//------------------------------// // The Final Battle // Story: MLP: Journey Across Time // by B. J. Williams //------------------------------// The mane six made it to the top of the stairs. The noticed the floor at the top was made purely of arcane energy. The floor was a dark blue spell circle with light blue patterns on it. The area had no ceiling only a dark violet sky above them. Reasoning was they were above the cloud line. It was a starless night and dark clouds covered the sky. The ponies didn't see anyone there. Rainbow Dash landed on the spell. It was like a very stable floor, the other ponies walked onto the floor. "There's nobody here." Rainbow Dash replied. "Why is this area empty?" "I thought somebody was here." Twilight replied. With all six ponies on the floor, the door slammed shut behind them. "What the…" Then, they heard the sinister laughing of Schism as he floated down from the skies. Exactly, as they last saw him. "You have finally arrived." Schism said. "I didn't expect that you would escape my curse." "Schism," Twilight replied. "We will not allow you to destroy this world." "Twilight, you are a naïve fool. Do you not realize, I am saving this world from it's own demise." "From all I'm seeing." Applejack added. "Is a big ass who isn't satisfied with what he got." "My plans cannot be stopped at this point. Soon, I will be a creator of a new world." "You do not realize that no one can create a new world after you destroy it." Rainbow Dash replied. "I have the power of chaos on my side. I have the powers of a god." "All you care about is yourself!" Rarity stated. "You can never win with those powers." Fluttershy replied. "That's why we're taking you down." Pinkie Pie said. [Cue "Last Battle" from FFI] "It matters not what you say, because it will end soon, as I will annihilate you. This will be our final battle." The elements of harmony charged up and this empowered the girls as the elements of chaos charged up and empowered Schism. They had a limited amount of time to beat him. "Let's end this." Twilight replied. "Girls, let's show him what we can do." Schism flew into the air and circled them. Rainbow Dash intercepted him on the third circle and slashed him with her spear. Fluttershy intercepted him on the fourth circle and hit him with her hammer. Schism landed and prepared to launch blaze at the ponies. The ponies dodged out of the way when the floor was charred in flames. Pinkie cut some with her daggers. Applejack was able to fire some shots to Schism. "Guys, we need to separate the elements of chaos from him." Twilight said. "How in the world are we going to do that?" Applejack replied. "I think when Discord said we can't destroy them. Celestia told us to remove them from existence." "Yeah." "I think she meant to banishing them or sealing their power." "Okay darling," Rarity said. "How are we going to separate the elements from him?" "I guess beating him until the elements leave him." Twilight fired Blizzaga at him. Then, the element of Despair came out. "There's an element of chaos." "Which one is it?" Twilight looked around and saw Pinkie had the element of laughter, which was blue. "Pinkie, seal the element." "Got it." Pinkie turned her attention to the element of despair. "LAUGHTER FLURRY!" She sent a flurry of punches and kicks at the element. The power of despair was sealed as the element turned to stone. "What is this magic!" Schism shouted. "But no need for concern." Schism sent out a tsunami at the ponies. It damaged them but they came out okay. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy couldn't fly at the moment. She summoned Bahamut to aid them. He flew out from the starless sky and landed hard on the floor. "Bahamut, can you help us out?" Fluttershy asked. "I will." Bahamut said. He protected Fluttershy and the ponies as he attacked and wrestled with Schism. After beating, Schism for a while, two of the elements of chaos came out. They were the elements of deceit and cruelty. "HONESTY TORPEDO!" Applejack shouted as energy charged bullets struck the element of deceit. That element turned into stone. "SHOCKWAVE OF KINDNESS!" Fluttershy stated as she sent a shockwave through the air. The element of cruelty turned to stone upon impact. Schism started to notice this. "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" Schism shouted. "NO MATTER, YOU WILL PERISH IN THE END!" He was able to knock Bahamut away, but Bahamut was not out yet. At this point, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were able to fly again. "We're half way there." Twilight Sparkle stated. "Keep up the assault." Schism sent out a twister to send the ponies flying. All six ponies got caught in the twister. But after it ended Twilight teleported herself and Rarity safely to the ground; Applejack and Pinkie Pie were caught by Bahamut. