5 Fallen Souls, 1 highly trained assassin, the odds couldn't be in better favors. The combatants were locked in a standstill, while the Elites had their demonic powers to overwhelm the assassin; however, Inferno had 10 years of demon-killing and combat experience, and he surprisingly gave the 5 Fallen Souls a challenge they had never faced before in their lives.
While they were preoccupied with their adversary, the king rose from atop his throne, conjured up a dual-bladed spear and aimed it at the city. "MINIONS!!! TAKE THE CITY!!! FALLEN SOULS, YOU ARE TO DESTROY THE RETCHED ASSASSIN, NOW!!!" Eternal's voice echoed.
Right away, the creatures of evil flew off into the city, about to unleash armageddon. But as they all drew near, suddenly the girls appeared and formed a line to hold back the demon horde. Rarity uses her diamond shield to repel back any of the airborne demons and slice through a few of them. Rainbow Dash uses her flight and super speed to divert most of the demonic army away from the city. Twilight then uses her telekinesis to push back the ground force of the army, halting them in their tracks. Applejack uses her strength to hurl boulders at most of the charging demons coming her way.
"Y'all ain't goin' anywhere!" AJ shouted confidentiality.
"Hey! Ghoulies! Who wants a piece of… the Dash?" Rainbow provoked, gesturing to herself, quirking an eyebrow as she smirked. She got lots and lots of takes as more aerial demons chased after her. She acted quickly, zooming around these creatures in a circle, then charged straight at some of them, kicking them out of the air.
Some tried to grab her, but she proved to be a very fast adversary. But when a few of them grabbed her, Rarity used her diamonds, slicing them up and freeing her friend.
"Shame on you all! You know better than to handle a lady like that!" Rarity scolded. Meanwhile, Twilight used her telekinesis to a whole other level by keeping a large handful of the ground demons at bay, pinning most of them to the ground.
"I'll squish you all and feed your carcasses to the sharks, you damn dirty demons!" Twilight was still pissed off from the demons taking away her boyfriend like that. Meanwhile, with Flash and Halo being surrounded by demons, they reached into their pocket and pulled out these little flashlights, which made some of the demons laugh.
"Shall we shed some light on this party?" Halo asked.
"For victory… for glory," Flash nodded before they turned them on. Soon, the rays of the lights made a handful of demons screech in pain. The flashlights they had in question were actually hand-crafted by Inferno and both lights were powered by moonstones, making the rays a whole lot more deadly for demons.
The more exposed the demons were, the more they disintegrated into nothing. Some of the demons ran off to avoid getting fried, others tried to come at Flash and Halo to swap their flashlights out of their hands.
"When you see an opening, let's break for it!" Flash said.
"That's gonna be a miracle in itself!" Halo said. The two boys kept trying their hardest to stop the demons and try to make an opening.
Eternal watched in annoyance. "These mortals do not know when to call it quits," he said, gripping the arms rest of his throne. Heat, on the other hand, had an idea of how to please his brother and ease his troubles. He stood up from his throne and unfurled his demonic wings. "Do not let yourself get killed out there."
Heat remained silent, but nodded at the king's command before taking flight and heading off into battle with his demon army. He arrived on the battlegrounds, standing in front of his soldiers and even stood face-to-face… with a certain lavender telekinetic genius.
"Sire! Don't do this! We can handle this mere mortal lady ourselves!" one of the demons insisted to their prince. Heat shook his head left and right. Twilight was astonished and hurt beyond words and couldn't describe how conflicted she felt about this. Her own boyfriend, Heat Blitz, under the spell of the demons, is forced to fight her against his own will and he can't break free.
"Heat… don't you remember who I am?" Twilight asked.
The young demon prince did not say a word, nor made a sound. He stood there staring at her with an emotionless facial expression. Using his newfound demon magic to summon a dark blade in his hand, then slowly walks towards the nerdy girl.
"Heat, I don't wanna do this to you, so for your own good, put that sword down!" Twilight urged, putting her hands up, preparing to fight him. Heat's expression remained unchanged and stepped forward, causing Twilight to sigh and make the hardest decision of her life. "I'm sorry I have to do this, but… I still love you," she said, pinning him down using her telekinesis. She then sent his sword flying out of his hand.
Suddenly, he broke out of her grasp and flew straight at Twilight, tackling her, but took her up to the skies. The two went upwards more and more, until Twilight uses her magic and sends out a magic shockwave which forces Heat to let go and forces him back.
As the two dueled in the skies, Fluttershy and Pinkie were still inside, helping out Inferno take down the Fallen Souls. Pinkie kept blinding the elite team with her explosive sprinkles and knocking them back with her party cannon.
