“Previously on Starfleet Magic!”

The team on Equestria managed to get through the Rhymey, breaking Nightmare’s control, only to once again end up being bashed and beaten around. Meanwhile, having survived the collapse of Rainbow City, the others escaped to Professor Brain’s laboratory to board his newly completed rocket and escape to safety, just with their lives as Unicornicopia exploded in a blazing ball of fire, taking Discord with it. After reunited with their comrades, the two teams pulled together and destroyed Titan’s minions for good and Nightmare Moon’s demise soon followed releasing all the captive slaves. However, it would seem the danger has not yet passed as those mysterious eyes are about to reveal more.

FINAL EPISODE

All the Equestrians were free from their chains, but all were just gazing up at those large eyes in the sky. Some of the children were hiding behind their elders trembling and crying with fear.

The voice behind the eyes explained, “I am the one who has been observing you all for some time now-- Watching you all as you took on all those evil creatures that came your way, and boldly revealing every last bit of your magical secrets and resources. Now I have all that I require in order to wipe you all out of existence along with your precious planet as well.”

Lightning gasped “That… that voice! I didn’t want to believe it…!” he said. His eyes narrowed, and he clenched his fists tightly,

Titan laughed in the darkness. “Yes you did, but you should be aware by now that I am not so easy to get rid of.” His sinister eyes glowed brightly and he showed everyone what really happened!

It was never actually Titan’s true intention to win that time on Unicornicopia, as he was already well-prepared for the unlikely event if he would be defeated.

When Starfleet had nearly destroyed him, Titan reached into his back and pulled out a small blob from within his body, a special one filled with enough strength and energy, just about everything that was him channeled into it that would one day allow Titan to be reborn, body, power, and all!

The blob was cast out into Dimensional Space and wasn’t affected by the teleportation magic. For all that time Titan spent gathering more strength and power, while at the same time, observing his enemies so that he could effectively destroy them by learning their every magic technique, and learn how to overpower it. Even if it meant using Nightmare, Discord, or even his own minions as disposable tools to gain the information he required.

“You sent Discord to attack us?!” snarled Lightning. “He blew up our home world!”

“Of all the evil tricks and things you’ve done,
This is by far the very last one!”

The Equestrian ponies felt their fears mixing with their anger and outrage coursing through them. “I never knew someone that could exist could be so heartless!” cried Pinkie “So… evil!”

Titan laughed and said. “Well, sad to say it is. My minions knew from the day they were created, that they were tools and respected that! So did the demon Discord, when I sent him to Unicornicopia, and though Discord didn’t make it, the fact remains that Unicornicopia is gone, and Equestria is doomed to explode anyway. You see how much your little friendship and goodness did you? Friendship and love are nothing but a farce! A lie! Good for nothing acts of stupidity used to manipulate weaklings such as yourselves.”

“Wow! He’s got some grudge.” Spike whispered. Twilight and friends nodded. The fact that someone would hate friendship and love this much and planned to wipe out all creatures who felt it really turned their stomachs!

Titan went on to explain that he had made a most fascinating discovery while he was away. He cast his gaze on Grand Ruler. “Celesto! That is your name? You have always wondered the secrets of your birth-- why you were born with three horns, golden wings, and yet you never got an answer?”

Grand Ruler looked confused “Yes!” he said “But what does this have to do with anything?”

Titan sniggered and decided to reveal to everyone the secret which he had learned long ago when originally selling himself to the dark side for his powers. The prophecies had for told of one extremely rare and special creature that would one day come to possess extraordinary powers and knowledge form forces unlike anything before. This creature would bear the physical appearance of three golden horns, golden wings, and born to an ordinary couple. “That is you, Celesto. You are a chosen child of the gods!”

Grand Ruler could hardly believe what he was hearing, and neither could any the others “Grand Ruler…” said Lightning. “Celesto?!” cried Celestia, but her love just stood there feeling heart-struck. “I’m a… child of the gods?!” he exclaimed. “That explains everything. My ability to master spells quickly, creating so many things.”

He then turned to Celestia and thought to when they blasted Discord before escaping Unicornicopia. Neither of them said anything, but Titan snickered and said “Yes… the two of you combined began to unleash you full and complete powers, for you, Celestia, you also are chosen by the gods. It is no coincidence the two of you met. It was hoped for and almost played out perfectly like pieces on a chessboard.”

Their majesties didn’t know it was possible to ever feel so shocking, but all the other ponies didn’t know what they were feeling. This was just too incredible!

