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// Your Turn 
// Story: Crossing Worlds 
// by Bronygirl6729 
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Chapter Six: Your Turn

Alright, bronies, it is time to play offense. That's right...now is the time to attack Reptantis and get your crown back. I hope everyone enjoys this, but don't worry, this story is far from over. Far, far, from over.



"Are you sure we should do this?" Fluttershy says as the seven of you walk up to her cottage. "I just don't want to hurt Discord...I mean, he used to love this pony, and he was so heartbroken when he talked about her..."

Twilight looks at Fluttershy caringly. "I don't want to hurt Discord either, but we have to at least ask if he can help us! It may be the only way for us to succeed in obtaining that crown."

"Don't worry, sugarcube, won't force him to do anything he doesn't want to do," Applejack promises.

"Alright..." Fluttershy says hesitantly. "But I don't think everypony should go in though. Maybe just me, Twilight, and [Y/N]."

Rarity nods. "That sounds reasonable enough."

You finally see Fluttershy's simple cottage looming in the distance, the Everfree Forest in the background. Rarity, AJ, Rainbow, and Pinkie all wait near the front lawn as you follow Twilight and Fluttershy up to the wooden door. Twilight gives a formal knock on the door and a voice from inside tells you that he's coming. After a moment, a familiar mischievious draconequus opens the door.

"Ah, ponies. Quite a lot of visits for one day, don't you think? Of course, one can never get enough Discord!" He smiles slyly. "So, what can I do you for?"

Twilight keeps a serious tone. "Discord, we need to ask a favor of you."

Discord sighs irritably. "Why must you ponies always be so serious? Oh well, I suppose we can chat." He opens the door wider, inviting the three of you in. The three of you walk in the small cottage. You and Twilight sit on the two chairs next to the couch while Fluttershy sits on the couch next to Discord.

"Discord..." Twilight begins. "Fluttershy and [Y/N] have related to us your story, and we want to thank you for telling them that. But now, we need your help. We believe that Reptantis is sheltering in the old castle ruins in the Everfree Forest."

"So what do you need me for? Go ahead, steal her crown, kill her off for all I care." Discord turns away, obviously very touchy on the subject of Reptantis.

"Discord, you know it's not like that," Fluttershy soothes.

"What we need you for is a diversion," Twilight continues solemnly. "She is probably ready for the seven of us to come and bust down her door. She would be caught completely off guard if you came up to her castle."

"We have no intention of harming her, we just need to get that crown back. Hay, I didn't even want to take the crown from her, but the Golden Crown does not rightfully belong to her." You look up at the draconequus pleadingly.

Discord crosses his mismatched arms, his expression hard as the stone he used to be encased in. "So you want me to come and flirt with the pony I used to love while you guys go steal a little crown?" He stares the three of you down harshly. "Not. A. Chance."

You bite your lip in frustration. "Discord, we just-"

"We? Are you kidding me? Your friends don't want them is crown. It doesn't benefit them at all. You want this crown." He sneers at you. "You think that just because you're different and you're supposed to become some kind of alicorn princess or whatever means that you are a high and mighty treasure to be protected! You don't care about anypony that you need to use in order to help yourself. You just want to fulfill your destiny and become ruler of Equestria! But you know what? I would never want a princess like you ruling this land. You're just selfish brats, all of you!"

You flatten your ears to your head, every spiteful word he says driving you closer to losing control over your tears. You look down at your hooves as he finishes, completely disheartened.

"Discord, how dare you talk to my friend like that!" Fluttershy says, practically shaking with anger. "She did nothing to you! You're just hurt, but we can help each other." She looks up at his tall figure with sad teal eyes, but he remains hardhearted.

"You ponies can do nothing to help me. And I will not help you. Not with this."

"Discord, we don't want to force you to do anything against your will. But remember, we're your friends, and we love you." She puts her hoof on his eagle claw gently, only to have it pushed away.

"No, Fluttershy, I think you mean you love me. After everything I've told you, every horrible thing that you know love has done to me, you still love me. Well, Fluttershy, my dear, I don't love you, and I never will! So do yourself a favor and get over me!"

Fluttershy, who obviously was much more emotional than you, was already crying as finishes his talking. "I-if that's how you really feel," she gasps between sobs. Twilight attempts to put her arm around her, but she wriggles away and flies up the stairs to her room. Twilight turns to Discord, her purple eyes lit with fury.

