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// Magic Inside Canterlot: The End Part 3 
// Story: Harmony's Parallel 
// by Xutiepops 
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Twilight's wings didn't spread as she stared down at the end of the mountain numbly. Her body would've loved to have a reason to crash. But she had too many reasons to stay alive. She finally wanted to be alive. And she wasn't going to let that go to waste.
The red mist from before sat in front of the surface, slowing it down so it wouldn't crash into smitherines. The rocks behind them started to slide down the side of the wall they sat on, not aiming for them anymore. It turned into a slow attraction rather than a death trap. 
As she got closer down the mountain, simply riding a smooth ride, she saw colors. She was almost happy to see everypony, even the enemy. But as it cooled to a stop, landing on the ground, fear cosumed her. 
She looked over and saw Pinkamena in Rainbow's hooves. "Daybreaker, what happened to her?" Applejack asked, watching her pained face against a cyan chest. Twilight threw her aside and sat in front of Rainbow, watching Pinkamena breathe. 
Tears fell out of her eyes and she laid her head on the mares side. "Thank that witch you're okay," she whispered into her pink fur. Her heart started to slow, it's adrenaline finally dying. Rarity stepped next to her and pulled her face off of the mare. She looked horrified and dropped her head, fearing she'd get some of it on her hooves. 
Twilight's face was a mess, blood covered her muzzle as her cheeks started to swell. Rarity thought it was disgusting as she stared at it. 
"What happened to you? Are you sure you should be worrying about her?" She asked, the Dragon Lord standing behind her, just as worried. 
Twilight didn't answer, she looked over to the harmonized group, seeing them bombard Magic with questions. She growled and stood up, stomping over to the mare. She ripped Magic away from all her friends, disgust covering her face as she raised her hoof, the other holding the mare there. 
"Drop her!" Loyalty yelled, stepping beside her. Then came up Honesty and Generosity, then Laughter and Kindness, all there to protect their friend. Twilight just stood still, staring at all of them, wondering what to do. 
She just stared at the mare, admiring how hurt she was. She decided not to reveal their feelings to her friends, wanting to give her some form of kindness. She saw Magic wince as she expected some cute question filled with malice. 
But Twilight didn't speak. She continued to stare at them numbly, debating her options. She looked at Magic and smirked, throwing her to the ground roughly. The elements sighed in relief, but Twilight took their security as she jammed her hoof into Magic's leg. 
"Why wait when we're so close to the end?" Twilight asked, staring at each of the angry and battered faces. She honestly wondered if her friends faired better, but one look at them told her that some did and others didn't. 
Honesty stepped towards her coldly. "You sure you want to do this, partner? This is your one chance to get up and leave here." Her green eyes shined in their emerald light, and Twilight wanted to laugh at them. The mare gave off an ominous tone, hoping to scare them out of doing it. 
"No," Magic said weakly, standing up and stomping in front of her, pushing Honesty aside. "She's done too much to get off scott-free." Her eyes glowed with fury as she stared at Twilight, void of any emotion or care once again. 
Twilight smirked, flying into the air. She expected Magic to follow her, but she didn't as her horn started to glow in a magenta light. The sun shined as magenta stretched across the surface they were on. The pebbles on it and the beings shook as the huge mass of the wall was lifted up off the ground. 
Twilight just stared at her, a confused anger on her face. Why didn't Magic have a personal vendetta against her? She looked around Magic as she landed on the surface, rising up with everyone else along with her. 
Then she understood. Before Magic was so keen on her because nothing mattered more to her than Twilight. But now, she had her friends, her best friends right next to her, constantly reminding her of Equestria and harmony. 
She instantly hated these friends of hers, missing Magic's rage directed at her and only her and not evil as a whole.  But she wouldn't play that game, she wouldn't let Magic forget her. That mare would be cursed with the idea of her forever, and she couldn't wait as she felt the magic around them grow. 
The harmonized elements looked ready to brawl, a harmonious and graceful magic resonated from the group as they stood their ground together. They seemed like virtuous angels made to be so real. Like they were made to be normal mares, but they weren't. So what was the point to pretend?
She never answered that question, because of herself. At the start of all of this, she seemed so kind and sweet, now she was a monster desperate to tear apart the harmony that stood inside the enemy. But now she thought she understood. And she didn't realize how much it affected her. 
The surface finally stopped in the air, standing higher than the mountain. Magenta seemed to fill the sky as everypony else imagined the fight already happening, the magic taking form and fighting itself while they didn't have to lift a hoof. Well, that was too fantasy for them so they thought of a different way. 
The two sides would dash at each other like a war as the sun started to set quickly, even if no pony was there to set it. Magic would leave everypony and go into the sky, joining together until harmony and disharmony had their own huge magic made horse in the sky. 
Harmony's would be made up of pinks and bright, pastel colors as they fought ruthlessly, keeping true to their virtues. And Disharmony's would be made up of sickly, murky colors, their horse much thinner and sicker looking. But they'd still fight relentlessly into the night as the magic inside them fought as well. 
The storm clouds from the garden would be in the sky, the smoke from the catacombs would mix in and the rainbow aurora would stand in the sky, they'd all mix together and surround the two horses as they fought above the two sides. 
And as epic as that was, they knew it wasn't going to happen, but both sides were confident. They had the beings they cared for right next to them, they had a want to give Equestria to whoever they wanted to, and they were an always there reminder. 
But of course, Twilight's big mouth took them away from their legendary image of what was to come. 
"What are the six things harmony stands for?" She asked Magic bluntly, a small smirk on her face. 
The harmonized ponies were apprehensive about answering her for anything, but Magic wasn't going to let that apprehension show, she puffed out her chest and took a step forward, in front of all her friends. She spread her wings to protect them, her wingspan even looked larger. 
"Honesty, Loyalty, Kindness, Laughter, and Generosity," Magic stated rudely, tired of Twilight's games. She was tired of the mare and was terrified she'd do what she did to Magic to all her friends. 
