//------------------------------// // A New Dawn // Story: One Last Adventure // by 21latenighter //------------------------------// As he flew towards the massive party city known as Las Pegasus, Fury was drawn back to his own world. By now Dash would have nearly throttled the answer out of Twilight about his so called "family matters". He began to chuckle at the thought of Dash trying to choke Twilight, who was simply holding her back with her magic, while calmly reading a book. His thoughts brought him back to the matter at hoof; how was he going to distract the other Fury long enough to pull Twilight from his grasp. Her soul was strong, and if he could only find a memory spell he could make it a lot easier. Fury used his magic to bring up the locket that Luna had given him. When he opened the locket this time however, he was completely surprised. Instead of showing a family picture, it now showed a group of friends on a hill, enjoying life. "That little rascal, she gave me the memory spell I needed" he thought as he let the locket hang back down. Things were beginning to look up as he neared the lights of the city. His magic began to falter as he came close to the ground. "A magical shield, typical villains..." he said to himself as he touched down onto the golden pavement. He heard laughter as a shadow began to form in front of him. The nightmare rose slowly from the shadow. "Have you returned for an encore performance of my weapon? Or simply from your own stupidity?" He asked with a voice as deep as the abyss. "Not likely nightmare, but I have returned to free the six and defeat you!" Fury said as he readied what little magic he had from the shield. The nightmare laughed as his own magic flared and a red scythe appeared. The nightmare then charged Fury and slashed. Fury brought forth a gleaming sword with his own magic and stopped the blow from the scythe. The scythe met the sword with a metallic clang; the nightmare then began to push down, hoping to break Fury's magic. The nightmare then called back his scythe and instead called forth a phantom hand that grabbed Fury by the throat. He then threw Fury as he called forth the mane six. Fury used all of his magic to teleport the locket from his neck to Twilight's as he fell. "Accessorizing my weapon now are we!" The nightmare laughed as he leapt towards Fury and began to slowly choke the life from him. "Now die without heroics!!" Twilight began to blink her eyes as the nightmare's spell wore off. She could still feel the pull from his magic, but something was keeping it at bay. She looked down to see a heart shaped locket around her neck. She opened it to see a photo of her and her friends. "My friends..." she whispered as she looked to the five ponies around her, still looking blankly ahead. She called the spell to mind that would solve the issue, the memory spell she used when she faced Discord and he had turned her friends against her. She felt the magic begin to boil in her veins and got a lovely chill. This wasn't the forced magic she had been casting, but a free magic that coursed through her like a raging river. She began to smile as the nightmare's magic began to wear off on her friends. "Come on girls! I think it's time we fought for the side of good again!" Twilight yelled as as she and her friends cast their elemental magic. "Aww yeah! Let's kick some tail feathers!" Rainbow yelled as her own element activated. The nightmare turned when he saw a rainbow beam coming towards him out of the corner of his eye. "Impossible!!!" He screamed as he brought forth his own magic to shield himself. The rainbow beam struck the shield and began to deflect, and the nightmare began to laugh as he looked at the mane six. "You cannot stop me! So long as I hold the power of Celestia and Luna, your elements cannot stop me!!" He roared as he began to repel the spell back. "Come on girls! Give it everything we got!" Twilight yelled as she gave every ounce of her magic towards her element. The nightmare laughed as he let his shield blow back the elements. The six were blew back and thrown. Fury had a horrid look on his face as he saw the scene before him. He knew what was coming next as he seen the nightmare call forth his scythe and begin to walk towards Twilight. His past was being replayed in this world. "So this is where it all ends Twilight? With you groveling before me?" The nightmare asked as he took a step and raised his scythe for the killing blow. "Wait!!" Fury cried out. "Take me instead!" The nightmare turned his focus from Twilight to Fury. "And why should I?" "I'm the one you want... I'm the one who can stand hoof to hoof with you, spell for spell..." "Yes, you have been a bit of a nuisance lately.." "With my magic you would be