Inferno diverts 3 of the Elites away from the two girls, leaving them to face two Elites that were once their special people; Israel and Copper Plume. The assassin tangles with Frostbite, who almost had him in a chokehold until Inferno kicks him off him and delivers a straight uppercut to the face. And then the assassin gets kicked from behind by Blazing and is knocked down onto the ground. Before he and Lightning could be able to pin him, Inferno grabs out his moonstone smoke pellets and tosses them at the two Elites. Causing the two to feel burning pain from the moonstone-laced smoke.
As the assassin dukes it out with the other 3 Elites, Fluttershy and Pinkie are left to battle with the two Elite mages.
"Plumey! Plumey, it's me! Your Pinkie-Winkie!" Pinkie shouted.
"Israel, don't you remember me? It's your precious Flutters!" Fluttershy said. But they didn't respond to the girls' call. "It's no use, they're still under Grogar's control!"
"Then we've gotta use that potion right now!" Pinkie suggested.
“But how? We don’t have it.” Fluttershy replied, only to receive a sly grin from Pinkie and suddenly the pink party girl pulls out the potion from her hair and loads it in her party cannon.
“How did you… you know what, nevermind.” Fluttershy said.
"Now watch me work my magic tricks. THIS IS FOR YOU, BOYS!!!" Pinkie shouted. Upon pulling the trigger, she launched the potion at the boys, getting both of them in one shot. They roared from the impact and landed on the ground hard a few feet away from the girls.
Fluttershy ran up to the two and so did Pinkie, comforting them and tried to talk them down. "Come on, Israel, snap out of it! You're not Grogar's soldier. He was just using you to feed off your negative energy to make himself stronger! You can fight this!" Fluttershy said.
"Same goes for you, Plumey-poo! You would've never let that monster control your actions so easily, you're too good for him! Please, open your eyes! Come back to me! I… I love you!" Pinkie Pie begged.
In mere moments, the two mages shouted in agony, their bodies jolting as black mass seeped out of their bodies. Both boys collapsed in Pinkie's and Fluttershy's arms. They opened up their eyes seconds later, gasping and sitting up.
'Wha-- Where… am I?" Copper asked.
"Hey… who spiked my Pepsi?" Israel asked. He and Copper looked up, seeing Fluttershy and Pinkie, getting all wide-eyed. "Flutters?"
"Pinkie Pie?" Copper asked. Pinkie squeed and hugged her boyfriend.
"PLUMEY-POO!!! I missed you so-so-SO much! I’m never leaving you alone again!” Pinkie stated, hugging him tightly, not wanting to let go.
"Umm... P-P-Pinkie-poo, I… can't breathe!" Copper struggled to say.
"Oopsies, sorry," Pinkie said, giving him more breathing room and just showered her boyfriend with loving kisses on his cheeks and lips.
"Was she always this cute and emotional?" Israel asked, still in a daze.
"Nothing comes between Pinkie and Copper. Those two are inseparable," Fluttershy said. "But anyways, are you feeling okay?"
"Aside from some weird blast in the face, I'm okay. But man… I really screwed up," Israel said, putting a hand over his head. His eyes darted towards the staff in his other hand. "This… this disgusting power in my hand… I can't believe I would even think of doing such a thing. How could I have been such an idiot!" Israel shouted, tossing his staff away from him. But the staff quickly vaporized in a purple aura and reappeared in his hand.
"What? How did--?" Fluttershy asked.
"It's the negative energy within us, man. Our weapons choose their masters, we can't just toss them like yesterday's trash," Copper said, covered in Pinkie's lipstick, even though she doesn't wear any. Fluttershy and Israel's pupils shrunk, but Israel looked like he was about to burst out laughing from how Copper looked. "Don't… even… think about it. I can't help it if Pinkie's so attached to me that she has to smother me like this." Copper said, unamused.
“HEY! LOVEBIRDS!” A voice calls out to the four, they turn around to see Inferno locked in mortal bound with Frostbite, Blazing, and Lightning. And looked like the three Elites were about to tear his limbs off. “I CAN USE A HAND HERE!” He shouted.
The adorable duo then helped Israel and Copper back on their feet and readied themselves for some more action. The former mages lit up their staffs.
"I'mma 'bout to whip somebody's ass!" Israel sang, glare.
"Ready to kick some booty, Pinkie?" Copper asked, giving her a confident smirk.
"Sure, but let's make this snappy. I've got plans to do with you after this fiasco is over," Pinkie replied, winking at her boyfriend.
"GET THE TRAITORS!!!" Frostbite yelled as the 3 winged elite soldiers charged forth. Inferno, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Copper and Israel charged forth also, going at it again in another clash. Pinkie and Copper faced off with Blazing, Fluttershy and Israel faced off with Lightning, and Inferno faced off with Frostbite.
"You're going to regret the day you interfered with us! I'll crush you, tear you limb from limb!" Frostbite threatened, blocking and launching punch after punch. Inferno dodge his attacks, blocking and juking, until he finally launched a few attacks of his own; grappling the Elite Demon General tightly and tossing him to the ground.
“The only thing I regret is letting you guys choose the wrong side.” Inferno stated, as their fierce battle continues. As for the other two couples, they were having no trouble at all.