“Fortunately, your complete powers have yet to be awakened, and I could never allow you to gain such power, not at the risk of you ever becoming stronger than I.” hissed Titan. His glowing eyes vanished, and he fully appeared in his old bodily form, but he was now gigantic, even larger than Nightmare was when she was gigantic. His monstrous hands alone were as large as the whole group standing together. He laughed maliciously. “I could never have asked for a better opportunity.”

Grand Ruler although still shocked by this revelation, clenches his fists and glared up angrily. “Titan, I swear, even if my true power hasn’t been awakened, so help me I will stop you!”

“So shall I.” added Celestia. “I’ll never let such a vile creature like you spread hatred and chaos on the universe!” Everyone else stood tall and proud, but suddenly they realized that the elements of harmony, and the star stones were gone. “Where did they go?” asked Artie.

“Look…!” cried Fluttershy. Everyone gazed up and saw Titan had them in his giant hand. “Oh! Are these yours?” he asked mockingly as he did the unthinkable-- He clenched his hand tight and actually crushed the treasures into dust. Their magical energies flared out in soft explosions and were gone.

Everyone gasped in the deepest shock of horror. “He…. He did it!” cried Twilight. “He actually destroyed them!”

“A little sample of what’s in store for ALL OF YOU!” Titan shouted as he grabbed Grand Ruler and Celestia in his hands. “No!!” cried Lightning and Twilight.

Titan’s eyes glowed. “As you wish!” and the inside of his hood began to glow mysteriously like a swirling vortex and he hastily threw them inside and they were gone.

Twilight and Lightning were devastated along with everyone else. “No! They… they can’t be…!” cried Lightning.

Titan explained that they weren’t dead, not yet. “They have merely been infused inside of my very magical essence.”

“YES!!” Titan bellowed “And every second they remain inside of me, their energies and magic are being infused into me. Soon they will be no more, and finally, and with them out of my way, nothing will stop me from destroying this universe and remaking it in my own image! All over there will be fighting, and darkness beyond imagination and with no friendship and love to ever combat it.”

Everyone’s anger began to peak, and they didn’t care if he was giant or not. “GET HIM!!” Lightning shouted, and everyone fired their best attacks, but it was no good. They had used up a lot of their powers fighting Nightmare and her forces, and even so, their biggest attacks were only the size of insects compared to Titan’s enormous size. He felt nothing but slight amusement. He then raised his huge hands. “Everyone, watch out…!” cried Lightning and everyone dashed out of the way as Titan shouted “…UNIFORCE!!” and actually fired it, drained from Grand Ruler and powered it further by Celestia inside of him. Such a large and powerful energy blast flew straight through the crust of the planet, causing another violent earthquake. This reminded everyone that the planet was due to explode in a short time.

“You’re fate is now sealed, ponies!” roared Titan “You’ll either die at my hands, or go up with the planet. It doesn’t matter, and if any of you are thinking that I will be going down with you, think again! It will take far more than a planetary explosion to get rid of me and the power I possess!”

All hope now seemed completely lost for everyone, but Lightning, clenched his fists in determination. “No! I won’t let this happen!” and he began to charge straight for Titan. “Lightning!” screamed Starla “Are you crazy!” shouted Dyno. “Come back!” called Fluttershy.

Despite calls and protests from the others, Lightning refused to head back, and continued to charge, much to Titan’s annoyance. “Pitiful fool!” he fired a ray of energy from his eyes nearly hitting Lightning and creating such and explosion that it threw him back, but he just got back up and tried again. Titan blasted at him again, and again. “What’s he doing?” asked Twilight “How can he just keep getting up like that?”

All anyone could figure was that Lightning was determined to get at Titan, despite all the odds being horribly stacked against them; he wasn’t willing to give up! He wasn’t going to let his master or the princess be threatened by any oversized demon sorcerer.

Titan had had quite enough of this foolishness, and prepared to blast Lightning to bits, but as soon as he fired his blasts headed right for him, two large portals appeared, one absorbed the blast and sent it back out through the other straight at Titan, hitting him hard!

“Huh?” wondered Lightning, and that’s when he saw Krysta, Topaz and an army of their fairies burst through a third portal. “Sorry we’re late. Guess our invitation was lost.” Krysta teased.

Lightning smiled at her, then the fairies scattered about creating portals to the planet Sharma. “Hear me all of you.” said Topaz “Your planet is about to explode. There is nothing we can do to stop that, but your lives are more important. Do exactly as we say and there will be a chance for you.”

