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// A New Tale In Equestria. 
// Story: A New Tale In Equestria. 
// by Sylif Daring Doo 
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_____*Ponyville, one day after Storm's departure, 12:10 PM*_____

Roxanne sighed as she swept the floor of the flower shop, it has been yet another boring day at work, while she could easily quit the job and live without the money, she didn't want to do that, besides, the job wasn't all bad.

She swept the floor and tended the flowers, she also cleaned the windows on occasion, and every now and then someone would talk to her, she didn't mind this at all.

The best perk about this job wasn't the pay however, it was the fact that she could easily see the town, she could watch as Gwen practiced her flying as people watched, she could see the Crusaders and their antics, she could even watch as Twilight randomly panicked over a letter whenever they showed up.

Roxanne grinned at the last one, she had just seen it happen as well, Twilight was completely panicked right now, she quickly ran towards the library and out of sight, she shook her head and went back to sweeping the floor.

Today it was just her and Roseluck, the other sisters were out of town on a business trip and Roseluck was in charge, she was good as a boss too, she could easily organize the schedules for employees and shipments, she was also a blast to play games with when not working.

That wasn't to say she wasn't strict, she kept a tight ship in the shop, it was hard to hide things here especially since there wasn't much room, a few shelves here and there, and a flower bed for growing the plants, but that was it.

The store bell rang and Roseluck could be heard. "Oh hey Lyaroa, good to see you." She said.

Roxanne chuckled and looked over at the Sentinel. "Hey Rose, mind if I borrow Rox for a second?.....it won't take long." She asked.

Roseluck smirked. "Alright then, It's lunch break anyway, just like the last twenty times." She said teasingly.

Roxanne looked at Lyaroa with a chuckle. "What's up Headache?" She asked.

Lyaroa blinked and held her hand out. "I need to talk to you in private." She replied.

Roxanne could see Rose grinning at the spectacle, she sighed and grabbed Lyaroa's hand. "This better not be about the Cheese." She warned as they were teleported. [1]

_____*Unknown place.*______

Roxanne looked around at the familiar space they were in, Lyaroa had teleported them to a mystic gate, something used by Mages to avoid prying eyes, but Lyaroa's was infinitely more powerful, after all, this is where they formed their telepathic bond.

"What's so important that you had to drag me back here?" Roxanne asked.

Lyaroa crossed her arms and paced. "I'm going to be gone for a while, I have important business to take care of." She said.

Roxanne blinked. "Sentinel business?" She asked.

"Immortal business." Lyaroa replied simply.

Roxanne raised an eyebrow. "Celestia?" Roxanne asked.

"Twilight." Lyaroa answered shortly.

Roxanne shook her head. "Let me guess, the letter she got was from Celestia, and she has to go to Canterlot right away for urgent business, and your the cause of it?" She asked.

Lyaroa simply nodded, not even surprised the fox figured it out.

Roxanne rubbed her eyes and looked at Lyaroa. "Why do you need me to know this?" She asked.

Lyaroa then leaned forward and gave Roxanne a quick kiss before handing her a familiar crystal and resting her forehead on Roxanne's. "In case you need to talk to me." She said quietly before teleporting them out.

_____*Ponyville.*_____

Roxanne reappeared in the exact same place, but Lyaroa was not, she looked over at the counter and saw Roseluck grinning widely. "Shut it!" Roxanne said, knowing fully well what the mare was going to say.

Roseluck just laughed at her friends expense.

______*Lyaroa's house, later in the day.*_______

Fang was just confused right now, he was just standing behind the couch looking down at Shade who was unconscious on the floor with a knife in his chest. "What is he doing?" He asked.

Golden shrugged, he was sitting in the chair across from the couch. "Not sure, he's been doing this every Thrusday at exactly one PM since Dalcorus, we don't know why." He said.

Emerald came down the stairs and sighed as he saw Shade. "Seriously?.....is he still doing this?" He asked.

Fang knelt down and gripped the dagger. "Well, not anymore." He then yanked the dagger out with all of his strength and slapped Shade hard in the face, waking the Night Wolf instantly.

"Ow!" He cried out.

Fang then broke the dagger in half and looked at Shade. "As of right now, you aren't doing that anymore." He stated before walking off.

Shade held his hand over the stab wound and sighed, he rubbed his cheek and stood up. "That was rude." He said.

"So is you doing that every single Thursday." Golden countered.

Shade simply flipped the bear off before walking to the bathroom to piss.

Fang walked to his room, and as he reached the door, he slammed into something invisible. "Keep that damn thing away from me." He growled as pushed it away. 

As he entered the room and closed the door, he sighed in relief, normally it took him a few hours just to leave the room out of fear and anxiety, his hands trembled as he walked over to the bed, he sat down and breathed to calm himself down before he had another panic attack.

Unfortunately, Fang's spirit wasn't as powerful as he thought, while he wasn't physically scarred, he WAS mentally damaged from his time in Tartarus.

Fang had a panic attack a few days ago and it was hours before he even blinked, it took until midnight to get him at least breathing, thankfully, he was just fine the next day, well, mentally, sadly it wasn't until after breakfast that he was able to move his arms, Storm had teased him about it a little before sympathizing with him about the loss of leg movement.

He would only get the attacks if surrounded by two or more people, he was fine around the kids until he was truly alone, then the attack hit, so now they decided to only allow one person to go to Fang's room at once while he was there.

Fang had no issues around Wheately however, he believed it has something to with the core being a fellow machine, he could be around the core all day and not feel anything wrong, but the moment someone showed up he would leave, trying to avoid the panic attack.

Lyaroa was already working on curing it, but unlike other ailments like cancer or autism, she couldn't just snap her fingers and it would be gone, because with this particular ailment, she had to find the source, then she could get to work.

Fang clutched his sides and breathed calmly. "Not this time, not this time." He told himself.

If there was any regret Fang had it was for Spark, because unlike Firefly, Spark had a parent who literally couldn't do anything for him, he couldn't play, he couldn't joke, he couldn't even walk with him.

And that was what saddened Fang the most, he and Spark loved going on walks, in pure silence, they would just walk, if they talked, it was about small things, but they never missed an opportunity to go.

Now however, things were different, so very much different, Skitter had a young baby Changeling boy named Garth, Gwen and Derpy were engaged, Roxanne and Lyaroa were together now, Spark and Spike are apparently biological brothers, Twilight was an Alicorn now from what he heard, and now he had to deal with the fact that Spark joined the CMC, which was a nightmare in itself, especially if the little drake became a mischief maker.

Then you have the nightmare scenario, and he didn't even want to think about that, but at some point, Spark had randomly got this idea into his head.

_____*A few days ago.*_____

Fang was talking to Golden and Storm, they just finished talking about the finer points of weapons when Spark walked up with a puzzled look on his face. "Hey dad, hey guys." The dragon greeted.

Golden waved silently while Storm looked at Fang, and in the most deadpan expression said this. "Did you enjoy that sex with his mom?" He asked.

Fang's eyes widened and he froze, now THAT, was not a subject for children. "Uhh........what are you talking about?" He asked carefully.

Golden did his best to suppress his laughter at the awkward situation. 

Storm shrugged. "I'm just saying, Spark calls you dad, and his brother is a dragon, so it stands to reason that you and his mother.....you know." He said with a grin.

Fang narrowed his gaze at the werewolf. "Shut up, i may be against hitting children, but I have no problem putting a smart ass werewolf through a wall." He warned sternly.

Spark, seemingly not have heard the conversation looked at Fang. "I was just thinking, if your my dad, and Spikes my brother, while Twilight is Spikes mom.......does that mean you two are going out?" He wondered.

This time, Golden didn't bother, he just burst into all out laughter while Storm grinned at Fang's flustered expression. "He makes a good point there Fang, the unicorn might be a good match for you!" He said teasingly, he didn't really care at this point, but now he wanted to see Twilight's expression. 

Fang struggled to come up with words for this situation, seeing as it was very unique. "Y-y-you see Spark, this kind of thing, is uh, it's complicated." He said.

Spark looked at Fang curiously. "Really?.....it makes complete sense to me, the one who hatches the egg is the parent, that's how it works in a dragon society, and since me and Spike are biological brothers, that makes you and Twilight our parents." He explained.

Fang held his head as he closed his eyes. "Oh this is a really bad day for me." He said to himself. [2]

Storm chuckled and looked at Spark. "And you know something, I bet Twilight would just LOVE to hear this theory, I'm sure she would be thrilled." He teased.

Fang whimpered as he balled himself up on the floor as Golden laughed. "I've actually brought this up to her already." Spark said.

Fang's eyes just widened and he looked at Spark in fear. "You didn't!?" He said fearfully.

Spark shrugged. "I don't see any problems with my theory, Twilight hatched Spike's egg, you hatched mine, you two are our parents, simple as that." He said.

"What did Twilight say about this?" Fang asked.

"Not sure, she teleported away after i explained my theory." Spark mentioned, causing Storm to hold in a laugh.

"What are you guys talking about over there?" Lyaroa asked.

Fang quickly looked over. "Nothing!" He shouted in a panic

"We are discussing Spark's theory about Fang being the father and Twilight being the mother to him and Spike." Storm said with a smirk, ever the opportunist 

"Oh?" Lyaroa asked out of curiosity and mischief. "Explain it to me." She requested 

And Spark did, every single detail.

Fang whimpered. "No, no no, no no no, no, NO."

______*the present.*_____

Fang rubbed his eyes at the memory, he really wasn't looking forward to when Spark brought that up again.

"Where did he get that crazy idea?" He wondered.

He was thankful about one thing though, his panic attacks sometimes wouldn't happen, but it was rare.

Fang then rested his head on his pillow and closed his eyes. "Might as well get some sleep." He muttered.

______*Unknown*______

Fang looked around and saw that he was at the Ponyville outskirts, he saw that the others were here, meaning Golden, Shade and Emerald, he then saw Firefly and Roxanne along with Lyaroa, he also saw Spark and Dark, and a blur he couldn't quite make out.

Fang was confused, and expression showed it, he looked around and saw that Ponyville had become a crater, he gasped and he heard Lyaroa speak. "Fang, listen, I know your having a vision right now, so I'm going to say this, give my past self this message. "TMH." She said cryptically.

_____*Meanwhile, Gwen's house, Skitter's room.*______

Skitter sighed in relief as Garth finally stopped crying, normally a Changeling would age up quickly, and Garth was showing signs of it, but he was still loud and cried whenever he got upset, he was at least able to walk and eat solid food now, but that was the furthest he got.

"I'm glad that Queen Phera didn't have to deal with this." She muttered to herself as she sat down.

Skitter then looked to her bedside table, she used her magic and got her medallion out, she sighed as she channeled her magic through it, this time she was careful, she slowly moved her magic through it, and then she felt a small tingle in her horn, she calmly continued as the tingle grew into a steady wave of power.

Eventually, she opened her eyes and sighed as she set the medallion down. 

Skitter rubbed her left eye and shook her head. "What's up kid?" She asked.

Solar looked at Skitter curiously. "Why do you keep that old medallion?.....it doesn't do anything, and you never wear it." She asked.

Skitter looked at the filly for a few moments before grabbing the medallion in her magic. "This was a gift, from my sister." She said quietly.

"Does she have one?" Solar asked.

"No, because she gave this to me the last time we saw eachother.........seventeen years ago." Skitter replied sadly.

Solar looked down and then at Skitter. "Sorry, I......I shouldn't have asked." She said apologetically.

Skitter chuckled. "It's fine, you were just curious, thank you for your concern though." She replied before putting the medallion away.

_____*meanwhile, Twilight's library.*______

Dark watched as Twilight frantically ran around the library. "Maybe you should calm down?" The unicorn offered.

Twilight looked at Dark with a glare that could kill. "Calm down?.....CALM DOWN!?.....I just got summoned to Canterlot from Princess Celestia on urgent business!.....AND to make it worse, the train already left!" She argued.

Dark gave Twilight a look of disbelief. "First off, you can teleport, secondly, you have WINGS, thirdly, you and Celestia are both princesses, you can at least stop calling her by her title." She replied.

