//------------------------------// // Episode 15: Dawning of Doomsday: Part 2 // Story: My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic (Season IX) // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// “Previously on Starfleet Magic…!” While the team tried desperately but unsuccessfully tried to coax Rarity out of her isolation, Lightning proposed an idea to merge Celestia and Daybreaker together again, which prompted Grand Ruler to release Celestia from her prison, but before the plan could even be remotely attempted, Daybreaker appeared and captured Princess Luna and Grand Ruler Celesto, absorbing their powers and becoming even stronger and more devious than before. Now she stands to absorb Celestia, destroy the fighters, and bring forth the Eternal Day she longs for. EPISODE FIFTEEN The barriers had formed around the palace, and all over the village, and civilians that didn’t make it inside in time were escorted by sentries to a safer place away from the danger. Lightning motioned for Krysta to teleport inside the palace and alert the sentries, to which she agreed. Daybreaker and Celestia continued to glare each other down. Lightning and the others used this opportunity to transform. “STARFLEET MAGIC…” “HARMONY HOUR, FRIENDSHIP POWER” “Dragon Power” Daybreaker didn’t even bother to look their way and just kept her eyes focussed on Celestia. “Let’s get her!” shouted Lightning, and he and everyone else charged forth, while Daybreaker, still not bothering to even look their way, fired a big blast from her hand right at them. “Look out!” cried Starla, and everyone dodged just in time, but the blast hit the ground making a huge explosion, the force of which nearly knocked everyone away. Spike fell on the ground hard. Far away in New Ponyville Hospital, Rarity felt a something jump inside of her, like a feeling from so very far away. “Spike…?” It had nothing really to do with her new dragon parts, but ever since she and Spike fell in love, married, and had Twilight, she felt such a close bond with her family that her instincts sometimes just alerted her whenever something didn’t feel right. The fighters all scrambled to their feet, almost unable to believe…! “Did you feel how strong that was!” cried Buddy. “And she only used a small portion of her power!” added Artie. “It’s got to be because of Grand Ruler and Princess Luna.” said Pinkie “She’s using their powers as well as her own.” Daybreaker snickered, and her horn started to blaze with fired and a golden light. POW!! She fired a huge beam up into the sky, straight at the sun. Now it was totally frozen where it was, in midday position. Try as she would, Celestia was unable to undo the spell due to being outmatched. “At last!” hissed Daybreaker “No more night, no dawn, or dusk, only daytime; pure, endless daylight!” “You crazy fool!” thundered Celestia “Don’t you see what you’ve done?! The planet will begin to overheat! It will shrivel into dust and best destroyed, is that what you want!” “She’s telling you the truth!” called Lightning. “The temperature is already starting to rise slightly, and soon we’ll all roast away due to excessive concentrated light!” Daybreaker chuckled, “That will not happen, I assure you. Remember, I can control the sun, and with the power that I have I can also control how much light and heat is given.” The others all looked back and forth at one another wondering if she could really do that. Daybreaker than glared again at Celestia, “Or at least I will be able too, once I absorb you again.” Celestia got where this was going. “You’re willing to let the planet roast away unless I give in?! You wouldn’t?! You couldn’t?!” Daybreaker grinned wickedly, “What’s your choice?” The temperature was continuing to rise. The team could already feel the heat, and all over the planet people were starting to feel it as well. “Alright!” shouted Celestia “I can’t put the planet in danger. Do you want with me, but please, don’t harm my people.” The fighters acted flabbergasted. “Your majesty, no!” cried Fluttershy. “You can’t give in like this!” added Applejack. Celestia knelt down on the ground and threw her crown off as a traditional move of surrender. “She’s really doing it!” cried Starla. Daybreaker was delighted, and overconfident by her new strengths, she stomped towards Celestia. Her hot boots sizzled against the ground. “And now, the two shall become one once again.” She reached out her arms to zap Celestia, when Celestia suddenly raised her fist and punched her own self in the face. “A’rgh!” Daybreaker groaned as she felt the pain from the attack. “Ha! I thought so!” hissed Celestia. “What?” “You may have absorbed power from my husband and my sister, but you and I are still linked together, and you take all the pain I feel.” “…Exactly what we wanted to know.” said Lightning. Daybreaker yelled, “You tricked me again!” she thundered “You were just acting surrender!” Celestia zapped her crown back on her head, “We figured you’d try a dirty double cross, and we’ve been ready for you all this time. You’re going down once and for all, Daybreaker!” “Ha!” scoffed