"Come on, [Y/N], let's go. It's obvious that he's not going to help us and I think enough damage has been done." Twilight storms out the door, again leaving you and Discord alone. For a split second, your melancholy eyes meet his cold ones, and then you walk out as the cruelty of what he has just done begins to dawn on him.

Once you're outside, you see Twilight speaking to the other four girls. "He's not going to help us," she says with a shake of her head. "You know, I think we should call it a day and proceed with our plan tomorrow. It's getting late, anyways. We can meet up right here, tomorrow morning." The girls nod silently, even Pinkie Pie uncharacteristically quiet. Everypony turns to go their separate ways and you follow Twilight back to the tree. You finally reach your home to be greeted by Spike.

"So, is Disco gonna help you get the crown?" he asks optimistically.

"No, Spike, he isn't," Twilight answers glumly, walking up the stairs to her bed. You settle down in your bed next to Twilight's. Spike lies down in his small doggy-sized bed next to you and yawns sleepily before curling up to go to sleep.



You open your eyes to silence. As you look around the room, you see Spike still sleeping in bed and Twilight looking out the window blankly.

"Today's the day," she states simply, and you nod. "I guess we should get together with the girls." She stands up and trots to the door, grabbing a saddlebag on the way out and putting the Elements of Harmony inside of it. You follow her with a gold saddlebag of your own on your back. "Here, put an apple in your bag." Twilight levitates a red apple to your bag and puts one in her bag also. Then, she opens the door and walks out, followed by you. You once again walk up the long dirt road to Fluttershy's cottage, the other five girls waiting outside for you. The other four see that something is wrong, but remain quiet. As you look at Fluttershy, your heart breaks. She looks sad and tired, and she had obviously been up all night crying.

"Well, we're all here," Twilight says, feigning enthusiasm.

"Yep," Rainbow acknowledges. A brief silence follows.

"Well, what the hay are we standing here for?" Applejack says, trying to lift everypony's spirits. "Let's go squash us a bug!"

"Yeah, woohoo!" Pinkie cheers, anxious to stop with the serious business. This causes everypony to smile a little, even Fluttershy.

"AJ's right. We need to have good friendship and communication now more than ever," Twilight agrees.

"I agree," a small, quiet voice says. "What's done is done, but now we have to move on." Everypony looks at Fluttershy sympathetically, feeling terrible that her love had been crushed into a million pieces by the one she loved.

"All right then, let's hit it!" Rainbow Dash enthuses, flying around in circles above you. With that, everypony walks off past Fluttershy's backyard and into the Everfree Forest. You shudder as the trees around you begin to get darker and scarier. They look as though they were grabbing for you, ready to devour you in seconds. Not to mention the noises of animals completely foreign to you.

"All right girls, stuck together here," Twilight warns. "We don't want to run into a manticore or cockatrice alone."

Rarity squints her eyes distastefully. "I, for one, do not want to encounter any creatures of that sort at all."

"And no more poison joke!" Pinkie says. "I mean, it was kinda funny, but I hated not talking! I mean, who doesn't like talking? I could just talk and talk and talk all day long!" Everypony groans as Pinkie Pie continues to talk nonsense all the way to the ruins. But once you reach the ancient castle, the pastel pink mare stops mid-sentence.

"Y'all remember the last time we were here?" AJ looks the place up and down. Everypony but you nods.

"When I had first moved to Ponyville," Twilight remembers. "This is where we defeated Nightmare Moon."

"Oh my..." You look up at the old, crumbling remains of Discord and the princesses' home. A rickety bridge over a steep canyon stood in front of you, and beyond that was the structure itself. It's amazing that it hasn't just crumbled into pieces yet. The castle is on its last legs, cobwebs in every corner and plants growing up through the floor and walls. Twilight crosses the old bridge slowly and then motions for you to cross. You take a deep breath and set one hoof on the unsteady bridge, and then another. Soon enough, you're in the center of the old, swaying bridge. As you look down, you lose your breath for a moment. You're so high right now, you feel dizzy, and normally you didn't mind heights too much. Shaking, you take the last few steps and jump off of the bridge, relieved to be back on solid ground. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are lucky, they can just fly over it. Finally, after all of the others have crossed, Twilight takes the lead and you enter the old ruins. It's dusty and smells like mold but you keep close and follow Twilight closely.

