//------------------------------// // The Magic of Friendship Part 3 // Story: Terminal Chaos // by Eternal Sunset //------------------------------// The Discord Soldier found himself in a movie theatre and spotted Rainbow Dash who was literally glued to her seat. Sitting beside her, casually eating from a tub of popcorn, was Sunset Satan. And on the big screen was “Anon-A-Miss: The Worst-Case Scenarios”. It showed the last slumber party at Rarity’s, then it showed them confronting Sunset Shimmer at her locker, accusing her of being Anon-A-Miss, and then abandoning her, turning their backs on her, and leaving her to be harassed by the students, to suffer all alone. Up on the screen, Sunset Shimmer stood atop the school roof. After a mournful goodbye, she just jumped right off. Then the scene changed to show Rainbow Dash, Gilda, and a gang of students beating Sunset Shimmer to death. Many of the scenarios showed Sunset either being killed or committing suicide. A few did show her going back to Equestria but those were rare. In all of them, Sunset went away, never to return. They had allowed Anon-A-Miss to destroy their friendship. “NO!” Rainbow Dash screamed as she continued to struggle in vain against her seat, tears streaming down the sides of her face. She had been subjected to this torture in what felt like hours. Thanks to Sunset's magic, she could neither cover her ears nor look away from the big screen. Her wide eyes continued to watch the screen as a pleading Sunset was consumed by darkness and transformed into a demon. Sunset Satan just laughed cruelly at Rainbow Dash’s misery. “So much for the tough girl act,” the demon mocked. “Poor Rainbow Dash, can’t even stand to see a monster like me.” Rainbow Dash didn’t bother to listen as the sounds of Sunset’s screams of agony drowned out Sunset Satan. Up on the screen, red veins spread throughout Sunset’s body as cracks started to form on her skin, exposing red energy. Soon, Sunset let out a wail of intense agony as she exploded in an intense blast of red energy. Rainbow Dash watched in horror before she let out another heartbroken scream. The Discord soldier covered his ears. He didn’t know which was worse, his body being torn apart by the chaotic magic, the pain in his ears or seeing his daughter suffer on screen. He couldn’t take it anymore. “Rainbow Dash, get a grip!” Discord’s cries fell on deaf ears as Rainbow Dash was still focused on the horror playing onscreen. “Huh?” Sunset Satan looked up to see the Discord soldier floating above her, a grin spreading across her lips. “Nice to see you, Dad.” Discord looked to his demonic daughter, a deep frown on his face. “I’m not your dad. My little Sunset is nothing like you.” “Whatever,” Sunset Satan merely shrugged and rolled her eyes as she grabbed a handful of popcorn and shoved it in her mouth. “All that matters is that Rainbow Bitch suffers.” Discord looked back to Rainbow Dash as she let out another bloodcurdling scream, watching as she herself pushed Sunset in front of an oncoming car. The sickening crash from Sunset’s body impacting the car echoed throughout the theater. “What you’re seeing isn’t real!” Discord shouted at Rainbow. “You have to snap out of it! Sunset needs your help!” “Give it up,” Sunset Satan said as she threw popcorn at Rainbow Dash who didn’t react to it. “She’s beyond anyone's reach.” Discord groaned in annoyance. Was this what it was like for ponies when he messed with them? A wave of pain coursed through his body, which caused his legs to explode into leaves. “Sorry you can’t stay to see her completely broken,” Sunset Satan waved goodbye at Discord. “Bye bye.” “Rainbow Dash, you must listen! None of this is real!” Discord shouted desperately to the rainbow-haired athlete as what remained of his body started crumbling into popcorn. “If you don’t snap out of it, Sunset will suffer!” The demon watched in amusement as Discord tried in vain to reach Rainbow Dash. She summoned a candy bar and took a bite as a portal appeared in front of the screen. “Hm?” Sunset Satan watched the portal curiously and was surprised to see Princess Luna emerge from it. “What in Equestria is she doing here?” the demon questioned as she watched the Princess of the Night look around before spotting Discord. “Discord? What are you doing in the dream world?” Luna questioned. “Dream world? You mean this is Rainbow Dash’s dream?” Discord asked. “Rainbow Dash’s dream?” Luna questioned just before she heard Rainbow Dash’s scream. She looked down to see the young woman struggling in her seat. Luna flinched when she saw the blood on Rainbow Dash’s arms. The wounds were no doubt caused by her struggling against the glue that held her in place. Luna wondered what was wrong until she turned around and saw what was playing on the big screen. Her eyes widened in shock as she covered her mouth in horror when she saw Sunset jump off a tall building and land on her head. Her head exploded upon impact, sending bits of skull and brain flying. Luna wanted to throw up with how graphic the death of her niece was, but the scene soon changed to show Sunset standing in front of her friends in the cafeteria. Sunset told them she was sorry for the pain she had caused them before she used a spell that Luna recognized. It was a spell that unicorns had created to commit suicide; and when Sunset activated it, her body lost all its color before turning to ash. Luna was horrified, but then she realized something about this. “Rainbow Dash’s mind will be severely damaged if this goes on,” Luna realized as she turned to look at Rainbow Dash who continued to scream and struggle, unable to tear her eyes away from the horror onscreen. “That’s the idea.” Luna looked down to see Sunset Satan waving at her. “Hey.” “What foul creature is this?” Luna demanded as she glared at the demon. “Why Auntie Luna, is that any way to talk your niece?” the demon said, faking being hurt. “YOU ARE NOT MY NIECE!” Luna raised her voice. “You’re right, I’m the result of the dark magic that you hit mom with while she was pregnant with me,” Sunset Satan said as she sneered at Luna, hoping to get a rise out of her. “As if, foul demon!” Luna said. She wasn’t going to believe that anymore. “You’re no fun,” the demon pouted before gesturing to Rainbow Dash. “Oh well, I’ll still get plenty of entertainment out of her.” “Luna, you must save her!” Discord pleaded as only his head remained. “Sunset’s life depends on it!” “I know and