Daybreaker, “I am not only more powerful than all of you combined, but you still can’t destroy me as long as we are linked!” Lightning stepped forth, and the others stood beside him. Suddenly Cadance as the Silent Ninja along with Saber, dropped down next to them. “Glad you guys made it.” said Lightning. Cadance nodded at him, and Saber held out his sword at Daybreaker. “…It’s payback time for you fusing my mask to my face!” The long line of fighters stood ready for action, and Krysta whistled to everyone from the battlements behind the barrier. She and the royal guards were all set up with their weapons and cannons ready. Now Daybreaker was totally outnumbered, but she didn’t seem the least bit concerned. Celestia then flew up high fast. “You won’t get away from me this time!” and she leapt up, faster than usual thanks to her enhanced powers, and lunged at Celestia still intending to absorb her, but Celestia zipped out of the way forcing Daybreaker to follow after her. “Spread out!” said Lightning. The fighters all scattered about, on the ground, and through the air, and kept their eyes sharp. “Artillery, take aim!” ordered Captain Shaina. The knights all aimed with their weapons and cannons, keeping focussed in one position only and kept their eyes sharp. Suddenly they both reappeared, and then zipped off again, reappearing at another area. “Get ready!” Lightning called to the others, and he like everyone else kept watching the two fighters reappear and zip off again. “Rhymey!” Lightning shouted while pointing upward. Rhymey leapt up into the air just as the two fighters appeared again and he swung hard with his sword… striking Celestia hard, and damaging Daybreaker at the same time. This was all part of the plans discussed, which Celestia agreed to, attacking either herself or Daybreaker to cause damage. Now that Celestia and Daybreaker were stunned, the fighters all rushed in to attack. “STAR SHOWER” Starla unleashed her stars all over Celestia, hitting her at every angle and making sparks fly like crazy, which made Daybreak spout sparks as well. “LEAF SWARM” Buddy added his leaves to the barrage. “BOOM-BOOM ROCKETS” The Twins added their rockets. Every shot blasted Celestia hard, damaging both her and Daybreaker, massively. “Artillery, fire!” shouted Shaina. The knights complied and began to fire shots at Celestia, as ordered by her earlier. The brave queen willingly took every single shot thrown at her full force, which caused the same sparks explosions around her to come from Daybreaker. Cadance launched her shurikens… “STRIDENT SHOCKWAVE” Saber unleashed his electrical force. All these attacks on Celestia, Daybreaker was stunned dead in midair allowing others to rush in and attack before she could retaliate. “Coming in!!” hollered Lightning as he charged and gave Daybreaker a huge sock to the face. “COLOR KICK” Artie bashed her good and hard in the chest, making a big explosion, and also hurting Celestia. “Here I come!!” hollered Rainbow, and she roared as she zoomed with full speed, ramming hard into Daybreaker, knocking her to the ground. “AH!!” cried Artie as he fell to the ground fanning his smoldering boots. “Whoa!!” groaned Rainbow as she fanned her burning mane. “She’s a lot hotter than we thought!” Lightning shook his burning fist rapidly, but he was really more concerned with Celestia and all the hits she had taken. She already was looking bruised and scorched and panting softly, but she assured him. “Don’t worry, I’m okay.” It was a good thing she had taken more of Professor Brain’s special potion to reduce the pain, but its after-effects were already starting to make her feel a little numb, making it hard to focus or fight, while Daybreaker felt infuriated! It was even getting much hotter with the temperature, having risen twenty degrees already. “Keep going!” said Lightning. Spike rushed for Daybreaker with his sword ready, but missed her completely as she zipped out of the way. “Oh, no!” he groaned as Daybreaker appeared up over him. “BURNING STRIKE” The X was so much larger and flaming much brighter than normal thanks to her enhanced strength. Spike would never be able to dodge it in time, and even if he did, he’d still get caught in the explosion. “No!!” shouted Celestia, and she attacked her own self just in time, force Daybreaker’s aim to fly way off, firing the blast well past Spike, and yet he still felt the slight heat as it passed. The blast struck the barrier on the palace in a big explosion, making all the knights fall down and out of position, and the force of the explosion billowed across the field, hitting Spike and the fighters anyway, slamming them to the ground. Rarity bolted upright in bed, her covers felt clean to the floor. “Spike!” she cried. That was the second time her lover’s instincts shocked her, and now that she was completely out of her sheets, she could see over at her gifts-- all the flowers and cards-- the picture of she and Spike with baby Twilight-- when she was a pony before her accident. Even in the darkness, Rarity could see it well, thanks to her new dragon