"Well, it looks like we have guests," a voice hisses from the shadows. You give a small gasp as Reptantis steps out from a dark corner, her dark red wings out menacingly. She looks just as scary as she did at your first encounter, except for this time, she isn't wearing her black bodysuit, allowing you to see her cutie mark-a white rose wearing a black version of the Golden Crown. Her destiny is to corrupt the crown, but mine is to wield it. So...it must be my destiny to get the crown back and bring it to good! She has fulfilled her destiny, and now I must fulfill mine. You take a step forward aggressively.

"All right, Reptantis, leave them out of this. This is between you and me, and I need that crown." You grit your teeth as she chuckles at you.

"All right, unicorn, I will humor you. Your friends are of no threat to me right now. But you are." She leans down and looks into your eyes hypnotically. "You know, your friends have been through a lot together, and they're very close. Have you wondered why you feel so alone? It's because they don't want you around. They wish you had never come to Equestria. In fact, if I swore that I wouldn't bother them or Equestria and just kill you, they wouldn't raise a hoof. Face it, [Y/N], your friends won't stick around for long after you've saved Equestria." You feel that, with every word she says, an ounce of you flies out the shattered windows of the castle and disappear with the wind.

Suddenly, you hear Twilight. "[Y/N], don't listen t-mmph!" Her voice is suddenly muffled by something as Reptantis leans closer to your ear.

"What's the point of having faith in your friends if all they will ever do is let you down?" Just as you feel like you're ready to give up and leave, something lands near you and shakes you out of your trance.

"No, friends don't let friends down," a deep male voice growls. Whipping your head around, you see an enraged Discord, backed up by Spike and Zecora. As you look around the room, you see your friends standing up for you, helping you, refusing to let you go. It all felt like nothing you had ever felt before, so right, so powerful. You whip around and stare nose-to-nose with Reptantis.

"You're wrong."

Suddenly, you hear a cry as the girls fall from Reptantis' magical hold. Looking at your surroundings for the first time, you see that they had been being suffocated by the black fog oozing from the evil mare's horn. She looks at you, blinded by fury.

"No, I speak truth!" Her scream echoes throughout the ruins and she turns to look at Discord. "He abandoned me. When I needed him most, he wasn't there. That is why I became who I am. That is why I wanted Hollow Shades."

Discord looks at her, shocked. "City of the draconequuses...where my kind used to live."

She glares at him. "Yes, I believed if I ruled over it, I could bring back the draonequuses, I could find you..." She looked almost sad for a moment, but then it disappeared, replaced by hate. "But I was locked away! And not once did you try to unlock me, not once did you look for me!" She was screeching her words now, causing a few ponies to cover their ears.

Discord looked like he was about to cry. "Oh, Repta...I did. I searched for you everywhere. But then I took over Equestria and was encased in stone for a thousand years...we were both cast out, locked away. But it doesn't have to be that way. You can change." He holds out a lion paw to her. "We can all forgive each other." She eyes his hand with her yellow slits, looking thoughtful, and for a moment, you hope that she will agree. However, she turns cold again.

"I can only forgive you, Discord, but not anypony else. I will give you a choice, so choose wisely. You can either stay here and become enslaved to me when I take over Equestria, or you can join me and rule by my side, and then I just might consider showing a bit of mercy to your pony friends. It's your choice." A shocked silence passes over the room, and Discord pauses.

"Thank you, Repta, but no. I...I already love somepony here." He turns to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy...I-I'm sorry that I said all of those things about you. I would take it all back if I could, but not even magic can do that, so all that I can do is apologize." He sits down by her and looks up sadly. "Forgive me?"

Fluttershy smiles lovingly at the draconequus, and quickly and unexpectedly brings him into a quick kiss on the lips. "I do." Discord looks like he's about to fall over, and his face is as red as can be, but he turns back to you.

"And [Y/N]...I'm sorry for what I said to you too. You will be a great princess." You smile warmly at him, feeling like everything in the world is perfect. Suddenly, everypony gasps and you look at your leg to see a great gold light surrounding you. You feel yourself being lifted off of the ground, and as you look down, you see a bright light seeping out of Reptantis' chest. It swirls around and then enters into you, causing a Golden Crown to materialize on your head. You suddenly feel bright magic seeping through you and the old ruins are gone. Instead, you find yourself surrounded by stars, Princess Celestia standing next to you.

"Princess!" You say, completely shocked. "Where is everypony? Are they ok?"

"Yes, [Y/N], and you have done very well too. The Golden Crown has been turned back to normal, and you have accomplished much in your studies of friendship. Of course, you must send me letters on your friendship discoveries continuously, just the like the others, but now, your destiny, and Twilight's, are slowly becoming fulfilled. You have done well, and you are ready for the responsibility of being a princess."