"That's not six," Twilight chimed playfully, watching Magic's anger. "You're the princess of friendship, yes? So isn't that the sixth one?" 
Magic now let her apprehension seep through, she didn't know what she stood for. But her logical thinking told her which one. "No, it's magic. But we all make up friendship. And that's why you're going to lose."
She dropped her wings slowly, allowing each of her friends determined faces be shown one by one. They all stood together, and they honestly did look terrifying. Their confidence and strength stood taller than the highest mountain. And they wore their pride and bravery over their hearts, their friendship and love for one another within their hearts that pumped that friendship and love to every part of their body. 
Twilight's mind started falling apart. Her pride didn't shine brighter, her confidence didn't stand taller, and her sick and twisted form of love wasn't even close to strong enough. She was horrified as she thought they'd all die, Magic wouldn't even think twice.
She hung her head in a supposed defeat, she could feel the smirks on their faces as they would've saw it as a defeat. "We're here to take this Equestria so don't hang your head!" Rainbow yelled in her ear. She flinched and stared at her, her pride grew an inch. 
"They're nuisances, Twi," the Dragon Lord stated bluntly. Rarity just laughed at his attempt to encourage her. He swatted at her and she just laughed further. 
Chaos rolled his eyes, knowing what was happening before anyone else did. He read way too many comic books for his own good. Fluttershy stepped on his tail and whistled. He growled at her and she just stuck her tongue out at him. He then rolled his eyes with a smile this time. 
"We can't not try, Princess," Applejack mentioned with a smile, thinking she said the most encouraging thing out of all of them. But then Pinkamena stepped in and took her spotlight. 
Pinkamena grabbed Twilight's face and stared at her. "We can do this, what can all of them do against all of us? We're evil! We're technically stronger in the situation. Plus, I know you can do this. You're like the queen of evil." She smiled happily as Twilight's starry eyes stared back at her. 
Twilight finally smiled again, a true smile. She pushed Pinkamena off of her and turned to Magic, she spread her wings with a sly smile as she mimicked what Magic did, closing her wings slowly. "Well, it seems we got friendship too. So what advantage do you have now?"
Her words sent chills down the spines of the beings on the harmonized side. But they didn't let it show, the more fear they showed, the more those evil beasts could feed off of. 
They readied themselves as the sky got darker in their minds, even if no one was able to set the sun so it stayed up in the sky. They were ready to rid their precious Equestria of these monsters. They could feel the venom seeping off of them. But Magic didn't move, she just stared at Twilight with fear in her eyes. 
Twilight smiled at her genuinely, as if it would be the last time she'd smile at her. "Ready for the final war to set Equestria's life for the rest of eternity?" 
Magic's blood boiled at the thought. Her feelings died, she got her final smile from the mare and that's all she needed. Their tragedy wouldn't change how much her friends mattered to her. "To set Equestria's life back to normal," Magic stated. 
There was no more talking, they were done. 
Magic shot into the air with Loyalty and Discord. Rainbow and Twilight shot up after them, already cursing themselves for letting them get the advantage. Fluttershy stepped on Chaos' tail again until he tiredly flew after them. After a minute in the air and he was chasing Discord around with a huge smile on his face. 
Applejack and Honesty ran into each other, their heads collided but neither were knocked back as they attempted to beat the other. They shifted weight, one time Applejack would have the control and then it'd change over to Honesty. 
Fluttershy dove for Kindness with a smirk, ready to eat the mare alive and bully her to death. But the mare was swiped up into the arms of a kind-hearted draconequus. Fluttershy growled and flew after the two angrily, ready to finally do something to advance their time in Equestria. 
Generosity zapped at the baby dragon as the Dragon Lord tried to char Generosity and Laughter, flying at them and swiping for them. 
Rainbow shoved her hind legs into Loyalty's waist, the mare grabbed her hooves and threw her over into a cloud. She flew over quickly and started to spin it before Rainbow could get up. The pegasus fell out of the cloud a dizzy mess, just for Applejack to catch her. "Ignore how you feel and you don't get cornered, right partner?" Applejack asked slyly. Rainbow rolled her eyes and smirked, standing on Applejacks back and shooting off of it, back into the sky. 
She flew for Loyalty, her want to be the better Dash stuck in her head as the Rainboom from earlier shouted at her. She smirked, licking her lips as she flew upwards, missing Loyalty on purpose. The mare chased after her, falling into her trap. 
Rainbow smirked as Loyalty grabbed her tail, pulling her down to her height. Rainbow smiled at her, making her realize her mistake as Rainbow placed her hooves on her shoulders, shoving her downwards and dropping after her. Luckily for Loyalty, she understood what Rainbow was doing and open her wings to slow herself down and to give herself control. Rainbows wicked face was inches away from her as her hind legs shoved into her, throwing off her momentum and sending her upwards. 
Loyalty watched with a smirk as she flew downwards, thanking her time training for the Wonderbolts as she took a sharp dive right underneath the surface. She sat under it, waiting for Rainbow to chase after her, she hearing the cracking and stomping overhead, but she couldn't focus on that. 
Rainbow didn't stop for the turn to Loyalty's luck. The mare dashed at her, her hooves ramming into her side, Rainbow breathed in sharply at the sudden impact, she dove to get away from it, her side stinging harder as she stretched to get farther away from Loyalty who was tailing her. 
The two shot up from under the surface, a rainbow path shooting up into the sky. They were a rainbow blur to Applejack, but she didn't care. She knew Rainbow could handle herself. So she had to care for her own skin cause she knew she couldn't. 
Her eyes widened as she stopped hearing hoofsteps. She slid against the ground, seeing Honesty had jumped over her. The mare summersaulted back onto her hooves as she whirled back to Applejack, hoping to get one hit on the mare. The mare was surprisingly well at dodging now, which just annoyed her. 
Honesty continued to chase her, trying to trip her or to slow her down so she could pin her. Applejack was running out of ground as she neared the edge. She would've simply turned, but Laughter was bouncing up on her path. The pink bubble decided to stop and help Honesty while currently being chased herself. 
