Cadence glared at Starlight with her glowing red eyes as Starlight stared back at her with a calm expression on her face. The rainbow aura glowing brightly. Thunder boomed above their heads as her party watched in anticipation.
"What's she doing?" asked Sunset.
"Wait for it," said Mario smiling. Cadence rushed towards Starlight as she blasted her with magic. But Starlight sidestepped and struck Cadence with an uppercut as she closed in on her. Cadence was knocked back to her original spot, but before she could move Starlight suddenly appeared in front of her and barraged her with a flurry of punches before landing one last punch knocking her back even more. Cadence wiped the blood off her face and growled. All the while Starlight staring at her with calm golden eyes. Cadence growled as she rushed towards her screaming.
"You'll pay!" she hissed.
"We'll see," Starlight mumbled under her breath. She waited as Cadence got close enough. She smirked, "Time to finish this!" As she made her proclamation, a large bolt of lightning came crashing down on her, covering her body in electricity. The rainbow aura flashed as she rushed forward and tackled Cadence knocking her onto her back. As Cadence sat up Starlight summoned four large portals using her magic. The portals flashed as Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, Princess Celestia, Zecora, several Timberwolves, and the Mane 6 from different time periods jumped out of three of the four portals and ponies from her village, when they still had their equal sign cutie marks, jumped out from the fourth. Cadence gasped as Starlight pointed one of her hooves at her. "GO!" she ordered. The large group of ponies and Timberwolves charged and barraged Cadence with a flurry of attacks doing massive damage. All the while Starlight began charging up an attack with her magic. After 10 seconds of attack Starlight raised her horn and fired off a powerful blast of blue aura. The attackers noticed and quickly scattered and jumped back into the portals as the beam of magic swallowed Cadence. After another 10 seconds, there was a loud screech as Cadence was sent flying.
"What power!" exclaimed Eleven. Starlight gasped and looked over to Cadence as light burst out of her limp body. Her attack had caused the barrier, keeping the rest of her party out, to shatter. Her party stared at her in awe. The rainbow aura had disappeared and her eyes had returned to normal. All the dark clouds that was hovering above them had scattered, revealing the setting sun in the horizon. Starlight turned around to face her friends who were still in a state of shock. After another minute of silence, Spike ran up and gave her a hug.
"Starlight you were amazing!" cheered Spike.
"What really?" asked Starlight.
"He's right, I've never seen such powerful magic," said Sunset.
"Well aside from that last attack, it was awesome!" said Spike. "By the way wasn't that giant laser beam the same move you used to banish Discord from Twilight's school?"
"I guess so," answered Starlight. "Although it felt more powerful than usual,"
"That must be because of your Final Smash," said Mario walking up to her.
"My what?" asked Starlight.
"It's an extremely powerful move, that fighters like us use during battle," explained Link. "Think of it like your Ultimate move,"
"Wow, Starlight you can use a final smash?" asked Spike.
"Ah well," Starlight laughed nervously. She didn't know how to explain it to Spike. She couldn't tell him that she got this power from a disembodied voice that called themselves a god.
"Who cares about whether or not she can use it, she won!" said Bowser. Her party cheered as they surrounded her. Starlight laughed as they picked her up and tossed her in the air.
"Hey Starlight, I think your friend is waking up," said Piranha Plant. Starlight gasped as she teleported back onto the ground. She ran over to Cadence who was sitting up.
"Ow," groaned Cadence.
"Princess Cadence!" Starlight cried out. Cadence looked over to see Starlight running over to her.
"Oh Starlight, is everything alright?" asked Cadence. Tears rolled down her cheek as she hugged her. "Whoa Starlight what's wrong?" asked Cadence.
"I'm sorry!" Starlight sobbed. "I couldn't protect you," Cadence looked at her with a surprised look.
"Starlight is this about..." her voice trailed off.
"Cadence!" She looked up as Twilight hugged her.
"Twilight wha?" Cadence asked surprised. The two ponies sobbed in Cadence's arms as the rest of the party walked over to them.
"Aww how sweet," cooed Peach.
"I don't think now's the time for that," said Lucario.
"Poyo?" Kirby asked tilting his head. Starlight and Twilight slowly pulled away from Cadence giving her some space.
"Princess I'm so glad you're alright," said Starlight. "After I saw those streams of light enter your castle I thought..." Starlight was interrupted by Cadence's sudden gasp.
"Where's Flurry Heart!?" she asked. Starlight froze. She had completely forgotten that Flurry Heart was there when her mother was killed by Galeem. "Starlight where's Flurry?" Cadence asked. Starlight averted her gaze. Unable to admit the fact that Flurry was gone, Starlight remained silent. Cadence's eyes widened as she grabbed Starlight. "Starlight where's Flurry, please tell me she's ok!" Starlight looked down. "Please, Starlight!" Cadence whimpered. She looked up at her with tears in her eyes and shook her head.
"I'm sorry," she said. Cadence slowly let go of her as she slumped down.
"No," she whimpered. "No," Her eyes began watering as she covered her face with her hooves and began to sob. Twilight and Spike walked over to her to comfort her. Meanwhile Mario took off his hat and held it over his chest. The others watched with sad looks in their eyes as Cadence cried for her child. Starlight gritted her teeth and stomped the ground. She turned around and looked in the direction Galeem.
"Fuck you Galeem!!!" Starlight yelled angrily. She slumped down as tears began rolling down her face.
"Can you guys give us a minute?" Mario asked the others. They nodded as they walked off leaving Mario alone with Starlight, Cadence, Twilight, and Spike. He walked over to Starlight and put his hand on her shoulder. "Starlight," Mario said calmly.
"Sorry Mario," Starlight apologized. "I should probably watch my language,"
"Starlight of all the times you apologize for your language, now's not the best," sighed Mario. "I understand how you feel," Starlight looked up at Mario. He looked back at her with eyes of empathy as he took a seat next to her. Starlight quickly wiped the tears from her eyes. "I know it hurts to lose someone close to you," said Mario.
"So what, are you going to tell me, now's not the time to be upset?" asked Starlight.
"That's true, but if you need to cry, then let the tears run," said Mario.
"That's the first time I heard you say something like that," sniffled Starlight.
"Oh trust me, I say things like that a lot in my world," said Mario. "Starlight I just wanna say I'm proud of you,"
"Really?" asked Starlight.
"You've changed a lot since the first time we've met," said Mario. "You've grown stronger and more confident," He looked at her with a smile.
"Thanks Mario," said Starlight.
"Do you wanna talk to your friend?" Mario asked looking over at Cadence.
"Yeah sure," said Starlight.
"Alright," said Mario standing up. "Hey Twilight, Spike, I think Starlight wants to talk to your friend," Twilight pat Cadence on the back before picking up Spike and walked away with Mario. Starlight walked over to Cadence who looked up to her with tears in her eyes.
"Princess," said Starlight.
"I'm sorry Starlight," said Cadence.
"For what?" asked Starlight.
"For making you worry," said Cadence.
"No it's fine," said Starlight. "Besides I was more worried about you,"
"I heard everything from Twilight," said Cadence. "Do you think Flurry is out there?"
"I'm sure she is," said Starlight. She plopped down next to her.
"I just hope she's alright," said Cadence.
"We'll see her again," said Starlight. "I promise,"
"Yeah, ok," said Cadence. She wiped the tears from eyes and looked over at Starlight. "Thanks,"
"Don't thank me, thank my friends," said Starlight. "Come on, let's go regroup,"
"Alright, yeah," said Cadence. Starlight helped her up and the two made their way back to rejoin with the others.