With no possible way to argue and Titan still stunned, everyone dashed into the portals in many long lineups. “Come on! Move! Move! Move!” shouted Krysta. Professor Brain evacuated along with the rest of them. Soon they were all safe and sound on Sharma along with space ponies. “Thank goodness, we’ve made it!” cried Cadance. “But wait… about the others.” asked Shining Armor. “Twily…!”

All the fairies came through the portals, with the exception of Krysta as she stayed behind to help out in the battle. “Krystalline, please be careful!” Topaz cried under his breath.

Krysta ushered everyone huddled in close to her. She knew Grand Ruler and Celestia were inside “You’ll all have to go in there and get them out. I can get you in, but after that you’re on your own.”

The others were at first skeptical of actually going inside Titan, not knowing what sort of dangers they would run into, but if it meant saving their majesties, they had no choice. Even Fluttershy agreed to do it, even though she had never been more scared in her life.

“Do it, Krysta.” Lightning said. Krysta nodded and formed one portal near everyone, and the second directly near Titan’s head over his hood. “Go, now!” she shouted, and she and everyone else jumped through. They popped out through the other portal and could feel themselves being pulled in by strong winds that were Titan’s breathing, and all fell into the blackness of his hood and into that vortex.

Inside of Titan was nothing what anyone had expected. It was like being a dark realm of dark swirling colors and lights. Spike felt himself getting queasy, and his cheeks turned green. “Oh! I think I’m going to hurl!” he groaned. Twilight lifted him onto her back.

Pinkie Pie kept spinning in circles following the flow of lights. “Gee… what pretty colors.” she said before falling down in dizziness.

“Yeah, yeah, it’s breathtakin’, but what in tarnation are we supposed to do now?” asked Applejack.

“We must find Celestia and Celesto.” said Luna “We cannot allow Titan to absorb their energies any longer or they will perish for certain.”

“Obviously, but where in the universe do we start looking?” asked Starla. All ways round they couldn’t tell which way was up or down, or anywhere round, and the swirling dark colors and lights made it harder to tell. “Oh boy!” groaned Spike as he felt his stomach gurgling, and in his dizziness, he thought he could see something up ahead. “Is that…?” He shook himself awake and looked up ahead. “Look over there!”

Everyone could see Grand Ruler and Celestia being held by magical chains, like tentacles, and they just remained where they were, not moving or making a sound. They both looked pretty weak and pale.

“Princess!” cried Twilight as she ran to her mentor’s side “Princess Celestia! It’s me, Twilight. Wake up, please!”

Lightning walked over to his master “Grand Ruler! Don’t let Titan do this to you.”

Their majesties looked as if they hadn’t heard a thing, and Titan’s voice could be heard as his huge eyes actually appeared in the darkness above them. “Go ahead. Waste your tears over those soon-to-be no more fools.”

Twilight roared angrily and fired a magical beam at the eyes, but her blast only went through them. “It’s just an illusion.” said Dyno. “Try not to let him get to you.” added Myte.

It was so hard for the others not to, and with their majesties getting weaker, and Titan getting stronger; his constant taunting seemed to have quite an effect. “Your precious rulers have given up on all of you. The friendship, harmony, and believing have failed them just as they have failed all of you. They know the end is coming. They’ve abandoned you and surrendered to me!”

A lot of the others, felt hurt. Twilight even had tears in her eyes for actually letting Titan get to her. His evil laugh made her sag down on her bottom. “No!” she cried “The princess would never do this.”

“We’ve got to keep trying!” said Lightning. Everyone tried as hard as they could to break the tentacles holding their leaders, but they were so incredibly strong and didn’t budge an inch. “Master, please listen, I know you can hear me. I’m not giving up!” His master still didn’t move or even open his eyes, and neither did Celestia. “Twilight, help out! Just talk to the princess.”

Twilight didn’t understand at first, but figured it worth a try. “Princess Celestia, I’m here. We’re all here.” The two students did their best to wake their mentors-- telling them that they were both strong creatures who taught them both well, and one thing Twilight and Lightning learned was never to give up. Everyone on the entire Dimensional Universe was now depending on them and all their subjects. “Believe in us!” cried Twilight.

A small groan escape from Grand Ruler’s throat, and he opened his eyes, “I… do believe!” he said. “Me… too…!” cried Celestia as she awoke. Both their thoughts and hearts became so strong that Grand Ruler’s three horns began to glow and shimmer brighter than ever.

Grand Ruler was beginning to unlock his secret hidden powers, and Celestia was both strengthening them and feeling them course through her as well. The two of them glowed brightly, and in a bright flash of light they broke free from bondage.

“Celestia…!” Grand Ruler said. “You, your subjects and mine have helped me to unlock my true power, and I wish to share it with you and all the others. Will you lend me your cooperation in vanquishing this great evil for all time?”

