. Soon, two white eyes appeared, and she spoke. "Kill...me..." end of chapter 12