Twilight grumbled. "I would fly, if I knew how!" She shouted.

Dark sighed and walked to the desk. "I thought Gwen was teaching you?" She said.

Twilight shook her head. "Nope!......she's been very busy planning her wedding, not to mention having to go through Rarity about the designs, Applejack, Pinkie, and the Cakes about the catering, and her job at the weather control, she hasn't had time!" She said, panic growing.

Dark then looked back at her as she started writing something. "Then just teleport." She reminded.

Twilight narrowed her eyes at Dark. "Don't you remember the last time I did that?" She said.

______*Flashback.*______

The carpenter was furious, he had just begun putting the finishing touches on his masterpiece of a pavilion, when a lavender unicorn mare teleported into the wood, looked at him, promising to pay for the damage, and then vanishing.

"I HATE THIS CITY!" He shouted.

_____*Golden Oaks Library.*_____

Dark shook her head knowingly as Twilight ranted. "That was your own fault, now, you can continue to complain about the train, or you can let me send a letter to Lyaroa, asking her to send you there, therefore solving the problem?" She offered.

Twilight looked at Dark with a raised eyebrow. "I don't think that Lyaroa has a system for that yet." She said.

Dark chuckled before sending the letter off with her magic, and in a few moments, Lyaroa teleported in. "Heard about the train, thanks Dark." The Sentinel said before teleporting Twilight and herself away.

Dark sighed in relief as she walked over to the couch and sat down, while she was used to it now, Twilight's rants gave her one mother of a migraine.

She finally had a quiet moment, for once anyway, Spike was out with Spark, the two had bonded really quickly, especially after finding out they were brothers, then again, them finding out about their blood bond only gave them something to talk about.

Moments like this were few for Dark, especially since Twilight had a tendency to panic.....and reorganize the library every other day, and when asked about it, Twilight couldn't give a clear answer.

Personally?.....she thinks that Twilight has ADHD, either that or it's the mare's way of burning off excess energy, Dark had suggested that Twilight could simply work out to burn off the energy, because let's be honest, Twilight needs it.

Dark sat there in silence, simply content to rest her head after the migraine that Twilight caused.

Soon enough, a frantic knock at the door made Dark sigh. "The only downfall of living in a library." She grumbled.

Another thing that tended to annoy Dark, the fact that the tree was also a public building, meant that people could enter the building whenever, sadly they ALWAYS knocked in the most obnoxious manner. "It's unlocked!" She called out.

The door burst open and Gwen looked at Dark with a panicked expression. "Dark!......where's Twilight? We need her now!" She said worriedly.

Dark gave Gwen a deadpan stare. "She isn't here, she's at Canterlot for important business." She replied.

Gwen held her head and screamed in frustration.....making Dark's migraine even worse. "Of all times!.....we really need her help right now!" She shouted.

Dark channeled her magic and sealed Gwen's mouth shut. "Ok, Gwen.....I respect you, I do, but if you do not shut up, I will throw you at a hydra, I have one hell of a headache, so if you could just calmly explain the issue, I might be able to help." She said quietly but firmly.

Dark released her magic and Gwen breathed, she then looked at Dark. "Ok, something really strange just appeared in the town center, we have no idea what it is, but it's weird!" She said.

Dark raised an eyebrow and stood up. "I am really not looking forward to getting up." She muttered as she walked to Gwen. "Let's go." She said.


______*Ponyville town center*______

Dark blinked and tilted her head. "That is weird." She said.

What had appeared was what looked like a giant ball of water, but it wasn't, Dark could feel tremendous power leaking from it, but it was stable.....somewhat.

It was circular in shape, but it was pulsating and changing rapidly, it was strangely familiar, but Dark couldn't place it.

So Dark did the most sensible thing she could think of, she scanned it, a quick survey of it revealed little, other than it was leaking power at an astonishing rate, and that it wasn't solid.

Dark did a deeper magical scan and discovered a small mass inside the sphere, she also felt a dark presence inside, she looked to the nearby townsfolk, who had gathered to witness this anomaly, she then looked at the Mayor who stood nearby. "Mayor Mare, I would appreciate it if you evacuated the people away from this sphere, I don't think it's exactly friendly.

She then looked at Gwen. "Get me Golden and Roxanne, if something does come out of here, and it does attack, we're going to need their help." She said.

As they went off to follow Dark's instructions, she approached the sphere and gazed inside, she didn't know why, but this was incredibly familiar. "What are you?" She asked curiously.

______*Canterlot, 3:10 PM*______

Twilight was standing outside the doors to the secret Sanctum, as Lyaroa called it, in all of her years living in Canterlot and exploring the castle, she didn't even know this room existed, apparently it was enchanted to appear and act as a bathroom to those who didn't know about it, but those who knew, could enter the sanctum.

Twilight was nervous, she had gone through this many times, she spoke to Celestia on official business before, but this time was different, this time, it was all of them, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Discord, AND Lyaroa, three immortal Alicorns, the God of Chaos and a Sentinel, this was a lot more stressful when put this way.

Twilight pushed the doors open and stepped inside, it was pitch black as the door shut behind her, and when the lights came on, she was stunned.

The Sanctum was even more magnificent then the Castle itself, in its own way, the room itself was massive, larger than even the throne room, with five unique backgrounds in a circle.

She saw Celestia, sitting on a throne in front of a pocket dimension , it was beautiful, the sun shone brightly over grassy hills with creatures all over, their were flowers and trees that bloomed and flourished under the warmth of the sun.

She saw Luna and her pocket dimension, her's was just as beautiful, maybe more so, the night sky was clear with not a single cloud in sight, the stars were arranged in spectacular fashion, all the while shining over the deep blue sea.

She looked over and saw Cadence, sitting in front of her pocket dimension, it was that of the Crystal Empire a thousand years ago, before Sombra ruled, the crystals shone and glistened under the sun, while a blanket of snow covered the streets and homes.

She then saw Discord's pocket Dimension, she saw him gazing into it, it was lively, to say the least, there were thousands upon thousands of worlds, different possibilities, from the looks of it, every one of those were different paths that could be taken, and all the while, the chaos that ensued seemed to fit its God perfectly.

She finally saw Lyaroa's pocket dimension, unlike the others, it was not lively, it was not full of life, instead, what she saw was metal, just metal, it was a kind of metal that she had never seen, it glowed gold but it felt.....alive, it appeared to be brown in coloration, but it changed to dark green, to black, she then saw Lyaroa walk out of it with a serious expression.

"Twilight Sparkle." The Sentinel said calmly as she sat down.

Even Discord took a seat as Lyaroa spoke. "You have recently become immortal, an Alicorn no less, without assistance, this feat has happened only once before.....under dire circumstances." She continued.

Twilight felt a chill go down here spine when Lyaroa gestured her to the center of the room. "However, with immortality comes responsibility." She said. "All of us here play our part, Celestia controls the sun and protects her kingdom." She explained. "It is her responsibility to safeguard this world, by any means." She then looked at Luna. 

"Her Sister Luna, controls the moon and the Stars of Equis, she protects this world from all nocturnal threats, and as such, bears a heavy burden." Lyaroa explained eerily.

She then looked at Cadance. "Cadance, though young, is responsible for protecting this world from those who would bring misery upon its people, including the other immortals, if need be, she is empowered by the hope of others, as such, she must be wary of those she trusts, which is why Changeling's are not welcome in the Empire." She then turned to Discord.

"And Discord, though it may not seem like it, he carries a heavy burden, he is responsible for keeping the world free but chaotic, any time the world should become too much of a machine, he must step in, any time someone seeks to rob the world of its freedom, he will be there." Lyaroa said.

She then looked back at her pocket dimension. "As for me, I am responsible for otherworldly matters, if any should threaten our existence or jump across worlds, I must step in and set the matter straight."

Lyaroa then looked down at Twlight. "And now you Twilight Sparkle, must take up a heavy burden, but before you do, you must become empowered." She said cryptically.

"Empowered?" She asked.

"The five of us shall put you through a test." Luna started.

"And you must pass this test, and it's many trials, before the empowerment can begin." Discord added.

"At which point, we shall infuse you with our powers and you will become a true immortal." Celestia finished.

"However, should you wish it, we are also in a position to take away your immortality, and you will forget this ever happened, you will not forget being immortal, but anything that happened in this room will be erased from your mind, this is the choice we all had to make." Cadance said.

"But be warned, if you should fail this test, there will be much more than your life at stake, do you understand what we are saying?" Lyaroa asked.

Twilight gulped and looked around the room, the eerie feeling of the room, the creepy stares from everyone, the stress, the burden of it all, she could feel her legs giving in, she could feel the air leave her lungs as though it were gone.

Eventually, Twilight found her strength, she breathed and stood straight, she looked directly at Lyaroa. "I understand." She said bravely.

Lyaroa then stood, she held out her right hand towards Twilight. "Then let us begin." She said.

The other immortals then rose and did the same, Discord with his Talon, and the others with their horns.

The room glowed from the intense power that was being channeled now.

Twilight soon watched as five braziers appeared and ignited instantly in a pentagram of magical lines, the braziers lit in the following colors, Gold, Dark Blue, Pink, White, and Brown.

Soon, she felt faint, she felt her strength leave her, and she fell to the floor.

Lyaroa then stopped channeling as did the others, the pentagram then sealed itself with a barrier. "Now we watch and wait, and we shall see if she is worthy."

______*Ponyville*_______

Roxanne and Golden walked around the sphere curiously. "Any idea on what's inside?" The Fox asked. 

"No idea, that's why I called you two, that way we can defend the town should what's inside be hostile." Dark answered.

Roxanne looked at Golden. "What about you Golden?" She wondered.

Golden put a hand to the sphere, he felt a powerful energy try to force him away, but he held firm, he sent a psychic pulse into it......and felt something odd.

"Strange." He muttered, he then looked at Roxanne and Dark. "Whatever is in here is very strong, but it's familiar, like I've seen it before." He said.

Dark walked up to the sphere and touched it, she felt......nothing, no resistance unlike Golden, she couldn't feel it's strength, but she could feel something, it was quiet, but it was familiar in way that couldn't be placed. "Whatever it is, we need to find out, I'm going to try and open it, be ready to cover me." She said.

As Dark began to channel magic, Roxanne and Golden saw the sphere bubble and writhe, Golden drew his staff and Roxanne ignited her claws. "If I'm correct Roxanne, something is going to come out of that sphere and try to kill us to get to Dark, we can't let that happen." He said.

Roxanne nodded, words no longer necessary.

Soon enough, part of the sphere shot off and formed into a being of power, shaping into what looked like a faceless human wielding an axe.

It said nothing as it marched forward towards Roxanne.

As Roxanne braced herself, Golden watched as another one shot off and formed a similar creature, and then another, and another, and another, in an endless stream.

Golden growled.....he then grinned. "Well, this should be a good fight." He said.

Roxanne charged at the first creature, she swung her fists at the creature while avoiding its axe, the creature was surprisingly solid, so she then kicked at its chest and then shattered it with a powerful punch to the stomach.

As Roxanne backed off, she was shocked to discover that the creature simply reformed. "Oh....shit." She muttered.

Golden discovered that the creatures reformed quickly after, he then tried to destroy them with a psychic shockwave, only for them to hold a hand out and a deafening screech immobilized Golden as he dropped his staff and held his head. "Aaaaaaahhhh!" 

Roxanne was distracted by Golden screaming. "Gold!" She shouted.

She then gasped as her flame went out and she felt a sharp pain in her chest, she looked down and saw that one of the creatures had pierced her heart with its hand. 

Roxanne then fell over limp as her world went black.

______*unknown*_______

"Well, this should be a good fight." Golden's voice said.

Roxanne shook her head and blinked, she heard those words before, she looked and saw Golden ready for combat, she looked at her hands which were on fire, she stared at the fire deeply for a moment until she heard a voice. "Come on Roxanne!.....fight!" Golden shouted.

Roxanne growled and charged at the creatures, this time unleashing a torrent of fire at them, this time it took slightly longer to reform, but it still reformed, Roxanne then started to form a thought, only for Golden's scream to interrupt her, and she turned to look. "Golden!" She shouted.