eyesight, and she could see her faded reflection in the glass of the frame. One of the hospital workers was coming to leave Rarity her usual lunch tray-- and sweltering in the increasing heat-- only to discover the bed was empty, the window was wide open, and both Rarity and her armor were missing. “Escaped Patient!” he cried as he ran down the hall, “We got an escaper!!” The guards managed to reset themselves, and the fighters scrambled to their feet. “SOLAR BLAZE” Daybreaker leapt up high and unleashed her big blazing waves, which were equal to the size of small houses now. “We’ll be barbecued!!” cried Pinkie. “Huddle together!” cried Celestia, and she and the fighters all stood in one big group. “Lend me some of your powers!” and she projected a huge dome barrier around them all, Lightning reinforced it with some of the uniforce, and everyone else lent what they could. Celestia also used some of her powers to project a humongous barrier field around them all, just as the blast was fired so the fire would not spread so far. The blaze was so bright, everyone had to shut their eyes, and as for Daybreaker, the close-contact with the fire didn’t damage her at all-- she just soaked it all right back into her. She laughed wickedly as her mane burned brightly. “You pitiful worms continue to amuse me in your feeble attempts.” “Why you…!!” Lightning growled, but then he noticed Celestia looking very woozy from all that last burst of magic, as well as all the damage she had taken. She looked as if she could barely keep up much longer. “Look at Daybreaker!” cried Dyno. “She doesn’t look like she’s taken much at all.” added Myte. Starla looked up, and her visor scans revealed, “It’s the sun! She’s harnessing energy from it! It’s making her stronger!” Daybreak snickered down at them, with a soft blaze in her eyes. The temperature was still increasing, and everyone was starting to sweat badly. “You know, there is still time.” said Daybreaker, “Your queen can still surrender, and I’ll gladly reduce the heat.” “Never…!” growled Celestia “We know you’ll never make good on such a promise!” “Oh, well…” teased Daybreaker “I guess we do it the hard way!” She dove for Celestia, forcing Cadance to zip her out of the way, and the others scattered as well. KAPOW!! Daybreaker caused a huge explosion in the ground making a large crater, and the heat from said explosion only intensified the rising temperatures more, causing the air to start waving with the humidity! “The heat’s getting worse by the minute! We can’t last too much longer in it!” groaned Rhymey “Oh! I wonder how everyone else across the planet it doing!” cried Fluttershy. All creatures across the planet were not having it too well. Air-conditioners were up full blast, ice-packs had gone soft and mushy due to being overly used. No one could seem to beat the rising heat, and worse… smoke was starting to from on the dry plants from being overheated. The pegasi were working harder than ever to bring rainclouds in to cool things off, but they were only fighting a losing a battle as the blaze continued. “So hot…!” “I’m practically melting!” Even dragons were starting to find it a bit too hot for their liking and longed for it to cool down a bit. Lightning wiped his brow of the sweat and stood up strong. Starla stood up next to him, and soon all the others stood, even Celestia in her battered state. “Don’t tell me you still intend to keep going?” asked Daybreaker “I think the heat has affected your brains, not that they weren’t any better from the beginning.” “Silence!” shouted a voice from behind. Everyone turned and saw none other than Rarity. “Rarity!!” cried Spike. “She’s out of the hospital!” added Applejack. She was there, and all transformed in her battle gear. Rarity gazed over at Spike with a loving stare through her visor, and he smiled at her, but they would talk later-- assuming there was going to be a later. Celestia was pleased to see her too, and for the first time in her new forum. Rarity glared at Daybreaker, growling like the part dragon she was, “Your little fun and games will plague us no longer!” Daybreaker hardly seemed amused, “Should I be the least bit intimidated?” “You would be if you knew what was coming now…” said Lightning with a smirk. “Huh?” “NOW… KRYSTA…!!” shouted Lightning, Krysta whistled, and suddenly a large portal formed around Daybreaker, beneath her feet, swallowing her. That’s when a load of Krysta fairy soldiers, who were hiding the ground all this time, popped up. “Well done, men!” called their queen. The fairies raised their wands to her. “Quick, let’s go!” shouted Celestia, and everyone jumped into the portal, riding on a dimensional pathway across space. Along the way, Rarity he’d Spike’s claw softly, and they looked at each other lovingly again. Spike was so surprised and yet so happy to see her. Everyone was, but they still couldn’t talk about it yet. Daybreaker crashed on a small planet at the edge of the same star-system, where it seemingly barren, and mostly consisted of mountains, rocky roads, and also much darker due to being further away