As the Dragon Lord started approaching on her, she jumped over Applejack, hoping to land on the mares back, but Applejack swept to the side and jumped off the platform onto a cloud as Laughter ran straight into Honesty. 
Honesty gasped at the mares stupidity, then she noticed the orange hooves balancing at the edge of the surface. She would've raced towards her and throw her back on, but a huge dragon stood in front of the two. He didn't give them a chance to run before swatting at them, tearing through pink fur. Laughter fell to the ground, Honesty chased after to her check on her, checking behind them to see where the dragon was. 
His teeth bared as his back arched at the sudden blue bullet that hit it. The stinging spread across his body once again after it hit. He whirled around and looked for her, finding a smaller dragon in her place. The Dragon Lord smiled, showing off his pointy teeth as he dove for the dragon. 
Of course, the dragon ran away, leaving the Dragon Lord to fall off the edge of the surface. He growled at the nuisance and shot up, not noticing the struggling Applejack. 
Applejack took a deep breath as her hooves started slipping. She tried to pull herself up or to throw herself over, but her hooves weren't that strong. 
She saw Rainbow being chased by Loyalty at her height, she'd surely see her. Applejack took another deep breath and slipped off, falling through a cloud. Her eyes were squeezed shut as she held her breath. She slowly peaked one eye open and saw a bird fly by. She looked up and saw Rainbows hooves wrapped around hers. A smile appeared on her face. She was flying! 
But her flying didn't last very long as she was dropped in the center of the surface, she watched as Loyalty caught up to Rainbow, shoving a hoof into her side. Loyalty got a hoof to the hind leg. 
Applejack looked around, taking inventory as quickly as she could. She noticed Rarity pinned against the ground by Honesty, Laughter sitting close by as her side bled. The Dragon Lord dashed after them, but Spike and Generosity were planning something as her horn glowed light blue. 
Applejack dashed towards them, her face to the floor as her eyes tried to look past her mane to see who she was hitting. Just as Generosity's horn shot, she was rammed off the side of the surface with a scream, her shot firing into a cloud. 
Spike quickly ran to the edge to care for her, but she was picked up by Loyalty with a charging horn aimed at Applejack. The mare shot, it was dead on as it knocked Applejack off of her hooves. She was rammed into the ground, Pinkamena grabbed her hoof before she fell off. She smiled as she threw Applejack over her head, the mare slamming on the ground right in front of the baby dragon and Generosity.
The Dragon Lord tore up Honesty's hat, the remnants of it flying off into the sky. He chased her, she ran over to Rarity with a smirk, the mare missing a shot at her. She shoved the mare off of the side of the surface, screaming at the top of her lungs. The Dragon Lord dove under her and caught her, holding her as they stood underneath the shade of the surface. 
She smiled up at him happily, admiring his care for her. She could only imagine how sad she'd be if he died, and if he got the chance to die, she didn't want to not tell him something. Her face turned red as he watched her. She looked up at him, her eyebrows furrowed and her cheeks puffed out. "I love you!" She said quickly and abruptly. 
He stared at her blankly for a few seconds, but soon he chuckled and smiled at her. "I love you too." He said, her face turned a deeper shade of red as her eyes sparkled. He couldn't help but get caught in her beauty. 
As Rainbow flew by with a determined look they were reminded of the fight up above. They nodded at one another and he flew her up to the top, they now fought side by side. Even if it was mostly one-sided. 
Chaos became the King of Chaos and the Lord of Terror as he terrorized Discord and Kindness to no end. He didn't hurt them, he didn't even come close to hurting them as he messed with them. 
Spawning huge brick walls that would just fall to the ground, stopping their momentum. Chaos didn't even advance on it as he laughed at them, snapping his fingers and spawning more random birds to annoy the two. 
Of course, Discord wasn't that stupid and actually inflicted pain on him. While Fluttershy chased down Kindness with the same silly intent, Discord would catch Chaos in a laughing fit and punch the laugh out of him. 
Chaos would disappear and reappear behind his back, throwing a huge rock at his back or a stuff animal. Discord didn't understand this draconequus, but he guessed it was a good thing that he wasn't serious. 
So stuff animals and brick walls covered the ground as the two fought. As if the ruins could become even more ruined. But as silly as Discord realized Chaos was being, he didn't know why. Why would the idiot not care? This was the fight that determined whether or not his mane six got Equestria. He always played around Chaos as if he was fighting for real, he always got a serious feeling from him. And sadly his mare was just as psycho and mean as he was. 
She messed with Kindness, popping out of a cloud and dashing past the mare. She never caught Kindness, or took advantage of her, she just toyed with her. Discord more often than not would try to dash out after her and get her to stop, but Chaos would make sure of her safety and keep him from hurting her with another distraction. 
Discord dashed at Chaos, his paw and claw ready to choke the draconequus to death. And he actually got his hands around the males throat, but a snap and a huge squawk stopped him as a shadow was cast over the two. 
He slowly looked behind him and his face fell at the huge... bird thing with bright red eyes stared down at the two. Discord glanced at Chaos and saw his smirk. He rolled his eyes and threw Chaos at the thing, flying away as fast as he could.
The bird went after Chaos, but before it could gnaw down on his head, Fluttershy soothed the bird into a sense of security. But Discord snapped and a cotton candy cloud appeared above the three, the bird's security died at it screeched, looking at the two with an even brighter red. The two flew away for their lives, being chased by the thing until Chaos remembered he could make it disappear. 
Once the thing was gone the two bickered playfully, forgetting their situation. Discord felt so bad for the two of them as he drug his hand down his face, flying out and pinning Chaos to a cloud, piercing his claws into his sides once again. 
Fluttershy flew to save him, but Kindness filled her vision. The mare nervously tried to think of something obviously, she then thought of something with a light bulb above her head as she stuck her tongue out at the mare and flew off slowly, which was as fast as she went. 