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy could just fly. Later, Schism charged with his slashing claws Pinkie Pie jumped onto the arms of the thing and cut at his neck. This sent the element of treachery flying. "LOYALTY LANCE!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she lunged the spear into the element of treachery. That element turned into stone. "Okay, two more elements to go." Twilight said. "Prepare yourselves," Schism said. "METEOR!" Then, several meteors came from the skies, some of which struck the ponies. The ponies were injured. When a huge meteor was coming down, Ixion appeared and knocked it away. Then, the aeon went off from exhaustion. Schism was infuriated and screamed in anger. Bahamut used the last bit of strength to use Gigaflare. The wheel on his back turned rapidly as a beam formed in his mouth and fired at Schism. This removed the last to elements of harmony from him. "ARROWS OF GENEROSITY!" Rarity shouted as she fired her magic arrows at the element of greed and turned it to stone. "BLAST OF MAGICAL LOVE!" Twilight shouted as she blasted the element of scorn with a magical beam of light from her horn, sealing it and turning it to stone. "That's every last one." "ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE!" Schism yelled. He prepared his most powerful spell. The girls huddled together to perform their ultimate attack. The elements of harmony glowed with light and Twilight's eyes lit up. "RAINBOW OF DEATH!" A black beam of light came from Schism's claws. "RAINBOW OF HARMONY!" The girls shouted. A bright rainbow beam came from the girls. The two rainbows collided in the center of the field in a deadlock; the center moving back and forth. The girls thought about that they cared about and who cared about them. Their strength increased exponentially. "WHAT!" Then, she got blasted with the full force of the Rainbow of Harmony. He screamed as there were small explosions coming of him. "Will my dreams of a new world ever be fulfilled?" Then, he exploded with a huge amount of energy and a blinding light. [Music fades] [Cue "Ending Theme" from FFX] The girls landed on the floor exhausted, but realizing that they won, they cheered. Every pony did damage to Schism in that battle. However, it was too early to celebrate just yet. They began to feel the floor rumbling. for they learned the Fortress of Doom was beginning to collapse. They saw the elements of chaos fall beneath the waves. Bahamut grabbed the ponies and he flew down to the ground below. Tirac teleported Basil out of the fortress, then fled the scene himself. Basil and the six mares met up with Myobu and Bumble. They headed for the ship. Everyone got in the ship and started it up. They escaped as the Fortress of Doom collapsed back into its own dimension. The dimension collapsed on itself destroying everything in it. It was a close escape for the ponies but they made it out alive. The airship floated peacefully that night. The stars began to reappear as the dark energy faded away and the night sky returned to its normal color. They also saw the mana returning; gracefully floating back to the planet. Now, the ponies could celebrate. The main six put the elements down. "We did it," Twilight said. "We saved the world from total destruction." "We all did." Applejack replied. "Everyone had played their part." Rainbow Dash stated. "Good job, everyone." Fluttershy stated. Rarity didn't say anything but she smiled. "I guess it's time for a party." Pinkie added. The group began to celebrate their victory over the Heriotza. "The Heriotza is no more thanks to the efforts of everyone here." Basil stated as he opened a bottle of champagne. He poured a glass for every pony. The little fillies got fruit juice. "I would like to give a toast to a peaceful future." "To a peaceful future." Everyone else replied and they all drank their glass. Bahamut came from the skies to send a message to the group. "Hey, Bahamut." Basil asked. "Want some champagne?" "No thanks." Bahamut replied. "But I'm afraid we have to cut the party short." "What for?" "The ponies had done their job here but there is still work to be done in their own time." "What do you mean?" "They're going home." "What?" replied the main six. "Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy. I know you have made great friends in this time period; I know you have very fond experiences here. But you do not belong in this time period, you have a place back home for you. I know it will be hard for you, but it needs to be done." Bahamut looked up as well as everyone else. Then, a light from the heavens came down onto the ship engulfing it in a divine light. "The ponies will head back to their own time. It is time to say your goodbyes." Everyone in the group was very sad. "I wish, for