She then felt a familiar sensation as she fell over limp and the world went black.

_____*Ponyville.*______

"Well, this should be a good fight." Golden said.

Roxanne blinked and shook her head. "What in the world is going on?" She asked herself.

Golden looked at her. "We're fighting these things Rox, get your head in the game!" The bear shouted.

Roxanne nodded and charged the creature, this time, she unleashed waves of fire along with her physical assault, she saw that it took an incredibly long time for it to reform. 'Ok, so the more damage I inflict on it, the longer it takes to reform, that's good to know, now if only I knew what was going on.' She said to herself mentally.

She heard Golden scream, but this time, she fell back to Dark and created a wall of fire around them all, she quickly ran to Golden and pulled him back.

Roxanne threw any of the creatures that neared away, she then looked at Golden. "What do you do before you scream?" She asked quickly.

Golden looked at her and forced himself to his feet. "I use my psychic powers, why?" He asked.

Roxanne shook her head. "You'll have to make do without it then, just keep knocking them down when you can." She ordered.

Golden nodded, his head still rang like hell, but he could fight.

Roxanne found a plan forming in her mind as she fought, but she needed Golden to not be incapacitated should they fail again. 'I need to make sure Golden doesn't use his psychic powers, the creatures only did that after he used them, but if we can take enough down, hopefully they have a limit.' She thought, she was being overwhelmed quickly.

Roxanne soon felt a familiar sensation go through her, she growled and fell over limp.

______*Ponyville.*______

"Well, this should be a good fight." Golden said.

"Golden!.....don't use your psychic powers!" Roxanne warned.

Golden looked at her. "Why not!?" He asked.

Roxanne looked at him. "They can turn it against you!" She replied fiercely.

Golden huffed, he didn't like that notion one bit. "Not this again." He complained.

Roxanne decided to try an entirely different approach, she channeled her magic and summoned a crystal behemoth, a construct of crystal that was shaped like a gorilla, it had jagged shards on its back and along its arms.

Roxanne ordered it to attack while she fought the creatures, she did so much damage to the first one, it didn't even look like it was reforming at all for a few moments, it then slowly began to reform.

Golden was still up and fighting, he had recently began training in physical combat, in case someone could nullify his powers, and if what Roxanne said was true, that training would help.

Roxanne had just torn apart one of the creatures when she heard the behemoth fall, she quickly summoned a pair of spectral wolves to help hold them off.

It wasn't long until there were too many to handle and they were soon overwhelmed, but they still went down with a fight.

"I don't know how you knew that Roxanne, but if you take off a limb seperately from the body, they have to go and get it, and then wait for it to return." Golden said.

______*Unknown*______

Twilight opened her eyes to a familiar sight, it was Canterlot castle, she was on the floor in one of the halls, she smiled as she stood and began trotting along the halls, knowing the path to the throne room.

Twilight soon reached the throne, she looked around and saw all of the glass windows with her accomplishments with her friends.

However, when she looked at the thrones, she saw Princess Celestia sitting with a grim look on her face, the Princess sighed idly.

Twilight approached her mentor who become more distorted with every step. "Celestia?" She asked.

After she spoke, the distorted Celestia turned to face her and stood up. "You have no business here!" She shouted, in pure rage, but it was as though she was not herself.

Twilight then screamed in surprise as she dodged a powerful magical blast from her mentor. "Celestia!?......have you gone insane?" She then clamped her mouth shut, she was surprised that she said that.

Celestia laughed loudly. "Finally!.....the truth!.....I have waited so long for you to be honest with me!.....now then, show me the fury that caused you to take my sister from me!" She cackled as she barraged Twilight.

Twilight went to throw up a magic shield, but found herself incapable of doing so, she instead dodged as best she could, she looked up at her horn and gasped as it was gone, she checked her back and saw that her wings were still there.

"Oh what's wrong my faithful student?.......can't do anything without your magic?.....good! you tore your horn off in flat defiance of me!......what good is that decision now!" She taunted madly as she fired again.

Twilight lept with her wings propelling her forward even farther as she dodged Celestia. "You cannot dodge forever!.....I am not my sister, my reserves will never empty!" The maddened Alicorn shouted.

Twlight let a tear drop as she continued dodging, what her mentor said was true, with the way Celestia tended to fight, she could fire powerful but mana efficient blasts, and as long as she wore her mana gem, she had an unending barrage.

How did Twilight know this?.....from the demonstration that Celestia set up a while ago, explaining the method of proper magical combat.

Celestia watched as Twilight dodged her attacks. "Come now Twilight, I know you can do better than this, you did murder my sister after all......all without magic." She said venomously.

Twlight then tried flying, she quickly flew up, but with her limited knowledge of flight, she didn't have much chance of staying airborn, still, it did help her to avoid a magical bomb.

'Why would I kill Luna?.....we're friends!' She thought.

Twilight knew that she would have to make a move eventually, so she came up with an idea, she watched as Celestia went to fire, he quickly ran off towards one of the pillars, she took cover behind it. 'She might be powerful, but she's insane.' She thought.

Celestia then roared and unleashed another volley of magic at the pillar Twilight was hiding behind.

Twilight felt the force of the blasts as she pushed against the pillar.

Soon, the pillar fell towards Celestia, who just barely noticed it before it landed on her.

Twilight then walked over to her mentor and looked down at her. "Go ahead." Said the Princess. "Finish it!" She shouted.

Twlight winced and turned around. "You aren't real, this world is an illusion, I still have my horn, Luna is alive, and you aren't insane." She said before walking away, the world vanishing around her, only to transform into Ponyville's outskirts.

Twilight stepped into this new world with a calm mind, she looked up and saw that she had her horn, but she then checked and saw that she had no wings again.

"So, I'm a normal unicorn again?.....no problem." She muttered.

______*Ponyville.*______

Dark was getting closer, she could feel it, whatever was inside this sphere, it clearly wanted out, she found a few cracks in the spheres defense, but they were so small that she would have to condense her magic until it was as small as a paper clip.

Thankfully for them, Roxanne had somehow discovered how to kill the guardians, apparently they had a limit to their regeneration, and when destroyed enough times, they would not reform again.

Roxanne and Golden had formed a working strategy, with Roxanne's surprising knowledge of these creatures, and Golden's tenacity, they were able to thin the creatures numbers quite a bit.

Roxanne smashed one of the creatures and growled as more began to form. 'I don't know how I can learn all of this, but it's helpful.' She grinned as she summoned a bunch of crystal Tigers to attack, she then donned her crystal armor and went on a rampage.

Golden had just finished off one of the creatures when he heard a new sound, it was thunder, but there were no storm clouds.....at least, there 'weren't' any, the sky was covered in thick black clouds and lightning crashed all around them, he quickly fell back to Dark as one of the creatures neared.

Roxanne eventually heard another new sound, it was a long and pained roar that came from nearby, she looked towards the sphere and saw something horrifying.

There was a new creature, one that looked like it was modeled after a Minotaur, it was enormous in size, wielding two giant axes.

Roxanne quickly ran towards the creature and threw a massive beam of fire at it, trying to burn it......only for the beam to dissipate harmlessly.

The Minotuar creature simply looked at Roxanne silently for a few seconds before charging at her swiftly.

For the creatures size, it was very mobile, for as Roxanne slid past it, she was immediately thrown towards a house with a mighty kick, and her armor shattered.

Roxanne growled and for up to a kneel, she managed to look up at the faceless Minotuar before her eyes changed to black pits. "Now you fucked up." She said darkly.

Golden felt an all too familiar presence nearby, so as he finished off one of the last creatures, he saw Roxanne stand backup and face off against the creature, he saw the fox's wounds mend quickly and her expression change. "Oh no." He muttered, he then threw his fist back and destroyed another creature. "This ain't good." He said quietly.

Roxanne grinned widely and ignited her arms in white fire, her eyes soon changing color again, they changed to dark green and her faded red deepened in color, all the way to blood red.

Roxanne then attacked the Minotuar, it was so fast, the creature couldn't even react in time, she then moved behind it and hit it with a massive crystal spike, the crystal lodged itself in the creatures back and soon exploded, taking out its torso.

"Gotcha bitch." She said quietly.

Golden then watched as Nightmare destroyed the remaining creatures before returning to Dark's side. "That was fun love, let's do it again sometime, under less......stressful, circumstances." She said before reverting to Roxanne.

_____*meanwhile*_____

Twilight walked away from the defeated illusion of Discord, she had dealt with Cadance quite easily, as she was mostly a test of wills, Discord however had been challenging, where Celestia was a challenge of wit, Discord was a challenge of wisdom, and some of it made her question her own sanity.

"Up next will be Luna, that much is obvious." She said to herself.

She walked forward and found herself in the castle of the two sisters in the Everfree Forest.

Twilight walked through the old halls and eventually found herself in the throne room, she saw five familiar stone orbs sitting in an all too familiar pattern.

Twilight walked forward and touched one of the orbs, she closed her eyes as she remembered the events that transpired on the journey to find these.

"Nostalgic, Twilight Sparkle?" Asked a commanding voice.

Twilight opened her eyes and turned around and saw Nightmare Moon standing before her. "So what do we do now?.....I know this is just another test." She said.

Nightmare Moon lit her horn and soon a gateway appeared on a nearby wall. "You must learn to accept facts for what they are, if you cannot, you might never be capable of truly ruling." She stated calmly before heading through the gateway.

Twlight watched as Nightmare Moon walked through, she was hesitant to follow, but soon complied.

As she stepped through, she found herself in a strange void with a singular platform. "What is this place?" She asked.

"It is in your mind, this is simply the perfect landscape for what I must show you." Nightmare Moon replied.

"I have one question first." Twilight asked.

Nightmare Moon looked at Twilight. "What is it?" She wondered.

"Why am I seeing you?.....instead of Luna?" Twilight asked.

Nightmare Moon sighed and lit her horn. "Luna does not have the heart to show you what you must see, I however, do." She stated as images appeared throughout her mind.

Twilight remembered most of these, one was of her before the test into Celestia's school, another was her reading the Mare in the Moon, the most recent however, was of her Ascension to an Alicorn, she did not recognize certain ones however, like from the Crystal Empire, she saw Fang walking in the night toward the gate of Snowgem.

"What is this?" She asked.

Nightmare Moon looked around and then saw the one memory Twilight was referring too. "Ah, I see, you don't know about this one, this memory took place whilst Lyaroa was possessing Fang, this is one reason that Celestia and I call Lyaroa dangerous to Equestria's safety." She said as she lit her horn, widening the image.

Twilight watched it with interest, as Lyaroa talked to Soul and Spirit, and as she spoke with the gate guards.......and then attacked them. "What the?" She muttered.

Her eyes widened as she saw what Lyaroa did to them, decapited them and hung their heads from chains. "Why did she so that?" She asked, barely holding in her vomit and preventing herself from blacking out from horror. 

Nightmare Moon watched blankly. "Because they refused to step aside, they told Lyaroa that your brother had given orders to prevent anyone from leaving, but she would not be stopped, in part, it is their fault, but the rest of the blame goes to Lyaroa, the deaths were not necessary, but she didn't care." She then dispersed the image.

"This next memory is from the past, not too long ago I believe." The Alicorn said before igniting her horn and summoning another memory, it was that of a volcano, she could see Shade, Emerald, Golden and Roxanne all leaving, but she then saw Lyaroa hanging over the edge, and Fang looking towards the exit and then at Lyaroa. "What is this?" She asked.

Nightmare Moon closed her eyes. "Fang's death, while I know that you and the others would have preferred if Fang had survived and Lyaroa hadn't, that would have been a horrible loss." She stated before letting the sound from the memory leak into the world.

Twilight watched as Fang turned away from the exit and ran towards Lyaroa, she watched as he helped her up, and as he fell to the lava. "FANG!" She heard Lyaroa cry out.

As she watched Lyaroa run away to the exit after a few moments, she noticed a small smile on Fang's face. "At that moment, Fang had a vision, one that showed him what would happen, should Lyaroa die in Dalcorus." She said,

Twilight looked at Nightmare Moon. "What would have happened?" She asked.