Fluttershy sighed and chased after her, looking over to see Chaos just getting the shit beaten out of him. She smirked and flew after Kindness faster. Discord was being ruthless, his spine still stinging with lightning as he kept punching Chaos over and over again. He was ready to send the demon back to Tartarus from whence he came, but a shot of magenta burned his hand. 
He looked down at the stinging electricity and saw Twilight watching the fight while she fought her own battle. The mare then checked on the surface the rest stood on and shot magenta at it. Only then did she continue to focus on her own wars. 
Discord almost felt proud of somepony before the alicorn shoved his precious Magic into the depths of the sky. He snarled and looked away, watching as a punch would've hit him before he disappeared. 
He checked on Kindness for a split second and saw that Fluttershy was picking on her again. He would've helped her if Chaos wasn't intent on getting one punch in. Chaos swung at him angrily, missing as Discord disappeared and reappeared behind him. His hoof collided with the males back and sent him spiraling down to the ground of the ruins. Discord smiled in his selfish pride until Chaos came back up and got one punch in, smashing his claw into his face as hard as he could with a growl. 
He drug his fingers through his skin, leaving bright cuts in their wake. Then he was back to playing games until the whole sequence continued like clockwork. It honestly wasn't that exhaustion inducing, or maybe that was just a perk of being an immortal combination of things. 
The alicorns weren't doing the worst of all of them surprisingly. They were too busy focusing on their friends and focusing on avoiding the other that they overall barely fought. A few punches were swung and a few kicks but overall that was it. They really were like angels as they just got higher into the sky. 
But then something changed as Magic stared at Twilight too long, watching the mare care for others. Her blood boiled, jealous she got the sick love instead of the real love. All her evil colleagues she called friends got more love than her when she could've sworn they had a stronger connection than any of them did. 
She was furious, her responsibility faded as she felt a vengeance for the mare. She knew she was going to screw herself by doing this, but she needed to, someone needed to start a fight between the two anyhow. 
So her hoof hit Twilight's swollen cheek, she was almost afraid all the blood underneath it would come gushing out at the impact, but the mare just whirled to her and jammed her hind leg into the mares stomach, as if she was ready for this. 
Twilight's face shared the same rage-filled jealousy as the two brawled, not flying away from the other as they fought. Twilight would punch Magic, Magic would return it with ramming into her waist and then jabbing her side with her elbow, just to get an elbow to her nose. Their noses had already stared bleeding slightly as Twilight's lip opened up again. The blood rushing to their faces and sides and legs couldn't keep up their stamina as they got tired quickly.
They were both aware of their slowing movements and dying reactions, and they both understood that everything from before and now had started to pile up, their bodies were more likely to shut down completely than to simply stop working for a second at this rate. 
And they could feel and hear their friends get hit, wanting to check on them so badly. But they couldn't, they had to stay focused on their own fight. 
But abruptly, Magic froze in shock. Her heart plummeted as her stomach seemed to take the blow one of her friends did. She had no idea who it was, and she had no time to look around as magic flooded to her horn without her command. 
A wave of magic surged out of it, the roaring in her head only adding to the migraine. But once she opened her eyes, everything was quiet.
Her pain stopped, her headache stopped, her bleeding stopped, freezing on her face. She could feel the liquid in her veins stop, unable to flood to the parts of her that were still damaged. 
Her horn stood glowing from the surge, the glow didn't fade. The magic froze onto her horn. She couldn't believe it as she looked around, seeing a cloud nearby stuck in the sky. It didn't move, and then she looked to her friends, understanding what she did.
Her hooves flew to her muzzle as she stared at them, Loyalty motionless in the air with Rainbow Dash frozen at her tail. The Dragon Lords huge claw hanging in the air, having just swiped at an attempt to catch Spike as the small dragon jumped to evade it. 
She froze time and had no idea how she did it, or why. Her horn did it on her own from what she remember, but she didn't know the spell. She didn't know a spell to freeze time existed! She thought it was one of those things Starswirled never discovered.
But eventually, the shock teemed out of her, leaving very little of it as her adrenaline finally died, all of it gone. Her muscles relaxed, her wings stopped moving, her heart stopped beating as she simply laid there, floating in mid-air. She smiled widely, the overwhelming relief after all the pain and suffering. 
She didn't care how bad it seemed, and she didn't think about what happened afterwards, she just wanted to sit and stay still for once, floating among the frozen air in the clouds place.
A relief spread through her veins, overwhelming her dying senses with a final moment of peace as her latest dose of adrenaline died. But as she shut her eyes, feeling her systems start to slow, her mind didn't hear the cracking in the distance or the vibrations that surrounded her. She didn't even fight when hooves wrapped around her waist.
"Difficult day?" A mare quietly asked, as if she was her wife she just walked home to from a bad day at work. Magic didn't respond, she couldn't bring herself to force herself out of her comfort, especially when the hooves around her didn't help. "Freezing time is a way to relax, but isn't it scary? You feel your bodily functions fall apart within you as you continue to breathe."
Magic opened her eyes and looked as Twilight stared into the fur on her chest, as if the frozen time wasn't what comforted her. Magic didn't care, she just looked up at the sky, staring at the sun that beamed down on them, letting Twilight ramble. "One moment of silence in the storm. It's felt like we haven't slowed down for days."
Celestia's power shined on them, making Magic realize her violation of her virtues. How could she? She had known Celestia far longer than she had Twilight, yet why did she let Twilight wrap her hooves around her instead of the sun? She blamed it on her slowing senses. But Twilight's spiels echoed in her ears, vibrating through her as the mare spoke into her chest, it seemed to be the only thing keeping her alive.
Twilight's grip got tighter as she looked away from Magic's chest, looking at her surroundings instead. "I am not sad I met you or Pinkamena. Simply disappointed I met you both at the same time. I didn't know how I'd have the heart to choose."
"It's fine," Magic finally spoke. She shut her eyes to avoid letting Twilight see them. "We both understand. We'd want the other to be happy with whomever they are with. We'll always mean something to each other, won't we?" Twilight's reply was just a tighter grip. 