unstoppable, and in return I only ask one thing..." "And that is?" The nightmare asked, expecting a hero's speech. "I only ask a moment to say goodbye to these ponies..." The nightmare thought it over for a moment before answering. "Very well, have your moment.." Fury walked slowly to Twilight, who was still in a state of shock. "What are you doing Fury, this isn't helping us?" She asked heatedly. "You asked me to save Equestria, and I have..." "How is surrendering helping?" "Twilight..." he said as he took a deep breath. "I am not the hero you need here, only the guide to show you to the true hero.." "That makes no sense!!" "No," Fury started, "but some things aren't meant to be understood, just trust me. Always let the light of your soul burn bright against the night.." He began to fade away like dust in the wind as he walked backwards towards the Nightmare. "Believe Twilight...." The nightmare's eyes lit up with rage as his prey disappeared before him. "What!!! Nooo!!!" He screamed. "What have you done!!" He yelled at Twilight, who was just as shocked as the nightmare. Fury's plan had worked perfectly. After the nightmare had turned to Twilight, he had let down his shield, allowing fury to perform his greatest teleportation spell he had. The next part of his plan was finding his target, wherever she might be. That too was an easy answer, but a big obstacle. She was in this world's eternal cave, one which he had never been. He focused all his magic to finding the cave, and to allowing the cave to reach him. The cave began to come clear in his mind and he cast his spell after his speech with Twilight. As he appeared in the great cave, some things were different. For one, the cave here was an abandoned ursa cave. The walls of the cave were covered with moss and vines and seemed to travel up forever. He began to hear the quick shallow breathing of a weakened pony. He began to see her silhouette lying by a small stream flowing through the cave. As he approached her, he could see the bruises and cuts along her body, the nightmare hadn't just banished her, he tortured her. He knelt down and placed a hoof on her shoulder. At the touch, her eyes shot opened and a weak scream escaped her. "Please..... no... no more...." she whimpered. "Celestia..." he whispered. The white mare opened her eyes again and looked to her visitor. "Who..... who are you...." she said barely above a whisper. "I'm here to set you free, and help you take back your world," he said as his horn lit up a bright green. The magic he had coveted for three thousand years began to softly leave him as he transferred it to Princess Celestia. The magic not only healed her, but made her stronger than she had ever been. She rose to her hooves as The last of Fury's magic transferred to her. "Now... it's time for you to rise up Celestia, not only as the ruler of this world.... but as it's true guardian..." he said as he began to weaken from his injuries. "My work here is done... now you bring forth a new light against the darkness.... a new dawn.." he said as he fell, too weak to stand anymore. The nightmare had turned his attention back from the absence of his prey to Twilight once more. "You will regret ever resisting me!" He said as he produced his scythe once again. Twilight began to cower as he drew close. "Yes... you are right to be afraid.... what??" The nightmare said as something on the horizon caught his eye. A voice began to thunder across the sky, "Fury! Your crimes against pony kind have decimated Equestria... crimes that now will be atoned for..." As the voice faded, the light of the glorious sun began to gleam as it made it's regal entrance. "That's impossible!! I broke you!!!" He yelled as he watched the sun rise. As the sun rose, a figure could be seen approaching. Celestia flew low and fast as she called the sun from it's slumber. "Impossible! I have your magic!" The nightmare yelled before drawing back to slash the coming princess. He then stopped as his mind processed what was happening. "The coward transferred his magic..." "And this time... you won't win!!" Celestia said as she landed between the nightmare and Twilight. "For I bring a magic from another land, a magic that even alicorns fear...." she said as her horn lit up a bright green. The spell she cast left her horn and grabbed the nightmare in a grip that even death couldn't compete with. "What are you doing to me!!!" The nightmare shrieked as the spell struck him. "The spell is simple to cast for an alicorn, but the effects.... the spell rips the soul from the target..." Celestia said with a solemn wisdom. "NOOO!!! I WILL NOT BE DENIED!!!" He screamed as a dark sphere began to separate from his body. The soul shrieked and wailed as it was pulled from it's host. As it