Chapter 19
The Other Side
"Imagine the universe, and all things in it, as a coin, slowly flipping in the air. You're always going to be looking at one of the sides right? Heads or Tails? Which is it that your looking at right now? Heads or Tails. We may never really know which side we're looking at until we see the other side. But with the universe, it's so vast and infinite, that we may never see the other side. What if you could though? What if there was a way to force yourself to see the other side? To touch it. To breath it's air. To smell it's smell. What would happen? Would it be as opposite as tails is to heads? Maybe. Maybe not."
~Unknown.
Rainbow Dash sighed, shaking her head. "Are you sure?" She asked, looking back at Rourke, as she stood looking out the window. "Will something like that actually work?" She shook her head, only half believing what Rourke had just informed her of. "I get telling Luna of your plan, but... why me?"
"Because you're needed." Rourke responded, sitting down at Rainbow's desk, as he let out a soft chuckle. "As I told you a long time ago, the Universe play's it show on an endless repeat." He said, smiling softly. "Things happen, as they've always happened, no change comes."
"Then why would you suggest kill... sacrificing them?" Rainbow asked, shaking her head softly. "Why should I... why does it have to be me?"
"Because, for me you already did those things." Rourke answered, sighing. "I want you to understand this, this isn't my plan. It's yours."
"What? How?" Rainbow asked, blinking a bit, even more confused. "Why would I come up with something like that? I'd never think of sacrificing my friends. Ever."
"Oh, but you did Rainbow." Rourke sighed, standing up, sighing again. "I come from a Universe cycle where you fell prey to the whims of those markings. You became The Teacher's greatest weapon. And because of this, the Universe compensated, creating a dimension where you, the elements of harmony, and the rest of it's bearers... shouldn't have existed."
"And you... you're from that timeline?"
"Yes, but... somehow, the you from the previous timeline, the you that betrayed harmony to work for The Teacher, found a way into the new timeline, as I have. And from there, you told me, taught me even, how we can break the cycles. How we can free ourselves from The Teacher's meddling."
"Is that... What happens if we do?" Rainbow asked, looking back at Rourke again. "If we do something like that... if he's who you say he is, then wouldn't getting rid of him break the Universe as well? We'd be creating something that would be worse wouldn't we?"
"We would."
"Then why?"
"We have to."
"Why?"
"Because it's needed." Rourke sighed, shaking his head, as Luna walked into the room.
"Well, I'm glad to say it's gotten rather hard to find this place Rainbow Dash." Luna said, smiling softly, shaking her head. "You and the rest of Umbra have done a rather wonderful job at hiding this place. I take it that it's due to that Heaven Star you captured? What did you learn from her?"
"Nothing we didn't already know." Rainbow sighed, shaking her head as she slowly moved towards her desk. "The people under the full influence of Blood Magic are in fact awake and aware when they are preforming the deeds, and that it takes a similar sigil, but reversed, in order to free the bodies. We've already implemented this into our defense bubble, as well as sigils used to distort space."
"Good," Luna said, smiling, as she nodded slowly. "I take it Rourke informed you of the plan?"
"I'm not doing it."
"You have to."
"I know. I'm still not doing it."
"Rainbow! What are you... Why did you kill them!" Twilight asked, almost screaming as she watched both Celestia and Luna fall to the ground, as The Teacher laughed in the background. "They... Why!?"
"She did so, because I told her to." The Teacher chuckled, his reptilian eyes watching both of them. "Isn't that right my most perfect weapon?"
"I only did what had to be done." Rainbow sighed, shaking her head.
"That doesn't explain your actions!" Twilight yelled, tensing up, afraid of what would come next.
"Now then Rainbow Dash, kill Twilight Sparkle."