The two sat in silence for a while, letting Magic's words set in. It was nice to feel this close to the other before they'd be forced to fight again. Neither of them knew how'd they be able to do it. 
"We must end this soon, Twi," Twilight spoke coldly, pushing herself off of Magic, just staring into her cold eyes as a thick layer of betrayal sat behind them again. "Let's just get it over with." 
Magic smiled wickedly, anger building up and replenishing her dead functions. Even in what seemed like their final moments the mare was a fucking jerk. How did Magic ever get the clue the mare was kind and sweet? "Why do I care for a monster like you?" She asked rudely, spitting on Twilight's name.
Twilight smiled truly. "Maybe it's the so-called monstrous part of me you adore so much. You've always been in control, who wouldn't enjoy a liberation?" 
Magic sneered. "What you've done isn't liberation. It's a prison. Do you not understand what you've done to my friends and I?"
"I'll always love you more than they do," Twilight stated bluntly. "I will only let you and they live because of you. Without you, we'd torture them for years before allowing them final starvation."
Magic wasn't fazed, to which Twilight pouted playfully. "It must be the psychotic parts, cause there's nothing else about you."
"I must say I've enjoyed our time, love," Twilight spoke, a new giddy feeling inside her as she got to play with Magic once more. It hit her that this wasn't what Magic loved, she knew Magic loved the sweet her, but she didn't like the sweet her. The sweet her was the tired her. And the tired her was Canterlot's Queens her. She smiled wickedly. "But I must ask you take us back so I can celebrate with my Queen. Not you." 
Images of the pink mare flashed in both their minds as Magic cursed her, her horn glowing on its own. Eventually, the world around them cracked. A thin layer of something shattered around the clouds. They started moving slowly, as if breaking out of ice. Eventually, everything else did, even if they didn't feel the slowness. Everypony was still chasing and running, some got the advantages and so did others. 
But it was nothing of either side. It was the skill of the certain ponies that gave them the advantage, but that meant they'd just wipe themselves out until Twilight and Magic were left. And then there would be no winner. 
A no winner meant Harmony won when the princesses got there to kill them. Twilight sighed as she watched, her slow mind trying to think of something to give them the win. She couldn't be killed, she had to prove Daybreaker wrong at this point. She was sure the alicorn was laughing in her throne, betting with her sister on the way they'd all die. 
Her horn throbbed as she thought of spells, she had to be fast before Magic got the courage to punch her. Or the will power to. The mare was just as tired as she was. One spell flashed to the front of her mind, she had never known of the spells existence before, and she wondered how she knew of it, but that didn't matter as she looked to see that Harmony was somewhat more skilled than they were.
She looked over and saw that the two draconequus' were stuck in a stand off as Disharmony's one was being a brat. Loyalty had stuck Rainbow to a cloud and was smashing her face in. 
Honesty had slammed Applejack into the ground and was doing the same. Generosity and Spike kept the Dragon Lord and Rarity from helping her, not that Rarity would've anyway.
Laughter was terrorizing Pinkamena similar to the way Chaos was doing to Discord. Simply messing with the mare to keep her busy. Twilight wondered what was happening, why Harmony was winning, how could they? They were good-doing rats against a murderer, gang leader, and a huge dragon. Then again, he was a teenager. She couldn't understand it. 
But she glanced over to Magic, seeing her watch the fight with a motherly smile on her face and Twilight's skin itched. She stared at the ground and snarled. She wanted to wipe that smile off her face. She wanted to take it, throw it away, and watch it burn in the ashes of Harmony all while the mare watched. 
Twilight sighed. She was sick, wasn't she? A sick, twisted mare. She wondered how it had happened. What did a crazy house do to her? Well, she stopped caring as she dove for the ground. She could think it over later amongst the rubble of Canterlot when she won.
Magic quickly dove after her, making sure she didn't ruin anything for her friends. She was relieved to see that the mare didn't hit the floating surface they were all standing on, but then a sinking feeling fell inside her floating gut as she flew downwards after her. 
She prayed for her friends as she knew she couldn't get closer to the mare to stop her without teleporting, and her mind was too tired to focus on that sort of spell. She might've just screwed her friends, and she was terrified as Twilight's hooves hit the ground with a loud boom!.
She winced as she stopped above the mare. She opened her eyes and saw magenta floating upwards around her. Her eyes widened in horror as she looked down at Twilight. The mare grinned maliciously and smugly as magenta sunk into the ground around her. 
Magic sighed, wondering what Twilight had just done and just how detrimental it was. The mare dashed upwards past her and she hesitantly followed, not wanting to see what she could prevent. They passed the floating surface just as magenta sank into the cracks. Magic felt tears well up in her eyes at just the many thoughts of what Twilight had done. 
Twilight stopped up at their point in the sky, staring down with a proud smile, fatigue out of her mind as a new, heavy dose of adrenaline must've seeped in. Magic winced and looked away as she held her place next to the mare, only a few feet away. She opened her eyes slightly and her lungs failed to intake air as her eyes shook. 
It was much easier to tell everypony apart as magenta encased those of Disharmony. Magic shook her head and stared down as the tables turned. Harmony was winning, they were okay. They were going to survive this! And her mistake ruined that. 
Tears fell from her eyes and into the now magic dense air. She looked over at Twilight and saw that the mare didn't even care for her. The mare just smiled wickedly down at the crowd of ponies as Disharmony now had a new sense of power in them.
The Dragon Lord's teeth seemed to sharped as he swiped up the smaller dragon in his huge hand, his claws digging at the scales on the smaller one's neck. A shot of light blue hit his hand, causing him to drop the smaller dragon and let the baby scurry away. 
The Dragon Lord flexed his hand as he stared at it painlessly, very different to how he took Generosity's magic before. The mares magic used to paralyze and shock his hand, which no one knew why. Her magic was weak, but it affected him greatly. But know it did what it did to everypony else, annoy them. 
He glared maliciously at Generosity with a huge smirk and a want to injure in his eyes. He stomped towards Generosity and Spike loudly, his teeth shining in the sun as his claws gleamed. The two shook in their hooves as he got closer and closer, they winced, holding the other and accepting their end. 