Nightmare Moon shook her head. "You are best off not knowing most of it, but the one thing that spurred Fang to save the Sentinel.......was the suicide of his son." She replied before walking away.

Twilight's eyes widened as she looked at Nightmare Moon. "Why would Spark do that?" She asked.

Nightmare Moon looked stopped moving. "If Lyaroa died, everyone would place the blame upon Fang for allowing her to die, Roxanne most of all, this would lead her to leave forever, cutting all ties and going into exile, while dark forces would tear apart Equestria in three years time, however, the world would live, but Spark and Fang would be the only survivors of that horrible battle, and Spark would tell Fang exactly, how he felt, before killing himself." She explained before walking again.

Twilight followed Nightmare Moon, she didn't know what to make of these memories, but she would follow for now. "What are you showing me now?" She asked.

Nightmare Moon ignited her horn and a door appeared before them, it was chained up all around, the wood showed a small star in it. "Now you must leave." She said simply.

Twilight looked skeptically at Nightmare Moon, it couldn't be that simple, could it? "What's the trick?" She asked.

Nightmare gave a small smile. "No trick, you must simply accept the facts." She said.

Twilight walked up to the door and opened it, she looked back at the Alicorn for a moment before leaving.....only to end up back in the same position she was just in. 

"As I said, accept the facts." Said Nightmare.

Twilight sighed, she looked at the Alicorn. "Let me guess, my doubts are blocking me, and this is a test of my own beliefs?" She asked.

Nightmare Moon nodded.

"This may take a while." She said.

______*Ponyville*______

Dark, Golden and Roxanne all watched as the sphere......cracked.

What was once solid, now crumbled into pieces, it was as though the sphere was deteriorating because of the guardians deaths.

Dark sensed something, it was weak, and it sounded desperate. "Help" Said the voice.

"Did you hear that?" Asked Golden.

Dark walked up to the sphere silently, she could see the creature inside it much clearer now, it was small, like a kid, but it was blurry, she reached a hood out towards it, and it passed through the sphere.

"Bad idea Dark." Roxanne said as she approached.

Golden walked forward and looked inside. "Huh, looks like a little kid, around nine if you ask me." He said.

Dark couldn't explain it, she felt a powerful instinct awaken, and she soon grabbed the figure by the arm, she pulled back as hard as she could, and soon, she saw a large white claw grab her arm and help her. "Need a claw?" Asked the fox.

As the two pulled, Golden kept an eye out, and surely enough, a small hoof was pulled out of the sphere, and out came a young unicorn filly with a gray coat and a white mane, her cutie mark was that of a frosted gear with a hammer and sword inside of it, she seemed unconscious and her right hoof seemed pretty messed up by bruises and slashes.

"Who do you think she is?" Golden asked.

Roxanne shrugged, she watched as Dark held the child carefully. "Strange, I know that hold, it's a mothers hold, her maternal instincts must have kicked in." She thought.

'I agree love, though this seems more like she was holding a child she lost, more than instinct.' Added Nightmare.

"I don't know who she is, but she's hurt, we can take her to the house to get her checked out, then we can continue." Roxanne said.

Dark stood up slowly and carefully placed the filly on her back. "Let's go then, Gwen's house is closer." She said.

As they walked towards the house, they noticed that the town seemed oddly empty, which was odd considering it was as busy as ever before the sphere showed up.

"Where is everyone?" Dark asked.

Roxanne and Golden looked around and saw nothing, however, Golden felt something as he sent out a pulse. "Behind us." Golden said.

They all turned around, and saw a familiar Wolf walking up to them with his left hand glowing with a brown aura. "You can thank me later Rox." He said.

Fang looked at Dark and smiled. "It's been a while Dark, sorry I didn't drop by, but I haven't been feeling well." He said quietly, out of respect for the sleeping child.

Roxanne crossed her arms. "So let me get this straight, instead of helping us fight, you put me in a death loop?" She asked angrily.

Fang nodded. "I'm done fighting Roxanne, you know that, besides, now we know more about them if we run into more." He said simply.

While Roxanne growled and turned away, Dark slowly approached Fang, she was torn between confusion, shock and anger, but in the end, she chose confusion. "How are you here?" She asked quietly as she felt Fang's arm.

Fang shrugged. "These emotional time bombs rescued me from Tartarus, I got another chance to live." He replied.

Dark reached out and hugged Fang. "I'm glad your back big guy." She said.

Fang returned the hug and whispered. "Good to be back." 

Roxanne walked up. "I hate to be the one to break this up, really I do, but we have an injured child that we might want to take care of." She pointed out.

______*Ponyville*_______

Skitter sighed to herself as she walked around the house, it wasn't going to be the same without Gwen, since the Pegasus and her future wife stated that they would be living at Derpy's house, Gwen decided to let Skitter have hers, but it wouldn't be the same, it would just be her, Solar and Garth, then just her and Garth.....then just her. "Good times though." She muttered.

She was just about to go down memory lane when the door opened and in came Dark with an unconscious filly on her back, followed by Roxanne, Golden and.......Fang?

"Fang?" She asked quietly.

Fang looked over at Skitter and smiled as he waved. "Good to see you again Skitter." He said.

Skitter walked up to Fang, she stared at him in disbelief......then she slapped him. "Ouch!" He exclaimed.

"You asshole!" Skitter shouted as she shot his leg with a magic blast.

Normally Roxanne and Golden would have helped, but with Skitter?......no.

Dark looked back. "Will you be quiet!?" She shouted before going to grab some bandages.

Skitter quieted down and stepped over Fang, she grabbed him and looked him straight in the eye. "You are NOT allowed to die again! do you hear me?" She growled.

Fang nodded. "Yes ma'am." He replied quickly.

Skitter's expression then softened and she hugged Fang around his neck. "Just, just be more careful you big idiot." She said quietly.

Fang chuckled and returned the hug by patting Skitter's back. "I thought everyone would live without me just fine, I guess I was wrong." He said.

Skitter then let Fang get up, as he did she talked. "I have my own son now Fang, Garth." She said.

Fang grinned and held his fist out. "Awesome." He said as the Changeling fist bumped him.

Dark soon returned with the bandages, and she began to wrap them around the injured leg.

Fang walked over to the others and looked at the kid, and memories returned to him. "I know this kid." He said suddenly and out of shock.

Dark and Roxanne both looked at him. "You do?" They asked.

Fang nodded. "I ran into her twice back at Freddy's, once before the third location, and once afterwards, the first time I was with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy, the second, I was on my own, and I was angry, so very angry, but I can't remember why." He explained.

Dark felt her protective instincts kick in for a moment and she went to stand between Fang and the kid, but she managed to stop herself, she calmed herself down and focused. "The good news is that she is in no danger of dying right now, the bad news is that I don't have the skills needed to heal this wound and she could wake up at any moment." She stated.

Roxanne then looked at Fang. "Fang, are you alright?......you know it isn't a good idea to be around many people." She asked out of concern.

Fang chuckled. "I won't go off the rails around a kid Rox, when I go home I'll take the time to calm down." He said quietly.

______*Twilight's mind.*_______

Twilight was beginning to get frustrated, she still couldn't get through the door, she eventually got tired of walking through the door, she had tried reviewing the memories to understand them better, but something was holding her back.

Twilight then thought of something, she was to accept the facts, and move on, but there was one fact she couldn't accept.

"I know what I need to do." She told herself.

Twilight stopped and looked off into the distance, she saw someone that was very close to her, someone she loved for who they were, but was forever out of reach, they were shrouded in shadow, blocking its features.

Twilight and the figure approached eachother calmly, and soon they were close enough to talk. "I know this is selfish, but I do care for you, more than just a friend." She began.

The figure nodded and revealed part of its lower body. "Then what is stopping you?" It asked in a distorted voice. 

"Because I am willing to see past it, no matter how much it hurts, we can't be together." She replied firmly.

The figure rose in size and revealed its black torso. "Then tell me, why did you come here?" It asked.

Twilight smiled and looked up at the creatures head. "Because I must face reality, I cant be blinded by dreams or nightmares anymore, if I am to move on, I need to let you go." She said.

The figures head revealed to show a black and white wolf, he smiled. "Thank you." He said before vanishing.

Twilight let a tear drop before facing the door. "Goodbye Fang." She whispered as she walked through it.

______*Canterlot, the Sanctum.*______

Twilight's eyes opened and she slowly stood up. "Welcome back Twilight, you have completed the trial." Said Cadance.

Twilight looked around and saw the five immortals bowing, they soon rose. "The empowerment is complete, you now have the full power of an immortal, and with it, your burden." Discord said.

"We had little doubt you would succeed my student." Celestia said quietly.

"For now however, the time for you to bear your burden is not yet here, you should first learn to control your newfound powers." Luna said.

Lyaroa waved her hand over Twilight, and a rumbling was heard in the room, soon enough, a throne appeared with its own pocket world, it was that of a small town, resembling Ponyville, the only difference was the library, which was slightly bigger, with a small building next to it, the sunset put the small town in a state of natural beauty. "I will return you to Ponyville Twilight, let me know when you wish to return." Lyaroa said.

Twilight looked at her teacher and smiled, after she said her goodbyes to everyone, including Discord, she looked at Lyaroa. "Let's go home." She said.

Twilight would never get used to Lyaroa's method of teleportation, it was instant, no buildup, no feedback, just perfect accuracy, but even as she looked around the walls of the library, she felt content, and confident from her ordeal, above all, she felt relieved that she let her doubts and sorrow go.

Twilight looked out the window with a smile as Lyaroa walked around. 'This is my pledge, I won't let life beat me down, and when things get tough, I won't give up, EVER!' She swore to herself.

Lyaroa crossed her arms and looked around, something felt off, like something in the world changed, she looked at Twilight. "I'll be back, will you be alright?" She asked.

Twilight nodded and Lyaroa vanished, yet another thing that would defy explanation.

______*Ponyville*______

Lyaroa looked around and saw that she was at Gwen's house, she had traced the anomaly here and was confused when she saw Dark, Roxanne, Golden and Fang all in the room, they seemed to be focusing on something important so she walked up. "Hey guys." She said.

Dark jumped slightly, while Roxanne walked over. "What are you doing back so soon?" Asked the fox.

Lyaroa shrugged. "It didn't take as long as I thought it would, but I could easily ask you guys why your in Gwen's house." She pointed out.

"We have an injured kid to take care of right now Lyaroa, now isn't the time to play the concerned bystander." Dark said.

Lyaroa placed a hand over her heart. "Oh!" She gasped dramatically. "You wound me Dark!" She acted.

"Shut up Migraine." Roxanne muttered.

Lyaroa held her hands up briefly. "Fine, fine fine, what do we know about the mystery girl?" She asked.

Dark paced a little bit. "We aren't entirely sure, all we have is Fang's memories of this kid at Freddy's, and a sense of familiarity about her." She said.

Lyaroa looked at the kid, she glanced at the web of life around her and saw her death date. "Odd." She commented.

"Why odd?" Golden asked.

Lyaroa rubbed her eyes and looked at the kid warily. "Either my eyesight is failing, or that girl should have died a thousand years ago." She replied out of confusion.

"Well you aren't killing her, no way in hell." Dark said protectively.

Lyaroa crossed her arms again. "I never said I was, but it's confusing, unless she's from the Crystal Empire, that would make more sense." She then approached the unconscious filly. "How long has she been asleep?" She asked.

"Not sure, she was like that when we found her inside that sphere." Fang said.

Lyaroa looked at the wolf. "What sphere?" She asked carefully.

Dark looked at Lyaroa. "We were hoping you could tell us, it was there, but it wasn't, it was solid yet it looked like water." She answered.

Lyaroa blinked and walked to the couch and rubbed her chin. "What's wrong?" Asked Skitter as she walked back in.

The Sentinel sighed and put her hand over her face. "I know what you guys found......its a containment sphere." She replied.

Everyone looked at Lyaroa as she went to explain. "It's a method that is used to imprison unstable world jumpers, those who are stuck in a cycle of being transported through worlds without a choice, I put defenders in place, just in case someone tried to free the captive inside." She explained, while pointing at the filly.

Dark then remembered that night the filly called her mom, she remembered her teleporting away quickly afterwards. "When did you imprison her?" She asked.