I will!” Luna vowed as she watched Discord’s head completely turn into popcorn which littered the floor. “Good luck with that,” Sunset Satan scoffed at the idea. “There’s no saving her. Just a few more scenes and soon she’ll be swallowed by the darkness.” Rainbow Dash’s body floated aimlessly in the dark abyss. Black veins were slowly spreading throughout her body. Tears spilled from her eyes from her nightmare, but little by little those tears started turning black. “It doesn’t matter what you do. This pitiful human is beyond saving,” Sunset Satan laughed. “You’re wrong! If I can be saved then so can she!” Luna said as she flew down to the screaming Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow Dash, you must listen to me! Sunset needs you!” “SUNSET! NO!!” Rainbow Dash screamed as she witnessed a new horror befall Sunset. Sunset Satan threw her head back as she laughed hysterically. Hearing the demon’s cruel cackles was starting to annoy Luna. “ENOUGH!” Luna’s voice bellowed, causing the theater to shake and Sunset Satan to stop laughing as she covered her ears in pain. “Watch the volume!” Sunset Satan said angrily. Soon, her anger left her when she saw Luna surrounded in a blue sphere of magic. “What in-” The demon was cut off as Luna unleashed her magic, causing the theater and the demon to disappear. All that was left was a white void with Rainbow Dash, now freed, laying on the floor, crying as she hugged her legs. Luna knelt down and laid a hand gently on the rainbow-haired athlete’s shoulder. “Rainbow Dash, it’s okay. You’re safe.” Rainbow Dash managed to look up towards Luna and see her smiling gently at her. Rainbow Dash quickly wrapped her arms around Luna and sobbed on her shoulder. The Princess of the Night was surprised at first but then wrapped her arms around the young athlete as she continued to cry. ‘Poor child. What horrors has she been she forced to endure?’ Luna thought as she held the trembling girl. “There, there now. Everything is going to be alright.” “Will it?” Rainbow Dash questioned as she pulled away. “Sunset’s dying and it’s all my fault.” “Why in Equestria would you blame yourself for Sunset’s condition?” Luna questioned. Had the mental torture Rainbow Dash been put through done this? “Right before Sunset put the CMC in that horrible game, me and my friends hurt Sunset WHEN we believed she was behind a MyStable profile called ‘Anon-A-Miss’,” Rainbow Dash confessed. “MyStable?” Luna tilted her head in confusion. “It’s...” Rainbow started, trying to explain the internet but focused on Anon-A-Miss. “Anon-A-Miss was revealing our most embarrassing secrets." "Anonymous?" Luna interjected. "No, 'Anon-A-Miss'," Rainbow Dash corrected before she paused. That should have been the first clue that Sunset was not responsible. She was a straight-A student so she would not have misspelled it at all. Applebloom likely spelled it as 'Anon-A-Miss' since she did not know the correct spelling. How stupid were they, how stupid was she, to even suspect Sunset after all they had been through together? It was the same when she and Applejack broke off their friendship. Instead of just talking to Applejack and finding out the truth, she just stopped talking to her while her friend did the same. Was she that easy to manipulate? “Rainbow Dash?” Luna prompted. “Oh! Anyway, we thought that Sunset was behind Anon-A-Miss since she was the only one who took the photos that were posted and knew about Applejack’s embarrassing nickname,” Rainbow Dash continued. She explained to Luna about how they found Sunset sick in bed, Anon-A-Miss posting while Sunset was sick, she and her friends realizing that Sunset couldn’t have been Anon-A-Miss, the chaos magic affecting Canterlot, and them finally confessing to Sunset how they originally believed she was Anon-A-Miss. “Sunset was very upset when we told her, but she was more so when she asked if we would still accuse her if she wasn’t sick and we-I said yes.” Rainbow Dash could still see the devastated look in Sunset’s face when they told her, but then she saw the other looks of betrayal, hopelessness and defeat in the other Sunsets that had died because of her. “I’m supposed to have my friends back, I even promised not to fall for the same trick that Sunset pulled on us. But I did!” Rainbow Dash wrapped her arms around herself as she cried. “I haven’t learned a damn thing, and because I’m so stupid I hurt Sunset!” Luna watched as the rainbow-haired athlete cried. She was about to say something when Rainbow Dash spoke up. “Princess, there’s something else I have to tell you. Something just as bad.” This caught Luna’s interest. “Go on,” Luna allowed. “Did you know that Sunset used to be a bad person?” Rainbow Dash asked. “I have heard about that,” Luna answered. She had learned about her niece’s nefarious plans for Twilight’s crown from the Princess of Friendship herself. “You see, I actually have a crush on her,” Rainbow Dash confessed. “Really?” Luna asked, the corners of her lips lifting to make a smile. “Yeah, but because she was a bully, I realized that I could never see myself being with a person like that,” Rainbow Dash explained. “But what about now? Sunset is no longer the terrible pony that she was before,” Luna pointed out. “I know, and that’s the bad thing I wanted to tell you,” Rainbow Dash said. “I don’t understand,” Luna was confused. What was so bad about having a crush on her niece now? “You see, after we defeated Sunset, she lost all her confidence and became as timid and shy as well...Fluttershy,” Rainbow Dash began, shifting nervously as Luna stared at her. “Since Twilight asked us to teach her about friendship and Sunset basically did what we asked her to do without complaining…” Luna’s eyes began to narrow as she didn’t like where this conversation was heading. “I...saw an opportunity to make her into my ideal girlfriend,” Rainbow Dash finally admitted. There was silence for a minute before their surroundings suddenly changed to that of Rainbow Dash’s room. “What the-?!” Rainbow Dash looked around in a panic, but a firm hand on her shoulder caused her to look to Luna. “Remain calm, Rainbow Dash. This is merely my doing,” Luna assured the young athlete. “I wish to witness your claim for myself.” The door to Rainbow’s room swung open as an excited Rainbow Dash rushed inside. She threw her backpack on the floor before searching under her bed. “H-how are you doing this?” the real Rainbow Dash asked as