They felt a shadow over them, but opened their eyes to a pink, fluffy tail as Laughter had stepped out in front of them. "You're a big meany! Leave them alone!" The mare yelled at him in her bubbly tail. Despite how strong she looked, she was shaking just as badly as the two she stood in front of. 
A red sheen shined in his green eyes as fire seemed to shine behind them. He smirked. "That's the point of being a dragon, pony princess lover." A huge roar escaped his throat as fire shot at the three. They sped away, barley dodging the fire as the end of their tails were charred. 
He continued to smile wickedly at them as fire continued to burn on the non-flammable surface. A bright green shined with a purple center. They each looked to the other and mentally knew what they had to do. They could run a huge dragon out of stamina, right? There was no way they could get close to him now. And there was no way he could burn the entire surface, not with Rarity standing on it. 
They nodded and instantly shot to their hooves as he began running after them, picking the smaller dragon as his first prey. As the huge dragon chased the smaller one, Laughter and Generosity assumed the only way to distract him was to mess with his mare. But they were shoved to the ground by Applejack as they stood still in thought. She smiled just as wide, a new magenta shining on her hard worked fur. 
Generosity growled as the mares dirty hooves touched her chest. Her horn glowed a light blue and she shot the mare right between the eyes, allowing her and Laughter to get up and continue to run, trying to think of something to do to Rarity. 
As Laughter looked back to check that Applejack wasn't chasing them, she saw the orange mare be slammed into the ground by another orange mare. The two brawled equally, something that had never happened before. But a white mare stopped her in her place. 
She looked up at smiled as the unicorn looked like Generosity, but a new shine of magenta told her it wasn't. Her stomach caved in as she watched Generosity scream in fear as Pinkamena bounced around her with an evil and honestly psychotic laugh. 
"Leave her alone!" Laughter yelled at Pinkamena, trying to slam past Rarity. But the mare's hoof blocked her path as Rarity smirked at her. She was so confused as the magenta sparkled in the sun. What kind of magic could make the laziest mare she'd ever encountered actually fight?
All four of them tried to reach the other, feeling scared on their own. But a magenta covered monster cornered them. And instead of just ending it, the four monstrous versions of themselves messed with them, as if they all knew what the other was thinking. 
Rarity glanced over at the Dragon Lord as he messed with the baby dragon like a lion playing with it's food. She smiled at the dangerous look about him. A red shined in his eyes as he messed with the baby ruthlessly. As if the smaller dragon was already dead. She simply giggled to herself. "And what's the bitch laughing at now? How not even magic could improve how bad she is at everything?" He growled lowly in her direction. 
She smiled as she once again stopped Laughter from helping Generosity. "No, I was laughing at how handsome a dangerous reptile could look," She smirked evilly as a red spread across his face. He growled and looked away. A huge smile on her face. "Though now I could say I could laugh at how magic can't even make you a real monster around me." 
"Stop chattin'. Knowin' this bunch we'll fuck something up. Just keep 'em away from each other, got it?" Applejack yelled at them. Of course, the other three around gave zero fucks as they rolled their eyes with smirks.
The four harmonized versions of them felt their stomachs drop. What were they planning? A total annihilation of all of them together? They were horrified and tried harder to get out of the grips of the monsters, now seeing the gravity of the situation.
Honesty wondered if Loyalty faired any better as she looked up at the sky as she tried to break out of Applejack's new grip around her. Her breath stopped as she stared up at the two cyan pegasi. She fought harder to get out of Applejack's grip, wanting to desperately help her friend in whatever way she could. 
Once she realized the futileness of it, she hung her head and accepted her fate. This is where harmony ended, right? None of them could win, Magic couldn't defeat all of them on her own, the mare was already torn apart against herself. 
How could a little magic let Harmony lose?
Loyalty was in one of the worst situations. She wasn't just held down and separated like the others, she was being injured without mercy as a cyan monster sat atop of her on a cloud. 
A cyan hoof hit her cheek, then it would try to smash her face in, just for Rainbows hoof to be caught on a rainbow mane, pulling hairs out with her intensity. She ignored whatever the magenta did to her, she was simply using it as an intimidation factor, well, that's what she told herself. 
The magic actually just did whatever it did, Twilight had no idea and neither did anypony else. Apparently it lessened the pain nerves felt and increased stamina. But Rainbow didn't feel any of it as she smashed her pain throbbing hooves into the mare beneath her. 
Blood already started pooling slowly from the mares muzzle, the fur there stained ruthlessly as the rest of her face was. Despite her tomboy tendencies, including no care for being dirty, she couldn't say she didn't hate the feeling on her face. Just everything piled up and felt like a mud-mask. 
Thinking about a shower, even a bath, and the mud-mask on her face distracted her as she awaited someone's help. Her hooves couldn't move, despite her best attempts. She couldn't stand it, she already felt as if she was going to die, the immense pain already started to numb as her breaths got heavier. Her heart beat should've been rocketing, but she couldn't feel it beat. 
She could just stare up at the rage on her own face, cuts and scraps covering her face as her eyes shined with a violent color. Loyalty almost wanted to cry, well, she would've if she could've. But she physically couldn't do anything. She was stuck, and she was done for. 
She shut her eyes, finally accepting her fate. Accepting her death was quite easy, nothing around her told her anything else but her position and her situation. And the cyan abomination above her told her it was her time. 
"RAINBOW!" She heard a southern voice echo in the sky. Her mind shot to life as she stared up at the pegasus, seeing her look down to the ground in response to the voice as well. 
Anger flooded into her as her nerves woke up, her senses setting the pain in her face on fire. That didn't help any. Force pushed against her limbs, her own want to get them to move succeeded as her front hooves appeared in front of her. They slammed into the mare in front of her, throbbing and swelling with pain as the mare fell off of her. 
She allowed herself some time to get up, assuming the mare would take her time. And that she did as she allowed Loyalty the liberty to actually stand up. Loyalty's wings spread, popping echoed in her ears as she stretched her back. 
