Unused Series 2
The Land of Equestria Saga
Act 1 Part 2
Chapter 10
Doji’s Arrival/Slappy’s Mistake
“I’m NoT sLaPpY¡”
As Starlight shot off a spell, Spike blew his flames and Slappy laughed maniacally. All while Doji watched in slow motion as the deadly blade went straight for his heart, an attack that would kill even the strongest of vampires. As the blade slowly drew closer Doji saw only one option, and moved with speed only a vampire could possess, causing the scythe to enter his shoulder before being forcefully removed. As Doji fell to the ground Slappy looked at the wound, smiled and quickly used his deadly scythe arm to shield him.
Flames crawled over the scythe, as his arm broke in half. However as Slappy flickered he reformed his scythe arm, lowering his arm he spoke. “ImPrEsSiVe DoJi, YoU sUrViVeD a FaTaL bLoW a-and managed to see through my rouse.” Slappy smiled as he returned to his normal speech patterns, jumping down unto a shelf. Slicing said shelf in half Slappy continued. “These books are a reminder of what he had to suffer, but anyway my creator wants you three dealt with. His book burned, and the world under his shoes, boots? No. shoes because he doesn't wear boots.”
Doji coughed up blood in a slumped position as Slappy spoke. While Spike and Starlight rushed to him in a panic as Doji’s wounds began to heal, Doji smiled as he stumbled up onto wobbly feet. Once Slappy had finished Doji began, as Starlight and Spike stood still watching the scene play out. “So You're not Slappy, and by the way you morphed I'd say you’re his shadow maybe a copy of his shadow. Yes a shadow that has been copied and infused with a spell, a spell that apparently has given you life However more onto the point; Slappy won't get the chance to have this dimension under his shoes. Because one I won’t let him and two you're both just dummies.”
Slappy laughed exclaiming to Doji. “You're not as dumb as you look; I mean purple suit and purple overcoat along with fangs, and a lightning bolt thingy hanging from your white hair over your glasses. You're not exactly very scary, however calling my creator a dummy isn't tolerated and calling me a dummy won't be tolerated either. So since you are quite dangerous, I'm AfRaId YoU mUsT dIe.” Slappy growled the last bit as he launched into a fight with Doji, swinging his scythe arm in every spot Doji stood. As Doji moved quickly trying to avoid the scythe unarmed and weak, he knew he would soon slip up. So Doji waited quickly dodging every move until the time came. Kicking Slappy in the stomach Doji grabbed a book, just as the scythe went down and through the thick book getting stuck. Doji weaved to the left, and to the right as Slappy swung the scythe with the book at him. However even as his dodges got sloppy he knew he had given his new friends a clue, one Slappy apparently didn't realize. One clue he hoped they would figure out, before Slappy finally freed his blade and finished what he had started.
Starlight could only watch as the library was cut, stabbed and sliced to pieces, all as Doji moved quicker than the eye. She knew he was weak and would soon slip, however Shadow Slappy seemed impossible to beat. While she racked her brain trying to find a way to help Spike watched the unfair fight, one that could lead to their savior’s death. As Spike watched the dummy strike, and Doji move he remembered something about earlier, his fire caused the dummy to flicker. Spike watched the fight a bit more, as Starlight did and finally remembered Doji’s words about it being a shadow.
Spike looked at Starlight as he exclaimed. “Starlight it's a shadow, that Slappy is a shadow.” Spike coughed after exclaiming his find, as Starlight thought a bit more and pieced it together as well.
“Your right Spike, Doji figured it out first and told us; however if it's a shadow and by extant darkness. Then what goes good against the dark?”
Spike and Starlight both exclaimed “LIGHT!”
Starlight looked at Spike as a plan formed in her mind. “That's our way to beat it, try and help Doji with your flames Spike. I'll start trying to cast a brighter spell, one that will erase that shadow once and for all.” Starlight ran to the center and began charging her horn, while Spike ran towards Doji to help. All as Doji finally made a mistake and slipped up.