now." Bahamut added under his breath. Then, he said aloud "I wish there was another way. But this is the only known way. It is time, ponies, say good-bye and leave this time period." He disappeared along with the elements of harmony. It was a very bitter-sweet moment for the main six. On one hoof, they were finally able to go home. But on the other hoof, they didn't want to leave. They made so many friends in this time period; they didn't want to leave them. But they had no choice in the matter. Then, the ponies faced their friends one last time. The little samurai fillies hugged the ponies. Oichi hugged Applejack, Ina hugged Rainbow Dash, and Nene hugged Rarity. The fillies stepped back. "We will miss you." Oichi stated to Rarity. "We all will miss you." Nene added. "I'll miss you as well." Rarity said. They said as they vanished. "I will not forget you, guys. Take care." Myobu stated as he too vanished. "Take care, Myobu-sama." Rainbow Dash replied. Bumble stepped up and shook Fluttershy's hoof. "I will always remember you, Fluttershy." Bumble said. "We won't forget either." Fluttershy replied. Bumble vanished. "Excellent job, Applejack." Crash said. He shook hooves with Applejack. "Thanks." Applejack replied. "Farewell, Applejack." Crash vanished. Ponar nodded and gave a 'thumbs up' towards Pinkie Pie. "I'll remember the jokes you say." Ponar stated to Pinkie. "Man, they were funny." "Thanks, Ponar." Pinkie said as he vanished. The only one that belonged in that time period that was left was the one pony they first met, Basil. Then, Twilight went to him. "Basil," Twilight asked. "Yes, Twilight." Basil asked. "Why is it that we must part?" "I'll never be sure why things go as they do and probably never will." "Basil, I don't want to leave you." She embraced him as she began to cry. "I don't want to leave you either." He embraced her as well. They looked into each others' eyes for a moment as their eyes watered up and they held each other close. "I will always love you, Basil." "I will always love you as well, Twilight." They closed their eyes and kissed one last time knowing that it will be their last moment together. Every pony began to tear up even Rainbow Dash who was not used to this.Their tears rolled down their faces from sorrow. They will never see each other again. "I wish we can always be together, despite us being apart." Twilight wished in her heart. "I wish we will be together in our hearts now and forever." Basil wished in his heart. They remained that way even as Basil began to vanish slowly from Twilight's arms. And then, he was gone from her forever. Twilight knelt down in sorrow. "Goodbye, Basil." She whispered softly in tears. "I'll never forget you." The other ponies comforted her as they were sent back in time. It felt like a few second floating in pure light. They landed in the forest that they remembered being in before their journey started. "Now, where are we?" Rarity asked. Pinkie looked around and saw something. "Hey, look right there." Pinkie said. They looked over and saw themselves having the picnic talking about the things they said. The other Pinkie took them to the chasm and they fell in; that was the way their journey began. Rainbow Dash tried to dash to save them, but Applejack grabbed her tail with her mouth. "Hey, let go." Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "Just let us fall." Applejack explained. "If you went and save them, we wouldn't have gone on that adventure." "And we wouldn't have those cherished memories." Twilight added. Rainbow Dash knew they were right and stopped flying. They will hold those memories they had on that journey in their hearts for ages to come. "So, this is how our story ends?" Rainbow Dash said. "Apparently." Rarity replied. "I guess there is one last thing to do." Fluttershy said. "And that is…" "Packing our stuff up and head home." The ponies agreed. They began to pack up remembering the good times they had on their adventure. They began walking back. Twilight looked back at the chasm one last time before heading back to catch up with her friends as the six of them headed to the place that they called home. Dear Princess Celestia, This maybe very difficult for you to believe but we went on a journey that took us to the future. We had helped many ponies and other beings along the way and found love too. Unfortunately, We will not see them again but we will always remember them. But to summarize what we have learned is… that love is always in our hearts and is always eternal. Regardless of where it maybe, it will find a way to reveal itself and we would gain joyous memories from it. Thank you for being my teacher. -Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and your faithful student: Twilight Sparkle [Roll Credits: "Suteki Da Ne (Orchestral Version)" FFX]