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// Ponimonium Plains 
// Story: MLP: Journey Across Time 
// by B. J. Williams 
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	The ponies were extremely saddened by Basil's betrayal. Twilight was hurt the most. They would have to destroy Basil. Then afterwards, Nislatrom would help get them home back to their families and friends back in Ponyville. The one they always had remembered. Twilight wanted to kill Basil for what he did. He would be the last obstacle between them and their way home. They advanced toward the directions given to them on where Ponimonium Plains would be. As they traveled, they believed it was a peaceful field, that was until they arrived.
The ponies ended up walking into some fog. They could barely see in front of them. Twilight looked at the directions completely confused.
"Hey, Twilight?" Applejack asked. "What's going on?"
"I don't know." she replied.
"We are heading the right direction, right?"
"We should be. We've followed the directions exactly as stated." Rainbow Dash ended up smelling some of the air. Her face turned a hue of green. The air smelled putrid and had the fresh scent of decay. She covered her nose in sickness.
"Oh god!!" She shouted "What in heaven's name, is that smell?" The other mares ended up smelling the scent and they covered their noses. Rarity accidentally slipped and fell giving a splash.
"UGH!!" Rarity cried as she got up, she saw she was covered in filth. "What in the world is this place?" The fog cleared up slightly only enough to see the surroundings. The area was like foggy swamp land. There was no visible fauna currently and the plants were nothing more than decaying husks. The ground underneath them was made of clay. What Rarity was covered in was a combination of water and tar.
"So, this is Ponimonium Plains?" Fluttershy asked. "A barren swamp?"
"This is giving me the creeps, even more than Midnight Castle." Pinkie Pie replied. 
"Yeah, but we have no time to sight see." Twilight added. "We need to rescue Nislatrom." The ponies continued in the marshland looking around for Nislatrom and Basil. While continuing through the mud and the muck, they heard what appeared to be a laugh.
"What was that?" Then, the laugh became more familiar. "There it is again." The mares were able to hear it this time. The laugh they heard was a very familiar one, a laugh that was unforgettable to them.
"No. It can't be."
"So, ponies." A voice said. "We meet again."
"Who... who are you?"
"I am and was a spirit of chaos. I had encountered you after my first defeat. You had sealed me and I came back."
"What?" the main six simultaneously said. Then a root from a tree came out of the ground. Afterwards, it twisted and turned until it took the shape of Discord.
"Well, what do we have here?" Discord said. "I never expected Twilight Sparkle to be in my presence."
"DISCORD!" the main six shouted.
"We thought..." Twilight added.
"I am nothing more than a ghost of what I used to be." Discord replied with confidence. "You do realize you are in my turf now."
"Did you create the elements of chaos?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"I did yes. Remember when I took the elements of harmony from the safe the first time we met?"
"Yeah. So what?"
"I chipped a piece off each of the elements. Then, I have corrupted those small pieces with my own magic. I would have spread them over the land, but I have been sealed by you ponies before I could do so. I was able to disperse the elements 300 years later."
"And you killed the bearers of harmony at that time too."
"Killed the bearers of harmony? By the time I was released, the bearers of harmony were all ready dead."
"Meaning?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"All of them were unborn. And the ponies screwed themselves over. So, I didn't need to and I remember the name of the one that would have bared the element of magic too. Her name was Innocence." Twilight remembered a spirit of an unborn named Innocence. "That's right, Twilight. You helped out the very same unborn that I'm talking about."
"Where's Nislatrom?"
"Oh, he and Basil came by here shortly before you arrived. You should catch up to them." Then, Discord laughed and he vanished. "They went to Schism Mountain over that way." The branch pointed in a direction and the ponies followed it. The ponies arrived at a mountain.
"Is this pile of rock Schism Mountain?" Applejack asked.
"It must be…" Fluttershy explained. "It's the only mountain we could see."
"But why in tarnations, is there only one mountain?"
"Because this place is chaotic." Rarity said. "Just look at that thing over there." The ponies looked and saw a row of Caramelldancing pony skeletons.
"Yeah, now I have seen everything."
"Let's go shall we." So, they began their long climb up the mountain. They came to one of the cliff sides of Schism Mountain and then they encountered Basil.
"You!" Twilight said.