As the blade struck another piece of wall dislodging the book Slappy screamed in rage. “Why won't you stay still, this would be so much easier if you just stopped fighting me.”
As Slappy swung his scythe once more, Doji smirked while saying. “Evil always loses and even though you hold all the cards, this game is far from over.” As Doji went to dodge the next blow a book tripped him, causing Doji to stumble. Slappy seeing his chance took it, smiled madly, and sliced Doji’s chest; as Doji fell Slappy followed up with stabbing his scythe into Doji’s leg, with Doji down and nearly out. Slappy pulled his scythe out, preparing for the final blow.
“You know Doji; I thought you'd be a bigger threat. However Slappy must have overestimated you, so anyway on with the show.” As Slappy swung the blade straight for Doji’s neck, Doji smiled whispering.
“I guess I'm done, bye M&M, Opal, and Cragger. Goodbye everyone, maybe Slappy will be stopped without me.” As a single tear rolled down his eye, a coil of fire appeared and then a scream. As Doji looked up he saw Slappy’s scythe arm gone, and Spike blowing Flames at Slappy.
“You brat! You Brat! You Brat! How dare you interrupt the best kill Equestria’s ever seen!” Slappy yelled at Spike as Spike ran over to Doji, and as Slappy continued to yell Doji smiled. “Don't run away from me. You just destroyed my arm, so come back here you stupid baby dragon. Come back so I can return the favor you stupid dragon.”
“Are you okay Doji?” Spike looked at the wounds barely healing, as Doji coughed up some loose blood. As Spike waited for a reply Slappy continued to yell threats and clutch his stump of an arm, still not reforming because of the gentle glow from it.
Doji watch Slappy’s shadow smiling before answering. “I'm perfectly fine dear Spike, and while I do appreciate the save I have unfinished business. As does Starlight I presume, so if you would be kind enough to hand me a red book. I'll finish this one way or another.” As Doji looked into Spike's eyes, Spike saw a presence he thought he never would. From a creature like Doji, determination to set things right even at the cost of his own life. Quickly brushing his thoughts aside Spike grabbed two red books, and tossed them to Doji. Just as Slappy’s arm began to rematerialize from the shadows of the room.
Slappy watched as his arm fully reformed, and then his hand before speaking. “This game of ours ends here Doji.” Reforming his scythe, Slappy slowly backed into the shadows disappearing as he laughed. Just as Doji finished the second book, wobbling up onto weak legs, healing and almost ready to fight.
Meanwhile in the center of the room Starlight reading through a spell, hurried to form a light source spell strong enough to destroy the shadow. However weaving a bigger version of the spell takes time, and as she heard Doji’s whispered goodbyes her eyes fell open to Spike saving him. “Yes!
Oh thank you Spike, if Doji had been killed then all could've been lost for good.” As Spike ran to Starlight to help her, the spell reached its critical mass until finally it was released with a blinding glow. As two screams rang out, two blood curling screams.
As Doji looked into the shadows he saw the shadows move to one spot, creating a bigger dummy with a bigger scythe. Quickly running towards the dummy, Doji slid under him as Slappy brought his big toy down cutting into the floor and getting stuck. As Doji jumped to his feet kicking the demented shadow in the arm breaking his scythe arm and following another kick making him hit the wall. As Doji watched the last of his wounds heal Slappy flickered out, and then reappeared regular sized right behind him. With a thrust forward Doji saw a shadow like dagger sticking out of his chest, surprisingly just a few inches from his heart and other important organs. Coughing up blood once more Doji stumbled to a bookcase as the dagger faded, while Slappy approached with his scythe extended once more.
“It's time for the undead; to drop the un and become just the dead don't you agree Doji. I mean this has been truly fun, and annoying however all good things must end. Your life is no different, you will die eventually so why not now. Yes you’re immortal but everyone dies in the end, it’s like that old saying. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.” As Slappy began to laugh uncontrollable Doji smirked and speaking up.
“Yes one day I'll die, and it may be by someone else's hands then my own but not today dummy. Not by your hands nor Slappy’s hands, not while I still have the strength to fight.” Doji quickly grabbing the dummy’s scythe arm plunged it into its stomach. As the weapon faded, the hole began to heal.