The brightness of the glowing increased and everyone suddenly felt themselves being teleported.

Titan felt really strange inside. “This can’t be happening!” he growled as the heroes emerged through his hood in beams of light. “We’re out!” cried Rarity.

Everyone gazed up and saw Grand Ruler and Celestia, still glow and spinning round and around and suddenly they collided into one another resulting in the brightest flash ever. Everyone had to block their eyes from the light, and when they looked again, what the saw next left them beyond words--

A giant humanoid creature with pointed ears with long golden hair and four golden horns on its head. It had gold and silver armor. Four long white wings like an angel. It wore a skirt with the colors of Celestia’s mane and tail, and a cape as red as Grand Ruler’s. The rainbow rod even left Lightning’s possession and dashed up to the creature, transforming into a long and powerful scepter.

Everyone was so fascinated by this creature. Part Princess Celestia, and part Grand Ruler. They had magically merged together become a creature known as "...GRAND CELESTIAL RULER!!”

Their voice was both Grand Ruler and Celestia’s at the same time, and sounded very powerful.

They then cast an angry glare at Titan. “In the name of every creature you have harmed. Every world you have infected and destroyed-- Your time to answer is now!”

Titan growled with his fists clenched. “You forget!” he sneered “I still hold enough of your absorbed powers… AND I CAN STILL FIGHT YOU!!” His shout echoed as he leapt up into the air, ready to fight, and The Ruler stood ready.

He missed his first punch and The Ruler blasted him hard with powerful magic, but then Titan managed to flip around and blast right back. The two forces seemed equal in every possible way and continued to fight to what seemed like an endless brawl and it looked like anyone’s win, but as they continued, the planet rocked with more earthquakes, and it didn’t stop but joust got more and more violent every second as the crust began to crack. “The planet, it’s going to blow!” cried Krysta. “We’ve got to get out here, now!”

“No!” snapped Lightning “We can’t just go! We’ve got to try and help somehow.”

“So are the star stones.” added Artie “We don’t stand a chance without them.”

Lightning felt himself about to really lose his temper. “What’s with all of you?!” he shouted. Everyone gazed at him like he was a big bully gazing down at a helpless foal. “You’re all missing the whole point of how we got this far. We don’t need any treasures or weapons to fight. We’ve had the real magic inside us all the time. Don’t you all get it; all we have to do is believe.”

Naturally everyone caught to what he was referring to-- when he or the Grand Ruler ever said “Believe and have faith.” what it really meant was “Never give up, not even when it seems hopeless!” It was this faith and power alone that helped them get this far through all adversities. “Why should we let it stop now?” Lightning said sincerely.

Princess Luna stood tall and proud, remembering she was powerful enough and she never even had an element of harmony.

Twilight remembered all the spells she learned to master on her own as well. Her friends and Lightning all began to feel the same. They had to have faith and trust in believing. That’s when everyone began to glow and felt the magic running through them. “Wow! This feels so… so…” Pinkie just couldn’t find the words.

Lightning smiled at everyone, and then they all turned to gaze at the two warring ones in the sky. Titan took a big swing at The Ruler, but missed, and allowed The Ruler to strike him hard with the scepter, forcing him back hard.

“It is time!” said The Ruler as they held the scepter high, and it began to glow with the most mystical glow ever. The Ruler recited a magical chant…

“Cosmic powers, hear our call
Come forth now, and make evil fall
Nevermore will darkness reign,
Let peace and harmony replace the pain
Now let be finished what has begun
And through the darkness shall light now run
Let hope shimmer and burden so bright…
I summon forth the… MYSTIC LIGHT…!!!”

The scepter glowed brighter and brighter as the most powerful of magical light began to pulsate from it. The Ruler whirled the scepter round and around many times, poised it at Titan, and fired the biggest energy force straight at him.

“No!! I won’t let you!” roared Titan as he stuck out his huge hands and held the force back with his own strength preventing it from going any further. It was totally unbelievable, all that power and Titan was still managing to stay strong, much to The Ruler’s outrage and shock, but it kept on firing the beam, but it didn’t move at all.

Titan also laughed hard and maliciously “Even you if you defeat me now, I returned once before, AND I SHALL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON, FOREVER!!” He was hinting that he would only perform the same trick he did last time, and was quite confident that he would survive.