from the sun, which made it cooler as well. While the void of space itself was warm and comforting, the planets themselves still had their north poles and south poles and different temperatures due to their atmosphere zones shielding them from space itself. The sun was nothing more than a tiny orange star among all the other stars in the skies. “What? What is this?!” shouted Daybreaker. The fighters all appeared. “This is the beginning of your down fall, Daybreaker!” sneered Lightning. “This is one of our training planets, the Planet Four-Six. It’s barren of life, but it contains breathable atmosphere, and all kinds of terrain, environment. Perfect for training schedules, and testing new weapons and powers.” Outraged, Daybreaker tried to pull the sun closer, but to no avail. “It’s no use.” Celestia called at her “We’re too far away. Even I couldn’t move it at this distance.” Daybreaker was most livid “You… you were planning this from the very start?!” Celestia nodded, “We had time to prepare for you, especially ever since you absorbed Celesto and Luna. We battled you to humor you out a bit-- make you think your tactics were taking us by surprise, all in an effort to make you reveal all your strengths and tricks to us, just like before. Seeing as you couldn’t take too much damage because of the power of the sun, and we can’t keep the sun away from you on our planet, we brought you here-- we set a little trap for you, asking the fairies to take their positions under the ground, and the right moment, take you here, where the sun can’t help you.” “You see now, Daybreaker?” said Lightning “You can never truly outwit Starfleet.” Starla nodded, Buddy nodded, and all the team nodded at her. Daybreaker blazed with fury, “But you forget, I still have more than enough power to take you all on, and there isn’t a thing you can do to me! As long as your queen and I are linked together, my survival is assured!” “We’ll see about that.” sneered Starla. “Let’s get her!” shouted Lightning. The others all hollered, and rushed forth. “SOLAR BLAZE” Daybreaker unleashed her waving flames. Everyone flew way up, up, and over the blaze. “Keep this up!” called Lightning “We’ve got to get her to use up her power!” The others agreed, and they all looked over at Celestia, “Don’t worry about me, do what you need to.” “If you say so.” said Saber. “Let’s go!” said Lightning. “SUPER-MODE, ACTIVATE!!” The fighters donned their super armor to withstand the heat from the attacks. “Go!!” shouted Lightning. He and Starla rushed in. Daybreaky punched at them, but they both dodged and kicked her hard in the chest. “Argh!!” groaned Celestia as sparks billowed out from her. Rhymey and Saber rushed in and struck hard with their swords, hurting both Daybreaker and Celestia. Daybreaker then punched them both hard, knocking them away. “BURNING STRIKE” Her flaming X rushed forth, making a huge explosion that shook the grounds and knocked everyone about. “That does it!” growled Rainbow. Her mane and tail glowed brightly as she concentrated her inner energy hard, and she charged forth in a blinding rage of speed, colliding straight into Daybreaker, sending her clear through the air, straight for the mountains in the distance. WHAMM!! Daybreaker crashed into the rock wall making a huge avalanche fall on her! “OHH!!” shrieked Celestia as she felt every bit of the pain strike her. Rainbow rubbed her sore head, Pinkie and applejack ran up to help her up to her feet. “Are you alright?” asked Pinkie. “Ohh… that was brutal!” groaned Rainbow. Applejack looked around for Daybreaker. “Where is she?” She was obviously still alive if Celestia was alive too, and that’s when the rock pile began to rumble and the rocks themselves began to turn red with heat as Daybreaker burst up into the air, flaming mad, and with a fierce roar and huge blast of fire from her horn, she sent the barrage of flaming rocks at everyone, forcing them all to swerve and dodge. “I have plenty!” shouted Daybreaker, and she unleashed even more stones making it harder to dodge. Rarity suddenly got struck by a rock and was downed. “Rarity!” cried Spike. He got down scooping her up, “Are you okay?” His wife felt alright, hardly damaged too much. “I don’t understand.” she said “That rock hit me square on; I should be scorched, burned!” Then she realized this was because of her new dragon strength. Spike smiled at her “See, it’s not so bad after all is it?” She smiled at him, but then a large boulder came hurling straight at them, forcing them to dodge. “Hey, check out Daybreaker!” said Artie. She was starting to pant, and her flames didn’t seem as bright or hot. “She’s getting weaker.” cried Buddy “This could be our chance.” Celestia stepped forth, bruised, battered, scorched, but still standing “My… chance… you mean!” Everyone gawked at her with concern. “I just… need… the sign.” “The sign?” asked Pinkie. Daybreaker suddenly began to groan and wail as she held her head. “What’s… happening…!!” Celestia saw it, and she charged straight at Daybreaker with all her might. Daybreaker raised her arm to attack, but went