she watched herself in shock. She remembered this. “I am the Princess of the Night and I govern over the dream realm so I can freely roam and manipulate your dreams,” Luna explained. She smirked at seeing the look of awe on Rainbow Dash’s face. “With my power, I can look through the events of your life.” “This is so awesome!” Dream Rainbow Dash said in excitement as she pulled out a soccer ball from under her bed. “My plan to make Sunset my idea girlfriend is working better than I thought!” Rainbow Dash felt ashamed as she watched her dream self brag about her plan. “I thought it would be a little hard to get Sunset to like the things I do, but not only does she love sports, but she’s a freaking natural!” Rainbow Dash squealed in delight. “And she’s got some nice abs too.” Luna looked over to the real Rainbow Dash to see her face completely turn red, “Wow, Sunset is really amazing,” Dream Rainbow Dash softly said to herself. “She’s smart, athletic...beautiful.” Dream Rainbow blushed at this. “And with her bitch side gone, she’s actually pretty nice.” Dream Rainbow Dash smiled sheepishly. “I hit the jackpot!” Dream Rainbow grabbed her backpack and placed the soccer ball inside before swinging it on her shoulder. “Maybe I can ask her why she looked so nervous when she tried to talk to Vice-Principal Luna?” Dream Rainbow Dash asked as she exited her room. “Curious,” Luna said. “You show genuine honesty in wanting to be with my niece, but yet you made it sound so nefarious.” Luna looked to Rainbow Dash who had her head down in both shame and embarrassment. “So which is the truth Rainbow Dash? Do you honestly care for my niece or she is nothing but a trophy to you?” Rainbow Dash’s head snapped to look at Luna. Her expression displayed utter disbelief that the Princess of The Night would even say such a thing. She opened her mouth to say that her feelings for Sunset were indeed genuine, but the images of her betrayal of Sunset stopped her. “What’s the matter? Surely it is an easy question to answer,” Luna said as she eyed Rainbow Dash carefully. “I...I..”Rainbow Dash couldn’t answer Luna’s question. She did love Sunset but then why did she so easily assume the worst of her? Luna could see the confliction in Rainbow’s eyes. “You Bitch!” Both Luna and Rainbow turned to the source of the noise and saw an enraged Rainbow Dash glaring angrily at a fallen Sunset who looked up at Rainbow Dash while holding the left side of her face. “Rainbow, you have to listen to me!” Sunset pleaded. “No, I’m sick of your lies!” Rainbow Dash yelled before kicking Sunset in the stomach. “Stop!” the real Rainbow Dash shouted as she rushed over where the fake Rainbow Dash and Sunset were. “This will teach you to spill secrets!” Another Rainbow Dash said as she and Gilda started beating up Sunset. Soon, more Rainbow Dashes appeared and they also started beating their own Sunsets. Rainbow Dash didn’t know what to do. There were so many of her beating Sunsets and she didn’t know if she could save them all. “You see, these are your true feelings.” Sunset Satan’s voice echoed around them. “You hate me, you hate Sunset.” “If that were true, then why do you cry, Rainbow Dash?” Luna questioned. “If you truly hated my niece, then why do you suffer when she suffers?” Rainbow Dash clenched her fists and, with a shout, she grabbed hold of one of her doppelgangers and pulled her off Sunset Shimmer. “Because she’s my friend!” She threw a punch, shattering the phony in front of her. This caused all the other fake Rainbow Dashes to stop beating on their Sunsets to look at the real Rainbow Dash. “No, Sunset isn’t just my friend, she’s my family!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she charged at her fake selves, delivering another punch that shattered another phony. She continued to attack every last one of her doppelgangers, each of them shattering into millions of pieces. All the while, the demon continued to mock her. “Family, huh? What kind of family betrays each other? What kind of family assumes the worst from each other? What kind of family would do these horrible things like what you did to me?” “It wasn’t me!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she shattered another fake. “I will never hurt Sunset the way these fakes did!” “Don’t be so sure; we both know what you’re capable of when you get angry.” The background changed to the school hallway where Rainbow Dash and Applejack were seen storming down the hallway, both teens appearing very angry. “Who knows what you would’ve done if Rarity hadn’t stopped you two.” The real Rainbow Dash looked down and gritted her teeth. What the demon said was true. “Rainbow Dash, you mustn’t let that mistake get to you!” Luna reminded her. “You saw the worst-case scenarios. Ask yourself, are you really capable of physically hurting Sunset?!” Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and looked deep within herself. As she did, the environment around her changed to show Sunset and a very angry version of herself. “How could you do this, Sunset?!” the fake Rainbow Dash shouted at Sunset. “I thought we were friends!” “Rainbow Dash, I’m not Anon-A-Miss!” Sunset Shimmer pleaded with her friend. “You have to believe me!” “It’s obviously you! I mean who else would know Applejack”s nickname and have the photos of Rarity’s slumber party?!” the fake Rainbow Dash argued. Luna watched the scene with obvious disapproval. She felt her anger rising as she watched her niece so visibly distressed. What was Rainbow Dash trying to prove with this? “You know what? I’m done!” Rainbow Dash said as she turned around and started walking away. “Tell whatever secrets you want, Sunset. But I don’t have to listen.” Sunset broke down crying as the fake Rainbow Dash walked away and they both disappeared. “Wow, talk about a heartless bitch.” The demon chuckled around Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow Dash, what was the meaning of that?” Luna demanded as she approached the athlete. “My true reaction,” Rainbow Dash said in a tone filled with regret. “I would have cut ties with Sunset, but I would never hurt her.” “That gives me little comfort after witnessing that,” Luna said in a disapproving tone. “You see? You just proved my point, Rainbow Dash. Sunset means nothing to you!” “No,” Rainbow Dash whispered. “Sunset means the world to me.” Rainbow Dash reached into her pocket and pulled out Sunset’s apartment key. “Sunset trusts me.” “That was her