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// Chapter 4 
// Story: My Little Pony: Infinite Night [ENG] 
// by Claud Melchior 
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Twilight found herself on one of the clouds serving as one of the spectator stands right before the start of the race. No sign of Starlight around and while this worried Twilight, she was blinding it out for the time being. 

Fluttershy gave the start signal and the race started. But Rainbow Dash and the two hooligans flew so fast and close by to Fluttershy that she lost her balance and fell off her cloud. Twilight wanted to fly after her but Twilight was immediately stopped by Spike, who taps her on the head and wags his finger. As cocky as that was, Twilight had to admit that Spike was right. Never change anything in the past and it annoys Twilight more that she had not thought of it herself.

The race was as Rainbow Dash always told. She led from the beginning, while the two bullies were close behind her. In one tight turn, one of them didn't turn in time and flew head first into a cloud column and got stuck. 

Rainbow Dash grinned with confidence. One was out and she had a good lead. But the second rowdy came out of nowhere and pulled past her with the words "See you later, Rainbow Crash!" 


"Hey!" 


said Rainbow Dash angrily and immediately started the chase. But after Rainbow Dash began the decisive dive to the last ring, Starlight suddenly floated out of her hiding place. 


"Aww, sorry about this!" 


said Starlight ironically, casting a spell on Rainbow Dash and just before she completed her first Sonic Rainboom, she got hit by Starlight's spell and she was stopped in mid air. 


"Hey, what's gives?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed angry.


Twilight and Spike didn't see it. But what they saw was that one of the bullies finished before Rainbow Dash. And while all the fillies were cheering around them, they both knew something bad happened. But neither Twilight nor Spike could have imagined what was going on at this crucial moment.





And as Twilight scanned the racetrack the other way around, she saw Starlight who still hold Rainbow Dash with her spell. 
Twilight flew to her.


"What did you do?!?" She yelled. 


But Starlight just looked at her relaxed and replied


"You are going to find out!" 


And if on command, the time portal opened over Twilight and Spike and sucked them in immediately.


"HAHAHA !! I DID IT!"


Starlight shouted happily after the portal disappeared. Everything went as planned and now she had prevented the event that lead to the loss of her beloved village. Twilight and her friends will never find together. Starlight floated away victoriously.

Although Twilight still has the scroll, if she uses it, she will feel the little extra change she but in it. Starlight Glimmer will always be ready intercept Twilight if she should come back to this point in time and prevent the Sonic Rainboom and her other self will bring equality and justice over Equestria at the same time. Starlight is ready to pay this price for an Equestria without Twilight and her friends, and she will! So come what may come, nothing will stop her!