//------------------------------// // Battle with Gaea Everfree // Story: Dōjutsu // by Northguard //------------------------------// Sunset ran with the others not far behind. Sunset was then knocked to the ground by a vine and several more came in her direction, but Twilight came in front of them and raised her palm. "Almighty push!" she said out loud and a powerful repulsive force formed around her and Sunset like a bubble deflecting all vines coming their way. When it stopped Twilight grabbed Sunset by the arm and ran to find a hiding spot. After a few moments of running and avoiding vines Twilight and Sunset managed to hide behind a boulder where the rest of the main 7 were hiding as well. "Are ya'll okay?" Applejack asked. "As okay as it can get at the moment." Twilight answered. "That's good. I think." Rainbow Dash said. "What are we going to do?" Fluttershy asked. The group looked at each other while trying to come up with a plan. "If some of you could create a diversion I may be able to land a good blow." Twilight eventually answered. "I volunteer!" Pinkie said. "Me too." Rainbow Dash added. "Okay. You two go on her right side then I'll go left." Twilight said. "Go." "Hey! Ugly! Over here!" Pinkie shouted as she ran out of their hiding spot. "You can't catch us!" Rainbow Dash further teased while dodging vines. Twilight ran out back silently and came to a stop. She stretched out her arm and focused her energy. "Universal-" "Twilight! Get down!" *CRUNCH* *SPLAT* Twilight looked up to where she had been standing to see Sunset standing there with a vine straight through her chest, blood dripping down. "W-why..?" was all Twilight managed to stutter out. "B-because I-I lov-" Sunset managed to say before she gasped for air as her body fell limb. She was dead. "S-Sunset? Sunset?! No! Please no!" Twilight shouted. The vine retracted and Sunset's body fell to the ground. The main 5 ran towards the two avoiding the brambles as they made their way up to Twilight. Applejack helped Twilight up to her feet and pulled her towards another hiding spot as fast as she could with the rest of them following close behind. Unfortunately for them Gaea was ready for them to go hide and brambles shot at them from every direction. *STAB* *SPLAT* *CRUNCH* Twilight had instinctively performed almighty push, sparing her life, but when she looked around all hope and happiness in her was crushed. All of her friends had been stabbed by multiple vines. The world disappeared for Twilight. Her friends had just died and she didn't save them. It was all her fault. All her feelings were replaced by an unbearable pain. The pain of knowing that all your friends died because you didn't do anything, because you were a coward. Twilight shattered mind was to clouded to hear Gaea's maniacal laughter and teasing. Even with her eyes as wide as dinner plates, she could barely see anything. Her pain was too great for her to focus on anything. As she tried to hold onto her sanity Nagato's voice echoed through her mind. "Show her your pain. Let her feel the pain course through her veins. Unlock your true potential, descendant of the Uzumaki clan." Then something in her mind snapped. Her vision returned and reality came back to her. She slowly stood up and slowly clapped her hands together before uttering to words: "Planetary Devastation."