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// Chapter 5 - The Final Battle 
// Story: Fluttershy's Shadow 
// by DjDa5h 
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Chapter 5:The final battle
"You won't have to wait long!", a malevolent voice says from the sky.
Rainbow Dash puts the sacred jewel around her neck and moves near her friends.
"Back off, guys", she tells the other 3, "I've got this."
Dark Reaper smiles her evil, little smile, "Good, I've been wanting to take you out for a long time............", Dark Reaper says, trailing off at the end.
"Help me.............", a small, girl-like voice comes from nowhere.
Rainbow Dash's ears perk up, "That's Light Reaper, Starbeam's good spirit!", she says to herself.
Not paying attention to the moment, Dark Reaper sends Rainbow Dash, head-long, into some trees, which break on impact.
"Oh you're going to wish you had never done that!", Rainbow Dash snarls as she picks herself out of the grinded-up tree.
Dark Reaper just snickers, "Bring it!", she says.
"You can do it!", Light Reaper says, cheering Rainbow Dash on.
Rainbow Dash charges at Dark Reaper, bowling through her.
Dark Reaper is sent hurdling towards a tree, but, miraculously, she lands on the tree's side, hooves first, and kicks off the tree, landing ever-so-gracefully on the ground.
Rainbow Dash growls, "You're not going to take me down so easily!"
"Watch me.", Dark Reaper says as she teleports towards Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow Dash stops preparing for her attack, trying to find out where Dark Reaper had gone.
Dark Reaper reappears right next to Rainbow Dash and shoots a right hook then an uppercut that sends her careening towards the group. Apple Jack catches Rainbow Dash and sets her down.
" I think that Fluttershy is the only one of us that can defeat her.", Rainbow Dash tells Apple Jack.
Rainbow Dash hands Fluttershy the amulet and gets up, hoping to stretch out any injury she had sustained.
Fluttershy hesitates. "W-What do I do?", she asked, "I've never been in a true life or death fight before!"
"You don't have to get in a tussle, all we need you to do is to get the Blood Stone around Dark Reaper's neck and you are done! Let the amulet work its magic!", rainbow Dash tells her.
"..........Done yet?", Dark Reaper asks, annoyed.
As soon as Fluttershy had layed eyes on Dark Reaper again, a sudden feeling of aggression came upon her. She bears her teeth and disappears, then reappears behind Dark Reaper.
"Time to die, evil bitch!", Fluttershy yells as she puts Dark Reaper in a choke hold. Although trying her best to get out, Fluttershy seemed to have the upper hand in this fight!
Rainbow Dash and Apple Jack were just in awe.
Apple Jack and Rainbow Dash both say, "Daymn!!!"
It takes a good 4 minutes to put Dark Reaper into unconsciousness, but, Fluttershy did it! When she layed Dark Reaper down, she slipped the amulet, the Blood Stone, around Dark Reaper's neck.
In a matter of seconds, Dark Reaper's demon wings recede, revealing the arch-angel wings the group knew all too well of as to be Light Reaper's. Dark Reaper's red stripes in her mane and tail turn a heavenly color of light blue, her fur changes to a bright white, and her eyes turn from blood red to a shiny, dark blue. And Dark Reaper's silver bracelets turned to gold.
Light Reaper opens her eyes, "Hi you guys.", she says.
"Hey.", they all say, "You ok?
"Yeah, I'm fine. Nothing a little duct tape can't fix.", she tells them.
"Could you, by any chance, bring our friends back to life?", Rainbow Dash asks, remembering about her nieces, Twilight, and Rarity.
"Yeah, but help me up first.", she says in her soft voice.
Apple Jack and Pinkie Pie help Light Reaper up.
"Ok guys, as I do this, you might want to stay back.", she warns them.
Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Apple Jack, and Rainbow Dash back away as Light Reaper closes her eyes.
After about 30 seconds, a blue, pulsating orb of light starts forming around her unicorn horn. The ball charges up for about 3 minutes, then moves to the middle of the area where everyone is. Light Reaper mumbles something and the blue ball explodes in a very bright blue.
