//------------------------------// // Fate of the Worlds // Story: Sweetie Belle's Big Adventure // by ThomasZoey3000 //------------------------------// Chapter 9: Fate of the Worlds While hanging out with her cousin, Apple Bloom and Babs Seed saw their friend Sweetie Belle being dragged along behind a shady character. Right away, they knew something wasn't right, so they called Scootaloo and Silver Spoon and told them to meet them at the school. They arrived at the moment Dark Soul unvaled his dark intensions, and give them a tough choice to make. "Come on already, ANSWER!" snapped Principal Cinch. Dark Soul looked to her, "one more outburst like that, and I'll ask King Sombra to level your school to the ground first. Now shut up!" Principal Cinch went quiet at once. Dark Soul took in a deep breath and looked back to the group, "well Ms Rarity, what's going to be your answer? Your worthless sister? Or the pony version of her?" "She's not worthless!" "So you're giving up the pony?" "Not on your life Dark Soul." "Then your sister goes." "No!" cried Rarity. Dark Soul chuckled and shook his head, "really Ms Rarity, you don't have feelings towards your sister now do you? After all, if you had listened to her, none of this would be happening right now. How can you honestly say you don't want me to hurt her when half the time, you wished she was gone. Now make your decision. The pony, or the girl?" Rarity didn't know what to do. She couldn't let the Pony Sweetie Belle go into the hands of Dark Soul, that would bring out disasters to her world. On the other hand, she didn't want to lose her only sister, who she felt guilty for ignoring. Watching from the bushes, the four young girls whispered a plan, "Babs and I can get their attention," Scootaloo whispered, "and Silver Spoon, you and Apple Bloom get Sweetie Belle out of there." Silver Spoon gulped, it sounded completely dangerous. But for a new friend, she would do anything. "There are some big rocks on the side of the school Babs, bring as many as you can." "Will do Scoot," she whispered back and hurried off as quietly as she could. While everything was going on at the front of the school, Diamond Tiara was walking along on the sidewalk. She had been getting nothing but screams from her annoyed mother for losing the talent show, and she had no friends to talk to. She was feeling quite miserable. Just then, she could hear shouts coming from down the street. "What's going on over there?" she asked herself. She ran to find out, and saw the large number of people and one pony outside the school. She was confused about that, but she seemed to be horrified that human Sweetie Belle was being held captive. "Oh that's not good," she muttered to herself. The pony version of Sweetie Belle version just happened to look back and noticed human Diamond Tiara. "She sure looks like she can use a friend right now," she thought to herself before her attention went back to Dark Soul. However, she noticed some movement from the bushes, and she could just see Human Apple Bloom's pink bow. Pony Sweetie Belle smirked, "go for it girls." The four young girls were now ready. Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon stayed down to remain out of sight. "You know I have been waiting for a thousand years for this moment, and my patience is growing thin," snarled Dark Soul. "Answer now Ms Rarity, who would you rather lose?" "Neither one!" she cried. "Wrong answer!" He then pulled out the pendant, much to the surprise of Human Twilight, but she quickly figured out how he got it. "I will drain her life energy and use it to bring King Sombra here!" "That's what you think!" shouted Scootaloo. Together, Babs Seed and Scootaloo threw the rocks. Human Sweetie Belle ducked as Dark Soul and Principal Cinch got hit by them. Reacting quickly, Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon ran to free Sweetie Belle. Apple Bloom kicked Dark Soul in the leg, which made him let go of the rope and Silver Spoon led Sweetie Belle back to the bushes. "Stupid children," snarled Principal Cinch. Sunset Shimmer smiled and looked back to Human Twilight, "do you have another pendant I can use?" "I sure do." And she pulled one out of her purse, "it can detect magic, and it can collect some too, but not as much as last time." Princess Twilight was quite impressed. Sunset excepted the pendant and opened it up, "thanks girls, now we'll take it from here." Some magical energies from Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash went to the pendant. When it had enough, it closed and Sunset threw it to the ground. She was engulfed in a bright light. When it faded away, she reappeared as Daydream Shimmer. "Now Dark Soul, you'll see what happens when you mess with our friends." "Oh no not this again," growled Principal Cinch. She looked angerily to Dark Soul, "if you had drained that worthless girl's energy, maybe we would be ruling the world by now." Dark Soul glared angerily at Principal Cinch. His hands started to glow and moments later, dark red energy surronded the principal. "I warned you about talking to me like that. You have served me well up to this point, now be gone!" The dark red energy threw the principal right at the school's doorways, smashing the windows and making her fall into the main hallway, knocking her out cold. He then turned his attention to Sunset, "I was actually hoping for a little excitment before the master of darkness arrives." Using his dark energy, he lifted himself into the air. Sunset unleashed a blast of energy right at Dark Soul, but was blocked by the dark energy. She unleashed several attacks, but nothing was getting through. "Come on Sunset, you got this," cried Rainbow Dash. "You defeated fiends before and you can do it again! Uh, no offence again Twilight." "Don't worry about it," sighed Human Twilight. Dark Soul then unleashed a strong blast of dark energy. Sunset