Lyaroa shrugged. "Nighttime, after the Empire, before Dalcorus, why?" She asked.

Dark shook her head. "Then I think I watched you do it." She said.

Lyaroa got up and walked to Dark, she then looked her in the eyes with a confused look. "Strange, you should be blind after that, something must have prevented that, or you didn't see it, whichever." She muttered.

Skitter walked around the room some. "So what happens now?......you going to send her away like you did with Storm?" She asked.

Lyaroa shook her head. "That was different, he was from a different world, in this case, she's home." 

_____*later that day, 3:21 PM*______

Lyaroa had moved everything to her house, the filly, the others, Garth and Skitter. 

Luckily the filly was alive and showed signs of awakening, but not many, she fell back asleep soon after.

Lyaroa was walking upstairs when she heard Fang talk. "Can I talk to you Lyaroa?" He asked.

The Sentinel nodded and kept walking up, when he reached the top of the stairs, he began talking. "First off, your defenses for the sphere almost killed Dark, Roxanne and Golden, secondly, I had another vision." He said quietly, especially for the last part.

Lyaroa raised an eyebrow. "I hate it when you get visions, they always suck." She said.

Fang nodded and then held out his hand. "I want you to look into my memories and see the vision for yourself, it'll be faster then me telling you." He said.

Lyaroa grabbed Fang's hand and immediately searched his memories, she saw the destruction unleashed, she saw the time, she saw the date, she saw the year, every. single. detail, she recoiled upon hearing the message she left herself. "TMH........damnit!" She cursed under her breath.

Fang looked curiously as Lyaroa paced. "What does that mean anyway?" He asked.

The Sentinel looked at him. "It's a code phrase I made when I began world making, it means This Must Happen, as in, I CANNOT interfere." She replied.

Fang paused at that, he looked at her in shock. "All that death, and you can't do anything?.....can't or won't?" He asked.

Lyaroa gave Fang a stare that could kill. "I have told you before, I have a moral code, and that stands against me reshaping the world just to make myself happy, and preventing that disaster." She huffed. "It goes against my own belief." She whispered.

"So what? We just stand by and watch as our doom approaches?" Fang asked.

Lyaroa shook her head. "Not if I can help it." She then walked to the stairs.

"What are you going to do?" Fang asked.

Lyaroa looked at Fang. "I'm going to break the world." She said with sincerity.

_____*downstairs*_____

Dark was relieved, not only did Lyaroa teleport them to her house, she had also healed everyone including the mystery kid.

Dark was alone with the kid now, since Golden went to the bathroom and Roxanne went for something to eat, Skitter was trying to calm Garth down while Solar waited on the couch.

She heard footsteps behind her and saw Lyaroa approaching. "So what now?" She asked.

Lyaroa's hand glew with a golden light. "Now I'm going to stop her world jumping, regardless if she wants it or not." She placed her hand over the child's forehead and began to work, closing the gates in her mind that caused her to jump across worlds.

It didn't take long until the gates closed, but there was something else there, a magical parasite latching onto the child's mind, she removed it after determining it was harmful, and then she removed her hand. "When she wakes up we need to make sure she has food and water." She stated before walking away.

Dark looked at Lyaroa. "Thank you." She said quietly.

Lyaroa smiled a little. 'At least some good will come out of this.' She thought, not willing to tell her or anyone else the truth right now.

Afterwards, Lyaroa walked to the kitchen and found Roxanne, she walked over and leaned in next to her. "Hey Firecracker." She said quietly.

Roxanne sighed at the nickname, she looked at the Sentinel with a raised eyebrow. "What happened to Hothead?" She asked.

Lyaroa grinned. "It doesn't fit you, besides, I like Firecracker, it isn't exactly an insulting nickname." She said.

Roxanne put the plates down and looked at Lyaroa. "We're talking nicknames, so what's REALLY going on here Lyaroa?" She asked quietly.

Lyaroa sighed. "Fang had another vision, it was that of this world being destroyed.......and I can't interfere." She said telepathically.

Roxanne rubbed her eyes as she processed this news. "Well, what are we going to do?.....if we can't stop it, then what?" She asked.

"This will sound extreme, but it's better then letting this horrible event happen.......I'm going to destroy this world." She replied.

Roxanne looked at Lyaroa with a shocked and disbelieving stare. "Then we will all die." She said.

Lyaroa shook her head. "Not if I find us a new world to inhabit first, but there is a catch." She started.

"There always is." Roxanne replied.

"We won't be able to take everyone with, we can take up to thirteen people, but that's it." She said.

"Why can't we take all of our friends?" She asked.

Lyaroa sighed. "Because they are all part of every world, having two of each would be catastrophic, I'm sorry to say it, but it's true."

"You had best get searching for a new world then, I don't want to see what's going to happen if it's that bad." Roxanne said.

Nightmare cleared her throat in her mind. 'Ask what's gonna happen to me, please Love?' She asked.

"What's going to happen to Nightmare?" She asked.

Lyaroa shrugged. "Nothing if you want her to stay." She replied, though she was curious as to why Roxanne asked, she wasn't about to question it.

Roxanne nodded. "Good, she doesn't want to leave anyway, at least......I think." She thought. 

'Whatever you want to do Love, I'm fine with it.' Said Nightmare.

"In that case, think you could seperate us after we leave?.....I like her, but it's getting crowded in my head." She said.

Lyaroa nodded and walked away and headed up for her room, she needed to find a way to break the news to everyone without causing a panic.

______*a few minutes later*______

The child mumbled something as she lie there, her face and expressions showed distress, she shivered and shook as feelings of fear enveloped her, she suddenly felt them vanish as her eyes slowly opened, the area was very bright to her eyes so she quickly shut her eyes, a few moments later she opened them again and the light was now bearable, she looked to her left and saw a giant Golden bear sitting in a chair reading a book.

Many thoughts ran through her mind, but eventually she spoke up, deciding upon an action. "Fredbear?" She asked quietly.

The bear perked up upon mention of the name, he looked at the kid as he set the book down. "I haven't heard that name in years, but no, I'm not him." He said.

The child sat up slowly and rubbed her head. "Ah!" She exclaimed, she had rubbed a spot on her head that hurt like hell.

"You alright?" He asked.

She nodded as she looked around, she was in a living room as was obvious by the couches and chairs, but she couldn't place her location. "I know it's a common question for these situations, but where am I?" She asked.

"Ponyville.....anyway, my name is-

The child seemed started by the name, she blinked and looked at the bear. "Golden Freddy." She finished.

Golden nodded and stood up. "How do know these names?" He asked.

The child sat up fully. "I um, I've been around Fazbears for a while." She replied quietly.

Golden sighed and crossed his arms. "Well, if anything, we have some common ground." He said as he paced. 

"So, it would be rude of me not to introduce myself, my name is Syrin, it's uh, good to know your alright after all." She replied. [3]

Golden Freddy then looked towards what appeared to be the kitchen. "Hey! the kid is awake!" He called.

Syrin flinched due to her headache, she then heard footsteps coming from the kitchen, she watched as a changeling walked out calmly. "About time, I was getting worried that you might not wake up." Said the Changeling.

Golden looked at Syrin. "This is Skitter, Ponyville's resident Changeling." He introduced.

Skitter shrugged. "It isn't that big a deal, I'm not exactly anyone remarkable." She said modestly.

Golden rolled his eyes. "Anyway, this is Syrin." He introduced.

Syrin eyed Skitter cautiously. "Hi." She said carefully.

Skitter looked at Golden. "Well, I need to get back home, I'll see you around." She then teleported out in the blink of an eye.

Afterwards, loud footsteps were heard coming down the stairs, Golden looked and saw Fang heading down with a conflicted gaze. "Hey bud, you alright?" The bear asked.

Syrin looked at the wolf. "Fang?" She asked quietly.

Unfortunately, at that point, all of Fang's anxiety came back at that instant and he quickly fled towards his room. "What's wrong with him?" She asked.

Golden shook his head. "He will be fine, he's just been through a lot lately." He answered. 'Then again, I don't even know what's up with him anymore, and I know him better than almost everyone.'

Fang's door slammed and Golden winced. "It's been, difficult, but that's for another time." He said, he then looked at Syrin. "Do you want anything?" He asked.

Syrin could feel how dry her throat was, but she also knew better than to take things from strangers, especially after you wake up in a house filled with them. "I'm fine." She lied.

Golden nodded and walked off. "If you change your mind, let me know." He said as he headed upstairs.

Syrin was now alone with her thoughts, she didn't understand the circumstances that led her here, first she was walking on an empty road, next she felt the world go dark as she was immobilized suddenly, then she woke up here. 'The strangest part is, this feels like home.' She said to herself.

A pair of voices suddenly caught her ears, so she listened carefully. "I understand your confusion Dark, I do, but you need to keep a level head." Said an unfamiliar voice, although, she did recognize the name.

"Calm!? How can i? I literally almost died because of what YOU did, if Fang hadn't looped that confrontation like he did, I would be dead, so would Roxanne, and so would Golden." Said a very familiar voice.

"I didn't want that to happen Dark, you know that, I just didn't think it would pop up in Ponyville while I was away." Replied the first voice.

"You know, I really hope Roxanne can forgive you for everything you've done to her and to all of us, because at this point? I don't think I can." Said The second voice.

Syrin flinched at the hostility of the voice, but she kept listening. "What's gotten into you? you have been increasingly hostile to everyone since that kid got here, what's the problem?" Asked the other voice.

"Uh let's see, that would be anger combined with confusion among other things, I almost died today, and so did two of my friends! You know what's? I am not going to deal with this right now, I'm going." Said the second voice.

Footsteps on the stairs made Syrin cast her gaze over, she looked and saw a familiar unicorn mare with a dull white coat,  white and gray hair, silver eyes and two robotic legs stomping off, her eyes widened. "Mom?" She asked.

The mare stopped suddenly, she froze at those words.

_____*Dark's point of view*_____

Dark had frozen at that one word, she hadn't realized the kid was awake, but that was the exact same thing she called her a while back, before she vanished, she looked over at the kid, her icy blue eyes forming a small tear.

At this exact moment, Dark felt her mind open, and an armada of memories returned to her, she could remember her name, she could remember all the years they spent together, she remembered it all, sadly, she also felt the negative memories return, but that would have to wait.

Dark found herself unable to move, instead, as she felt her eyes slowly water, she spoke in one small word. "Syrin?" She asked quietly.

Lyaroa had watched the whole thing from the stairs, she smiled as she headed upstairs, she had known who the girl was the entire time, but she knew that this was the better way to go about it, rather than just opening her mind to the memories forcibly. 'Yep, they will definitely be worth saving.' She thought to herself.

______*Ponyville, the next day, 2:30 PM*______

Firefly was in the Sugarcube corner right now, she was with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo waiting on Apple Bloom, they were just sitting in a booth discussing what they would do after Apple Bloom got there. "So, we obviously can't let her know ANYTHING about the surprise party correct?" Scootaloo stated.

Firefly nodded. "Right, we just go about the day like we normally do, but we can't let her go anywhere near the clubhouse." She added.

"I've already talked with Applejack and Rarity, they'll start after we leave from our usual club meeting." Sweetie added.

"All that's left is to keep her distracted for a few hours." Scootaloo finished.

"Hey Firefly, is that guy coming along with you? you know, Storm?" Sweetie asked curiously.

Firefly shook her head and clutched the claw amulet that Storm let her. "No, he had to go home." She replied, leaving an air of silence.

Soon after, the doors to Sugarcube corner flew open and a loud shout soon followed. "Nobody move!" The voice was incredibly distorted but was undeniably male.

The three crusaders looked to the door and their eyes widened in horror.

A large unicorn stallion with dark blue fur and no mane or tail was holding a knife to Apple Bloom's throat. "Everypony down on the ground!" He ordered.

Everyone in the room complied along with the three crusaders, they were all terrified out of their minds, but their friends safety came first.

The stallion's horn ignited and the entire bakery was surrounded by a magical barrier, he then looked to the petrified crowd. "Everyone upstairs! Except you two!" He said, he grabbed two ponies from the crowd to state his point, Firefly and Rarity.