Coughing Slappy stumbled away from Doji wearing a look of pure hatred. “You really are a pain, one I can't seem to end. Maybe Slappy was right to overestimate you, because I've most certainly underestimated you.” Slappy reformed his scythe arm, looking at Doji and spoke one final time. “It's time for the curtain to close once and for all my fallen foe, it’s time for you to embrace the dark and be the hero who failed. The hero who failed, it has a nice ring to it doesn't it. This is clearly where you have always been heading, this path lead you here to die today at the hands of a shadow. So let’s close the curtains and end your story ONCE AND FOR ALL!” As Slappy charged towards Doji with his scythe raised high, Doji in turn charged towards Slappy with a gleam in his eye as a blinding light exploded throughout the room along with two screams.
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Slappy watched as his ride arrived at his destination, the land between the dragons and griffins. Having had enough of the boring ride Slappy hopped out of his carriage, and began walking towards the fight. As his puppets fell before him, Slappy giggled snapping his fingers making two changelings appeared from hiding beside him. As Slappy approached the king of both dragons and griffins the royals ordered the dummy crushed, Slappy raised his head as a foot came down crushing him.
“Was that the creature that has taken over the ponies and changelings minds?” As the griffin king asked his question a giggle rang out, both royals could only watch as the black liquid crawled out from under the soldier's foot and reformed into the wooden creature.
“Well that was fun, anyone up for another round?” Slappy laughed as the dragon king marched toward him, the griffin king meanwhile watched as the last of the liquid slithered up the dummy.
“I don't care who you are, or what you want. You can keep the changelings, ponies and even griffins but you will not enslave my dragons. That’s my job dummy!” Slappy watched the dragon king, as the griffin king watched with anger.
“Hmmm you are quick to throw your partner into the lion's den, so to speak. So why should I let you keep your mind? I hold the keys to this dimensions and I fully plan on using them.” Slappy raised his arms as his wand was thrown to him, pointing it at the dragon king it beeped and then flashed all as Slappy laughed. “Yes you dragons have scales that are immune to magic, however this spell scans you to better adjust my favorite spell.” Slappy pointed his wand once more at the dragon king, as it began to glow green.
The dragon king could only watch as Slappy’s face appeared on his flank, and as strings from nowhere wrapped around him. The dragon king watched as the griffin king backed up, a look of horror on his face as he watched him transform into a puppet of Slappy’s. Finally the dragon king saw his color change to grey, and then it was done.
“How does it feel having your crown taken, and your people soon taken as well? All from a small wooden creature, who enjoys chaos and wants to watch the world dance. I don't know about you but I would be mad, to have everything stripped from me. That's why I do this, as revenge for being locked up. Revenge on everyone and everything, and once my accursed book is burned I’ll be forever free to make this world and the next into my personal fun house.” Slappy began to laugh as the griffin king began to flee, seeing his attempt at escape Slappy pointed his wand at a solider of his. “Where're you going king, the fun's just getting started hahaha. I'm laughing to death, don't you want to too. I'm driving myself crazy.” As Slappy laughed his creepy laugh and continued with his humor he pointed his wand at several other soldiers, making more puppet dragons and griffins.
Bringing his laughter to a close Slappy turned his head to his new puppets before addressing them. “Bring me the griffin king boys, it’s time I add another royal to my collection.” Slappy watched as the griffin king tried to flee, but was shot out of the sky by flames. Seeing his demise the griffin king began to plead, as he was drug to Slappy’s feet.
“Please Slappy spare me, I'll lend you my entire army. I'll help you conquer the land of Equestria, please just let me keep my body.” As the griffin king looked into Slappy’s eyes Slappy smiled and spoke five horrifying words, words that made the king's heart stop cold as he watched the wand begin to glow green.
