"So this is how it ends then. What we thought to be our most capable creation, destroyed in an instant." The voice spoke to Lucent, almost as if it was inside of his head.
Lucent opened his eyes, he was no longer in the abandoned castle, and Acerbus was no where to be found!
Instead he was high above the world, floating far above the clouds. He was looking down on Equestria and could see all of its beauty.
"Take a good look at it. It's one of a kind." The voice said again.
"Huh, who's there?" Lucent asked as he looked around.
"I shouldn't of expected you to remember me. It was before your time after all." The voice chuckled. A small flame appeared in front of Lucent and then grew brighter and larger. Lucent didn't feel any heat though. All at once the flame morphed into the shape of an alicorn. The alicorn had a wild red coat, and it's mane was a blazing fire.
"I am Ignis, god of fire." The voice had a very warm tone to it.
"Ignis...One of the alicorns who shaped Equestria."
"That's right Lucent, and I am not alone my son. Or should I say, Grand-son?"
Water began to pour from nowhere, creating a small waterfall. From it, another alicorn stepped forth. She had a blue coat, and her mane flowed like water.
"I am Aqua, the god of water."
A tree sprouted from the air before growing to great heights. From the thick foliage above, a brown alicorn with leaves for a mane fell.
"I am Terra, the god of earth."
Finally a tornado approached the group, and then began to slowly stop turning. When it was done, another alicorn had joined them; he she had a coat of green and a grey mane that whipped about like the wind.
"And I am Ventus, the god of wind."
"You are the four alicorns of old who shaped Equestria...What are you doing here? Wherever here is... I thought you ascended to the heavens to watch over Equestria?" Lucent asked.
Ventus chuckled, "Where do you think you are, young one?" Her voice was carried on the wind around them.
Lucent's face turned sorrowful, "Then...Then I failed. This is heaven then. I don't deserve to be here." His eyes began to water up.
"Now now, don't cry. You haven't failed Lucent, yet anyways. We only borrowed you to remind you who you were. But you will fail if you do not listen to us!" Aqua spoke with a very nice flow to her voice, as if it poured perfectly from her mouth.
"What?" Lucent looked up to Aqua with a shocked look.
"Your friends are still in the castle, waiting for you. We had stopped the flow of time itself to speak with you though, God of Light." Terra's voice was strong and formidable.
"You...Stopped time, to speak with me?" Lucent still hadn't grasped what was going on.
"Lucent, even before you imprisoned yourself, you never came into full recognition of your god-hood, of your true power. Acerbus on the other hand did, and he put his entire being into mastering that power." Ventus said.
"Then how am I to defeat that? I didn't even want this power to begin with." Lucent began to tear up again.
"What did you want then, Lucent?" Ignis asked.
"All I wanted...Was to make friends, to help Ponykind."
"Exactly, and those friends you made, all those ponies you helped, that is where your power lies!" Ignis said.
Lucent's eyes opened wide in astonishment, "What do you mean!?"
"Lucent, although Acerbus' magic rivals even ours, you have something much stronger. Friendship. And friendship, my dear Lucent, IS Magic!" Aqua spoke triumphantly.
"Friendship is...Magic?" Lucent ran the thought through his head over and over.
"You are the God of Light Lucent. Even though we created you, it is to you that we answer, as your light is the greatest power in all of Equestria. That bright light of yours reaches out to every heart in this world! You tie all of Ponykind together!" Terra approached Lucent, he could feel the energy Terra gave off.
"He's right, Lucent. When one is afraid, one turns to their friends!" Aqua also approached as Lucent felt more energy.
"And with many friends come great power!" Ventus stepped forward as well, adding her energy to the mix.
"And with that great power, your light will shine further then any hand of darkness." Ignis added his own power to Lucent.
"Go now Lucent, God of Light, embrace your true power and take your rightful throne! Defeat your shadows and shine so brightly that no darkness can escape you!" The four Alicorns spoke all at once.
The four disappeared into flashes of light and shot up into the sky above. With a twinkle of light, they were gone. Lucent then had a feeling of falling. He turned to see he was rapidly approaching the ground, and below him was the castle.
Lucent attempted to flap his wings, to slow his descent but it didn't work.
As he got closer, he noticed that no one was moving, and he even saw himself still laying down there.
He was heading directly for his own body. Once he realized this, he abandoned his fear.
"Alright then, here I go!" Lucent shouted. He turned into a great streak of light and he cut through the darkness, making a bee-line for his body.
The light struck his body as it and his soul became one again.
Time began to flow again, and everyone looked down to see Lucent glowing brighter then ever. The group shielded their eyes from Lucent as his light threatened to blind them.
"Okay Arcebus, I'm ready for you now." Lucent said in a very calm and superior voice. It was a voice fit for the king that he was.
"Lucent..." Celestia was in awe at his raw power.
"Celestia, I want you and the other ponies to stand back. This is where this battle begins."
Acerbus' laughter became louder, and grew more maniacal, "Oh, is it!? Then I'll be happy to oblige you in your death-wish! You will perish this day, Lucent!"
Acerbus' aura grew larger, threatening to swallow the whole area. The others seemed to be weakened by it, as if it were hurting them.
"That's ENOUGH!" Lucent shouted, his light glowed brighter and dispelled the black aura around them all.
"Well, well, well...This IS where the fun begins." Lucent said with a devilish grin.