"Twilight." Basil said happily. "I'm so glad to see you again." He saw Twilight was angry. He was unaware of the message. "What's wrong with you?"
"You tried to kill Nislatrom!"
"But Twilight, what are you…"
"I can't believe you do that!"
"Twilight, pleaser listen to me. Don't give the element to Nislatrom."
"I… I just hate you, Basil!" Twilight had a broken heart.
"Twilight…"
"I and my friends got the message from Nislatrom. I'm going to kill you." She had drawn her blade. Basil sighed with sorrow.
"I have no choice." He had drawn his blade. "I have to take it from you." Twilight charged at him with rage. Basil blocked her attacks. When he attacked, his attacks could easily be blocked. "Damn you, Nislatrom." Basil said to himself. "For making me fight the one I love, damn you to hell." After some conflict, Basil lost the will to fight Twilight. As she attack one more time, he deliberately lowered his guard. Twilight struck him crossed the chest supplying what appeared to be a near fatal wound. Then, Basil fell off the cliff landing on his stomach on a hard flat surface; he only fell two stories. He didn't move afterwards.
"There, shall we go now?" Twilight asked. She was tearing up.
"We should." Fluttershy replied. "Is something wrong, Twilight?"
"I can't believe that Basil actually betrayed us."
"Well, there is nothing we can do about it, sadly. All we can do now is move forward." So the six ponies moved forward toward Nislatrom. Meanwhile, Basil down below was still alive began to cry tears of sorrow knowing that he failed.
"Please Twilight," he thought. "Don't give the elements to Nislatrom." He knew that the ponies would not listen to him. He struggled to get back up. He coughed very hard and he was in a lot of pain. "I must warn them on what will happen." He got back up and restarted the march up the mountain. The ponies reached the professor who was waiting for them.
"Professor." Twilight said. "We came to help you."
"Thank you," the professor said. "What about Basil?"
"He's dead now." Rainbow Dash said. "You have nothing to worry about."
"Excellent. Thank you for saving me." He turned to Twilight. "The element?" Twilight took the element in her hoof thinking about what will happen to them after the elements are destroyed. They would return home. So, she gave the element of scorn to Nislatrom. Then, the professor pulled out the other five elements. They floated around him satisfied with the mares' work. The ponies were expecting the destruction of the elements, but they were in for a nasty surprise. "At last," the professor said as he generated some magic a foul wind began to blow around him. "The elements of chaos… they are finally mine." This confused the ponies.
"Wait, you're not having pronoun issues are you?" Pinkie Pie asked. "It is ours to destroy." Then, he laughed a dark, sinister laugh. This frightened Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie.
"Who said I was going to destroy the elements of chaos? I had other plans for elements of chaos." Pinkie was uneasy.
"That would be…?"
"I am Nislatrom. I, the leader of the Heriotza, will destroy this world and make a new one with the group as its leaders! I shall be the new god in this new world. With the power of the elements of chaos, nothing can stop me now. And I have you to thank for that." The main six, as well as the auidence, was completely shocked.
"I can't believe you used us for your greed!" Fluttershy shouted.
"I can't believe you betrayed us!" Rainbow Dash added angerly. She tried to charged at him but hit a force field that was around him. The wind blew more vigorously and flown around him and his wicked aura.
"Oh, it gets even better." Nislatrom replied. "Late in the progress, I found out that Basil was finding out my plans to soon. So, I tried to kill him. Since, that attempt failed I sent a false message to you. Basil didn't even get a chance to kill me by the time you got to him." He laughed. "And Twilight, you should have seen the look on your face when you killed him."
"Damn you." Twlight said. "STALYON DAMN YOU!" She attacked him, but all she did was strike a barrier. They saw the energy from the elements of chaos flowing into him. "What?"
"The power of chaos is flowing throughout me." The elements of chaos became absorbed in his body. "I feel the ultimate power! Now, I no longer have a use for you." Then, he shouted as the elements merged with him. "NOW, MY LITTLE PONIES, PREPARE TO DIE!" A blinding light came from him. A vile wind swirled around him as he transformed into Schism, a giant bipedal monster of pure malice. Standing at about three stories tall, he had the head of a dragon with three sets of horns. A set of a ram, a bull, and an Oryx. His body structure was humanoid and there was a warped human face on his chest. His arms and wings reflected those of a demon. His legs were the legs of a bird of prey and his tail resembled that of a spiked flail. He laughed when the process was complete. The ponies armed themselves for battle.