Fluttershy and Israel’s teamwork, easily overwhelmed Lightning; not allowing him to get the upper hand. Lightning tries to out maneuver the two, but Israel’s magic prevents him from escaping his grasp. And worst of all, when he tried to go for Fluttershy, the animal caretaker unleashed her fierce ability on the Elite; her Stare.
"Don't… you… dare!" she said, intimidating the soldier and causing him to back off. But just when their luck seemed to be changing, they're caught by surprise when the alpha Drakai swoops in and snatched Fluttershy, making her scream.
"Fluttershy!!!" Israel yelled, rushing over to save her; however, Lightning grabs him from behind holding him back.
As the mage struggles to break free, the Alpha has Fluttershy pinned to the ground and then raises his razor sharp claws, preparing to end the kind girl’s life.
“Any last words… you worthless bitch.” The Alpha said. But before he could deliver the killing blow, a loud howl was heard across the castle, startling the Alpha, the other girls and the two former mages, the elites, Eternal, and the other demons.
Out of nowhere, Daris appears from the shadows of the castle, roaring angrily at the Alpha and then runs over to tackle him off of Fluttershy. The two demons fell to the ground, with Daris flinging the Alpha 10 feet away from Fluttershy.
The small Drakai puts himself between the Alpha and Fluttershy, protecting her at any cost. The Alpha gets up from his fall and faces the traitor in front of him. On top of his throne, even Eternal was displeased by how one of his demons were defending the mortals.
"You dare betray your own kingdom for those lowly human scums?" Eternal asks, holding back his anger.
“Step aside, this human is mine to kill! Your Alpha commands it.” The Alpha demanded.
Daris gives of a small combination of growls and grunts, before he finally did something that shocked everyone across the battlefield… he spoke. “NOOOOOO!!!” Daris roared at the Alpha.
"Daris… did you just…?" Fluttershy asked in astonishment.
"I… owe Fluttershy… my life when she took me in… after Heat Blitz revitalized me! I will not... let you... lay a hand… or claw… on her or ANY HUMAN!!!" Daris proclaimed.
"Such a disappointment… you always were the lowest and the weakest of the Drakai. I guess I'll just have to destroy you myself. And then, I'm taking down your little friend. Prepare for the end, you worthless underling," the alpha said before howling.
Daris howled in reply before the two charged at each other, both headbutting each other and soon wrestling each other to the ground. The two claw at each other, biting at their neck and limbs before the Alpha tosses Daris to the ground. He then pounces on the reformed Drakai, but proves to be a mistake when Daris catches him with both of his feet and then kicks him over his head and into the ground.
The two dueling Drakais got up from the ground and then lunged at each other again. The Alpha claws at Daris’s face, scarring his right eye. Daris retaliates by using his tail claw to grab at the Alpha’s claw before it could slash at him again and then rolls over, now being the one on top of the Alpha. Then Daris returns the favor and claws at the Alpha’s armor and knocks the helmet off the Alpha’s head, then delivers a barrage of punches at the large drakai’s face.
Fluttershy watches in horror as her friend is now fighting to protect her.
Daris kept one claw on the alpha's neck, then used his other claw to mash up his face with a barrage of punches. Demonic blood was splattering all over the floors and the walls. Some of the alpha's blood even got on Daris. The alpha then takes his tail claw and then slashes at Daris’s side. The smaller drakai howled in pain before the Alpha tossed him against the walls with enough force to shatter it. The Alpha gets up from his bloody beating and then grabs onto Daris’s leg and then flings him around, slamming him against the walls. Then he delivers a few bloody beatings then flings him towards another wall.
Daris falls to the ground, with his body all bruised and bloody from the beating he received. He struggles to get up as the Alpha stomps his foot onto the drakai’s back, applying more pressure; threatening to break his spine.
Fluttershy was in tears seeing how her friend was about to get killed. With no hesitation at all, she uses up all the inner strength she had and then shouts out at the alpha. “LEAVE HIM ALONE, PLEASE!” She yelled, emotionally. Her pleas catch the Alpha’s attention, turning his focus on her.
"The alpha takes orders from no one except his king. This filth has betrayed the pack and joined the weaker side and must be dealt with accordingly. I will not have this filthy traitor breathing another breath of air! It is an insult to our kingdom and demons everywhere!" the Alpha stated.
“Daris… Is not a filthy traitor!” Fluttershy argued. “He’s the most gentle and loyal friend I have ever met. And I know he’s strong, brave, helpful and… he’s even greater than you’ll ever be!” She shouted.
The Alpha growls in rage after hearing that, he did not like being called inferior by anyone; even a weak, puny human. “DON’T… EVER… SPEAK TO ME… LIKE I’M INFERIOR!!!” He roared in rage and attempted to kill the animal lover.