right back to clutching her head, unable to use her power. “No…!!” she groaned, and then… Celestis was standing right before her, and grabbed her by her flaming horn, which burned to the touch, but she held on with all her might. “No!! What are you doing?!” shouted Daybreaker. “Exactly what you’ve been wanting…!” thundered Celestia “…The two… will now be one again!!” There was a large flash of light, so bright that all the others covered their eyes. “That light! So bright!” cried Rhymey. “What’s happening?!” cried Fluttershy. The light didn’t seem to fade out at all. It just remained stationary in the same level of super brightness. What happened was, Celestia had transferred herself inside Daybreaker’s horn, just like Daybreaker absorbed the others. This transferred her straight into Daybreaker’s subconscious, which naturally was a long, endless way of flames that stretched as far as they eye could see. Of course it wasn’t hot inside; it was only the subconscious. “Sister!” called a familiar voice. “Celestia!” called another. It was her sister and her husband, exactly where she knew they’d be. She couldn’t run to them fast enough, and she jumped into her husband’s arms as he twirled her, and Luna joined in the hug. “Everything is going just as we planned.” said Grand Ruler. Luna and Celestia agreed, and that’s when Daybreaker appeared inside her own subconscious. “You!!” she thundered “You all tricked me!!” “You tricked yourself, Daybreaker!” sneered Grand Ruler “Your overconfidence and your lust for power was the key to your downfall.” Luna nodded and added, “We figured you’d try and absorb us all so that none would be in your way. I should know-- as Nightmare Moon I tried to eliminate my sister for full control…” she paused and looked remorseful “…An action today that forever haunts me and that I regret.” She straightened herself out. Grand Ruler then explained “You absorbed us as we figured and hoped you would. The more you used our powers and the more you were weakened, it made that much easier for us to regain control from within the subconscious and hold you back to give Celestia the opening she needed.” Celestia smirked while Daybreaker was outraged, “You and your family and friends will resist and defy me no longer! I will vanquish you all within the borders of my subconscious!” That’s what she wanted, but as she flared up, roaring and growling, ready to deliver what would be the finishing blow, when suddenly, the fire all around began to cease, and rendering her powers useless. “What? What now?! How can this be?!” she groaned, and suddenly she felt herself being held down by magical white lights that covered her front he legs up. “You forget…” Celesita called to her “This is also MY subconscious, Daybreaker. You and I shared the same body, but that doesn’t change the fact that you were created as a nightmare by my own fears and doubts. Now that I’ve conjured up the ultimate courage and strength, I’ve rendered you completely useless.” “You can’t do this to me!!” squealed Daybreaker “I am part of you! You need me!!” “You’re wrong!” said Grand Ruler “She was always fine without you. She never needed or wanted such uncontrollable powers, or the evil that came with them.” “My sister is one of the bravest, most honorable, caring creatures I know,” added Luna “And there is no need or desire for things like you to be in her life.” Daybreaker refused to believe this was the end! “I’ll see you all ashes for this!!!” Celestia, with her eyes glowing like her horn, smirked and said, “No Daybreaker! I’ll see you… only in my nightmares!” She then blasted her with a bright force of light! Daybreaker screamed and roared as the entire realm seemed to rumble and collapse, almost as if the scary evil was disappearing! The light grew brighter, blinding even, which consumed the trio. Outside, there was a big flash of light so bright that it stretched way up high into the sky, and its force knocked all the fighters off their feet. “Galloping Galaxies, what was that?!” cried Lightning. The light finally faded away. “Look!” cried Starla. There stood their majesties, all three of them. Celestia looked fully healed from her ordeals and injuries. Her husband and her sister were beside her, and both looking fine as well. “Their majesties!” cried Spike. “They’re alright!” added Rarity. Saber suddenly felt strange, the sides of his head were burning softly, and then they just stopped. Daybreaker’s hot flames that welded his mask in place were no more. “Hey…” he said as he reached up and actually pulled off his mask, changing back into Shining Armor. “It’s not stuck anymore!” Cadance de-transformed, “Oh, darling!” and she tackled her husband to the ground in a loving embrace. The rest of the team ran over to them, and all de-transformed. Grand Ruler and Luna helped Celestia up onto her feet, and the trio smiled proudly at the team. “Look…!” Cadance said pointing down at Celestia’s feet “She’s casting a shadow again!” “Does that mean… she’s gone, really gone?” asked Pinkie. “Yes,” answered Celestia “She’s gone… at least that much.” She noted the