Her oversensitive senses felt the air change, a stronger wind behind her. She quickly shot herself into the sky as Rainbow passed underneath her with a snarl. 
Rainbow didn't care for comic book banter as she shot up towards Loyalty, fury covering her features as she dove for the mare. Of course, she got stupid when she got mad, something Loyalty quickly learned to overcome herself as she fought with the pegasus. 
Loyalty glanced behind her and saw a cloud, she dashed for it, spinning around it in hopes to get the small amount of water in it moving. And that she did as the cloud quickly took a turn for a dark grey. She shot away from it, sending the dark storm cloud into Rainbows face. 
The mare escaped the cloud, drenched in water as she looked around persistently for the little runt version of herself. She eventually saw a small part of a rainbow mane sitting on the other side of a cloud, probably resting as the pain fully hit her. 
Rainbow smirked as she quietly flew closer to her, surprisingly, the mare noticed her and shot off of the cloud, sending Rainbow after her once again. 
But their chasing didn't last very long as Rainbow caught up with the slow mare, the heightened stamina showing through to her and she grabbed the mares tail with a smirk, Loyalty glanced at her with a growl as she tried to fly out of the grip. 
It didn't work as Rainbow slung her up into the sky above her, throwing her into the air with a smile. She intended on playing with her prey, now that she was on top of their situation. 
But Loyalty wasn't going to let her win as she noticed Kindness cornered into a cloud by Fluttershy. The mare raised her hoof and Loyalty saw red. Her wings and hooves shot her in the direction of the yellow monstrosity. 
She zoomed past clouds, watching that yellow hoof get closer and closer.
Loyalty's hooves jammed into the side of the mare, quickly keeping her from actually hitting Kindness as her hoof hit the edge of the cloud. Fluttershy gasped at the impact and fell from Loyalty's push. The pegasus shot up after her, smashing her hooves into the mares abdomen. She was almost sad the mare didn't start coughing up blood. 
Rainbow quickly flew after the two, hoping Fluttershy hadn't done that much damage to Loyalty. But just before she could grip the cyan mares hoof, something wrapped around her own tail. 
She looked back and saw Kindness weakly trying to keep hold of her tail as tears streamed out of her eyes. Rainbow rolled her eyes and attempted to tug her tail out of the weak grip, but the mare just held on tighter, eyes shut with fear as she tried to keep hold of the mare.
"Keep outta this, princess," Fluttershy said rudely and grabbed the end of Kindness's hoof, slamming her into a cloud. The mare screamed weakly as she let go of Rainbow, allowing the mare to fly off at Loyalty. Kindness's hooves hit her mouth as more tears blurred her vision. 
But she was thankful that Loyalty could handle herself, a hoof slammed into Rainbow's face. Rainbow growled and turned back, seeing Loyalty had started flying away from her. 
Like hell she was going to play her game, Rainbow finally started learning things. Her power-leveled head finally cooled down to think of how to deal with an equal foe. Of course, they weren't that equal. 
She smiled as she looked to Kindness, seeing that Fluttershy had already started chasing after Loyalty. Kindness was curled up on a cloud, her hooves to her eyes as she cried quietly. 
Rainbow looked over to see that Discord hadn't even noticed the threats to his precious mare. That only made her smile wider as she flew beneath the cloud the pegasus was curled up on.
It all happened it the width of two seconds. A loud, high-pitched scream stopped everypony as it echoed throughout the air. Kindness couldn't think to fly as Rainbow had shot the cloud to the ground. 
She just looked up as the wicked smile stared down at her, she couldn't bring herself to look below her. More tears left her eyes as she shut her eyes, holding onto the cloud tightly as she begged and prayed for something to save her. 
Discord immediately left Chaos's charades to catch her, knowing she wouldn't be able to fly. But his mind didn't comprehend the idea of teleporting as he watched her fall too fast for him to catch up to her. 
He could hear her sob as the ground got closer and closer. His heart dropped as everything slowed down for him. She was going to die, and he couldn't save her. 
How could he?
But magenta encased her when she was just inches from the ground. When she felt that she was still alive, she peaked her eyes open. She felt the cloud leave her as a draconequus hugged her tightly. Emotion overwhelmed her and she hugged him back, crying into his fur. 
He looked up and saw Magic on the surface, talking to everypony. He couldn't have been more thankful she was actually smart. He felt as if he owed his life to her as he stared down at Kindness. 
Like hell he would throw her back in that environment. He started to stomp away from the entire city as magenta covered them, the two appeared on the surface. He instantly flew off of it, but still stood close. Kindness still hugged him, but she had stopped crying. 
Loyalty flew near them, watching the surface as he did. Chaos, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash flew on the other side of the surface. And the ponies from the respective sides stood in front of them. 
Generosity, Laughter, Honesty, and Spike were set free with Magic's magenta, covering them in a protective case of it as they were teleported in front of Loyalty, Discord, and Kindness. The four looked horrified as Magic stood in front of them, her body was a mess in many ways. 
They, thankfully, could not see the condition of her face, they assumed it was worse than before. But her fur was matted in many different directions, showing the bruises that already started to show on her skin partially. Her mane was tangled in too many places to be even comfortable, and her horn sparked with magenta at the end, as if she was short on magic. 
The enemy was, sadly, in a much better position. Rainbow, Applejack, the Dragon Lord, and Twilight looked ready to fight. Chaos and Fluttershy looked bored as Pinkamena and Rarity stood near their respective partners. They looked much more ready for a final brawl than anypony on the harmony side was. They were screwed.
Magic took in the situation and was terrified. Her mind mixed with worry and disappointment. She didn't understand. How could they have lost that quickly? Did Harmony just forget they exist? Or did the powers of the real world step in and change the game? She assumed the less idealistic one was the right one. 
Her blood cooled as she stared at the enemy, the shine in their eyes finalized their success. Her heart ached as tears threatened to leave her eyes. The look in Twilight's eyes told her the mare forgot their deal. The mare was going to slaughter them without a second thought. 