But suddenly, he hears a howl behind him, causing him to turn around. Only to see Daris charging towards him at full speed, raising his claws in the air and then slashes at the Alpha’s exposed neck. Massive amounts of blood poured out of his neck wound, with the Alpha choking on his blood as he fell on his knees; then finally, to the ground.
Daris grunts heavily and falls on his claws in exhaustion. "Daris! Are you alright?" Fluttershy asks, cupping the sides of his face. The drakai growls softly, saying that he’s alright; just tired. "You saved my life. I'm so happy you're safe. Don't you ever scare me like that again!" she said, hugging the new leader of the drakai.
Israel watches from afar and sighs in relief and gratitude that Fluttershy was safe and sound. Knowing that the demon, Daris, was watching over his friend and protecting her.
"You may have destroyed the alpha… but the other drakai and demons bow before me!" Eternal said, swinging his weapon and sending Daris flying backwards from the impact of one of his energy slashes. The attack didn't kill him, only knocked him out unconscious.
“DARIS!” Fluttershy screamed out to the drakai, she then tapped into her geode and then took off towards where Daris had fallen. “Izzy, cover me! I’m going for Daris.” she stated to the mage.
"On it!" Israel nodded. Eternal launched another energy slash, but Israel acted quick enough to conjure up a deflector shield, evaporating the incoming attack. "You're not laying a finger on my Flutters unless you can get past me!"
"Another traitor I shall eradicate!" Eternal said, taking a battle stance. Israel concentrated hard, then shot a beam of magical energy at the young king, but Eternal used his dual bladed spear to deflect the attack by spinning it in a circle. Israel kept up the attack, despite not hitting his target and walked up to the evil king. Soon, his attack stopped when his staff clashed with Eternal's dual bladed spear. Both fighters were at a stand-off, trying to overpower the other. But it was clear Israel was no athlete like Eternal.
"You pathetic fool!" Eternal growled.
"At least I've got more backbone than you to not sit on my ass all night!" Israel remarked.
"You got some guts to talk to your king that way. If you weren't such a weak, talking fishbone, maybe YOU would've been crowned king!" Putting a lot of emphasis on "YOU," Eternal diverted Israel's staff away, then smacked him upside the head with the other end of his weapon, then swatted him to the side.
Eternal faces towards the direction that Fluttershy’s heading and then attempts to fire another energy slash, but suddenly he feels multiple projectiles impact on his chest plate, staggering him in the air. He looks down to the ground and spots Inferno aiming his revolvers at him and then continues to fire many rounds at him, aiming only at his armor.
“You, my friend, need to be taught a strict lesson about messing with a girl’s pet.” the assassin stated while he quickly reloads his revolvers faster than any marksmen gunfighter. Then he proceeds to fire at the new Demon King, getting him to focus on him. Eternal evades the bullets and then unleashes a dark magic bolt towards the merc. Inferno dodges and fires a few more rounds on the dark king.
Eternal evades and charges at the mercenary, taking a swing at him with his double-bladed spear, but Inferno blocks it barely using his Ninjatō before bringing out his Kukri knife to slash at Eternal’s armor. He takes the hit and grabs Inferno by the throat, slamming him to the ground. With his adversary pinned underneath, Eternal unleashes a surge of dark lightning through Inferno's body.
Inferno screams in pain as he struggles to get free from Eternal’s grip, he desperately reaches into his pockets, searching through before he finally touches something that he needs. He then pulls his right hand out of his pocket and then he delivers a hard punch to Eternal’s face, which staggers back the dark king and causes him burning pain. Eternal stumbles a bit, placing his hand on the place he was punched at. He later turns around to face his enemy, revealing a burnt mark on his cheek. The dark king looks at the assassin before his eyes see something.
In Inferno's hand, or what he’s wearing on his hand; is a sliver-like knuckle duster. The assassin raises it up high, showing it off towards his foe. “Moonstone, bitch.” He stated. “The one thing that demons hate the most… let that sink into your mind.”
"And let me fill you in on a human's worst enemy!" Eternal roared, grabbing Inferno by the leg, then swinging him in a circle. "GRAVITY!!!" he shouted, throwing him off the top of the castle.
Soon the rest of the group see Inferno flying overhead and landing roughly into the ground outside the castle walls. Immediately, they all ran off to where he was gonna land; Fluttershy finally reached Daris, who landed outside the castle like Inferno was. Starlight ran towards the fallen Inferno Blaze, who was grunting in pain from the fall and attempted to get up.
“Inferno, stop. You had a very rough fall.” She told the assassin. But Inferno didn’t listen and got up anyway; he then felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, realizing that it had popped out of its socket. He screams in pain as he falls onto his knees with Starlight grabbing him before he falls to the ground.
While Starlight is aiding her boyfriend, Fluttershy and Israel tend to an unconscious Daris, as everyone else regroups where the drakai and assassin fell. As they all stood their ground, they watched as the whole army of evil marched out of the castle, with Eternal and a mind-controlled Heat leading them.