“Where’s the fun in that?” Slappy pointed his wand and made his new puppet as the king screamed his last free scream. As Slappy watched his puppets he began to laugh with the knowledge that dragons, griffins, changelings, and all 4 types of ponies were powerless to stop him. However his laugh was short as he remembered that Doji was here, as well as his book. “Well I'm one step closer to complete control, hmmmm dragon king and griffin king bring me your species I have need of a stronger army. It’s time I make sure he stays dead. Cause while I hold all the cards, he holds the domino that could make my empire fall.”
As Slappy finished converting the last griffin and dragon he hopped upon his carriage for the ride back, but was caught off guard by an explosion of light from friendship castle. Pulling his wand out Slappy spoke into it with a hint of venom. “Half of my puppets are to head straight for friendship castle, kill Spike, Starlight and the one named Doji and bring me my book. I'm not going to let them escape me, even if my shadow has failed.” Slappy watched with a look of anger as dragons and griffins flew to friendship castle, as an army of unicorns, pegasi and earth ponies marched to friendship castle on orders to end the only three standing in Slappy’s way.
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Doji saw only light and felt only pain as he began to believe that he was dead. As the light began to recede he turned to see the shadow burning and shrinking, until nothing of it was left but a puddle of black magic. Once the light completely died down Doji noticed his burned skin, and Starlight passed out in the center of the room. Along with a knocked out Spike. “Hmmm it would appear Opal needs to improve his everlasting sunscreen, it would also seem Spike and Starlight managed to do it. However apparently the spell took a lot out of Starlight, and was too bright for Spike to stay conscious.” As Doji looked at all the destruction he crawled to a shelf, grabbing two red books. As he bit into them his wounds healed fully, but his hunger only grew stronger. So Doji stood up and limped to another shelf grabbing another book, after the 6th red book he was full and could now begin sorting out the past hour. Quickly grabbing a couple of books, he made a halfway decent couple of beds. Although hard Spike and Starlight would at least be on something besides the floor, once laying them on the makeshift beds Doji began to pick books up and clean what he could. Picking half the sliced shelf up Doji found Spike’s pillow, however he had already taken care of them. So he finished up, and left to explore the grand castle as his two new friends slept through their exhaustion.
Spike looked around and saw he was on a book of beds, with Starlight beside him. As he scanned the area he remembered the fight, and the battle, as well as the light. Quickly raising up he walked over to the table to see both black books, but no Doji. He quickly ran into the hall and began searching until he found Doji in the cutie map room, Doji looked up and pointed to the dark see through clouds over most of the land.
“Slappy has caused a shift in this world's balance, causing darkness to take hold and Slappy is growing even stronger from all this chaos. Well not exactly the chaos itself, but its clear his control is spreading. In other words we have to finish this game soon, or Equestria may never be the same again.” As Doji stared at the map Spike came up beside him.
“It’s not your fault Doji, Slappy came here because of events you couldn't control. The only thing we can do is prepare to take Slappy down and his new empire too.” Doji looked into the eyes of the purple baby dragon and saw hope, kindness and faith. Doji sat down in twilight's seat as he began planning.
“Okay the end goal is Slappy being trapped inside his book, so basically from A to B. So it’s clear Slappy will be expecting us, so we will need to outsmart him but the question we must ask is how.” As Doji watched the clouds on the map an idea hit home, Doji stood up and quickly dashed to the library as Starlight awoke. Quickly looking through and tossing book after book Doji finally found his prize, a white book with the name The Magic Theory Set 1 Volume 258. “Yes this is it, this book holds the key. Quickly rushing back to the map room Starlight rose up and approached the rift, as the small puddle of black magic began shifting to the shadows before disappearing.
As Starlight read the book in front of her, the rift pulsed with magic. “Okay so that should keep it from destabilizing while I scan it.” As
Starlight scanned the rift with resolve to finally get to the bottom of things, she finally found something. Consulting another book she was using she snapped out of her shock as well as the rift. With fear that their savior might be their doom, she quickly rushed to the map room finding Doji reading a page out of a white book while Spike watched the clouds.
Gulping Starlight spoke up as Doji and Spike turned their heads listening. “I know that rift isn't the only one; there are many more all connecting to your world Doji. So is this some sort of game or trap to you. You just send in the crazy attacker and then move in to finish the world off before moving onto the next?” As Starlight raised her voice Spike stared at Doji, who looked saddened and guilty.