She opened the gate to Disharmony's success. It was all her fault, and now she was either going to be apart of Harmony's fall, or she was going to watch Harmony's fall. She didn't know which one was worse. But all she knew is that her friends were going to die with her. They'd die right then and there. Celestia and Luna would have a sinking feeling and they'd cry inside the castle, knowing they had all lost.
They'd know that Harmony lost to a monstrous turn on it. 
She looked around her, seeing Spike curled up around Generosity's leg. The two shook in fear, their eyes darting from one enemy to another. Her heart ached at the situation she allowed the two in. Generosity could handle it to an extent, but Spike? The baby would be scarred for years. 
And she allowed that to happen. 
Laughter didn't bounce, her mane started to flatten with dread as she looked to the ground. She couldn't bring herself to look at them. She couldn't face her demise, and no matter how hard she tried to smile, her mouth simply wouldn't turn. 
Honesty just panted, staring at the ground and occasionally looking up at them. She tried her hardest, her condition showing that. But she was more disappointed, the future hadn't kicked in yet. She couldn't comprehend that their death was the next step. 
Loyalty was similar, just horrified at their defeat, not wanting to believe it. She couldn't believe it and Magic knew she would never believe it. Even in her last moments, she'd think Harmony would rise from the ground, taking them with it and reviving them. They'd watch angelically as the monsters would be banished in some way. 
But Magic knew there was nothing else Harmony could do for them. They had to fight for themselves now. They couldn't depend on a tree, the elements, or even the princesses to save them. They weren't children of Harmony's power, they were all that was of Harmony. They were stuck, finally lost. Equestria would lose it's hope and fall into a terrible history with these monsters. 
And they could do nothing to save that. 
Tears pricked at Magic's eyes as she prayed once again. She had no idea what she was praying too, but she stopped caring. She prayed for her friends safety as she stared into the eyes of Twilight, begging she'd simply kill Magic and leave her friends to live. But the mares voice made her mind a reality. 
"Any last words, Twilight?" Twilight asked maliciously, a huge smile on her face as her eyes glowed with a murky purple-red.
Tears finally fell from Magic's eyes as she took a final breath. She looked up at Twilight proudly, tears pooling from her eyes. Twilight didn't think the mare could get any prettier.
"Yes," Magic said quietly, not bringing herself to look at Twilight. But eventually she did and her eyes sparkled with a shining purple. "Harmony will reign over Equestria." 
Her horn erupted with a final wave of magenta. An ear-bleeding noise accompanied it as it blinded everypony present. Twilight hid her eyes with her hoof, her mind tried to cut the noise out of her mind. 
But when it all died out, a feeling of falling overtook her. Her eyes opened as she dropped her hoof, the ponies that were supposed to be in front of her were gone. And the magic that allowed the surface to float died, allowing it to freefall to the rubble of Canterlot. 
Her world froze as she stared at the place Magic was meant to be standing, screams echoed in her ears as the air sent her mane flying into the sky. Everything was smooth, until the surface hit the remaining mountain of rubble, a huge bump threatened to throw them off of it, like a speed bump hit too hard. 
She just stood still. Her mind couldn't process what had just happened as her body wanted to fly off of the surface. It eventually came to an even slope, allowing them all once again another moment of tranquility until it slid to a stop.
And there was silence. Just silence. The only noise could've been a piece of rubble falling if that even wanted to happen. But it didn't. A bird didn't croak, a rock didn't move, a noise wasn't made as they all attempted to comprehend what just happened through the haze of their minds. 
Their bodies throbbed, ached, swelled, and stung with a side of fatigue as they stood still. The magenta spell that empowered them before faded as their adrenaline started to die once again. Their minds were lost in a haze. 
The first movement after what felt like an hour had been Twilight walking away numbly. The first movement, especially by Twilight, seemingly allowed the others to move. 
Twilight walked numbly, having no destination and having no thoughts as she walked. But a pink hoof wrapping around her front hoof stopped her. She turned to the mare and her body lit on fire. 
Two pink hoofs held her face in place, she couldn't even feel the pain as pink was pressed against her face. Her mind couldn't function as she kissed the mare back passionately. She couldn't have been happier as Pinkamena's soft hooves held her face. 
Her mind moved to cloud nine as she took dominance of the kiss with a smirk. Her hooves grabbed Pinkamena's and pulled the mare closer to her, the two practically pushed against one another, well, they were. 
Twilight could feel the heat resonate off of Pinkamena's face as her kiss took a turn for soft. One hoof held Pinkamena in place as the other wrapped itself in the mares sleek mane. Her heart was beating out of her chest as she felt Pinkamena's curves against her, taking the most note of the ones on her lips. 
The pain flooded away at the kiss, but it sadly didn't last that long as she let go of Pinkamena, allowing the mare to move away. The mare practically jumped off of her with a red face as her blue eyes hit the ground. 
She didn't think of how they failed at the sight of her, taking in every part of her. The mares small body surrounded by a pink sleek. The curve of her hips as she was sat down, the way her hot pink tail wrapped around her defensively, the way her bright blue eyes shined against the warm pink. 
Big wide eyes stared down at the ground, shaking with fear as red covered her face. And that mare was all hers, nothing of that mare wasn't her. That adorable little mare was hers.
It felt like the biggest victory. 
She smiled widely, tears welling in her eyes from her happiness. She smiled wider. 
"We stole Equestria," she whispered.
She started laughing hysterically into the sky, the pain flooding into it as she desperately tried to get rid of it. She could've imagined everyone else's confusion as she laughed. 
She looked at all of them with a wide smile, feeling happy for once in her life. Tears rushed to her eyes. "We stole Equestria!" She shouted into the sky happily. And all that followed was soft laughs of tired and weary soldiers as she stared up at the sun. She had won, she had finally won against so many things. 
She won Equestria, she won against Daybreaker, she won against her emotions, and she got a mare as a plus. She couldn't have been happier as pink was once again pressed against her face.