"You're all out of luck. Your world and the next will belong to me!" Eternal said.
"This is no good! We can't hold him off for long! There's too many of them!" Copper said.
“But… we can’t give up now!” Rainbow said, looking at all her friends who had tired and pained expressions on their faces. Even Twilight and Sunset mostly, who were conflicted about watching their loved ones bring war and conquest upon their world.
"This is bad! We need a new strategy and fast! Force just isn't working," Israel said.
"Hey! I think I have an idea!" Pinkie exclaimed.
“What is it, Pinkie?” Starlight asked.
"Sunset! You can transform into Daydream Shimmer and stop them, just like you did during the Friendship Games!" Pinkie said.
"Daydream… Shimmer?" Israel asked.
"Of course! If Sunset can transform, she could be powerful enough to stop the demon army! And possibly bring back everyone who was taken from us," Rarity said.
“But… but… I can’t!” Sunset replied, emotionally. “Even if it’s possible, I can’t fight an army all by myself…. And… I can’t bring myself to… I can’t hurt Eternal again!” She stated, looking at her friends with hopeless eyes.
“You won’t,” Inferno said while he pops his arm back into place, grunting in pain, and then walks next to Sunset. “You won’t do this alone. You got us… And that’s all we need.” He stated with hope in his voice.
"Hold on. Last time she transformed, she needed a great deal of magical energy. She can't transform into Daydream Shimmer through sheer willpower," Twilight said. "We need some sort of outside magical power source."
The group could not think of a solution nor a plan, as Eternal’s army drew closer, heading their way to the Canterlot city.
"Hang on, what about our staffs?" Copper suggests to Israel. "There's a slight possibility they might give her just the kind of energy boost she needs."
"It's a slight possibility, but there's no telling how much magic they have left. Let's just hope it'll be enough," Israel replied.
“Well, what are ya two waiting for, git on with it.” Applejack said. As the farmgirl said, the two mages aim their staffs at Sunset. Magic surged through their staffs before a strong magic beam at Sunset, granting her more power. She felt the magic coursing through her body.
“Remember Sunset, you can’t give up,” Twilight called out to her friend, trying to give her the confidence she needed. Her words suddenly gave Sunset some little inner strength, and soon everyone else began to say their words of encouragement as well.
“Yeah, you can still kick the darkness’s butt,” Rainbow said with an uplifted tone of voice.
"We're by your side to the bitter end! Never forget that!" Rarity encouraged.
“Show those meanies what we’re made of!” Pinkie cheered.
“Yer stronger than ya know ya ar’” Applejack stated.
“We believe in you.” Fluttershy said with Daris growling the same after waking up from his unconscious state.
"Go get 'em, Sunset! Show them what you're made of," Twilight exclaimed.
With the words of encouragement from her friends and the magic boost she's gaining from the former mages, Sunset floats up in the air, disappearing in a bright white light before finally reappearing as Daydream Shimmer.
"I won't lose you again, Eternal. Not by a longshot!" she said, soaring straight ahead, getting close to the army.
But then all of a sudden, she halted in mid-air after seeing a bright glowing… butterfly? Flying up towards her face. The magic aura that emitted from the butterfly felt awfully familiar and suddenly she heard a familiar voice coming from the butterfly as it flew near her face.
“You didn’t think we can’t join the party, Sunset Shimmer.” The voice called out to her. “After all… you’re not alone in this fight.” After that the butterfly flew behind her, with Sunset keeping her focus on the glowing insect. Then she saw it flew over her friends, who saw it as well. Then it hovered in the spot it stopped at, then suddenly it began to glow even brighter and its shape began to change and increase in size.
Then once the light began to dim, it was revealed to be Harmony herself. She stood there, smiling at the group with utmost confidence. The group soon began to feel their inner strength grow a little as they looked at the goddess.
After making her presence known, her eyes then began to glow with magic and her hands erupt with her magic aura. Then all of a sudden, dozens of portals began to appear all around the group and multiple soldiers appeared out of the portals. But that wasn’t just it, as Daydream Shimmer watches the portals pour out troops, she then sees something… or someone appear from one of the portals. The figure looked a bit blurry by the light of the vortex before their appearance became more clear… It was Princess Twilight. And behind her were Princess Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Shining Armor. The lavender princess looks up to Sunset and gives off a smile seeing her friend again. They all were transformed to human, but they still had their pony appendages; they also wore battle armor.
Then across the other portals, several other armies entered the field. Each one were humanized versions of many of Equestria’s races; such as dragons, changelings, yaks, griffons, hippogriffs, kirin, and storm beasts. Each was led by their rulers: Ember, Thorax, Rutherford, Grandpa Gruff, Queen Nova and Princess Skystar, and Queen Rain Shine.
"Ooh! This feels like Avengers Endgame!" Pinkie said.
“What did you say, Pinkie?” Rainbow asked
"Oh nothing," Pinkie said with a giggle.
