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// Final Confrontations 
// Story: Terror in Equestria 10:  The Return of Tirek 
// by StormLuna 
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After a rather long magical battle against the dark goddess, Colgate had won.  She had done what it took to save the world from Twilight and her evil ways for a third time.  This brought out a sense of relief in her because global oppression had been averted again.  What would bring an even better feeling from her was what laid below her. 

There laying below her was Twilight.  Her legs were broken, both of her wings were broken but more importantly, her entire horn had been broken down to a stump.  She stood over her and laughed, "Well, well, well, what do we have here?  Why it is the defeated dark goddess my dear!" 

Twilight tried to get up but quickly fell back down and screamed in agony when she put weight on her broken legs.  Despite this, like she always did in situations like this, she screamed, "You haven't won yet!  When I am healed I will return and kill all of you!  All shall bow to the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle!" 

Colgate laughed, "Without that horn to cause us any problems, I think we're pretty safe." 

Twilight began to grit her teeth, trying to shoot energy out of what was left of her horn but was only getting a few black sparks.  She shouted, "What did you do?  What did you do to your dark goddess?"

Colgate became more stern as she continued, "I have put an end to your tyranny once and for all." 

Twilight had been defeated before and always managed to come back.  She scoffed, "You end my 'tyranny' once and for all?  Your dark goddess thinks not, she has risen before and she shall rise again!" 

Colgate began to lean down and said, "In the past we banished you to the sun, we unmade you and you were given the rite of absolute cleansing but none of that worked."  She licked her chops and continued, "This time though little Twily, there will be no coming back."  

Twilight screamed, "Nopony calls me little Twily, you either call me your Majesty or Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle or die!" 

Colgate leaned down further and again laughed, "Well somepony is going to die, but it isn't going to be me!"

Twilight sneered, "Oooh, who is going to die?"  She then scoffed, "Let your dark goddess guess, you think you are going to kill her!"

Colgate replied, "Actually yes."  She motioned for everypony to come forward to say something to their foe before she would end it once and for all. 

The first one to say anything was Applejack.  She said, "You know Twilight, when you first came to Ponyville you were such a good friend and then you became a monster." 

Rainbow added, "And you had the audacity to brainwash us all to serve you....some friend you were."

Pinkie added, "Yeah, you were a meanie-mean hooves doing that!" 

Rarity continued, "Twilight, you can claim you were brainwashed by Chrysalis so long ago but I find that hard to believe." 

Fluttershy finished, "I don't understand Twilight, you were so nice and then you become so mean to everypony who cared about you." 

Twilight spat at them, "Well you were all horrible friends but you know what Rarity, you were the worst of them all!  You were a disobedient little brat when I wanted the jade Alicorn, you helped my tyrannical parents escape Equestria and worst of all, you killed Spike!"

Rarity spat back, "Spike hurt Fluttershy and burned Ponyville to the ground.  He deserved to die!" 

Twilight again began to scream at them but the five had turned away to give somepony else a chance to confront her.  Luna was the next to approach her, "Twilight Sparkle, out of all the villains of Equestria, I think you are the worst." 

Twilight laughed, "Seriously, worse than Tirek, worse than Sombra, worse than Discord when he went bat shit crazy and worse than Colgate with all the atrocities she has committed?"

Luna stomped on Twilight's face and snapped, "No, you are the worst.  I know of the things you have done to not just myself but especially my sister.  You conned me to banish her to the sun when I was under your power, you banished her to the void on multiple occasions, you brainwashed her and don't even go trying to lie about you using her as a sex toy when she was under your power."  She again stomped on her, pointed her wing at all the ponies she duplicated, "And you duplicated my family in an attempt to retake the world." 

Much to Luna's surprise, three ponies approached Twilight, it was her family.  She looked at the three and gasped, "Mother, Father, Sister, is it really you?  Is it really the REAL you?"

Celestia replied, "Yes, it is."  She kicked Twilight in the gut and snapped, "And now Twilight, it looks like you will finally pay the true penalty for what you have done." 

Galaxia spat on her, "You know Twilight, you have done many, many bad things but using my daughter as a sex slave was by far the worst." 

Cosmos snapped, "Hopefully Colgate will make your death painful, very painful." 