“Huh?!” Titan looked below and saw Lightning and Twilight standing on top of a rock pile. Both were glowing madly, and so were all their friends behind them, and in the sky, and Krysta and all her fairies had conjured the biggest portal anyone though imaginable which showed all the other Equestrians and Unicornicopians on Sharma. All were glowing, and showing their true powers by believing in themselves, their friends and loved ones, and especially, believing in faith of the power to destroy Titan for good!

“No!!” shouted Titan as the army of creatures launched their power into a second extremely powerful beam that crashed right into him. Titan could feel his inner magical body beginning to break up. “THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING!!” he shouted as he felt the two forces shoving him out into Dimensional Space, straight for the sun, and shouting his final words “CURSE YOU…! CURSE… YOU… ALL!!”

As he got closer to the sun, his body began to flare up, and whatever was left was completed disintegrated into the sun. He was gone, hopefully forever! Everyone cheered in such joy and a seemingly never-ending cry of victory, but the planet quaked worse than ever, and the ground began to burst wide open. “Everyone, quick!” cried Krysta “Into the portal!”

“Whoa!!” cried Spike as he was nearly engulfed by a fiery burst. “You don’t have to tell me twice.” Then he and everyone else hastily jumped through the portal, but Lightning and Twilight stopped when they realized The Ruler was just remained where they were hovering, not even moving. “Hey! Come with us!” called Twilight. The Ruler did not move, and just gazed at her and Lightning. “No! No! Don’t stay here!” shouted Lightning. The Ruler still did not move.

“Not without them!” cried Twilight, but she and Lightning were soon dragged into the portal by their friends thanks to their super strengths. Krysta followed them, closing the portal behind her as the entire planet went up in a massive explosion, and just like Unicornicopia, was reduced to a cloud of dust in space.

The explosion was so massive, everyone on Sharma could see the bright light from space with their own eyes.

They were all just completely devastated, not just by the fact that Equestria was completely destroyed, but there was no sign of The Grand Celestial Ruler. Some began to cry, and others were so outraged and shocked they couldn’t speak.

Lightning fell to his knees and Twilight on her rump. Their heads drooped downward and tears of outrage and extreme pain coming to their eyes.

Just then, there was a bright flash of light, followed by a voice saying, “There is no need to grieve.” Everyone gazed up and saw The Ruler appear in the skies, alive and well.

“We are not as easy to get rid of. Especially considering what was had to stand for-- all of you. Thanks to your believing, your faiths, Titan and his evil demons are no longer a threat to any of us.”

However, The Ruler assured them that not all was lost. “The cost of our ultimate victory has been staggering, but there is still hope for us, and all of you know what that way is.”

Everyone got the hint, but felt confused. “How can believing and faith help us this time?” asked Buddy Rose.

“Yeah, sure it gave us wicked magic, but how can it bring the worlds back?” added Rainbow.

Lightning and Twilight were the only ones to catch the drift. “If we believe hard enough, anything is possible.” said Lightning. “It can’t hurt to try.” added Twilight. Everyone began to share their belief, and soon everyone agreed to try.

Everyone decided to try and, and all at once made a full circle around the entire planet, joining hooves, and claws, hands or whatever it was together with The Ruler in the very center. They raised its scepter up and told everyone “Close your eyes, and look deep inside yourselves and concentrate all your believing.”

All at once, everyone did as they were told, and they all began to glow as their believing, their faith, everything pure that they could feel flowed from their bodies in small beams of soft light that slowly moved towards the tip of The Ruler’s scepter, and two mystical beams shot out towards the dust-clouds of the remains of the two planets.

The two clouds soared across space, colliding into one another, and in the most amazing magical astonishment, they had formed into a brand new world, a combination of the two! All the lakes, plains, meadows, forests, valleys, cites, and mountains. It was all coming back, and what was more, everyone on the planet were magically teleported to the new world, and all the Equestrian ponies appeared as humanoid, like the space alicorns.

Rarity awed at her new outfit. She and all her friends were now wearing normal suits like Lightning wore-- boots, gloves, pants, and armor vests, only their s had pictures of their respective cutie marks on them.

Finally, in a final flash, the entire planet was complete, and The Ruler had faded away, transformed back into Grand Ruler and Celestia. Celestia had also turned humanoid, and she now wore a beautiful light golden gown with a white top showing her cutie mark of the sun on the front.

The two stood tall and proud as they looked out on all their friends and subjects and smiled proudly. “Look at it.” Celestia said “It’s perfect ending.”

“No…” Grand Ruler corrected her. “...It’s perfect beginning.” The beginning of a new world, a new life for everyone, and like all new worlds it was given a name everyone agreed to.

My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic Season I

by DakariKingMykan

Final episode: Final Part: What Believing Means