Immediately, Sunset rushes back to the group as she and Princess Twilight reunite with each other for a 4th time. The two friends smiled at each other then gave each other a quick hug.
“Never thought we'd meet again under these circumstances,” Princess Twilight said. “But I never leave a friend in need.”
“Neither did we, my former student. You've certainly come a long way,” Princess Celestia said as she, Luna, Cadence, and Shining met up with the group.
Then another group appeared from the portal where the royals came from. Three familiar figures approached the group, which revealed to be Sunburst, Trixie, and Tempest Shadow. Then followed behind them, where the Pillars of Equestria; Starswirl, Rockhoof, Flash Magnus, Somnambula, Mistmane, Mage Meadowbrook and of course, their friend, Stygian.
“Trixie! Sunburst!” Starlight cheered as she ran up to hug her best friends. “You guys… all came here for us?"
“The Great and Powerful Trixie never leaves her best friend alone.” Trixie replied in 3rd person, as always.
Inferno stood next to the 3 reunited friends and smiled in delight, then he heard a familiar voice behind him.
“Hello, my little Inferno.” It was the voice of his mother.
Inferno turned around and saw his mother, Fleur De Lis, standing in front of him. Wearing her former Royal Guard armor and carrying her rapier in her seath.
“Mom?” He said in shock, before running up to her and hugging her tightly. They were reunited again for the second time; only this time they are now fighting side by side.
While the mother-son reunion was going on, soon Tempest approaches Sunset and Princess Twilight, facing the two in her usually military standard armored suit. “The troops are in position, Princess.” She said.
“Tempest, for the last time, call me Twilight,” Princess Twilight replied.
The scarred women chuckled a bit after seeing Twilight so frustrated. “Of course… Twilight.” She stated.
Sunset looks around at everyone that had arrived in time to help them; however, as she observed, there was a certain dragon missing from the group. “Wait, where’s Spike?” She asked.
“Oh, he’ll be here.” Death replied, after he had teleported next to the group. Soon everyone felt the earth shake beneath their feet and they all turned around to see a massive portal form behind them. Then out of the portal, came a 25-foot tall purple Dragon, with green spikes on his head and back. The dragon roared out in the battle field as he looked down on the group and gave off a smile towards them.
"Sorry for the long wait, everyone. Hope I'm not late." he said in a deep voice.
"Right on schedule," Twilight said with a thumbs up.
"It matters not how many foes you throw my way. I won't rest until the entire world and the next bow before me!" Eternal shouted, pointing his blade up in the sky.
Sunset turned towards Eternal, with a glare appearing on her face as she hovered above her friends and the entire armies of Equestria. “You don’t get it do you, Eternal.” She said loudly. “You may believe that we’re all weak, pathetic, and afraid. But guess what?! We are stronger together, we have each other’s backs no matter what obstacle comes in our way, and we possess a power that is far greater than yours… The Magic of Friendship!” She spoke boldly, as all the Equestria armies cheered and shouted in inspiration. Everyone got themselves ready for the fight of their lives, they all raised their weapons, charged up their magic.
The girls all ponied up for battle, Inferno reaches behind his back and brings out his Winchester rifle, his mother Fleur draws out her rapier, Israel and Copper raise their staffs and charging up their magic, Daris growls out his war cry, the royal princesses flared up their wings and charge up their magic, Shining Armor draws out his sword and creates a small magic shield on his arm. Harmony and Death stood side by side, as the Grim Reaper brings out his scythe.
“Alright, everyone… let's show these demons the power of-” Twilight tries to deliver a speech, but is then interrupted by Pinkie.
“Yeah, yeah… ‘Friendship’, we know. LET’S GO AND KICK THEIR ASSES!!!” Pinkie shouted loudly enough for everyone on their side to hear. Then after that, the girls, Inferno, Flash, Halo, the Princesses, the deities, their friends, and all the armies of Equestria charged into battle; with all the flying warriors soaring towards the demon army from above and Spike stomped forward towards the army of evil, while sounding off his fierce roar.
Seeing his enemies’ forces charge towards him, Eternal raises his blade towards the heroes, signaling his army to charge into the fight. The demons, ghouls, and many other evil creatures all howled and groaned in the air as they all charged towards the Equestrian Armies; along with three of the Elites, Eternal and Heat.
It was a clash of the ages in this grueling battle. Thousands upon thousands of friends and allies were duking it out in an all-out battle royale. Magic blasts shot through the air, weapons clashed with each other, blood being splattered.
Within the action, our heroes fought with everything they got. The girls use their abilities to mow down every demon in their way; Starilight, Trixie, and Sunburst used their magic to fire beams of magic at every demon in every direction; Inferno uses his Winchester to shot down many demons and ghouls around him while his mother uses her supreme rapier skill and royal guard training to take down many of the evil army. The royal princesses fired their magic beams in every direction. The Pillars used their artifacts to tear down many incoming demons.