"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!" Rainbow Dash stated unintentionally.
Many shots were fired from Applejack's rifle. Many strikes came from Rainbow Dash's spear and Pinkie Pie's twin daggers. Fluttershy used her aeons but Schism was able to eliminate every one of them. So, she struck with her hammer again all failures to cause damage. Rarity fired the shots of arrows she had. Twilight used a lot of magic. But no matter what they did, they could not damage Schism. Either because Schism either blocked it, dodged out of the way, or the attack was not powerful enough to hurt him. Schism also attacked back with a lot of damage with his attacks. The mane six were done short work of them. They were severely injured and were somewhat struggling to stay conscious.
"YOUR EFFORTS ARE ONLY IN VAIN!" Schism said loudly. "I WILL RAISE THE FORTRESS OF DOOM AND IN SEVEN DAYS, THE WORLD WILL MEET ITS END!" He slammed his hands together, when he separated his hands a growing black hole appeared. He lifted it above his head. "YOUR JOURNEY ENDS HERE!! NOW, SLEEP ETERNALLY FOREVER MORE!!" Then, he threw the black hole at the ponies.
The mares were not able to dodge the projectile. Applejack tried holding on to some of the roots sticking out of the ground. But due to the sheer force of gravity, the roots uprooted from the ground. Applejack and the roots got sucked in. Rarity created a bubble around her. But the bubble she was in could not hold her and she fell in. Rainbow Dash tried to get some of the mares, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, out of there; but even with her Sonic Rainboom, she was not able to escape the black hole. Twilight felt like a total fool for falling for the evil stallions trickery. She tried to hold her hooves as she lit her horn to try a counter spell, but the gravity was too much.
"No." Twilight said to herself as she got sucked into the black hole. The darkness enveloped them and consumed the six mares. The black hole imploded after engulfing them, and afterwards exploded. Then, Schism flew away to escape the explosion. It appeared to be all lost as the mares laid on the ground not moving and unconscious.

Note: Nislatrom spelled backwards is "Mortal Sin".

Some time has passed, Basil finally arrived. He was badly bruised but can walk again covered in dust due to the explosion. He saw what has happened. It appeared that all of the ponies were dead.
"No. No." Basil said running over ignoring the pain. "Futtershy. Pinkie Pie. Rarity. Applejack. Rainbow Dash." He went over to Twilight and held her in his arms. "Twilight, please Twilight, answer me." She didn't. "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Basil cried and he broke into tears. "I should of told them and I could have prevented this. But I didn't this is my fault." He cried. "If only, I stopped Nislatrom sooner. If only..." He was silent. Something appeared behind him.
"It is not your fault, Basil." a voice said. Basil turned around and saw the ghost of a fully grown Princess Luna.
"Princess Luna. I thought you the last to die at the end of the Great Pony War."
"I have. Because my sacrifice, I ended the war." Basil looked at Twilight.
"Because of me, my friends and the one I love are now gone."
"Basil, they are not dead."
"IS THIS A SICK JOKE? HOW COULD THEY HAVE SURVIVED THAT?"
"I recognized the spell, Basil. Look on their forehead." Basil looked on the forehead of Twilight Sparkle.
"No, I see nothing."
"Look harder." Basil looked harder. Then, he saw an image appear on all six of the ponies' foreheads. He saw the symbol of a sleep curse in Germanic ruins circled. "See now, there is still hope."
"What kind of spell is this?"
"It is a sleep curse. It puts ponies into an eternal slumber until the spell is broken."
"But how are we going to break this curse, if it's even possible?"
"One must enter their dream and defeat the guardian that keeps them in. I and my sister will help you enter their dream. Then, you must unite the ponies and defeat the guardian."
"Thank you, Luna."
"You're welcome. But first we must get you and the ponies back to Pottok before Schism finds out you're not dead."
"Good idea." So Basil, Celestia, and Luna got the six ponies back to Pottok and laid them in the church's medical room. Then, Basil prepared to enter the dream of the mane six. He has to do this alone. "I made a promise that I would stay with Twilight until the very end." Basil said to himself. "And I am going to keep that promise."