tried to push it back with all her energy, but it wasn't enough. Human Sweetie Belle had just been untied when a giant explosion was heard, followed by a thud. The dark energy had pushed through and knocked Sunset down to the ground, knocking her out cold. "No, Sunset!" cried the girls. Princess Twilight couldn't stand by and watch this continue. She looked to her human counterpart, "watch Sweetie Belle for me, I'll give it a try." She ran to the pendant, picked it up and opened it up. Once again, her friends gave up their energies for the pendant, which sadly left them a little weak. The pendant closed and Princess Twilight threw it to the ground, engulfing herself in a bright light. Human Diamond Tiara watched everything from a safe distance, but was silently cheering on the heroes. When the light faded, Princess Twilight had an outfit similar to that of Sunset's, but had her cutie mark on it. "So the Princess of Friendship declares battle on me eh? Well let's see if you're any stronger than your little friend there." "Just watch me." Like Sunset, Princess Twilight unleashed several attacks at Dark Soul. However they were stronger and one knocked Dark Soul to the ground with a thud. "Yeah, way to go Princess!" cheered the five young girls. Dark Soul slowly got up and placed his hand under his mouth. He was bleeding, and that wasn't all as he felt the inside his mouth, "you made me lose a tooth," he said angerily. "You're definetly from Equestria, cause the only other pony to do that to me was Star Swirl the Breaded, but unlike him, you're not getting away with that!" He unleashed a powerful attack, which blasted threw a shield Princess Twilight made. It hit her so hard that she fell to the ground and landed almost next to Sunset. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity groaned. The attacks had also hurt them, and now they were too weak to fight back. Pony Sweetie Belle didn't want to see anyone else get hurt, so she ran past them all. "Dark Soul! Leave my friends alone! It's me you want, not them!" Dark Soul smirked, "you're quite right, you are what I want. Does this mean you surrender?" Pony Sweetie Belle sighed, "yes I surrender, only if you promise not to hurt my friends, and I mean all of them." "Very well, I'll leave them alone. Except the human version of yourself." "What?! Why you!" Her horn glowed and she fired a powerful attack at Dark Soul. Dark Soul in return fired back. Their powers clashed aganist each other, forced at a stand-still, but then something happened. A small hole appeared in between their magical surges. "What's going on?" groaned Pony Sweetie Belle. "Silly little filly, this was my plan all along. I've been wanting to open the portal to Equestria for a long time, however the teleportation spell requires alot of magic, more than what I had. Thanks to you though," he smirked, "King Sombra will finally arrive." "No!" Pony Sweetie Belle tried to get away, but the dark magic wouldn't let her back away, she was stuck. Moments passed before another voice could be heard; "is that you Dark Soul? I haven't heard from you in a thousand years." Clearly, it was the voice of King Sombra. "Yes your highness it is me, and I come with a gift for you. A new world for you to conquer as your own." "Another world?" "Yes, and this one has very little magic, so you'll conquer it easily. The portal's open for you, come through any time you wish." "Very well, I am coming." Pony Sweetie Belle groaned and tried even harder to get away, but she was still stuck. Seeing her in danger, human Sweetie Belle charged in and pulled Pony Sweetie Belle away from the binding spell. "Thanks," panted Pony Sweetie Belle. "Anytime," smiled Human Sweetie Belle. To her horror though, the portal was not closing, it was still open. "I don't understand, your power source has been cut off." "Foolish little girl, did you really think pulling the pony version of yourself out of the binding spell would stop me? Not a chance. The portal is open and will remain open until King Sombra arrives." He then walked over towards the duo. "However, you won't be around when he arrives. So say good bye." He pointed his left hand at them and dark energy appeared around it. "Believe me, I'll be doing your sister a favour." Human Rarity lifted her head up and saw her own sister about to be attacked. With what little energy she had, she got up and charged at Dark Soul. She punched him in the face, knocking another tooth out of his mouth. "Leave my sister alone you beast!" she snapped angerily. "Rarity?! You would actually save me?" Dark Soul growled and using his dark energy, he lifted Rarity up and threw her towards the school. She smashed threw a classroom window and landed on the floor, being knocked out cold in the process. "No! Not my sister!" cried Human Sweetie Belle. "Why do you even care?" snickered Dark Soul. "She never loved you. After all, it's every sibling for themselves, you said so yourself." "That's where you're wrong," snapped Pony Sweetie Belle. "In a family with more than one child, it's all about teamwork and getting along. Sure there might be days when you don't get along, but when it's all said and done, siblings will always love each other, and will always stand up for one another." "Not in this case, Ms Rarity is out for the count, and you two little fools are alone." "Again you're wrong!" snapped another voice. Human Sweetie Belle looked behind her and saw her friend Scootaloo, along with Apple Bloom, Babs Seed and Silver Spoon. "We're all like sisters to each other, and we always stand up for each other. Always!" "Thank you," smiled human Sweetie Belle. Dark Soul smirked, "is this really the best you got?" "He's right, you're not complete yet," said Pony Sweetie Belle. "You're missing one. Keep him busy, I'll be right back." Using what energy she had left, she ran to where she last saw human Diamond Tiara.