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// Chapter 11: Banishment 
// Story: Golden Soul 
// by Inactive Pone 
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          (Once again...) It's a bright sunny day in Equestria, and all the ponies are alive and well again, going through their daily activities. However, the group at Twilight's castle were different, they were all happy to see each other again, especially Twilight and Nathan.
As the group was talking with each other, Twilight just woke up from her sleep that morning.
'(Gasps) I'm alive again? Wow, she must have been busy!' She looked around, and saw that Frisk was sleeping very quietly on her bed beside. She wasn't really conscious yet. Beside the bed, there was a little table, stacked with cards.
'(Chuckles) She must be tired. I guess she did win in the end. Maybe I'll give her a little card to thank her, then I'll just let her come to me,' She wrote down what she had to say in the card, placed it on the table, and walked out of the room.

Twilight wanted to check if Nathan was up yet. She couldn't find him with the group, which was what she expected. So, she went to his room, and he was just casually relaxing on his bed.
'Hey, Nathan! It's me!' She called out as she entered.
He gasped. 'Oh my gosh, Twilight! You're okay!'
They both rushed over and hugged each other. They were both so glad to see each other being safe.
'What happened? Did you guys win in the end?' He asked.
'I don't know, I died while trying to fight him. But, Frisk is still sleeping at the moment, seeing her still alive, I'm pretty sure she won.' She answered.
'Well, we'll know soon enough. But I'm just so glad you're safe and sound!' Nathan exclaimed.
'Haha, I feel the same, and everyone else also has the same thought.' said Twilight.


At the same time, when no one was watching, Frisk woke up.
'Phew... I'm still okay. I thought I died there...' She thought. She looked at the cards that her friends gave. 'Wow... My friends are so kind, how long have I been passed out for?'
Just when she was reading, princess Celestia came in.
'Good morning, Frisk, feeling any better?' She asked.
'Pretty good now, thanks.' Frisk replied. 'It's great to see everyone alive and well again, isn't it?'
She nodded. 'Yes, on behalf of all my subjects, I thank you for saving us once again. I know beating him must have been no easy task. You truly are the chosen one.'
Frisk shook her head. 'I didn't do it alone. Without the help from all of you, I wouldn't have reformed him and helped him to revive you all. You guys gave me the strength, the power of friendship to help his true identity escape. When I found out what happened to him, I knew how to beat him. I needed to find a way to break his dark soul in order to free him from the evil murderer. So, I owe you all a thank you as well.'
Celestia beamed. 'You're most certainly welcome. Now, you must be really tired after what happened. You can still take a rest or you can jump back into meeting your friends. We have some things to do later. I'll leave it up to you then.' She left the room after she finished.
Frisk smiled, and left the room a while after the princess left.


She went to Twilight's room, just to see if her best friend was alive again.
'Twilight Sparkle, are you there?' She knocked on the door.
She beamed, and used her magic to open it.
'Frisk! You're here!' Twilight said happily, then walking over to her.
Frisk turned to a pony and chuckled while doing a familiar dance. 'Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake...'
'Clap your hooves and do a little shake!' She responded, and they both laughed. 'Wow, I don't recall teaching you that!'
'Oh, it's nothing, Cadance and Flurry Heart taught me. Seriously, it's so good to see you again!' Frisk immediately cuddled her friend for a bit.
'(Giggles) Love you too, Frisk. You finally did it!'
Nathan was at a side, clapping his hands. 'Nice, he deserved it.'
'Speaking of which... What happened to Felix? I don't see him anywhere.' said Frisk.
'Oh, about him? When you two collapsed in the castle, everything returned to normal when the spell was initiated. An hour later, the princesses decided to find what happened in the blast. They found you both easily. Flurry took you back here while you passed out, and the royal sisters captured Felix, and he'll be banned from this world for what he has done.' Twilight explained. 'And I know what you're thinking, and yes, they told us about it before you got up.'
Frisk was a little bit sad he will be banned forever from Equestria, but thought he deserved it.
'You know what, he said to me he's ready for whatever punishment was fair, so I won't judge what Celestia and Luna have planned. I'm okay with it.'
Nathan had an idea. 'Say, you should probably go and meet the others now.'
'Good idea, let's go!'

When she entered the throne room, which was the place where the others were chatting, everyone bowed down to her.
'Whoa, what's with everyone being so formal all of a sudden?' Frisk giggled.
'Come on, you saved all of ponykind! Why wouldn't we be so thankful to you?' Asriel replied, getting back up.
Cadance went over to her. 'On behalf of all the ponies, we thank you again for saving us from disaster.'
Frisk shook her hoof. 'You're very welcome, I always do what is best for everypony, and I am very honored to save you all... again!' Everypony giggled a little bit.
'Alright, soon enough, Felix will be banished from Equestria, and he can never return.' Luna said.
'Great idea, your highness.' Nathan replied.
'So, anypony not coming today?' Flurry asked. No one dared to say no. 'Okay, so it's about time he gets punished for his crime.'