As Starlight finished Doji cleared his throat and began “Yes the rifts originate from my dimension, but it’s not like what you think. A foe of ours tried to rip the fabric of our reality in half, nearly breaking time in our reality. The only reminder of his attack is the portals that appear from time to time, Slappy just so happened to run into one and has set his twisted sights on enslaving your people-I mean ponies.” Doji closed the book and looked at the clouds, creeping ever closer to covering all of Equestria. As Starlight watched his eye’s she saw what Spike saw, a man who is remorseful for what has transpired and is ready to risk it all to set things right.
Starlight realizing her mistake approached Doji and laid a hoof on his shoulder, as Spike did the same with a claw. Together they watched as some of the clouds began to fade, giving hope. As a horde of puppet ponies, griffins, dragons, and changelings all headed straight towards friendship castle on order of his malevolent majesty.
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Slappy walked back to his throne after just arriving back, to find his shadow by the door in its shadow form. Rolling his eyes Slappy continued to his seat as the shadow crawled before the throne, seeing the original Slappy finally sit the shadow began to morph. Slowly the shadow raised and began to exhibit color, as its suit and red rose formed Slappy noticed it was missing a few details namely an eye and hand. Once it has reformed into an almost exact replica of Slappy it bowed before speaking in a pained rasp. “My king, my great creator, and my father, I come with news. However before I tell of my news I would like to point out, you have already gained a powerful army. So Doji won't be able to beat you after all, my king.” Slappy glared at the response, knowing that his shadow had failed but allowing it to continue. “I'm afraid I underestimated those underdogs, and have allowed myself to be beaten beyond just defeat but near death as well. Can you forgive me papa, I won't fail you again mark my words Doji will pay.”
Slappy smiled as he said. “You think you can return after failing me, you thought Doji would be easy? You thought wrong on so many levels, first and foremost you are missing a hand and an eye.” Slappy began to laugh as the princesses began to laugh too, as the guards also began to laugh. Wiping a nonexistent tear from his eye Slappy turned to Celestia saying. “Fire your brightest spell at my dummy of a shadow; I have no need for a shadow that can't swallow my enemies in its darkness.”
Shadow Slappy watched as the words left Slappy’s wooden mouth, words that in that millisecond kept repeating. Over and over and over again the words dummy of a shadow continued to play in his head. As Shadow Slappy was moments from extinction his mind finally snapped. With the smile of a mad man Shadow Slappy fell to the floor as the spell went over his head striking Slappy in the chest, turning him to ink once more. As Slappy began reforming his shadow laughed exclaiming. “Who's the dummy now Slappy?” The shadow faded into darkness escaping its fate as his words echoed throughout the room. “Who’s the dummy now?”
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Doji paused from reading to look up and turned to Spike. “Hey what does it mean when your scales glow? I ask only because yours did while you were indisposed.” Starlight raised her head and answered.
“It states in a book I read recently that that is a sign that the dragon lord or king to put it simply is calling the dragons.” Spike and Doji stared at Starlight as the realization hit them.
“Slappy has attacked the dragons.” They all exclaimed as a window was smashed through to reveal a dragon with Slappy on his flank. Doji threw his book at it knocking it out, as the main doors broke open. Meanwhile the main entrance began to break as the flames broke through enchantment after enchantment. Starlight began casting a teleportation spell, as Spike and Doji barricaded the doors to the map room.
Finally the banging began outside their doors, quickly Spike grabbed Doji’s hand as Doji reached for the two books he had Spike fetch earlier. As the puppets broke through Spike grabbed Starlight’s neck as all three teleported, just as the doors broke down letting the killer puppet ponies, changelings, griffins and dragons through. While a shadow appeared behind the puppets and began to laugh before exclaiming.
“Bravo Doji bravo, you truly are a worthy opponent who I will most certainly have a chance to destroy soon enough.” As Shadow Slappy left the puppets began searching other rooms, not finding any sign of life besides themselves.