The stallion's commands were swiftly followed as everyone fled upstairs in a panic, only when they were all upstairs and he was alone with three of his hostages did he put the knife to Firefly's throat and send Applebloom upstairs, but not before putting a magic jammer device on Rarity's horn. "Don't even try to remove that device." He ordered.

Rarity nodded quietly.

Firefly could only feel fear right now, all of her movement and thought blocked by it, she had never been in such a situation, not even at the Temple of Jandoka, she didn't even move or flinch when her wings were bound to her sides by the stallion.

"Now, you both do what I say, and no one has to get hurt." Said the stallion.

Firefly eventually came to her senses and realized the situation more clearly, while there wasn't anything she could do about it, she could try to come up with a plan.

Rarity looked at Firefly. "Are you alright darling?" She asked out of concern.

Firefly made no motion at the question. "Mentally or physically?" She asked.

Rarity watched as their captor paced back and forth with a crystal, he was speaking to it. "Either." She said.

"I am physically alright." Firefly said.

Rarity decided to leave it at that for now, after all, now wasn't the time to play therapist. "I don't know what he is doing right now, but whatever it is, it has to be something with whatever he is planning, I hate to say this Firefly, but we need to do what he says." She said with disgust plain in her voice.

The stallion then teleported the crystal away and looked at his captives. "Now we wait, QUIETLY." He ordered.

_____*Golden Oaks Library.*_____

Twilight and Dark were in the middle of getting things ready for Dark to move out of the library. "I'm gonna miss having you around Dark, it was nice having someone else around." Twilight said.

"You have Spike don't you?.....he's a great kid." She said curiously.

Twilight shrugged. "What I mean is it was nice having another adult around to talk with, well, one that actually knows what I'm talking about half the time." She explained.

Dark chuckled. "Trust me Twilight, if there was room here for all of us, I'm sure I would stay, but for now, all I can say is that I can visit when I'm not busy readjusting to being a mother......again." She said.

Twilight looked at her friend. "I still have trouble believing that you have a daughter, after all this time." She mentioned out of disbelief.

"You and me both, according to Lyaroa, me and Ralkon had this really weird memory blocking spell put on us, that makes us go incredibly aggressive for whatever reason, thankfully Lyaroa was able to get rid of it." Dark replied.

Soon enough, both unicorn's detected a teleportation nearby, they looked and saw a glowing crystal in the center of the library. 

Twilight approached it, she scanned it carefully and discovered it was a communication Crystal, she activated it and saw a Dark blue unicorn stallion with no mane or tail and black eyes staring at her. "Good, your home, I trust the line is stable Princess?" He asked in a distorted voice.

"Who are you?" Twilight asked.

The Unicorn grinned and moved to the side, revealing Rarity with a magic jamming device on her horn, and Firefly with her wings bound. "I am the one in charge here, and I have a few demands that I will not speak over a communication Crystal." They then lost visual on him.

"Dark, take Syrin, and go to Lyaroa's house, tell them what's going on, I'm going see what I can do on my end." Twilight said before teleporting away.

_____*Outside Sugarcube corner*_____

Twilight was waiting outside the bakery, she saw the barrier, it was......strange, it certainly wasn't the same as her brothers barrier, but it was incredibly powerful all the same, but she didn't know it's properties.

Soon enough, another Crystal teleported in front of her, she activated it and she saw the same person. "Hello again Princess Twilight, I am pleased that you take this situation seriously." He said smugly.

"Holding ponies hostage normally is a serious situation." Twilight replied calmly. 

The stallion grinned. "Ah, but these aren't just anyponies are they? The Element of Generosity and the daughter of your friend, or should I say the Corrupted Element of Thunder?" He said.

Twilight knew at this exact moment that this was a planned holdup, not some random guy out for money. "What are your demands?" She asked.

"I am sending out a scroll, it contains a list of names, names of prisoners, I want them all released and in front of this building before sunset, or I will begin killing hostages, starting with these two." He replied before cutting off the transmission.

A scroll then appeared in front of Twilight, she opened it and saw that names on it, she widened her eyes and she quickly summoned four items, two communication Crystals, a quill and a paper, she quickly wrote down a message and sent it to Celestia. 'We can't let those monsters free again, but I can't ignore all of the innocents trapped inside.'

It didn't take long for Celestia to appear, she had a expression of deep thought, but Twilight quickly masked her general area with a cloaking spell, so that no one could see. "Princess, I am sending a message to Lyaroa, hopefully she can answer." Said the Alicorn.

Soon, Lyaroa appeared on one of these crystals, she was half awake. "Twilight, do you have any idea what time it is?" The Sentinel asked groggily.

"Lyaroa, we need you awake, there is an emergency that requires your attention." Celestia said sternly.

Lyaroa sighed and soon she appeared completely rested and awake. "Alright, what's going on this time?" She asked.

"A Unicorn stallion has taken control of Sugarcube corner and has taken everyone inside hostage, including Rarity and Firefly." Twilight explained.

Lyaroa shook her head out of disbelief. "Who else?" She asked.

"Unknown, but he is demanding the release of several inmates from across Equestria." Celestia added.

Lyaroa shrugged. "Then release them, what's the big deal?" She asked.

Twilight gulped and spoke up. "The people he wants released are proven terrorists, they alone are responsible for over three hundred casualties in Fillydelphia and Los Pegasus." She explained.

Lyaroa sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Then why the hell did you call me?.....you know it isn't my responsibility to deal with these kind of problems, regardless of how much I want too." She answered.

Celestia spoke. "I know that Lyaroa, however, you are the best person aside from Discord who can get word to these prisons the fastest, should we have no choice, we will need you for this." She said.

Lyaroa nodded. "Fine, I can do a message, but the rest is up to you guys, good luck, I have to try to keep Roxanne from charging in blindly." She said before cutting out.

"So what should we do here Celestia?" She said, still not comfortable with calling her mentor that.

"First, explain everything to me, what measures have been taken to keep the area secure?" She asked.

"I have the local authorities keeping a perimeter around the Bakery, keeping anyone from getting closer." She said.

"And what of the man?....what precautions has he taken to keep you and the police out?" She asked.

"He has a magical barrier of some sort surrounding the bakery, he has also made it clear that if anyone other than me or the people he wants released come near, he will begin killing hostages." She said.

Celestia closed her eyes in thought and then looked at Twilight. "How much time do we have?" She asked.

"Before sunset." Twilight answered quickly.

"For now, continue to monitor the situation, I will see about the monsters he wants us to release." Celestia said before cutting out.

Twilight then looked at the bakery worryingly, she didn't like this, she had all of this power, but she couldn't even use it to help her in this situation. 'Wait a minute, I can.' she ignited her horn and she reached out with her mind, she soon felt Rarity's mind, she then spoke mentally. "Rarity, don't speak out loud, but if you can hear, say yes in your mind." She said to her friend.

"Yes, I can hear you."

_____*Inside the bakery.*______

Rarity was confused as to how Twilight was talking in her mind, but she wasn't going to ask until this was over. "I need you to tell me what's going on in there Rarity, I can't see inside." Twilight said.

"He has sealed the upstairs, the only ones down here are me, Firefly and our captor, who is keeping an abnormally keen watch outside." She replied.

"Are you two alright?" She asked.

"Yes, for the most part, Firefly seems to be breaking down slowly, I'm trying to keep her calm." She replied.

Firefly however, was not doing so well as she originally thought, she was silently crying to herself, she sniffled and continued crying, she was trying to be strong, but something inside of her broke when the man held a knife to her throat.

The man seemed to hear Firefly crying, he gritted his teeth and shot a magical blast in the direction of his hostages.

Firefly froze completely when the blast zoomed right past her head at incredible speed. "Keep quiet!" He ordered.

Rarity soon saw a flaw in her captor, one she could send to Twilight. "Our captor has anger issues, and has little patience when things aren't going his way." She said.

Rarity looked at Firefly, who was clutching her amulet tightly and breathing rapidly, she reached out and touched Firefly's shoulder, the filly's head shot up and looked at Rarity in fear.

The mare did the only thing she could try to do in this situation. "Firefly, everything is going to be alright, just calm down and breathe." She said reassuringly.

Firefly slowed her panicked breathing down steadily and closed her eyes, she released her death grip of the amulet and felt something warm on her left hoof, she opened her eyes and looked, she saw Rarity's hoof holding her arm. "Just stay calm, can you do that?" Rarity asked quietly with a smile.

Firefly nodded, she looked at their captor, he seemed to know about her being the Corrupted Element of Thunder, but he didn't know that the Element wasn't Corrupted anymore, which meant that it was far easier to use now, and much more powerful, however.

She then looked at Rarity, there was no guarantee that even if she used her thunder to the best of her ability, that the magic jammer would help, or if Rarity was even strong enough to take the stallion on in a fight.

Firefly held her amulet carefully, she felt something strange on it, but she pushed past her curiosity for now as she drew on one of her memories, specifically something that Storm told her. 

_____*flashback*_____

Firefly was talking to Storm in the training yard as Roxanne practiced with Golden. "Hey Firefly." Storm said.

She looked at the Werewolf as he watched the two adults spar. "What is it?" She asked.

"Do you know what Elemental affinity is?" He asked curiously.

Firefly shook her head, she knew that Storm could see it. "No, why?" She asked.

Storm gestured to Roxanne. "Your mom, her affinity is fire, while Golden's is wind, you see, Elemental affinity has a significant impact on your abilities and attributes, for instance." He looked at Firefly. "Can you tell what MY affinity is?" He asked.

Firefly shrugged. "Fire, it's obvious." She said.

Storm shook his head. "Wrong." He replied.

Firefly raised an eyebrow. "Wind then?" She asked.

"No." He replied.

Firefly blinked, this was strange. "Lightning?" She offered.

"Wrong again." He teased.

Firefly sighed. "Fine, what is your affinity?" She asked.

Storm shrugged. "Believe it or not, my affinities are Earth and Water." He replied. "You see, at birth, we unknowingly choose an affinity, and later on, we obtain a second through the choices we make, as for you?" He said, looking back at the fight.

"Your affinity is definitely Lightning, no doubt about it." He said with a grin.

______*end of flashback*______

'The Lightning affinity is one of the rarest known affinities, and for good reason, those of this affinity have a tendency to do the unexpected, they act on impulse, doing what no others dream of doing, and in combat? Striking in a way that even they themselves are unsure of.' Twilight's lecture on Elemental magics seemed to have some merit after all.

Firefly smirked as she watched their captor, she calmed down and looked down at her amulet as she let go of it, she saw red liquid. 'Blood?' She then looked at her hoof and saw a cut, and that Rarity's right hoof was bloodstained.

'I cut myself on the amulet?.....strange, I don't remember doing that.' She then looked at Rarity. "Rarity, are you alright?" She asked quietly, pointing at her hoof, deciding to play it innocent and naïve for now.

Rarity nodded. "It's alright, I'll have it looked at when this is over." She whispered.

Firefly nodded. 'Good, she doesn't suspect, I just need to keep this act up for a while longer, I don't need to worry her or anyone else until later.' She thought to herself.

______*Hours later, 8:21 PM*______

The unicorn stallion growled. "What is taking them so long!? Do they not care what happens to you!?" He screamed in frustration.

Firefly saw an opportunity, so she took it. "What did you expect?" She asked.

He looked over at her with an angered expression. "What?" He replied out of anger. 

"I mean come on, you gave them until sunset and a list of names, they probably forgot what prisons those guys are in, and you wanted them to get them ALL here? you really aren't too smart." She teased.

The unicorn then held a knife to Firefly's throat and a magical sword to Rarity's. "I'm not against going with option B kid, so shut it!" He warned.

Firefly smirked and leaned in closer. "I better warn YOU, you can't kill us, if you do, you lose all your leverage, and those guys will never be free from prison, so go ahead, I wouldn't mind coming back to see WHAT my mom does to you for killing me." She taunted.

The unicorn screamed in frustration again and punched Firefly to the ground and shoved the magical sword into Rarity's leg.

Firefly hit the ground hard and heard Rarity scream in pain, she then heard her captor speak. "Next time, do what your told you little shit." He said.