Spike unleashes his firebreath and stomps on many demons in his path. Tempest uses her magic to electrocute and obliterate many evil creatures that charge at her, even going close-quarter combat with a few. And finally, Princess Twilight and Daydream Shimmer were back-to-back with each other, blasting magic beams at many of the evil army; like the perfect combat duo they are.
And during the fight, Inferno and Israel were shooting down and beating up many demons that came at them, and soon they found themselves swapping weapons and using them on the demon they were fighting with. After that, they looked at each other, surprised that each of their weapons were in each other’s hands.
“Nononono… Give me that.” Inferno said as Israel hands the assassin back his rifle. And Inferno handing back the mage’s staff. “You get the magic stick.” He stated as he and Israel charged back into the battlefield. Israel leaped high in the air and aimed his staff at some of the ground demons, obliterating them in a white magic beam. Just then, he's tackled mid-air by the demon general Frostbite and taken higher into the skies.
"Traitor!!! You deserve no mercy!" Frostbite growled. Israel fights with all his strength to try and break free, but Frostbite proves he's the demon general for a reason and socks Israel Yabuki in the solar plexus, then kicks him down. Israel tried to gain his momentum, but Frostbite beat him to it, grabbing him by the neck and soared downwards with him even faster. "This is the end for you and all your miserable friends!" Just before Frostbite could end the mage, he is then forced off of him by a powerful kick to the side, sending him 20 feet away.
Israel looks up and sees that the person that had saved him is Applejack. She reached her hand towards him and helped him up from the ground.
“Ya alright, Israel?” She asked him.
"I just got my ass handed to me, but I'll be fine," he replied. "Thanks for the save."
“Not a problem,” She said with a smile, until they both saw Frostbite getting up from the kick AJ gave him. And from his painful grunts, it seems that she did a little damage to him, but not enough to send him to the hospital.
"The gal's really getting it together for kicks," Israel mumbled to himself.
“Go an’ help the others. Ah’ll take care of him.” Applejack said with a serious tone. Israel nodded and went on his way while AJ got down to kicking some more ass like the boss she is.
She stares down towards Frostbite with a hatred, yet sadden expression on her face. For the person she was gonna fight is the person that she once had feelings for; however, this was not the Frostbite she once knew, it was a different person that looked like him.
“Ah don’t wanna hurt ya, Frostbite… Ah really don’t.” Applejack said softly to herself while she got into a battle stance. “But ya left me no choice.” she added.
"Whoever told you to hold back on me? I need not your pity," Frostbite replied in his demonic voice, clenching his fists.
Applejack kept her stern face, however a single tear fell from her eye after when Frostbite had said that. “Then ah won’t,” She stated while charging at the demon general. Frostbite charged as well and the two met in the middle with their fists colliding into one another. The earth shook for a moment before AJ made another move, connecting 3 punches to his gut, then to his lower jaw, sending him flying back.
Frostbite regained his foot and charged forth with a hard kick, which AJ blocked. Then the farm girl delivered a hard right side kick which collided with Frostbite’s abdomen; almost nearly breaking his bones. Then she grabbed his arm and then body slammed him to the ground which caused a small crater.
The general then swept AJ's feet, knocking her off-balance. Frostbite rose up to his feet and went in for a finishing blow, but Applejack was too fast and dodged his attack. She balled up her fist and delivered a savage uppercut to his jaw, sending him 10 feet into the air. Then as he came down, the farm girl then jumped up into the air and then gave a roundhouse kick into the demon general’s body which sent him flying to the ground, 15 feet away.
Just as he was about to get up, AJ ran up to him, with tears in her eyes and delivered a knockout slam on the head using both of her knuckles. The ground shook, dust flew everywhere and Frostbite was officially knocked out.
The farm girl looked over the unconscious demon general as she quickly dried away the tears from her eyes. “Ya left me no choice,” She said to him. After a few minutes, Applejack then turned towards the ongoing battle between the armies of Equestria and the armies of Tartarus, and she immediately rushed back into the fight.
Meanwhile, for the fair lady Rarity, she was in a tight bind, trapped inside her own diamond shield, avoiding attacks from Lightning Burn. He was moving at top speeds that she couldn't catch up to or match up with. He had plenty of tricks up his sleeve, coming at Rarity from any and all directions.
But even with his speed, he couldn’t break Rarity’s diamond shield, as his offensive attacks weren't creating a single dent in her defense. She stood inside the shield, observing Lightning’s coordinated attacks, hoping to find an opening for her to counter it.
"You can defend yourself as long as you want, but you're never going to defeat me if you don't attack sooner or later. Then again, that'd be giving you too much credit, human," Lightning said.
In pained Rarity to hear those words coming from his mouth, knowing that the person she once knew, was nowhere in his mind. She then closes her eyes and surprisingly, 3 large domes of diamond shields appear over her current one. Then slowly the shields began to disperse, forming into volleys of billions of diamond-shaped projectiles. She then stood back on her feet and stared at Lightning with an angry, yet hurt expression on her face.