mistake.” “Wrong again,” Rainbow Dash countered as her hands clenched the key tightly. “Sunset was right to trust me.” The environment changed to the park where Rainbow Dash and Sunset had just finished practicing. “Thanks for helping me practice, Sunset,” the past Rainbow Dash thanked the former unicorn. “You sure picked up the game pretty quick.” “What can I say? I’m a quick study,” Sunset said as she flashed her friend a smile. “You make the perfect training partner!” Past Rainbow Dash said with a big smile. Both girls picked up their backpacks that they used as goalposts and made their way out of the park. “Hey, Dash?” “Yeah?” Past Rainbow Dash turned to look at her friend who looked at her very seriously. “You trust me, right?” Sunset asked. “Of course!” Past Rainbow Dash said immediately. “We’re friends, aren’t we? I trust my friends.” The present Rainbow Dash recoiled at those words. “In that case…” Sunset reached into her pocket and pulled out a key, which she handed to Dash. “I can trust you with this.” Rainbow Dash took the key from her friend and stared at it in confusion before looking back at Sunset. “What is it?” “It’s the spare key to my apartment. I’m trusting you with it in case there’s an emergency,” Sunset said very seriously. “Wow, thanks for trusting me, Sunset.” Rainbow Dash was deeply touched by this. “I promise to only use it in an emergency.” “Thank you, Rainbow. I can always count on you,” Sunset thanked Rainbow before they both disappeared. “So much for the Element of Loyalty; another false claim of trusting her.” “But I kept my promise,” Rainbow Dash said. “I did use her key in an emergency, and although she probably doesn’t trust me because of what I did, I’ll do anything to get it back.” The key in Rainbow’s hand started glowing. “Sunset is waiting for me and she needs my help!” Rainbow Dash said as she felt power surge through her as the glowing in her hand intensified until it shone bright enough to blind everyone. Luna had to cover her eyes from the intense light. The light soon began to die down and, to her surprise, Rainbow Dash now held a key-shaped sword where Sunset’s key use to be. The crossguard of the key was in the shape of two majestic wings, the shaft of the key had swirls that looked like flames dancing around it and those same flames led to a sun that was at the tip of the key-shaped blade. The Keyblade itself was the same color as Sunset’s coat and the keychain hanging from the bottom of the handle was a replica of Sunset’s cutie mark. Rainbow Dash held her Keyblade high. An orb of magic gathered around the tip of the Keyblade before releasing a wave of light that consumed everything. “LIGHT!” Rainbow Dash shouted. The black veins on Rainbow Dash’s body faded away just as her eyes snapped open and she was covered in light. The light spread out and destroyed the darkness surrounding her. “I-Impossible!” Sunset Satan exclaimed in disbelief before she faded to reveal an evil version of Rainbow Dash who had a navy blue skin tone. Her hair was wild, untamed and the colors looked a little off, her wings were bigger than Rainbow Dash’s when she ponied up and they too looked feral. She gritted her razor-sharp teeth as she glared at Rainbow Dash. She was dressed in a black tank top with torn blue jeans, black boots, a black leather jacket, and she had black spiked bracelets and a spiked collar. “Nothing’s impossible when you have the Magic of Friendship,” Rainbow Dash said as she smirked at her evil self. Pony ears sprouted from atop her head and her wings appeared on her back as her hair extended. She now sported a brown leather vest over a black t-shirt that displayed her rainbow lightning bolt. Belts crisscrossed over her chest and she had silver shoulder pads. Her hands were covered in navy gloves with steel plates on the back. She also wore jean shorts that displayed her lean athletic legs and she also had on black combat boots with steel toes and wings on the heels. “Magic of friendship, my ass!” the Evil Rainbow Dash shouted. “I don’t need those losers and especially don’t need that bitch Sunset!” Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes at the evil version of herself. “Don’t you ever disrespect my friends!” “And what are you going to do about it?” Evil Dash mocked challengingly. “This!” Rainbow Dash swung her Keyblade, which created an energy wave that went straight towards her evil self. Evil Rainbow Dash simply flew into the air to dodge it. “Too easy,” Evil Dash said confidently before she fired a crimson energy beam from her eyes at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash dodged the attack by taking flight and making her way towards Evil Dash. She delivered another swing at Evil Dash but she maneuvered out of the way and fired another eye blast at Rainbow Dash who blocked it with her Keyblade. “Thunder!” Rainbow Dash called out as she raised her Keyblade, which was now covered in electricity. Storm clouds gathered before a bolt of lightning suddenly shot down towards Evil Dash. Evil Dash just smirked as she easily dodged it. “Your attacks are too slow! Like you!” Evil Dash then proceeded to quickly zoom towards Rainbow. “Barrier!” Rainbow Dash called out as she extended her left hand in front of her, causing a magic barrier to appear in front of her. Evil Dash quickly pulled the brakes as she stopped herself from crashing against the barrier. The barrier soon faded and Rainbow Dash closed in on evil Dash, whacking her several times with her Keyblade before hitting her hard on top of her head and sending her evil self hurtling towards the ground. Rainbow Dash quickly flew after her at an incredible speed and creating a Sonic Rainboom. She easily overtook her falling evil self and delivered a powerful swing with her Keyblade that sent her flying in the opposite direction. She repeated this several more times before sending her back into the air with one last blow. Rainbow Dash then pointed her Keyblade at her evil counterpart. Energy gathered on the tip of her Keyblade before discharging into a beam at Evil Dash. “Like hell you’re beating me!!” Evil Dashed roared as she stopped herself. She then fired a powerful blast with her eye beams which collided with Rainbow’s energy beam. The two beams struggled against each other, trying to overpower the other. “Give it up, Dash! You can’t beat me!” Evil Dash shouted as she put more power into her beam. Rainbow Dash gritted her teeth as she felt her attack being pushed back. “You’re weak, Dash! You’re all alone without your so-called friends to save you!