//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Warning: SAD // Story: Dream of Flight // by Blueheartpegasus //------------------------------// "Zebrics?" Celestia gasped. "We could never defeat them! They are more powerful than even I!" Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy were reporting back to the princess. "What are we gonna do, y'all?" Applejack asked in fear. "I will never let the Zebrics plunge the world into this chaos!" Celestia looked fierce. "I will never let them hurt anypony! We have to think of a way to stop them." "Oh, what if Twilight and the others are facing the Zebrics in the other world?" Rarity fretted. "We can't help them, if I send more than four, then we won't have enough power to retrieve them." Celestia commented. "There is nothing we can do right now." Luna said, stating the obvious. "We must wait and see." ---- "You are giving your life to protect that little pony?" one of the Zebrics sneered. All three were focused on Emily now. "This filly is as good as my little sister." Emily said. "This little pony, I would protect her with my life. I would protect this world with my life." "Fool!" another Zebric spat, "You give up your life for a hopeless cause!" "Maybe!" Emily narrowed her eyes, "But what is the point of living if I don't spend my life doing something useful? If I succeed, I will be rewarded with a non-chaotic world! If I fail, I will at least die knowing I tried my best to fight you." All the Zebrics' power gathered at the tips of their horns as they got ready to shoot Emily with a death spell. "My Little Pony helped me through the toughest times." Everypony except the Zebrics were stunned as Emily continued, "My life was terrible, and watching My Little Pony helped me. It not only entertained, it gave me hope when I was hopeless. It gave me comfort when I was afraid. Now I must do something to help it." Emily turned to look at Everypony. "Stop them, Twilight Sparkle. And protect my little sister." There was a blast as the killing blow hit Emily. If anypony had been paying attention to her flank, they would have seen a small heart appear there. ---- The Zebrics laughed. As Emily lay, dead on the ground, wing splayed out protectively over Blue Heart, they laughed. "Why, you!" Rainbow Dash flew at them, but Twilight stopped her by using magic to pull her back. "Smart unicorn." one of the Zebrics cackled. "Don't want another one of your friends dead now, do you?" Twilight didn't answer. Rainbow looked like she was about to explode with anger, and Pinkie's hair had gone flat with sadness. "We win!" all the Zebrics said at once. Nopony noticed Blue Heart crawl out from under Emily's body. She sat and stared at her dead 'sister'. She died to save me. she thought. Then again, more fiercely, She died to save me! "You killed my sister!" Blue Heart screeched, so loud that it was glass-shattering. All her anger and magic was released and she rose into the sky, levitating there and glowing with magic. Her eyes turned light orange and a huge ball of magic gathered all around her. The Zebrics suddenly looked fearful. "YOU KILLED MY SISTER!" Blue Heart repeated, even louder now. The magic was released from her and there was a huge boom. There was a piercing scream of pain from the Zebrics, then they disappeared. A huge pulse of magic spread all over the world, and once it had faded, Blue Heart fell to the ground again. The azure filly raced over to Emily. Her body was still warm. Tears fell from Blue Heart's eyes and she murmured over and over again, "My sister... my sister... oh, Emily I'm so sorry... my sister..." "I'm sorry, Blue Heart." Twilight clopped over. Pinkie's hair was still deflated and Rainbow just lay on the ground, looking like she was going to cry. "But you saved us all." "Wrong." Blue Heart stood. "She saved us all. I couldn't control that magic. If she hadn't died, then I wouldn't have been able to do that." "Come on, Blue Heart, let's check the town." Twilight said. "I have a feeling all things in both our universes are solved."