You look up at her, afraid. "But it didn't even take that long! Don't you think we should wait a little while?"

"No, I reward my students when they prove that they are ready, which you have now done. You are ready. So enjoy your reward, and return to your friends. They need you, [Y/N], and you need them, forever and always." With these words, you are again lifted up and glow with a light so blindly bright, yet so beautiful. Once you open your eyes again, you are back where you started, but this time, as you get up, you feel a new muscle in your back. As you bend it, you find that you have wings that match Twilight's.

"Gah, alicorns are just springing up everywhere!" Discord throws his arms in the air.

"I...I can fly," you say, flapping your wings gently. You like the swoosh noise that they make as they flap and smile at them, and then at your friends.

"Yeah, way to go, [Y/N]! Unicorn one second and alicorn the next!" Spike cheers, jumping up and down.

"To the ways of her evil, you did not cling, and now you've been rewarded with a new pairs of wings." Zecora smiles at you with understanding.

"[Y/N], your crown!" Fluttershy says, pointing at your head. You look up to see the Golden Crown just like the one on your flank resting on your head. Nopony except you notices Reptantis as she looks around, and seeing that she has been defeated, flies away into the sky. Rainbow Dash look at you and then follows your gaze to her dark red figure.

"Hey, stop her!" Rainbow yells, ready to fly after her.

"Let her go, Dashie," you reply coolly. "She won't be bothering us again for a while."

"Indeed, [Y/N]. Reptantis has learned her lesson for the time being." You look around to see Celestia standing there with Luna next to her. Everypony bows and then she continues. "Your Golden Crown is the working counterpart with Twilight's Element of Magic. You could say that they are sister Elements, if you wish. But you represent the spirit of faith." You look up at her in shock and gently touch your crown. "You have demonstrated complete faith in your friends to help you, even face-to-face with a great foe. And that is why we must tell you something that you were not ready to know before, but Luna and I believe you are now ready."

Luna steps forward. "I believe that Twilight questioned my sister's reasoning to make you two the inheritors of the throne since you are not related. Well...that isn't completely true."

"Huh?" You and Twilight say simultaneously.

"What Luna means is that you and Twilight are sisters," Celestia finishes. Everypony gasps at these words and Pinkie Pie cheers.

"Sister-togetherness party!" She yells.

"We're...sisters?" You ask, stupefied.

Celestia nods. "Yes, twins to be exact, fraternal twin sisters. When you two were born, Reptantis was only expecting one pony to be born, so Twilight's existence was completely unknown to her."

Twilight looks at you gratefully, tears in her eyes. "You...you left to save me." She walks up to you and wraps you in a warm hug.

You hug her back, tears filling your eyes. "You know, I've always wanted a sister." She giggles and ends the hug after a moment. "Wait..." You look at the princesses. "That means...I have a mother and father."

Celestia nods, smiling warmly. "Yes, you and Twilight share the same parents. There will be time to meet them in the future. For now, you deserve a proper celebration in Canterlot. Now the kingdom will finally have two successor princesses. I'm so proud of all of you." She looks over the entire crowd and stops at Discord. "And Discord...you supported your friends when you had a choice to go back to being a lord of chaos. You have proved that you are, without a doubt, truly reformed." She dips her head respectfully to him. "I welcome you back to Equestria as a fully-privileged civilian...little brother." She smiles at him sweetly and playfully.

He glares at her jokingly. "Don't call me little." Celestia chuckles at this and then looks to you.

"For now, you should go home and get used to living with your new wings and your new life. As of tomorrow, you are all cordially invited to attend the coronation celebration of Princess [Y/N]." Your friends all cheer, and you beam at your new title.

"Thank you, princess. And thank you, everypony!" Everypony comes in for a big group hug, even Discord, who is still attempting but failing to mask his love for his friends with irritation. For this one second, everything is perfect.



I am so happy that I can't even begin to explain it! Isn't that so perfect? Everybody made up and now you're an alicorn, and Twilight's sister! This was a part that I had been planning for a long time, and it just turned out so great that I want to curl up in a little happy ball and sing Winter Wrap Up while reading Fluttercord fanfics. Of course, we still have many chapters to go. I mean, Reptantis did escape, and she isn't just going to go "poof" and become good. And, of course, you still have your coronation! Isn't being a princess great!? Well, until the coronation, this is Princess Bronygirl6729!