“ Evil Dash laughed as she was starting to overpower Rainbow Dash. “You’re wrong!” Rainbow Dash raised her voice. “I’m not alone; my friends are always with me!” Suddenly, a light amber hand laid on top of hers that were holding the Keyblade. She turned to her left to see a smiling Sunset Shimmer. “Sunset?” She wasn’t alone as five more hands rested on top of hers. Rainbow Dash was shocked to see all her friends, including Princess Twilight. “You guys…” Rainbow Dash soon smiled before looking back at her evil double. “You see, my friends always have my back!” All the girls nodded in agreement as they ponied up. They all combined their energy and the Keyblade shot out a rainbow-colored beam. It easily overpowered the energy attack from Rainbow’s evil self. “No...this can’t be happening...It’s not supposed to end like this!” Evil Dash shouted in horror before she was hit with the Rainbow Blast, completely obliterating her and revealing Sunset Shimmer. “Sunset!” Rainbow Dash quickly flew towards the falling girl, her friends disappearing behind her as she caught Sunset “Sunset, are you okay?” Sunset’s eyes fluttered open before looking at Dash and giving her a small smile. “Hey.” “Oh thank God!” Rainbow Dash buried her face against Sunset’s shoulder and began to cry. “I’m so sorry, Sunset.” “It’s okay, Dash,” Sunset said as she wrapped an arm around the rainbow-haired athlete. “It’s not okay!” Rainbow Dash said as she pulled back to look at Sunset with her tear-filled eyes. “My mistrust in you caused you to be corrupted, and the real you, the one who is a loyal friend, got lost in the darkness of my heart.” “But you managed to find me,” Sunset pointed out. “Thanks, Dash.” “Don’t thank me, I don’t deserve it,” Rainbow Dash cried. “Don’t beat yourself up, Dash. Everyone makes mistakes,” Sunset assured her as she laid a hand against the left side of Dash’s face. “Besides you can always make it up to me.” “You’re right, I promise to make this right,” Rainbow Dash promised as she wiped away her tears. “And while I’m at it, I'm going to make you fall head over heels for me!” “I can’t wait to see you try,” Sunset giggled as she turned into a ball of light and entered Rainbow Dash’s heart. Rainbow Dash placed her hand over her heart and let out a sigh. “Are you alright, Rainbow Dash?” Rainbow Dash turned to her right to see Princess Luna appear out of nowhere. “I’m fine, Princess, and thanks for helping me.” “You’re very welcome, but you won’t be thanking me after I administer your punishment for hurting my niece,” Luna said with a wink, causing Rainbow Dash to laugh nervously. “But now we must find Sunset.” “Right!” Rainbow Dash agreed. “Do you know how we can find her?” “I can use my powers over the dream world to search this chaotic one and find her. That’s how I found you,” Luna suggested. Rainbow Dash looked at her Keyblade and had an idea. “Princess, do you mind if I try something?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Of course. If it can help us find Sunset, then go right ahead,” Luna encouraged Rainbow Dash. “Thanks,” Rainbow Dash gratefully said to the Lunar Princess. She held onto her Keyblade with both hands and began to concentrate. “May my heart be my guiding key.” Luna raised an eyebrow at this last sentence when Rainbow’s Keyblade suddenly shot a beam of energy from the tip and created a portal. “What did you do?” Luna questioned as she stared at the portal in amazement. “I let my heart guide me to where Sunset is,” Rainbow Dash said simply. “Shall we go then?” Luna asked. Rainbow Dash nodded as they both flew into the portal. “What in tarnation?!” Applejack shouted in shock as she found herself in a volcanic wasteland. There were volcanoes erupting all around her and lava was flowing everywhere. But the odd thing was that it wasn’t even hot. She was not sweating bullets. It was comfortably warm and toasty. Applejack was then startled by a car horn which caused her to quickly turn around to see Rarity waving at her from inside a limo. “Rarity?” The driver of the limousine exited the driver’s side to open the door for Rarity. “Thank you, darling,” Rarity thanked the chauffeur as she exited the limo. “You’re welcome, miss,” the chauffeur said before he and the limo disappeared. “Ah should’ve known yah would get here in style,” Applejack said as she approached Rarity. “Of course, I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Rarity said before she and Applejack shared a hug. “It’s good to see that you’re alright, darling. And I love your outfit. It truly screams 'Girl Power'.” “Thanks. Ah had some trouble but Sunset’s father helped me out,” Applejack said before breaking the hug. “Glad yer okay.” “Look out belooow!” Applejack and Rarity looked up to see Pinkie Pie falling towards them. “Pinkie?!” Pinkie noticed Applejack and Rarity, which caused her to smile even more. She immediately hit the brakes and came to a screeching halt just as she was an inch off the ground. “AJ! Rarity!” Pinkie Pie pulled Rarity and Applejack into a tight hug. “I’m so happy to see you, girls!” Pinkie Pie cried comical tears. “We’re happy to see you too, Pinkie Pie,” Rarity struggled to breathe as Pinkie Pie squeezed the air out of her lungs. “Glad to see yah, Pinkie,” Applejack said before noticing a portal appear in the sky. “Looks like we got company.” The girls looked up in time to witness Fluttershy exit the portal as it closed behind her. “Fluttershy!” Pinkie Pie yelled enthusiastically. Fluttershy looked down to see Pinkie Pie waving at her with Applejack and Rarity beside her. “Girls!” Fluttershy swooped down and into the waiting arms of her friends who were more than happy to see her. “Thank heavens you’re alright, Fluttershy,” Rarity said as she hugged her friend tight. Two more portals appeared above them before Twilight, Luna and Rainbow Dash emerged from them. “Princess Luna! Rainbow Dash!” Twilight yelled in joy at seeing her two friends. “Twilight Sparkle!” Princess Luna flew towards Twilight and embraced her. “I’m so glad you’re alright!” Twilight said as she hugged Luna. Twilight felt another pair of arms wrap around her and turned to see Rainbow Dash. She wrapped her left arm around Rainbow Dash and hugged her. “Hey, girls!” Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Princess Luna looked down to see the girls waving at them. Bright smiles spread on the trio’s lips and they swooped down to join the rest of their friends in a group hug. “Aren’t you forgetting somepony?” The group turned to see Discord and Celestia standing side by side. Celestia had a serene smile while Discord waved at them. “Sister! Brother!” Luna cried out in joy as she ran towards her family and hugged them both. “‘Brother’?” Discord questioned. “You are my sister’s special somepony, as well as my niece’s father,” Luna stated. “Not to mention that you’ve earned the right for me to call you brother with your recent actions.” “Wow, Luna. I’m honored,” Discord said. He was truly touched that Luna now considered him her brother. An eruption suddenly brought their attention to one of the volcanoes as it spewed out millions of fruit. Another volcano spat out a mountain that headed towards the group. Acting quickly, Princess Celestia zoomed towards the mountain and caught it. “Whoa.” Rainbow Dash swallowed a lump in her throat as she saw Celestia’s god-like strength. “And ah thought Mac and Ah were strong,” Applejack said in awe. With a mighty roar, the Solar Princess threw the mountain back at the volcano, causing them to explode into millions of stuffed animals. A bright smile spread across Celestia’s lips at seeing the stuffed animals. Oh how she loved them! But she suppressed her joy as she needed to save her daughter. “Sister, look out!” Luna warned as she pointed above her older sister. Celestia looked up to see a massive fireball falling towards her. The Princess of the Sun smirked as she prepared to catch it. “Allow me.” Discord appeared next to Celestia and magically summoned an umbrella. He pulled Celestia close as he opened the umbrella and used it to stop the fireball. As soon as it impacted, the umbrella it exploded into snow. “Good thing you didn’t catch that, huh?” Discord asked as he smirked at Celestia. Another eruption caught their attention and to everyone's shock, they saw something emerge from one of the volcanoes. “Is that…” Rainbow Dash trailed off as she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. “R-Rodan,” Fluttershy shivered in fear at seeing the giant Pteranodon emerge from the volcano. “We have to locate Sunset before things get worse!” Twilight said as she watched the monster. She then turns to look at Princess Celestia. “Princess Celestia, do you know where Sunset is?!” “Yes, she’s somewhere in that volcanic area!” Celestia answered. “Figures,” Twilight said with a sigh. Rodan looked in their direction and let out a roar before swooping down from the volcano and towards the group. “Here he comes,” Applejack called. Suddenly, something flew above them and towards Rodan, colliding with the flying kaiju and stopping his attack. “What the-?! Gamera?!” Rainbow Dash was shocked to see the giant flying turtle kaiju suddenly showing up and fighting Rodan. “He’s here to help us,” Fluttershy said, no longer feeling scared as she clutched at her heart. “Fluttershy?” Rainbow Dash looked to her childhood friend. She had never seen Fluttershy look so determined. “Princess Celestia, show us the way!” Fluttershy said to the Solar Princess. “Right!” Princess Celestia nodded. The Princess of the Sun flew on ahead as Twilight and Rainbow Dash grabbed on to one of Applejack’s arms and carried her while Luna and Fluttershy helped Rarity. Fluttershy cast a glance towards Gamera as he continued to fight Rodan before looking ahead. ‘Thank you,’ Fluttershy gratefully thought. As the group flew over the lava fields and dodged geysers of lava, they managed to reach an area of the lava field that was safe and solid. As soon as they landed, they were immediately swarmed by giant insects. “Ew! Get away!” Rarity shrieked in disgust as she attempted to shoo the bugs away but to no avail. “Out of the way!” Rainbow Dash said as she summoned her Keyblade and swatted the bugs away. She cast a Lightning spell, zapping the bugs. With a swing, she threw a Fire spell, blasting the bugs to ash. Celestia’s eyes glowed as she prepared to cast a spell that would incinerate the insects, but she was tackled to the ground by a literal firefly. Discord tackled the bug off of Celestia before pulling out a rope and tying it up. “Ow!” Rarity rubbed her head as a fruit landed beside her. “Honestly!” Rarity looked on the ground and saw an orange. “Alrighty then.” Rarity pulled out a Sengoku Driver and placed it on her waist. A belt strap looped around her waist before connecting to the other end. She then picked up the orange and it transformed into a Lockseed. “Henshin.” Rarity pressed the side of the Lockseed which unlocked it. [Kachidoki!] Rarity then placed the Kachidoki Lockseed on the Sengoku Driver before pressing down on the shackle and locking it in place. [Lock On!] Rarity then made a pose as she hit the top of the knife attached to the Sengoku Driver which sliced the Lockseed open. The sound of a zipper could be heard as a crack appeared above Rarity and an oddly-shaped orange object descended on top of her. The object unfolded over Rarity and she transformed into Kamen Rider Gaim. [Kachidoki Arms! TAKE THE FIELD! HIP, HIP HURRAH!] “Rarity?” Rainbow Dash could not believe that Rarity, the fashion-obsessed, lady-like girl of all her friends just transformed into a Kamen Rider. The giant insects surrounded Gaim and fired their stingers at her. The stingers impacted against her armor but they did nothing. Gaim then pulled out her DJ Gun and scratched the DJ-like disk on the side of the gun. Gaim then switched the DJ Gun’s setting to high before aiming the gun at the bugs and pulling the trigger, causing the gun to fire rapidly like a machine gun. The rest of the group watched in amazement as Rarity wiped out the bugs, but then more showed up and merged to make a massive flying insect. Gaim looked at the combined giant insect without a hint of worry as she simply removed the Lockseed from her belt and attached it to the side of the DJ Gun. [Lock on!] Gaim aimed the gun at the insect as it charged power before firing it at the insect. [TRIUMPHANT CHARGE!] The blast completely destroyed the monster. “Hmph!” Rarity said as she turned back to normal. She then turned to her friends and smiled at them. “Shall we be on our way?” The Rainbooms and Princess Twilight were speechless while Discord, Celestia and Luna looked impressed. “Rarity, why didn’t you tell me you were into Kamen Rider?!” Rainbow Dash demanded. “I wasn’t sure how you would