A while later, the whole group was standing near the Canterlot portal, ready for Felix's banishment to be official.
'Bring in the convict,' Celestia commanded.
As Felix came over, his face was full of guilt and regret. His hands locked in place behind him with handcuffs, he is ready for his punishment as he was surrounded by the royal guard.
Dan got the settings ready. 'There, the moment he goes through the portal, the portals will make it so that he may not pass through any of them from Earth to get to here.' He whispered to Luna.
Mark sighed. 'You should be very ashamed of yourself, my friend.'
'I know, Mark. I can't believe I hid this secret from you.' Felix replied, walking along.
He walked all the way to the front, and just as he was about to go through, Frisk spoke up.
'Please wait for a second.'
They all stopped, and Felix turned to her.
'Apologies for the holdup, I... have some words to say to him, since this is the last time we'll see each other.'
'Alright, but not too long.' Cadance warned. 'Let him loose for one moment.'
Frisk went over to him, and sighed.
'Felix, I'm not mad at you for what you have done. As an old friend, I've always loved you with all my heart. It's been great to see you again, even though you are a serial killer and tried to kill everyone. I can't tell when we'll meet again, or maybe we won't even see each other ever again after this, and I don't know if you'll remember any of this or not, but I will always keep you in my heart.' She took out a piece of paper, and passed it to him. He put it in his pocket. 'With Celestia's permission, I hope we can still keep in touch with each other, and I hope you'll be okay alone. Just remember, if you need me, don't hesitate to reach out to me.'
Felix had tears in his eye as he was handcuffed again by his friend. 'I deserved this. I'll admit it, it's my fault.'
'You thought I always tried to steal the spotlight from you, but don't worry, I know someone out there cares about you. Someone like me. I don't think I will see you again, so I pray you'll be alright without me around.' Frisk tempted to comfort him, but resisted.
Looking down, the guilty murderer finally admitted his crime.
'Take care, Frisk. I won't try to compete with you anymore.' He finally sighed.
As he stepped up to the podium in front of the portal again, he looked at Frisk again.
'It's okay. Go.' She told him.
He took a deep breath, and walked through the portal. Now, he can never return to here ever again.

Flurry put her wing around Frisk, and dried her tears. 'You'll get over with it.'
'Alright! Who's ready for a party to celebrate that we won this fight!?' Pinkie exclaimed.
The girl who was just sad was laughing again. 'Ha, you bet! Anyone else?'
Everypony felt great that she suggested that idea.
'Wait a minute,' Nathan called out. 'I have something to say... Particularly to Twilight.' He turned to her.
'Huh? What about me?' She asked.
He signaled her go to the middle of the two lines of humans and ponies, and he held one of her hooves.
'Twilight Sparkle, for the past years we've been together, it was all so much fun and such an exciting journey. Our relationship grew and grew through the years, since I have met you. I may not be the best in the world, and I am a little foolish and all that sometimes, but... I have something I want to ask of you...' He digged into his pocket.
'(Gasp) You don't mean...' Twilight let go and gasped.
Everypony saw what he was holding, and they all cheered in excitement: He was proposing to her!
'No way! He's proposing!!!!' Stacy gasped.
Down on one leg and holding the ring, Nathan smiled.
'Your highness... I'll be very, very honored to marry you,' He confessed.
Twilight was crying tears of joy. 'Of course I will!' She said excitedly.
She turned into a human, and he carefully put the ring on her finger. As the two embraced tightly and kissed, everyone was really excited and overjoyed. However, Asriel had other plans.
'Sorry to ruin the excitement, but... Frisk, come with me.' He called out to her.
They stood next to the other couple, and held each other's hands.
'We've known each other for a long time, and we did everything together. We grew up to this day as siblings, and we were life-long friends. After the war, which was a few years ago, we even became a couple. Ever since birth, I looked up to you. And now... I don't know about you, but I would say we are ready for our biggest stage of relationship yet.'
Once again, everyone gasped, since they knew what he was doing. That's right, he made this a double proposal!
'(Squeals) A double proposal!!' Rainbow screamed in excitement.
'(Chuckles) Frisk, I love you so, so much. I know we have always been a destined pair. And to make that happen... I only have one question to ask.' Asriel was down on one leg, to bring up the question.
Everyone was extremely excited. 'Say yes! Say yes! Say yes!' They all chanted to Frisk.
'Will you marry me, my dear sister?' He asked.
Frisk gasped, and she had the biggest smile on her face in her entire life. 'Oh, Asriel...' She nodded to him.
At last, he put the ring on her finger and they kissed each other. Most of them started cheering and bouncing and clapping for the two engaged couples.
Celestia went over to Twilight. 'Congratulations, my faithful student.' She kindly gave her a hug. 'And congratulations to you as well, Nathan. You'll have a pretty good life with her.'
'Thanks, your highness,' He shook her hoof.
Asriel winked at Nathan, smiling.
'(Chuckles) I didn't think you'll propose to her today,' Nathan whispered.
'What? It's not my fault my timing is so good!' He laughed, and they both gave each other a high-five.
On the other hand, the girls were really happy for each other.
'Congratulations, Twilly. I'm so happy for you!' Frisk said.
Twilight beamed. 'Haha, I can say the same for you!'
Around a year later, both couples got married, and all had a great life afterwards.