Everyone opens their eyes from trying to avoid debris and see Rarity, Twilight Sparkle, Jennifer, and Jamie back, just as they were before being "dusted" by Dark Reaper.
Rainbow Dash just loses it when she sees Rarity. Rainbow Dash runs over to her, crying as she tells Rarity, "I'm sorry about killing you! You don't know how hard it's been knowing that I killed one of my best friends--", Rarity cuts her off.
"You didn't kill me Rainbow Dash. That bitch Sapphire Blood did, about 4 years ago.", Rarity tells her.
"I know, but if my hooves hadn't slipped, you would've still been alive, at least for a little bit longer.......", Rainbow Dash tells her.
Rarity looks up towards Fluttershy and mouths "I feel bad for her".
Then Rarity tells her, "It's ok, Rainbow Dash."
"Thank you Rarity.", Rainbow Dash says, "It's so nice to hear that you can forgive me after all these years."
"I know.", Rarity tells her, "I can forgive for pretty much anything."
Rainbow Dash smiles and hugs Rarity.
. . .
After everything has settled down, Light Reaper has something to say.
"Hey, guys.", she says, "I'd like y'all to call me Starbeam.", she says as the pulls her pink overjacket and her purple glasses from a backpack she kept with her.
Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash's mouths just drop wide open when they see Starbeam start to take back her original colors: Blue and Green.
Twilight Sparkle twitches, in her mind, she asks herself, "Why the fuck am I acting this way?!? I don't like girls!!!", but the more that she told herself this, the more she liked Starbeam.
Rainbow Dash, on the other hand, didn't mind at all. "Holy Fuck!!! Uhhhh....", she says to herself.
Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash say to Starbeam at the same time, "You look pretty darn cute in pink!!!"
Starbeam blushes, "Well, at least you two don't hide your feelings.", she says as she stares at Apple Jack.
Apple Jack sees at Starbeam looking at her, turns away, and starts whistling like "I'm not in any of this!"
Rainbow Dash walks over to Apple Jack and snickers. "She was staring at you. First sign tells me she likes you.", she says with a smug grin on her face.
Apple Jack's cheeks start turning red and it was getting hard for her to whistle anymore.
As her signs of nervousness started to pile against her, everyone started staring at her.
Apple Jack started to fidget a bit as she turns around to see everyone's eyes glued to her, even Starbeam's.
She looks at everyone multiple times, sweating more and more every time her eyes
pass Starbeam.
"OK!!!!!", Apple Jack shouts, "Before I say this, will everyone stop fucking staring at me?!? It's weird!"
Everyone trains their eyes to something else, except Starbeam, which is exactly what she wanted. Full attention of the subject at hand. Rainbow Dash was also still looking at her.
Apple Jack starts shaking again as she stares right into Starbeam's blue eyes.
"I.................", Apple Jack hesitates.
"You can do it!!", Rainbow Dash tells her.
Apple Jack smiles and looks back at Starbeam, who was standing just an intentionally as she had been.
"I love you, Starbeam.", Apple Jack says, rather quick-like.
Rainbow Dash smiles, "What?!? I didn't hear you!!!!", she shouts.
Apple Jack grits her teeth at Rainbow Dash, who quiets up.
"Did you hear me Starbeam?", she asks.
"To be honest, no.", Starbeam replied.
Apple Jack sighs. She looks at everyone once more, then looks back at Starbeam.
"I said, I love you, Starbeam.", Apple Jack says in a louder voice.
"A little louder.............", Rainbow Dash whispers to Apple Jack.
Apple Jack rares up to punch Rainbow Dash, and she backs off.
Apple Jack thinks about her next move for a minute or so, then looks straight at Starbeam.
"I LOVE YOU!!!", Apple Jack squeals as she runs up to Starbeam and kisses her.
Starbeam is quite surprised by this, but she smiles back and starts blushing.
"I love you too, Apple Jack.", she tells her.
Apple Jack smiles at her. "Sorry for the sudden outburst. I couldn't think of anything better to do."
"It's ok.", Starbeam tells her.

THE END!!!