react,” Rarity said as she rubbed her arm nervously. “Since it’s odd for someone like me to like this kind of thing.” “Are you kidding? That’s awesome!” Rainbow Dash raised her voice in delight. “Really?” Rarity was pleasantly surprised by this. She figured Rainbow Dash would tease her about her hobby. “Yeah, we should definitely watch some episodes together after we save Sunset,” Rainbow Dash suggested. “I would like that,” Rarity said as they all continued their way to Sunset’s location. They all soon arrived at a large lake in the middle of a charred wasteland. “Sunset is somewhere in there,” Celestia said as she motioned to the lake. Suddenly, there was a red glow in the center of the lake. “What is that?” Twilight asked as she could see something surfacing from the lake. “Oh my gosh, it’s a monster!” Pinkie Pie shouted as she was suddenly wearing a pilot’s uniform. A monster roared as it emerged from the lake, a roar that the Rainbooms were very familiar with. After all, they had seen the movies. “N-no way,” Rainbow Dash stuttered. She broke out in a cold sweat as she gawked at the monster. “G-Godzilla,” Fluttershy whimpered as she started trembling. “He doesn’t look so good,” Pinkie Pie noted as they all noticed that Godzilla was glowing red in his chest, stomach, thighs and spines. “Don’t tell me we have to beat that thing?!” Twilight questioned as she saw the kaiju approaching them. “Wait a moment, Sunset’s magic signature is moving closer,” Celestia noted. "But how can-” Godzilla roared before firing his red atomic breath at the group. Celestia, Discord, Luna and Twilight jumped in front and created an energy shield to block Godzilla’s attack. “This energy...it’s Sunset’s!” Celestia said as she and the other three Equestrians struggled to hold back Godzilla’s attack. “No way!” Rainbow Dash couldn’t believe it. There was no way that Sunset had become Godzilla. It just wasn’t possible! But this was the chaotic world that Sunset had created so nothing was impossible here. Godzilla finally stopped his attack, letting out another roar before continuing his march towards the group. Each of its heavy footsteps made the ground shake. “How are we supposed to save Sunset if she has turned into that beast?” Rarity asked. “With the Magic of Friendship,” Twilight stated. “Then we better do it fast. Godzilla there looks like he could explode any minute,” Rainbow Dash pointed out as Godzilla’s body started rapidly flashing red. The group charged towards Godzilla who saw them and fired another atomic breath. “Not this time!” Discord said as he snapped his fingers. “What the-?!” Luna was shocked to find herself seated in what looked like a room with flashing buttons. “Here we go!” Discord shouted as he, Celestia and Luna were dressed as Power Rangers. He pushed a lever forward which prompted the Mighty Morphing Megazord to charge ahead to intercept Godzilla’s attack. Sparks flew from the Megazord as well as inside the cockpit from the powerful attack. Twilight flew straight at Godzilla but had to stop due to the intense heat he was giving off. Godzilla raised his arm to swat her away but it was blocked by a silver and pink hand. “I gotcha, Twilight!” “Pinkie?”Twilight was surprised to see a giant humanoid that was silver and pink with Pinkie’s cutie mark on its thighs. In between the humanoid’s breasts was a blue balloon-shaped crystal. “That’s Ultra Pinkie!” Ultra Pinkie said as she pushed Godzilla away. “Sunny, it’s us! We’re here to save you!” Godzilla simply roared in pain as lights flashed from his chest before he fired an atomic breath at Ultra Pinkie. Pinkie evaded by flying away then flew back to tackle Godzilla to the ground. “Sunny, we’re trying to help you!” Ultra Pinkie said as she struggled with holding Godzilla down. The kaiju was not making it easy as it roared and thrashed. Godzilla’s chest continued to flash red when the ground around him started trembling before a gigantic Sunset Satan erupted from the ground. She fired an energy blast at Pinkie, which caused sparks to fly from the impact area and forced her to release Godzilla as she fell to the ground. “Pinkie!” Applejack shouted in horror as she watched her best friend go down. “Applejack, look out!” Rarity warned the farmer. Applejack turned around in time to see Mega Sunset Satan leaping right at her but she was hit by an energy blast. “I’ve got you covered, Applejack!” Rarity said as she was now Kamen Rider Build Rabbit Rabbit Form. “But who’s got you?” another Sunset Satan said from behind Rarity but she was tackled by a bear. “Me!” Fluttershy shouted firmly. Another Sunset Satan shoved the bear off of herself and glared at Fluttershy who glared back. “Fluttershy get down!” Rarity shouted as she aimed her Fullbottle Buster at Fluttershy. [Full Bottle Break!] Fluttershy ducked as Rarity fired a powerful energy blast that hit both Sunset Satans and destroyed them. “Where in the world did they come from?!” Applejack asked as they were surrounded by Sunset Satans. Rainbow Dash knocked aside a Sunset Satan as she made her way towards Godzilla. “Sunset!” Godzilla roared as he looked at Rainbow Dash. “We want to help you, Sunset! Please! You have to let us!” Rainbow Dash pleaded with the kaiju. Godzilla merely looked at Rainbow Dash before roaring in pain. Waves of energy shot from his melting spines and destroyed whatever was behind him. Something suddenly emerged from Godzilla’s chest and it was Sunset Shimmer. “Sunset!” Rainbow Dash shouted, feeling relieved at seeing her best friend. “It hurts, it hurts so much!” Sunset screamed in pain. The whites of her eyes were now red and there were glowing crimson cracks on her skin. “Hang on! I’m coming!” Rainbow Dash quickly zoomed towards Sunset but the intense heat repelled her. “No!” Rainbow Dash powered through the intense heat but she was stopped by Twilight who teleported them away. “Twilight, what are you doing?!” Rainbow Dash demanded as she struggled in Twilight’s grip. “Keeping you from hurting yourself,” Twilight said, wincing from the pain of the burns on her body. “We need all of us to save Sunset!” Rainbow Dash noticed the burn marks on Twilight’s wings before wincing from the pain of her own burns. “Thanks, Twi.” Rainbow Dash gratefully said. “Don’t mention it,” Twilight smiled at Rainbow Dash before facing Godzilla. She focused her magic and teleported the girls to her except for Pinkie who stood up next to them. “Ready, girls?” Rarity and Pinkie turned back to normal and Pinkie floated next to the group as they all held hands. “Ready!” Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie confirmed. Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty and Magic, the Magic of Friendship and Elements of Harmony coursed through the girls as they prepared their magnificent rainbow blast. However, standing in their way was several giant Sunset Satans and an army of normal-sized ones. “Give it up!” the demons said at once. “Heads up!” The demons’ eyes widened as one of the giant Sunset Satans was thrown at them, knocking the giants down. “Big finish!” Discord said as his Megazord was flanked by two others, the Lightspeed Megazord and the Time Force Megazord. All three Megazords charged their swords before slashing forward which combined to create a powerful slash that destroyed all the demons. “They did it!” Pinkie Pie cheered before a blast of Godzilla’s supercharged red atomic breath shot forth and hit the swords. “She’s too strong!” Luna said from the cockpit as sparks were flying everywhere. Godzilla fired another atomic breath, blowing off the Time Megazord’s left arm off. Another powerful atomic breath caused all the Megazords to go limp before falling forward. Godzilla let out a triumphant roar as his body unleashed more deadly radiation that laid waste to his surroundings. “Oh no.” Fluttershy looked on with worry as they all heard Sunset’s cry of agony. Godzilla roared in pain as he started to fade away, leaving Sunset floating in mid-air. “Sunset!” Sunset looked at her friends. She managed a small strained smile as her body radiated magic that started to tear up the environment. “I’m sorry girls, but this is goodbye,” Sunset sadly said. “Sunset, don’t say that!” Rainbow Dash shouted. “Please, darling! Don’t give up!” Rarity urged as fear started to grip her heart. “I’m sorry girls, thank you for everything,” Sunset said as steam came out of her eyes in place of tears and as her body started glowing before she vanished. “NO!” Everyone screamed in horror as Sunset vanished once again, this time for good. “This..this can’t be the end,” Rarity said in disbelief, her mascara running down the sides of her face. “No! I won’t let it be the end! Not like this!” Rainbow Dash shouted as tears spilled from her eyes. “We can’t give up now, not after coming this far,” Applejack said. “And we won’t,” Twilight said. “We won’t give up!” The girls felt the Magic of Friendship course through them. The Magic of Friendship gathered in Applejack and a lasso of magic appeared in her right hand. “W-hat am Ah suppose ta do with this?” Applejack asked as she looked at the lasso. “Trust your heart and use it, Applejack,” Rainbow Dash said as she laid a hand on her friend’s shoulder. Applejack looked at Rainbow’s eyes before nodding. She took a deep breath before exhaling, closing her eyes. Applejack focused on all the good moments she had with Sunset with all the laughter and smiles they shared. She swung the lasso over her head before throwing it forward. The noose of the lasso suddenly vanished. “It disappeared,” Fluttershy said. Applejack looked at the lasso in confusion before feeling a strong tug on it. She held the lasso tightly as she attempted to pull whatever it got. A vortex suddenly opened and Sunset Shimmer was slowly being dragged out with the rope wrapped around her waist. “Sunset!” The rest of the girls went to Applejack and helped her pull Sunset out. “We got you, Sunset!” “Hang on!” “What are you doing? Can’t you see that when I die, I’ll take you all with me,” Sunset said in confusion as she was being pulled out. “You’re not going to die, Sunset!” Rainbow Dash shouted. “Yeah, so quit saying that!” Pinkie Pie said. “No matter what you say, Sunset, we’re not letting you go!” Twilight said with determination. “We’re family, Sunset!” Applejack stated. “We’ve made some mistakes and hurt you,” Rarity said, pulling on the rope with all her strength. “But we’re not going to make the mistake of letting you die!” Fluttershy spoke with great determination as she pulled on the rope. “You’ll be smiling again in no time, Sunny!” Pinkie Pie said as she pulled hard on the rope. Sunset listened to her friends' determination. She was beyond words as they made her feel so loved. “Sunset!” Sunset saw her mother, father and aunt approaching her at top speed. “We’re here, Sunset!” Luna shouted as she joined the girls in pulling on the rope. “Don’t you give up on us, sweetie!” Discord said as he joined Luna. “We won’t let you go, Sunset!” Celestia said, looking at her daughter as she grabbed the rope and started pulling. Seeing all of her family fighting so hard for her, Sunset felt herself wanting to stay with them. Everyone pulled with all their strength as the air around Sunset started to crack, signaling the imminent catastrophe that was about to unfold. “Together!” Celestia shouted as everyone gave one last pull and pulled Sunset out of the vortex. Celestia and Discord jumped towards Sunset with outstretched hands. Sunset stretched her arms towards her parents, her body flaring with unstable chaotic magic as she was about to explode. The rest of the group watched on before they had to cover their eyes as the trio was consumed by a bright light that soon spread out and consumed everything. The group slowly opened their eyes and found themselves in a forest covered in snow as it snowed gently around them. “Did it work?” Applejack asked. “Look there!” Fluttershy pointed ahead to Discord and Celestia, both who were hugging their daughter close. “They did it!” Pinkie Pie cheered as Sunset’s body no longer had those ugly red veins anymore. The group rushed towards them, big smiles on their faces as they saw that they were all okay. “How is she?” Luna asked as she knelt down in front of her family. She reached out to brush a stray hair away from Sunset’s face. “She’s going to be fine,” Celestia said with tears in her eyes. It worked. Her and Discord’s combined magic has stabilized Sunset’s and saved her life. Everyone let out a loud cheer that shook the forest. They had saved Sunset. A cold breeze blew which caused the group, minus Discord and Celestia, to shiver. “Can we please get out of here before we freeze?” Rarity said as her teeth chattered. She really wished she had one of her trendy winter ensembles on right now. Discord and Celestia looked to one another and giggled before Discord snapped his fingers, causing them all to vanish.