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The End of Two Chapters
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Aurora and Trixie stood together, back in their proper body, surrounded by endless white space, about to move on to their surprise attack, to hopefully save Twilight from the entity inside of her.
“So, using the same spell that I’ve used to jump in to everypony’s head, I’ll go into Twilight,” Aurora explained to her friend, who was avoiding eye contact, “Then… I purge her of the chaos.”
Trixie sighed. She had cried over her friend’s death so many times at this point. She wouldn’t have been surprised if that number had exceeded a hundred. Could even be two. Now… she was out of tears. The last couple of hours they had spent saving their friends had given her a chance to accept what was happening. Her friend had clearly accepted it, so it only made sense that she do the same.
“Trixie?” Aurora asked, not sure if she was truly listening.
“Yeah?” She asked, looking over to her friend, for what was probably the last time, “Is it time?”
She nodded in response, “When we get up there, you’ll need to use every ounce of your power to help your friends.”
“I’m not even an Element of Harmony,” Trixie said, shaking her head, “They’re all a lot stronger than I am. Plus… how can I even get in there in time? I couldn’t have a proper teleportation spell cast quick enough.”
“I’ll... take care of that,” Aurora said.
“Okay, but are you sure I shouldn’t just focus on supporting you, instead of wasting magic?” She asked.
“No,” She responded, shaking her head quickly, “You could be the straw that breaks the camels back. Everything you have has to be directed at her. I only need to break through.”
“Okay.” Trixie said, nodding to her friend, “I’ll just use my—“
Trixie was cut off as Aurora lunched forward, and wrapped her arms around her neck.
“I’m sorry I have to do this,” Aurora said into her chest, “Earlier… when I said that living inside of you wasn’t like living at all, I… I was just lying.”
Trixie inhaled softly, and brought a hoof up to the back of her head, softly stroking her mane.
“I would have been happy to stay with you until you died of old age.” She said, her voice still muffled by Trixie’s chest fluff, “I don’t want to leave you again…”
Trixie smiled. Relieved that she wasn’t the only one that was petrified of being left alone.
“I know…” She whispered.
“But… this needs to happen,” She said, “As much as I want to be here with you, I want to save Twilight, her baby, and… all of our friends even more.”
Trixie leaned down and kissed Aurora’s forehead, while tightening the grip she had on her, “I’ll never forget you, Aurora. You… you made me a better mare.”
She sniffled back to him.
“You were the sister I always wished I had… and you made my life worth something, even if it was only for a little while.” She returned, looking up to her best friend, her eyes shimmering, “I wouldn’t have traded it for anything.”
“Neither would I have.” She returned, sniffling lightly, “Not for anything.”
Suddenly, their white void began to shake.
“This is it.” Aurora whispered, “I love you, Trixie.”
“I love you too, Aurora.” She said, her voice shaking.
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Thirty seconds earlier
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Twilight laughed as she watched the Elements of Harmony writhe in their dreams. “It’s only a matter of time before I break each and every one of them.”
The Elements were arranged in a large circle around Twilight, and the princesses, who were now in the center of the floor.
Twilight walked over to Alex and tilted her head, “Hmm. This dream doesn’t seem to have been working. Maybe I’ll… ramp things up a bit for him. A dead parent or two ought to fix his rebellious attitude.”
“You monster…” Luna growled, out of breath from trying to break free of her shackles, “I’ll stop you myself if I have to!”
“Oh please,” Twilight rolled her eyes, turning around to face the Princess, “You’re going to stop me? Ha! You and what ar—“
Suddenly, a deafening explosion went off, as a wave of magic tore through the entire tower, sending Twilight tumbling toward Luna.
“What the—“ she began, before seeing the events unfold in front of her.
Each of the Elements of Harmony began to glow, before they opened their eyes in unison.
”Now!”
Instantly, white beams of harmonious magic were blasted from each pony, and directed right to the center of the room.
Twilight gasped in surprise, before instantly she letting out a blood curdling shriek.
Then, Trixie came soaring through the window with a pair of glowing white wings, just as she used the last time she fought Twilight.
“You should have killed me when you had the chance!” Aurora shouted through Trixie’s mouth, as the unicorn added her own beam of magic to the mix.
Then, finally, a single gold beam, no thicker than a blade of grass fired from Trixie’s horn, and impacted Twilight, causing her to collapse.
“Go in now!” Trixie shouted, seeing that Twilight was vulnerable.
”I-I’m trying!” Aurora struggled, her voice horribly strained, “She’s still keeping me out!”
“We need you guys attacking more!” Trixie shouted, looking around the room at the already weakened Elements of Harmony.
“I-I can’t!” Fluttershy gasped, just loud enough to be heard over the magic beams, “It burns!”