“Fine then…” Then without warning, she launches the projectiles at the Elite. Who easily dodge most of them, but later he began to notice that the volley of diamond-shaped objects weren’t stopping; in fact, they kept coming at him.
He notices the diamonds he dodge were reversing and sped towards back at him, as if they had minds of their own. He flew as fast as he could, but Rarity's gems were able to catch up to him without effort. Eventually, the gems quickly sliced at him, tearing through his armor. Lightning Burn was losing his momentum and slammed against the ground, sliding against the dirt.
"Please forgive me dearest Lightning. I only meant to stun you," Rarity said.
"I will get you for this," Lightning muffled.
“I'm afraid that won’t happen… I’m sorry.” Rarity replied as she created a large diamond shield above Lightning and with the sway of her hands, she brought the shield down on him with extreme force. The shield then disappears instantly, with Lightning laying on the ground unconscious from the impact, which caused a small indent in the earth.
Lastly, Blazing Waters was locked in combat with Rainbow Dash. The rainbow-haired athlete uses her super speed to avoid many of Blazing’s attacks; even going in and landing a few blows on the demon Elite, swiftly as she goes.
Blazing was growing more agitated, unable to catch up with Rainbow Dash or match up to her incredible speed. Blazing even tried to land a blow with his spear, but once again, Rainbow avoided his attacks.
But for Rainbow Dash to be attacking her sweetheart so effortlessly, it puts a heavy strain on her heart that it's him she has to hurt. He's suffered so much and continues to suffer just as much as she is. She only wishes this nightmare would be over.
So she decided to end the tussle for good, and then she bolted towards the elite at her fullest speed, increasing her momentum and force around her. As she draws closer and closer, she raises her fist up high and it soon makes contact with Blazing's face; causing him to fall towards the ground and knocking him unconscious. But as he falls to the ground, Rainbow catches him and safely sets him down on the ground, tears falling.
“I’m sorry, Blazy!” She cried loudly as she held him in her arms.
With the 5 Fallen Souls taken care of, 2 of them brought back to the good side, there were only 2 more adversaries to stop: The king and the prince. Twilight was really struggling against Heat Blitz, not just because he was attacking her blindly, but because it was her own boyfriend. The lavender girl dodges most of his attacks while she uses her telekinesis to try to restrain him. But the prince continues to break out of her grasp and attacks at Twilight with no holding back.
"Heat Blitz, please! I don't want to hurt you anymore! Snap out of it! You know I love you too much to see you suffer like this! Open your eyes! I beg of you!" Twilight begged, staring deep into his demonized red eyes. His expression remained unchanged. Heat tries to attack her again, but Twilight immediately uses her telekinesis and tosses Heat towards a nearby boulder with enough force to shatter upon impact.
Twilight went over to check on Heat, helping him sit up a little. "Heat! HEAT!” She said, not noticing that the Demon Mind Gem on the crown - on his head - had a crack in it from the forceful impact into the boulder. "Oh no. Oh no, no, Heat! What have I done?" she asked. Twilight hugged Heat, crying softly into his shoulder as he sat motionless.
She cried for a few minutes until she heard a voice speak to her. “You’re squishing me too tight.” the voice said, and to Twilight’s surprise, it sounded like Heat’s voice. Twilight looked down at Heat, blinking his eyes frequently… his eyes turned back to their normal purple color. "Where… am I?"
Twilight gasped. "HEAT!!! YOU'RE ALIVE!!!" she hugged him even tighter, crying happy tears, almost squeezing the breath out of him.
“TWILIGHT!... I… can’t… breathe!” Heat begged as his face began to turn purple as oxygen nearly left his lungs. Twilight eventually let him go, allowing Heat to gasp for air. Heat can still remember the pain he went through when he was forced into becoming a dark prince. But the pain was nothing compared to the one who suffered most: his own girlfriend. Heat hugged Twilight, shaking violently from the traumatic experience he went through. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Twilight. Please… forgive me!" he said, nearly drowning in his own tears. Heat had never been so frightened in his life.
"It's okay, Heat, I'm right here. I'm here," Twilight whispered, shushing him and helping him calm down a little.
6 were down and only one remained. Sunset Shimmer is now faced with her most difficult task. Facing off against her old friend. "I didn't want it to come to this, but you have left me with no other option. If I have to fight you to free you, then so be it. But just remember, this is for your own good."
"Spare me your worthless pity. This world showed me no pity whatsoever and I will show it no mercy for denying my age of lifeless being. The only thing left for me is to build two new worlds here and in Equestria… Ideal worlds where none shall oppose me!" Eternal said in a distorted demonic voice.
The combatants readied themselves, the king pointing his weapon at Sunset. She readied herself with two magic spheres appearing in each of her hands. 'I'll bring you back, Eternal. Even at the cost of my own life,' Daydream thought to herself.