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Twilight and Shining watched as their meals were brought down; by Cadence with a look of pure guilt she trotted back upstairs to her puppeteer. Twilight stared at the hay burgers as her brother watched the door, with hopes of seeing his wife again. Meanwhile Discord used his claws to win another game of tic tac toe, as a whisper began to sound. Twilight looked around and saw Discord playing another round, carving the board on the floor and placing his first X. As Shining walked to the tray and began to eat, neither noticing the whispers Twilight heard.
“Discord? Shining? Do either of you hear that? It’s almost like a whisper.” As Twilight put her ear to the floor the whispers grew louder, but were still too low to understand. As Shining looked at Discord, they both looked at Twilight with a look of uncertainty.
“Um Twily I think you need to rest.” As Shining went to lead Twilight to their prisons bed Discord spoke up.
“This is the perfect time for us all to go mad; our only hope is a person who may not even show up. As a demented dummy enslaves our world and makes me look like a fool, me Discord the bringer of disharmony brought down by a mere dummy.” As Discord raved on about being beaten by a dummy Twilight placed her ear completely to the floor. The next thing she knew she was gone, seeing his sister passed out Shining ran to hold his sister seeing her eyes were pure white. While Discord watched with fascination at the display, as Twilight began to chant in a voice that wasn't hers.
"The time is at hand, the beginning of the end. The dimensions will change, and the nightmare will begin." When the voice stopped, Twilight found herself in a black void. As the voice chanted its words once more, echoing from her own mouth in front of Discord and Shining Twilight began to light a spell. As her horn gave off some light she walked on a floor that was nonexistent, and as she aimlessly walked forward a light appeared in the distance. Running towards it she found a door, which began to chant the words she heard earlier. However with a new verse at the end. “Ending the darkness ends the light and only in shadows may we fight. Forever darkened, forever betrayed, the sins of our past will forever remain.” As Twilight opened the door she was surrounded by light, and saw only her world or at least what was left of it. Below her Canterlot was in flames, as the lands beyond held the bodies of fallen foes and friends. As she watched the castle fall tears began to fall.
“This can't be happening, this isn't real. This isn't the future, it can't be.” As Twilight turned away the voice began to speak again, but not as a whisper. It spoke in a formal tone, and while it was without a body it was clear who it was speaking too.
“Time is a foe that can't be beat, because the simple truth is. You'll either die the hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” The Voice made the platform Twilight stood on begin to fall as it continued speaking. “Friends, Foes, Darkness, Light, we are defined by our choices and follow paths that almost always lead to the same end. However there are those special few, who hold the power to make a change. Those special few who are the purest of light, or are the darkest but soon become the purest of light. Those are the heroes of the world, the ones who hold the brightest light even if it was born from shadows. However with that bright light, there comes a price. The price is a hidden darkness that once unleashed consumes them, leaving a hero the villain. Creating a powerful enemy of the light, all from a choice that most of the time isn't their own.” As the voice spoke its last word the platform fell to the ground, with Twilight on it.
Looking around Twilight ran straight to the throne room, to confront the demon haunting her vision. As she dodged falling buildings, and jumped over burning flames with tears the voice continued. “Only when we seek to purify the darkness do we understand the truth, that darkness and light are two sides of the same coin. That there is a battle inside us all every day, however there is never really a winner. The light either keeps the darkness at bay, or the darkness keeps the light at bay. Because neither can really destroy each other, because both need each other to survive. To create balance of sorts, however what would happen if your darkness escaped? What would happen if you were purged, and split into two people? One a being of light, and the other a being of darkness? A tale of brothers perhaps, or maybe something else entirely. Maybe it would be a tale of destruction, of the paths that lead to the end of all things. Cause as I mentioned earlier, you'll either die the hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” The voice trailed off and disappeared as Twilight neared the throne room, and a new darker voice was heard.