Firefly felt a surge of unending anger flow over her, she growled and felt her bones breaking apart.

Rarity tried her best to stay awake, but she quickly fell unconscious from blood loss and the sound of bones breaking.

The unicorn didn't seem to notice as he went back to watching the outside.

Firefly growled and grunted as he bones broke, and soon, as it moved to her wings and ribs, she started gasping for air.

The unicorn sighed. "Shut it kid! I didn't even hit you in the lungs!" He shouted, still not looking.

Firefly soon felt her arm bones breaking, her eyes changed to a bright Amber color, her fur thickened and claws started to form as her teeth sharpened and turned to fangs.

As the sounds continued behind him, the stallion soon grew tired of them, he turned around. "Will you keep it Dow......" He was shocked by what he saw, Rarity was unconscious and Firefly had completely changed. "What the hell?" He grabbed his dagger and summoned magical swords as Firefly looked up at him with eyes of a predator.

_____*Firefly's pov*_____

Anger, a surprising emotion for Firefly, but one that helped in this situation, she cast her gaze upon the monster in front of her. 'Not pack, not food, enemy, kill.' 

Firefly growled and electricity crackled all around her, she slowly advanced as the monster in her vision struck with magical blades.

In her vision, she had lots of time to react, but in her enemies? An instant, she moved swiftly, she dodged the first blade by jumping to the side, the second by jumping at the wall, and the third by creating a barrier of lightning, she then lept from the wall at her enemy, she arced thunder through the knife he was holding and it paralyzed his entire left side, she then chomped down on his right arm.

She then proceeded to tear him apart as he struggled in vain, his dying screams could be heard throughout the structure, as he went to cast one last spell, she chomped on his horn with all of her might, causing a massive feedback, she quickly fled and grabbed Rarity. 'Pack, friend, not food, not enemy, save.'

_____*Outside Sugarcube corner*_____

Twilight covered her eyes, she was just about to call Celestia about the demands when screams could be heard inside the bakery, soon however, the barrier fell, Twilight quickly teleported in and almost threw up on sight of the bloodbath, she saw the man dead in the corner, his horn broken off and his body savagely mauled, she saw Firefly and Rarity, her friend was unconscious and had a massive puncture in her leg, and Firefly was covered in blood, with what seemed to be a piece of the mans broken horn in her mouth.

_____*an hour later*_____

Twilight managed to get Everypony out of Sugarcube corner while having the police and paramedics handle the downstairs, it wasn't easy getting them all out without them seeing the bloodbath, but she did it, she was more concerned about Firefly and Rarity right now though.

Rarity had to be taken to the hospital for immediate treatment, while Firefly was sitting in a booth, practically paralyzed by what happened.

She walked over to the filly after she was allowed. "Firefly, are you alright?" She asked quietly.

Firefly didn't answer, instead, she shook her head and looked around shakily.

"Roxanne is coming to take you home Firefly, okay?" She said.

Firefly nodded silently, refusing to speak.

_____*a few days later, Lyaroa's house, 1:45 PM*____

Lyaroa shook her head and sighed. "Well Lyaroa, what's the verdict?" Roxanne asked.

"Storm said that as far as he knows, the Werewolf gene can only be passed down by birth or by the direct bite a of a live Werewolf, and seeing as she has no Werewolves among her ancestors, it must be a new method of transformation." Lyaroa answered.

They were all in the living room right now, it was only Roxanne, Lyaroa, Fang and Golden, they were trying to figure out what to do, Firefly had turned into a Werewolf in the last two nights, so they knew it was true, but the worst part was the fact that she would not speak, to anyone, she had attended Apple Bloom's birthday but barely talked even then.

In truth? Roxanne was becoming increasingly concerned, as Firefly wouldn't even talk to her, she would express herself through motion and other means now.

Lyaroa couldn't blame Firefly however, she HAD killed a man, and had been through a very traumatic experience.

"For now, all I can say is to give her time to heal, she doesn't want to be crowded, that much is obvious." She said.

Fang looked at Lyaroa. "How does she feel about being a Werewolf?" He asked.

Lyaroa sighed. "I have no idea, and unless she specifically tells me to get rid of it, I will not." She then looked at Roxanne. "No matter how much YOU want it gone either, it is her decision." She added.

Golden then stood up. "While we give her time to decide, I think it's time we address a major issue." He said.

Lyaroa flinched. "About my decision to destroy this world?" She asked.

Everyone nodded. "I still don't see the point." Golden replied.

Lyaroa walked over to the chair. "Please sit down." She said.

As everyone sat down Lyaroa explained. "Since it'll take too long to explain, I'll simplify it for you all, this world is on a crash course for destruction anyway, and I will not see it happen, but, my code prohibits me from ending this disaster myself, it does not however, prevent me from destroying the timeline, so if I do that and transport us to a new world, a fresh one, we can live our lives peacefully, and as to everything else, like the disasters that occur such as the Crystal Empire? They will be dealt with." She explained.

No one seemed to like the idea, that much was obvious, however, one of them spoke. "What will happen to us? when we leave?" Fang asked.

Golden seemed surprised that Fang said that. "Whatever you want, I'll change you to whatever you wish, a dragon, a Griffin, a rabbit, anything." She said.

Fang looked out the window in deep thought, Golden sighed and crossed his arms. "Do what you will, but I'm not going along, if you insist on me leaving this world, send me back home." He said.

Lyaroa shrugged. "Fazbears?" She asked.

Golden shook his head. "That was never really my home, at least it never felt like it, I want to go to Kompako." He said.

Lyaroa nodded. "Your choice, we'll miss you when you go bud." She said.

Roxanne sighed. "Well, no matter how badly you piss me off or annoy me, I'm stuck with you, so I guess that blank slate would be the best bet." She said.

Lyaroa smiled. "Thanks, I've already talked with Shade and Emerald about this, and they are going to Oglan, Shade's home world." She answered.

"I thought he was never going back?" Fang wondered. 

Lyaroa shrugged. "So did I, but he changed his mind." She said.

Roxanne leaned back. "So, who's going to tell Dark?.....I'm going to tell Skitter." She said.

Fang shrugged. "I guess I'll tell her, I doubt she'll be happy, but I think she would rather go somewhere else than watch the world burn." He said.

Lyaroa nodded. "Then it's settled, I'll get Everything ready, and then I'll send us off before destroying the timeline." She said grimly, she then teleported.

_____*Gwen's house, the next day.*_____

Fang wasn't happy, he had to tell Dark AND her daughter what was going on because they would not seperate, they both seemed depressed about the situation, but they were taking it surprisingly well. "Let me see if I understand you correctly, Tirek, a magic eater, comes along and drains everyone of their magic, and it is so much magic that even the Elements of Harmony are useless?" Dark asked.

Fang nodded. "Yes." He answered.

"Well this figures." Syrin said with annoyance. "I finally get back home, just to find out we need to leave?" She complained.

Dark looked at Fang. "We aren't leaving without Ralkon, he IS Syrin's father after all." She said.

Fang nodded. "I'll get the message to him." He replied before leaving.

"Wait a minute!" Syrin said.

Fang looked at the kid. "Yea?" He asked.

"Me and mom have been talking, and I've been wondering, do you remember what you did back at your world?" She asked.

Fang winced but nodded. "Sadly yes, I don't know why I did what I did really, but I remember." He replied.

Syrin then slapped him.......with a fish, that appeared out of nowhere. "Ok, we're even." She said happily.

Fang then watched as the two walked off, he only had one thought run through his mind after they were out of sight. 'What in the actual fuck just happened?' He wondered.

______*Ponyville, Flower shop, 3:30 PM.*______

Skitter walked into the shop with a perplexed expression, she had received a message from Roxanne, asking her to meet in the flower shop of all places.

The shop was closed for the day, but Roxanne was waiting for her in the store, she approached the fox with a curious look in her eye. "Where are the flower sisters at?" She asked.

Roxanne chuckled. "Out for a business meeting, they won't be back for another couple hours." She said as she crossed her arms and leaned on the wall.

"Why did you want to meet up here?" Skitter asked.

Roxanne sighed. "I have very bad news Skitter, the world is ending." She said.

Skitter bit her lip, she then took a deep breath and spoke. "I know." She replied grimly.

Roxanne looked at her friend out of confusion and surprise. "How do you know?" She asked.

Skitter walked over and leaned back. "Funny thing about being the Changeling Queen that came up with Pure Crystal magic, you get visions and see a lot of prophecies." She replied.

Roxanne watched as Skitter looked up. "I was with my sister, and we were out wandering the hive at night, we weren't supposed to, but we were only seven, and we eventually stumbled across a blocked out cavern, we didn't know it at the time, but some real psychopaths lived there, so we entered it forcibly, and we found some carvings on the walls, detailing Armageddon at the hands of a giant centaur, and a date." She sighed and looked down.

"How long until the date arrives?" Roxanne asked.

Skitter looked at Roxanne with a sad expression. 

Roxanne placed a hand on Skitter's shoulder, the Changeling's silence disturbing her. "Skitter?" She asked.

"........Today." She whispered.

Roxanne's eyes widened and her expression turned to one of panic, she quickly shot up once she heard screaming in the streets, she looked at her friend quickly. "Skitter, get Garth and get to the Guardians Hill." She instructed before running out of the shop.

Skitter nodded and teleported away, heading for home.

Roxanne exited the shop to a town filled with fear and despair, she covered her eyes as the roof of one of the homes was blown off by a stream of fire and energy.

Roxanne started to run towards Lyaroa's house to make sure everyone was alright, she heard the screaming of the townsfolk as they ran past her in a frenzy.

Another building soon blew up and some ponies flew out and landed on the ground, Roxanne winced as the debris went everywhere, even landing on some people.

Roxanne picked up her pace but was soon cut off as a wall of fire cut a swathe through the land and remained there, she was disoriented as a Pegasus rammed into her as the firewall burned his wing.

She held her head and started heading for the more crowded area of the town, she had to fight her way past an army of panicked people, but she eventually made it near the buildings.

Unfortunately for Roxanne, as she neared the structures, another beam of energy collided with the two building she was between, and they collapsed.

She let out a scream as the debris crushed her, hiding her among two buildings worth of solid stone.

______*Ponyville Ruins, a few minutes later.*______

It was dark, that much was obvious, it was difficult to move, also obvious, it was soothing, that was not obvious, at least to Nightmare, she found dark places calming to be in.

"Sorry Love, but I'm taking control, not that you can argue this time, don't worry, I'll take care of you till you wake up." Nightmare said quietly.

'We need to get home as fast as we can!' Roxanne's Soul said.

Nightmare unleashed her power and destroyed the rubble she was under.

Nightmare stood up and stretched the stiffness out, she then quickly moved out of the destroyed buildings, she then saw that most of the town was destroyed, she sighed out of boredom. "Whoever is doing this, needs a lesson on destruction, at least when I do this, I do it in a single minute, not what seems like an hour." She commented dryly on the death and destruction.

Nightmare quickly ran in the direction of the house, it was easier now that the people weren't around, however, there was now debris and now rock formations blocking her path, however it still didn't slow Nightmare down, she eventually made it to the house......or what was left of it, all that was left was a single room.....Golden's room, not decorated and simple, just how he liked it.

Nightmare then concluded that she should go to the hill, at least then she had a good plan. "Alright, time to meet up at the hill." She said quietly.

'Dont lose hope, Lyaroa won't let anything happen to them.' Said her Soul.

Nightmare quickly made her way towards the hill, she saw that the battle was still raging, it was between Tirek and.......Twilight? it seemed to be evenly matched right now, so she didn't have to worry about getting involved. 

As Nightmare eventually made it to the edge of the town, she felt Roxanne's warm presence awakening inside of her, she stopped and sat down. "Welcome back Love." She said mentally.

"I'm glad your back" Roxanne's Soul said.

Nightmare relinquished control to Roxanne. "What happened?" She asked weakly. 

"A building landed on you, I took control and got you here, you need to get to the hill quickly Love." Nightmare said.

Roxanne nodded, her head banged and hurt like hell, but she could move, she stood up and began walking towards the hill.