“She’s right!” Dash added raggedly, “Any more magic is going to burn us non-unicorns out!”
“Alex? Rarity?” Trixie shouted, as she watched Twilight begin to open her eyes, glaring at the blue mare.
“I’m giving it everything she’s got, captain!” Alex shouted, his horn visibly turning red from the amount of magic pouring from it.
“As am I!” Rarity called, in the same situation, “Any more and I may ignite!”
Twilight’s blood red eyes, narrowed as she began to stand up.
“Aurora!” Trixie shouted, “You have to push in!”
”I can’t!” She shouted back, “She’s putting every ounce of her power into blocking my entrance!”
“You’re right.” Twilight growled, making her way back on to her four legs, “I should have killed you when I had the chance.”
Twilight began walking toward Trixie, closing the small gap between them with small steps, as she managed to survive the onslaught of magic burning into her body.
”I-I don’t know what to do!” Aurora shouted, “I can’t get in! She’s pushing back against me just as hard as I’m pushing into her! It’s a tug-of-war I can’t win!”
Trixie swallowed, as Twilight came to within an inch of her face, her horn glowing dark red.
But, instead of attacking right away, Twilight began to speak.
“You’re stronger than I thought,” Twilight laughed, a smile spreading across her lips, “But it’s time to let go, and let the strong inherit the world.”
“No!” Pinkie shouted, as Twilight raised her hoof.
“Trixie, run!” Applejack screamed, “Git’ outta’ here!”
Everypony started yelling at once for her to do something, as Twilight wound up her attack, ready to kill her in front of her friends.
But, one voice pierced through the rest.
“I’m sorry, Trixie.”
At first, the unicorn thought that her best friend was apologizing for having failed. But she was soon proven wrong.
The gold beam that had been firmly connected to Twilight, suddenly turned red.
“W-what?!” Twilight shouted, staggering back instantly, “No! You- you can’t do that! Let go of me!”
Then, red energy began pouring out of Twilight’s chest, being pulled along the red beam of magic, and into Trixie’s body.
”If I can’t beat you at tug-of war, I’ll just let go of the rope that you’re pulling so hard on!”
The process was faster than anypony had anticipated, as Aurora instantly reversed the direction of her spell, catching Twilight off guard, pulling the chaotic mare into Trixie.
The energy blasting out of her was so strong, it was blowing Trixie’s mane far behind her, as she was filled with the red magic that had once inhabited Twilight. It all absorbed into her body, as both mares collapsed on to their knees.
Trixie couldn’t say anything. She only felt an intense burning throughout her body, as the corruption spread like wildfire through her.
Then, as quickly as it started, it stopped, as the original Twilight fell over, out cold.
“I’m sorry if they hate you for this…” Aurora’s voice rung out.
”Noooooooooo! A demonic voice shouted through her mouth, as a beam of white light shot out of her mouth, and both of her eyes.
Everypony could only watch in shock.
Then it all went black.
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Trixie groaned as she opened her eyes weakly.
She was back in her mindscape. Surrounded by endless white.
“A-Aurora?” Trixie asked softly, her body drained of all desire to move, “A-are you still here?”
“Shh…” Her voice came softly, as she leaned over Trixie’s body, “It’s all over. Just relax.”
She felt her heart leap at the voice, as she looked to the mare. But, she instantly saw that her body wasn’t right. It was… transparent.
“I don’t have long before I disappear,” Aurora said softly, “But I need you to understand what I did.”
“You beat her!” Trixie said, mustering enough energy to smile, “You saved us!”
“Not… exactly.” She said, shaking her head.
“What do you mean?” She asked.
“To beat Twilight, I had to draw the corrupted amalgamation of the Elements of Harmony within you,” She said, looking away guiltily for a moment, “But once the Element was purified, it latched on to your soul. It can’t go back.”
Trixie blinked a couple of times, as she tried to process what Aurora had just said.
“What are you saying?” She asked.
“You’re the Element of Magic now, Trixie.” She said, “I took it away from Twilight to save Equestria.”
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“What?!” Trixie shouted, sitting up in her bed, shocked to find that she was inside of an infirmary, alone in the dark.
“I left you with a final gift, as well,” Aurora’s voice said, so quiet that it was almost unintelligible, “I hope you think of me while you’re using them.”
Suddenly, Trixie became instantly aware of two uncomfortable pressures about half way down her back. Looking over her shoulder, she saw two wings, folded against her body.
”I love you, Trixie.” A final whisper echoed through her head.
“I love you too!” Trixie shouted, forgetting about the wings instantly, afraid that Aurora might be too far to hear her, as her chest tightened, “I… I love you too…”
Before she could even process another thought, she passed out once again.
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