"My time will come to burn, and all shall bow before the king of reality.” As the voice began to laugh Twilight kicked the door open to find a man similar to the ones from the mirror world sitting in the throne. He wore a cloak made of darkness and had a smile that penetrated the shadows his face hid behind, as he rose from his seated position he began to laugh. Raising his hood Twilight saw her face, before it recovered its head with its hood. “Welcome Twilight it’s a pleasure meeting you, how do you like the new world? You know what they say about Phoenix’s they rise from their ashes reborn, and so will this world. It is being reborn in flames right now, and while your friends may be gone. You don't have to worry, because you'll be joining then really soon.
Watching the man hiding in his cloak Twilight backed up, watching his casual actions she realized something. “Slappy’s not as a bad as I thought, he doesn't want to kill only enslave. He wants to rule the land not watch it burn, here I thought he was the worst foe we ever fought but I was wrong. You're by far the most horrible and darkened foe I have ever met, and I will not let you continue this madness even if I have to stop you by force.” Twilight galloped towards the cloaked man as he snapped his fingers making tendrils of darkness grab and restrain Twilight. As she fought the tendrils she only grew weaker, looking to the man who was now walking towards her she yelled. “You won't win, I know this isn't real and even if this is the future I will stop you. You won't get the chance to destroy Equestria, even if I have to stop you myself.
As the man stepped in front of her he reached down, raising her muzzle to his cloaked face he spoke in a chilling whisper. “Heroes and Villains are nothing but stories, you lot believed in the magic of friendship but it could only do so much. I came here to take care of someone, and decided to punish him for actually caring for you lot. I mean seriously you're just a bunch of meaningless ponies, and if what you say is true and this is just some vision of the future. Then at least I'll get the satisfaction of killing you Princess Twilight Sparkle, not just once but twice.” As his smile opened two fangs could be seen, and as he lowered them to her neck Twilight used the last of her strength to blast his heart as his fangs punctured her. Slowly as her heart began to stop, from lack of blood. She watched the man fall over coughing and yelling out to who knows who. “I've come too far to die, I finally won and she bested me in her final breath. Curse you Doji, curse you Twilight, and curse everyone else.” As his breathing stopped Twilight finally closed her eyes, and awoke in the black void once more.
“There is always darkness; where there is light and only in the most desperate of times do true heroes reveal themselves. Because more often than not the moment that matters the most, the moment that revealed who they really were was often their last. I have shown you the future, one that you can change Twilight Sparkle. So trust your friends, protect your land and prepare for the coming Storm.” As the voices faded away Twilight yelled out her finally few words inside the void.
“Who are you, and why are you helping me?
“Who I am doesn't matter, as for why I’m helping. Where’s the fun in watching you fall before a foe, a foe none of you could possibly understand.”
As the void began to fall apart Twilight yelled out two final words, even as she began to awake. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome Twilight; please tell Doji that he---.” As the voice began to fade Twilight returned to the waking world, only hearing part of the message for Doji.
Shining and Discord watched as Twilight began to stir, until she awoke with a jerk. She looked to Shining, and then to Discord before explaining. After recounting her vision of a cloaked figure, who wore her face for a bit. Discord listened with great interest until the bit about the storm.
Snapping his paws Discord waited till Twilight stopped, and before speaking cleared his throat. “So you had a vision of a being cloaked in shadows, who wanted to watch the world burn? Also the voice that showed you this has told you to prepare for the cloaked man, and has called the coming of him as The Storm?”
Twilight nodded as Shining thought it over. “Okay so once Slappy is beat Celestia and Luna will need to be notified, and preparations for a powerful enemy will need to be made.” Pacing in place Shining continued to think about the implications of another threat, as Discord watched the wall wondering where he went wrong. While Twilight began to try and remember more details of the man, as well as what the voice wanted Doji to know. As a shadow on the wall began to quietly giggle before leaving the dungeon.
“Slappy thinks he can write me out, well I'll show him. I'll be there in his final free breath, to laugh in his face as I burn his book with him inside. I'll show you who the real dummy is father HAHAHAHAHA.” As the shadow laughed with the knowledge that his revenge would soon be had on both Slappy and Doji, Twilight worried for the future of Equestria.