//------------------------------// // Dawn // Story: Sunset's Bizarre Adventure: Friendship is Unbreakable // by StardustSprinkle //------------------------------// "Are you sure about this, sugar cube?" Applejack asks, her arms crossed: "You don't have to go alone." "I have to," Sunset yawns as the early morning breeze graced her skin, making Sunset shiver: "The balance between our world and Equestria is very delicate, and I just don't want to upset it." "If you say so," Applejack gazes up at the portal: "It's crazy, huh? I would have never imagined any of this happening a year ago!" "Same here!" Sunset takes a deep breath as the morning sun shines its first light on the statue. "Welp, say hello to Princess Twilight for me!" Applejack slap Sunset on the back. "Wow!" Losing her balance, Sunset falls face-first into the portal. "Oops," Applejack chuckled: "Sorry?" "I didn't expect to see anyone here, but I guess you left me no choice." "I knew you were, sugar cube," Applejack takes off her hat and puts it on the statue: "You stole their powers, didn't you?" "For a greater good," The sound of footstep closes in: "But don't worry, no one will get hurt, not anymore." "Not anymore?" Applejack thundered before turning around and coming face to face with Twilight: "Not anymore?" "I must apologize about what happened to your friend." Twilight takes a napkin out of her pocket, wiping the droplets of spits off of her own face: "But there is no turning back." "Sugar cube," Applejack face palmed: "You don't have to do this..." "Sorry, but I have to," Twilight activates her stand as a machine arm showed and moved directly for Applejack's abdomen. For some reason, the machine arm of Twilight's stand was stopped dead on its' track once it hits Applejack's skin: "What the..." "Surprised?" Applejack remove her hand from her face, looking directly at Twilight's eyes: "Sugar cube, listen to me, I can help you!" "Help?" Twilight looks back, her eyes tickle with tears: "Can you...revive the dead and give everyone a happy life?" "I..." Applejack land both hands on Twilight's shoulder but with her eyes closed: "I don't think so, but we can always find a way! "So no," Twilight's voice shivered: "Can you...fix...no, you can't. This is the only way..." "Sugar cube!" Applejack cried out as Twilight pushed her aside. "Give me your power!" Twilight shouts as a purple cynical with countless eyes and fifteen arms materialize between her and Applejack. "Stop it!" With the power to sense the electric field around her, Applejack can ready the intention of her enemies and predict their attacks. Within an instant, Applejack summoned her stand. "What the..." Twilight gasps for air after a round of attack. The arms of her stand, each capable of extracting the power of another stand user, are useless against Applejack: "So you've created an electric field around yourself to repel attacks...fascinating..." "Sugar cube, please!" Applejack pleads: "Stop this now!" "You know," Twilight smirked: "Maybe I can use Rarity's power to..." "Ora!" A powerful punch cuts through the air, travels through Twilight's defense, and lands on her arm. "AHHH!" Twilight screams as her left arm bend to an unnatural direction with an unholy cracking sound. "STOP THIS, NOW!" Applejack scolds, bearing her teeth as Twilight cries in pain. "You know..." Twilight murmurs, putting her right hand on her left shoulder: "Rarity's power...she can transform something from a solid-state to a liquid state..." "What are you talking about?" Applejack frowned; the arms of her stand hovers between her and Twilight. "That means," Twilight groaned. With a thud, her left arm detached from her shoulder and fell to the ground. "EH!" Applejack gaged: "Sugar cube! Sunset can fix you up!" "And my power," Ignoring Applejack's suggestion, each arm of Twilight's stand takes out a book: "Is to extract attributes of anything and apply it to where I'm pleased. Withstand user, it's your personality and stand. Let's see...hardness of concrete...Good enough." "Huh?" Still disgusted from the sight, Applejack gagged again as Twilight dropped the book in her detached arm and picked the arm up with her right hand. "You know, this arm is now as tough as concrete," Twilight comments, looking at her detached arm: "Catch!" "Eh!" Applejack turns her head around, gagged again as she catches the detached arm. "Don't worry, I liquidated my joint, so I can remove my arm temporarily," Twilight explains as her left arm turns into vapor in Applejack's arms: "Now, catch this!" Twilight charges at Applejack, throwing two other books at her foe. "Gross!" Still shook at the arm-throwing, Applejack blocked without even looking. Upon touching the arms of APplejack's stand, the books merge into the arms. In a moment, Applejack's arms lose all strength and start to flow with the wind. "Those are the softness of grass!" Twilight says while still bolting towards Applejack: "Give up!" "Sorry, sugar cube," Applejack signed, closing her eyes. Out of the football field, a steel bar flew at Twilight's Direction, caught the girl, and wrapped around her like a snake: "I have to." "Let go!" Twilight struggles as more steel bars pin her down on the ground. "You ain't going nowhere!" Applejack speaks: "You are staying!" "Applejack, I envy your innocence," Twilight smirks as her detached arm suddenly materialized, attached itself onto Applejack's back. "Wha..." Before uttering more words, Twilight's detached left-hand grabs Applejack's throat and starts squeezing. Distracted by this unpleasant surprise, Applejack failed to form a force field to protect her neck. "Your arms are weak," Twilight comments as Applejack struggles. The arms of Applejack's stand, affected by its owner's state, are powerless now. Seconds later, Applejack fell as the world around her started to go dark. "I must..." As her stand plugs another book, named cake, into the steel bars around her, Twilight stands up, effortlessly breaking once unbreakable steel bars. "My arm..." Twilight murmurs, gently putting her right hand on her left. With a mighty pull, the arm detaches from Applejack's back. With the help of Rarity's stand, Twilight's left arm returned to its owner. It hurts! Twilight kneels down, her teeth gritted as her right arm reaches into Applejack's body and pulls out a book named: The Song of Earth. "Sorry," Twilight stands up, putting her new book into the backpack before limping away. The early morning sun rises, shining on Applejack's unconscious body.