_____*Guardians Hill, outside Ponyville.*_____

Lyaroa paced worriedly, Roxanne should have been one of the first ones here, but she was late, the fox was alive, otherwise she would have felt it, she was tempted to just teleport Roxanne to them, like she had done for Skitter's sister Sapphire, her worries eventually were dispelled when she fox walking towards the hill. 

As Roxanne approached, Fang gasped at the destruction of the town, so Lyaroa spoke shortly afterwards. "Fang, listen, I know your having a vision right now, so I'm going to say this, give my past self this message, TMH." She said cryptically.

Lyaroa then sighed and opened a portal, she then looked at Shade and Emerald. "Guys, this is your portal, when you are ready, go on through." She said.

Emerald sighed and waited for Shade. 

Shade approached Lyaroa and extended his hand. "Look, I know we weren't the best of friends, but I wanted to thank you for taking me in, I guess I just needed time to get used to a normal life again." He said.

Lyaroa nodded, but she didn't shake his hand, instead she gave him a hug. "We'll miss you guys." She said quietly.

Shade looked at Emerald, who just finished saying goodbye to Spark, Firefly and Fang. "Let's get going bud." He said before going through the portal.

Emerald pulled his halberd out and stuck it in the ground. "Spark, I leave you this, it is yours, when the time is right." He then turned around, he gave a thumbs up to Roxanne and then walked through the portal, it then closed behind him.

And then Emerald and Shade were gone.

Lyaroa then summoned another portal, she looked at Golden. "Well then Goldie, this is you, you sure about this?" She asked.

Golden nodded. "Yes, I can't meet everyone I already know and act like I don't know them, I would rather go back to what I call home." He said, he looked over at Fang and walked over. "Fang, you are and always have been.......the biggest pain in the ass I have ever known." He said with a grin.

Fang crossed his arms. "Fuck off." He replied.

Golden shook his head, he then looked at Dark, Syrin and Roxanne. "Dark, I never really got to know you, but you have my thanks, for having our backs when it mattered most, for that, you have my respect." He said with a salute.

"Roxanne, I never said it, but I always saw you as a niece, a very rebellious niece but still, I cared about you for a long time, I uh, guess I was shocked to discover you loved the person that pissed you off to no end, but that was your choice." He then tossed Roxanne and medallion.

Roxanne catched it, it was the wolf medallion from the temple, she looked up. "Don't take what you have for granted, what you have is special, so I would make the most of it." Golden said.

Golden then looked at Syrin. "Take care of that moron kid, he needs all the help he can get." He said, pointing at Fang.

Golden then walked to the portal and then looked at Ponyville. 'I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye Derpy, I won't forget what we went through together.' He closed his eyes and walked through the portal with a smile.

Lyaroa then closed Golden's portal once he was through, she then opened one last portal, she looked to everyone left and sighed. "Well, if any of you have something to say, before we go, now is the time." She said.

For a time, no one spoke, no one willing to say anything at this dark moment, eventually, Firefly looked up. "Let's just leave." She said shortly and quietly.

No one argued that, so they then walked through the portal one by one, eventually, it was just Lyaroa and Roxanne, Lyaroa sighed and Roxanne looked at her. "You ready?" Roxanne asked.

Lyaroa shook her head. "No, I put so much effort to make things work out in this world, but I just give up when something threatens it all." She replied.

Roxanne grabbed Lyaroa and gave her a soft hug. "No one blames you Lyaroa, we understand and respect your decision to honor your code." She then rested her forehead on Lyaroa's.

Lyaroa let a tear out and took a few deep breaths. "Thanks Firecracker." She said quietly.

Roxanne smiled and pulled Lyaroa into a kiss, surprising the Sentinel, she then pulled her head back. "Migraine, you're my life mate, you know that right?" She asked softly.

Lyaroa nodded, and the two then stepped into the portal.

______*in transition*______

Lyaroa had just destroyed the timeline they had just come from, she was now transporting everyone to the new world, she had decided to give them new bodies for the new world, except for a few, she kept Syrin, Ralkon and Dark the same as they were, except for the removal of the robotic parts, swapping them out for organic parts and organs, clean of any medical issues or threats, they deserved that much.

She also kept Spark the same species and color, the ones she was changing however, was herself, Roxanne and Fang, along with Skitter, Sapphire and Nightmare, there was no reason to change Firefly, so she didn't do anything there.

She gave Roxanne her Pegasus form but with a magical focus in her body, allowing her to cast spells with her mind, her cutie mark was still a fire, but now it had a crystal claw next to it.

She gave Fang his Pony body, but she made him a Unicorn, she gave him an innate magical resistance and a small amount of temporal influence, his cutie mark was now a lit candle.

For herself however, she decided to take a little of pride in it, unlike last time, she gave herself a pure white mane and tail like before, but with cyan highlights, her hair was short and barely touched her eyes, she changed her body color to a very light shade of cyan, barely brighter than Gw.......Rainbow Dash, as she would now be known. She decided to go for an Alicorn in species, but limited her size to that of the average pony, her eyes were now a bright and vibrant red with cyan sclera and black pupils, her cutie mark would be that of a red web in the shape of a crescent moon.

For Nightmare, her species would be a Bat Pony, she was a light gray in color, with a faded red mane and tail, her eyes were bright pink and her cutie mark was an eyeball with a star in the center of it.

Skitter was orange in color, she was a unicorn mare with an orange and white mane and tail, her eyes were green and her cutie mark was that of a crystal cat.

Sapphire was a unicorn as well, her coat color was blue and her mane and tail were light purple, her eyes were a beautiful blue and her cutie mark was a Pendant with a bee on it.

Lyaroa, proud of her work, and certain that everyone would like it, allowed the transition finish, and they soon ended up in their new home.

_______*Equestria, Canterlot*_______

Fang had received a different name when he was 'born' he had chosen not to remember the past, or at least......not to much, he still remembered Roxanne and Lyaroa, but he no longer remembered Dalcorus, Jandoka, Sombra, Rainbow Dash, Freddy Fazbears and the like, his new name was Star Shifter, he didn't mind his name, he actually kinda liked it.

However, he was now in a classroom with a bunch of teachers, he was supposed to hatch a dragons egg, it was orange with dark blue stripes.

Star channeled his magic around the egg, he strained as the egg wobbled, he remembered seeing a large magical explosion shortly before he entered, and then he remembered the rainbow that had shone, unfortunately, Star's inexperience with Temporal magic and the memory fused and caused one to happen in his mind, forcing the dragon egg to hatch very quickly.

While it didn't have the feedback from the previous explosion, it was still a shock as he accidentally turned his parents and all of the teachers into lampposts.

It took a few moments for his magic to calm down, but when it did, Star looked up and saw a young baby dragon blinking at him.

The dragon had Orange scales and dark blue spines, it's eyes were dark green and it seemed more confused than anything.

On the other hand, it took over ten minutes until someone came in and reversed the change on everyone in the room, unfortunately for the school, the baby dragon and Star had bonded immediately.

______*The Crystal Empire, over 1000 years ago.*_______

Dark smiled as she stood in the living room with Ralkon and Syrin, they were sending Ralkon off right now, the kingdom was peaceful under the rule of King Sombra, unfortunately, with the disappearance of his four year old daughter Cadance, and the death of his wife, things were slowly declining as the King's mind waned.

The people were loyal to their king however, and they believed that things would be alright, so Dark was more than happy to keep her daughter free of the dark thoughts and rumors that spread throughout the land.

"Don't worry Dark, I won't be gone long, I just have some business in the main city." Ralkon said.

Dark nodded. "Oh I know, Syrin here almost ran off trying to find you last time." She joked.

Ralkon chuckled as he knelt down. "Ok Syrin, tell you what." He handed his daughter four bits. "When these are all on the end table, I'll be home, put one on there a day, after that, if I'm not home, I'll owe you alright?" He asked.

Syrin nodded. "I'll hold you to it Dad!" She said with excitement.

Dark leaned in. "You'll regret telling her that, you know that right?" She asked quietly.

"Oh yes, but I have no doubt I'll be back in THREE days." He whispered.

______*Ponyville*______

Lyaroa and Roxanne walked through the town happily, they were currently going to school together with Sapphire, Gem, which is what Skitter's new parents named her, and Nightmare, who now went by the name Night Frenzy, she was Roxanne's sister, which was not entirely inaccurate.

Firefly was going to flight school at Cloudsdale, so they hadn't seen her yet, but Lyaroa knew she was doing great.

Lyaroa had also gotten a name change, she was now called Umbrea, not her choice, but she didn't mind, she hated to admit it, but her current parents were better at raising her than her old ones ever were, which is saying something as her dad was fantastic.

Night Frenzy hovered along with the group as they moved through the town and headed for the school. "So what do you think we're going to have to deal with today?" Night Frenzy asked.

Umbrea shrugged. "I have no idea, but I bet it has something to do with our parents." She replied, and in truth, she really didn't know, she didn't want anything about this new adventure to be spoiled.

______*The school*______

As the group approached, they saw a familiar face waiting to greet them.

A young Earth Pony Colt was waving to them. "Hey girls!....come on over!" He called out.

The group headed over quickly and they were soon close enough to talk normally. "Hey Filthy, what's up?" Gem asked, using Filthy Rich's name just to annoy him.

Filthy groaned. "Do we REALLY need to go over this again?" He asked.

Sapphire giggled a little bit. "Once again, sorry about my sister, she just doesn't know when to stop, how are you Fil?" She asked.

Filthy shrugged. "I'm fine, dad keeps trying to get me to drop out, and get a private tutor, but I always tell him no." He replied.

"How come?" Roxanne asked, genuinely curious. "I get you have friends here at school, but those private tutors are REALLY smart, it's basically like going to college." She argued.

Fil grinned. "Then I wouldn't learn any people skills, if I'm going to eventually take over my dads business, I need to know how to talk with people right?.....besides, I enjoy school, it lets me make some friends AND learn things, so I win both ways." He said.

Umbrea laughed a little. "You know Fil, one day, you are going to be a hit in the business world." She said honestly.

Fil nodded. "Well, we better get inside, don't want to keep ms, Apple waiting." He said.

______*Canterlot*_______

Twilight was reading a book under the shade of a tree, she was nearing the end and it was incredibly interesting, she had heard about what happened with Star, but she wasn't all that interested, he mostly just goofed around yet he somehow manages to stay on equal footing with Everypony, she heard some rustling above her and it was driving her crazy, it was going on for over five minutes, she finally looked up and saw Star hanging from a branch looking at her. "Hi!" He said happily.

"GAH!" She exclaimed out of surprise.

Star winced as his ears felt the full impact, he then fell down from the tree. "Ouch." He said.

Twilight shook her head and looked at Star with an annoyed gaze. "Serves you right!" She stated.

Star chuckled. "I didn't think you would actually look up." He said.

Twilight was about to say something when she realized something far more important. "Have you been spying on me!?" She accused.

Star faked a gasp and held his head like he was wounded. "Oh no!" He said dramatically, before starting to laugh.

Twilight grumbled. "Drama queen." She said.

Star grinned. "Says the one who goes into panic mode upon seeing a book lying around." He countered.

Twilight went to say something, but she realized he was correct, she then grew pouty and looked away. 

Star stood up. "And to answer your question, no, I am not cheating, I did it all fairly, I just wanted to meet you." He said.

Twilight tilted her head. "You want to meet me?......uh, I need to study, so I uh, can't." She argued.

Star shrugged. "I already met you, but would it be too much to ask if we could hang out?" He asked.

"We have a very important test coming up, and I would like to pass it." Twilight said.

Star grinned. "I already have my studying done, so I can help you out." He offered.

Twilight sighed. "You really won't give up will you?" She asked.

Star shook his head. "I have a tendency to NOT give up." He replied.

Twilight eventually returned to where she was, she then allowed Star to sit next to her. "Just don't interrupt me." She said.

Star nodded as he pulled his own book out of the tree, it was a book on myths, he was heavily invested in it, just as Twilight was invested in her book.

They just sat there for a while, quietly reading under the shade, when they left, they left at different times, but they went in the same direction, which they didn't even notice.