separated, a hole opened up in the ground and swallowed it. With victory achieved, Celestia let her magic fade and turned her attention to Twilight. "Princess....." Twilight said slowly got to her hooves. "Where is.." "The one who saved me... after he transferred his magic to me, he collapsed from his injuries. I teleported him to my personal medical wing in the castle, where he will have the best care Equestria can offer. It seems that your friends could use the same.." Celestia said as she looked to the others. As Twilight and Celestia began to get her friends to the train station, Twilight thought she had seen Fury's body move. As she carried pinkie to the station though, her fears were confirmed. The alicorn began to slowly stand back up.. "Princess...." Twilight whispered. Celestia turned from the station where she had just placed Applejack to see Fury back on his hooves, looking straight at her. "No..." she whispered. As the alicorn rose however, his wings began to fade away. His eyes began to brighten up to a bright green and his mane began to change back to a light blue. The nightmare was gone. "Twilight..." princess Celestia said as she lowered her wings, "I don't think we need to worry anymore. The now unicorn bowed in the presence of the ruler of Equestria. "Princess... I... I.. I deserve any and every punishment you come up with...." he said wearily. Celestia walked up and placed a wing around him. "Fury, former student of Star Swirl the Bearded, I, Princess Celestia hereby give you a new teacher..." she said in a regal voice. "My former pupil, Twilight Sparkle, to study in the magic of friendship and report to her your progress.." "I.. don't know what to say..." Fury said confused. "I believe every pony deserves a second chance," she said as she walked back to the train station. "How.. how long was I...." "Centuries.... long enough for all of your kin to.. leave for the next world." "Even...." "Starswirl disappeared many years ago.. so far as any of us know, he was taken by one of his own spells," Celestia said as she reached the station. The three ponies shared the silence as they waited for the train to arrive and take them back to Canterlot. Fury Flight awoke in the medical wing a few days later. He opened his eyes to see his surroundings. The windows in the room told the story of Celestia against Nightmare Moon. His eyes moved to see the pony setting by his bed, Princess Luna. "Princess, where.." "Thou art in the royal medical wing, and thou has been out for two moons," she said with a little sass in her usual accent. "Is.." "Our sister, she is fine along with the elements.. thou truly art a hero.." "I'm no hero here, just the messenger.." "Speaking of messengers," came Twilight's voice, interrupting the two ponies. "There is a pony here from your world, they insisted on an audience with Celestia, she's in there now." Fury lept to his hooves and began to run out of the wing when Luna stopped him. "And where art thou going?" "To protect Princess Celestia! If Dash is here, she'll need it!" Fury exclaimed before rushing towards the throne room. The memory of Dash challenging his father, Galaxo filling his mind. With a wave of his horn he could level the entire empire, and Dash had the nerve to challenge him. Fury busted through the doors just in time to see the end of the meeting. "Princess, please accept my sincere apology for coming here unannounced, but it took everything I had to keep Dash from bursting through herself..." came the voice of his world's Twilight. Fury breathed a sigh of relief when he seen Twilight. "Speaking of Dash, how is she?" He asked as he interrupted the meeting. "Fury!" Twilight growled. "Do you have any idea what I've been through this week?! Telling Dash everyday you'd be back only to find out your missing here!!" "I know Twilight, and I'm sorry.... and before you say it, you were right, I should of let you you come here instead of me," he said as he tried to apologize. "Maybe I should let Dash loose here, she's been itching to get at you, what do ya say??" She said with a playful grin. "Princess Celestia, pleas forgive me and my companion, we always speak to each other this way," Fury said to Celestia. "It is quite alright, me and my sister act the same way, but before you do leave our world and return to your own... please accept this as a token of our gratitude," she said as she held up a locket with her magic. "To the hero who saved us, we bestow you a memory to fight away the darkness of your own world.." "Thank you Princess.." Fury said as he bowed low and accepted the locket. He then turned to Twilight and nodded, "alright Twilight, let's go home." Twilight then let her magic envelope them as she cast the spell that would take them home...