Twilight spat back at them, "Oooh, I hope your death is painful.  The worst part was using your daughter as a sex slave!"  She got a grin on her face and continued, "I don't know why I kept that crybaby around anyway, it's not like she was that good in bed to start with!"

The comment was enough to make Celestia snap.  She began stomping on her chest and yelled, "You know what?  I wish I would have never taken you in as my student.  That day when your magic went haywire I should have just assumed you were too reckless to be in my school."  She gave Twilight one final glare before finishing, "May your death, however Colgate will make it be, be the most painful thing anypony could ever experience." 

The three turned away and LaurFa was next to approach her, "Twilight Sparkle, I should have known that you could never be cleansed, I should have known you would be nothing but pure evil for the rest of your days."  She turned to Colgate and continued, "Those times when we punished her, I wish we would have realized that death was the only option for her."  

Twilight laughed, "Says the pony who was calling me mommy after I freed her from the void." 

LaurFa sighed, "That's right but thanks to Colgate, I was able to rediscover who I really was."  She turned to Colgate before turning back to Twilight and continuing, "And if Colgate weren't the one to carry out your execution, I would gladly do it in her place." 

Twilight again laughed, "Oooh, so now the daughter of the dark goddess wants to kill her?  Well it won't work, you can't kill a dark goddess!" 

LaurFa figured she had said enough to Twilight so turned away from her and walked off.  The next two to approach her were Ruby and White Magick.  Ruby was the first to say anything, "Well, well, well, so the little seductress has been defeated and is now living in her final moments."

White Magick gave her an intense glare and snapped, "You know what little Twily, I should never have cleansed you, I should have destroyed you!"  He turned to Ruby and continued, "I'm sorry Ruby, I feel so horrible that I fell into her trap.  I just hope that one day you can forgive me and maybe give me another chance." 

Ruby watched him closely as he said this and could tell that he was indeed sorry.  She replied, "Well we can give it a shot but I can't guarantee anything.  Maybe someday, if things go right, we can be together again." 

Twilight scoffed, "Ooooh, so the royal couple are getting back together huh?"

Blue Star joined his parents and snapped, "Twilight Sparkle, this world has seen many, many evil villains and while you have not been quite as terrifying as the others, you are the worst.  Not only have you brainwashed ponies but you used seduction to tear my parents apart."  He got in her face and spat, "You used seduction to tear apart what was a perfectly happy couple!" 

Twilight laughed, "Oooh, so you're here to yell at your dark goddess over your father's infidelity huh?"  She turned to White Magick and continued, "It was HIS choice to fall for me!  It was his choice to become clingy to me and it was his choice to cheat on his precious little wife!" 

White Magick had had it with her.  He flared up his horn and fired an immense amount of energy at Twilight, one that caused her to scream out in agony and left a huge burn mark on her torso.  He snapped, "Ok, maybe it was but I was in the wrong, ok?"  He turned to Ruby and continued, "Again I am sorry......." 

Colgate stepped forward and stopped the conversation.  She said, "You two can talk about your future later, we have a punishment to carry out here."  She pointed her wing at Twilight and continued, "Look, I know you wanted to inflict pain on her but I like my Twily raw!"  She then laughed, "I don't want her well done!" 

Twilight mocked, "Ooooh, I like my Twily raw!"  She again attempted to discharge energy out of what was left of her horn but only got a few sparks.  She shouted, "Just you wait, I'll rise again and it will be you who I eat raw!" 

Colgate began to laugh so hard she had to lean on Ruby to keep herself standing, "Yeah right little Twily, you can't even get energy out of your horn!"  Colgate then turned to Scootaloo and asked, "Scootaloo, is there anything you wish to say to little Twily?"

Scootaloo replied, "No, I do not wish to glorify her by speaking to her." 

Colgate said, "Very well."  She then turned to Twilight and continued, "We shall allow you to lay there for a while and make you think about everything you have done over the millennia." 

Twilight snorted, "Your dark goddess is surprised you're not just going to rip her open and eat her now!" 

Colgate laughed, "I'm not that hungry yet.  Now little Twily, lay there and think about everything you have done.  Maybe in those final moments, right before I rip your heart out you will finally realize that everything you have done was wrong." 

As Twilight laid there, she began to think about everything that had happened over the course of 15,000 years and was trying to figure out a way to get out of being put to death and be given another chance to survive and ultimately, return to power and rule things her way.