concerned looks everyone had. “Daybreaker will be a part of me in some way, but we have destroyed her powers and energy. She will never return again; at least not in that forum or way.” Everyone felt relieved to hear that, and Celestia was ever so thankful to everyone for helping her confront her evil side for good. “We’d do it again for you, your majesty.” said Lightning “You do so much for us-- all three of you.” Starla agreed, and added “How could we not risk ourselves over and over for what we fight for, for what we believe in?” Everyone else nodded in agreement. Grand Ruler bowed his head to the fighters, “You do us, your planets, and your galaxy well. Never give up the fight, My Brave Ponies.” Everyone bowed to their majesties with pride. Once back on the planet, they were relieved to find that Daybreaker’s hold over the sun had ceased ever since she was warped off the planet. The temperatures were back to normal, and the sun resumed its normal motion and distance. The planet did, however, sustain some damage… to its vegetation. Forest fires were being put out by the pegasi making it rain on them, farmlands lost a deal of their crops, grasses, trees and other planet life had been charred a bit. This left Buddy Rose, Applejack and all other gardening and farming ponies with a lot of work to do to compensate for the loss and revive whatever plants could be saved. There were a few other casualties as well, as many ponies and other creatures had suffered from touches of heatstroke, as well as fevers, and the hospitals were jam-packed treating patients. The team spent the rest of the day making inspections, helping out wherever and however they could, and worked hard to fix things. By nightfall, all-in-all, things were on the verge of getting back to normal. Shining Armor was rocking Flurry Heart in his arms, and the baby seemed happy and joyful. “Oh, honey, I missed moments like this.” he cooed. Cadance wiped a tear from her eye at the touching scene. Celestia pecked her own children goodnight after tucking them into bed. “Goodnight, mother.” they both said as they drifted off to sleep. “Pleasant dreams my darlings.” she whispered to them, and with Daybreaker gone she felt that their dreams would be far more pleasant. Easily one of the best things of all, was Rarity finally being out of the hospital, and finally on her way to accepting herself as she was. She had just put Twilight down in her crib, and kissed her on her little head. Her daughter smiled up at her, completely unfazed by her mother’s new appearance, as she herself was a dragony as well. “Oh, Twilight, my precious…” Rarity said soothingly “How could I ever neglect my own child? Can you ever forgive me?” Of course her baby couldn’t answer her, but just gave her another smile before slowly drifting off to sleep. Rarity could only peck her again before leaving her to doze the night away. “I can forgive you.” whispered Spike. His wife turned to face him and her scales and shiny new skin seemed to glisten in the soft dimmed lights. He quietly approached her and looked at her lovingly. “I have to know… what made you decide to leave your room? I thought for sure you’d… that you…” he couldn’t bring himself to say obvious words. Rarity felt ashamed for the way she had behaved the past few days. “I… I felt you were in trouble. You know how I get whenever I feel that something is wrong, especially if it has to do with our friends or family. I just couldn’t stay there any longer, I knew I had to see if you alright.” She looked down at her claws, and how they were still very much like her hands before, but now and would always be different like the rest of her. Spike held her claws together in his, and took a liking in how different they felt. “Rarity… I’m just so happy that you’re alive. I almost lost you-- WE almost lost you. Saving your life was a miracle that I’ll never forget, even if it changed you a little.” His wife finally realized the full extent of that, and now felt grateful to be alive herself. “I supposed I will have to get used to how I am, and I will need to train up to understand my new strengths and abilities.” She looked up at him “…If you’ll show me how?” He smiled lovingly at her and brought her closer, “Well, I can tell you one thing I like about this change.” he paused and giggled softly “Now that you’re part dragon, you’ll have a much longer lifespan.” Rarity realized this as well. The meant that Spike would no longer have to worry about their ages factors as much anymore. Spike blushed for what he was about to say next, “It just means I’ll have a long time to love you more and more.” Moved to tears by his love, she reached up, curling her arms around his neck, and brought her lips to his. The two just stood there in the most romantic embrace they ever had in a long time. (Promo) In our next episode: Rarity’s newfound fame starts to go to her head as she is showered by praise and offers beyond her dreams, which puts a strain on her training and her family duties. Meanwhile, Starla investigates the mysterious locket and comes to an astounding discovery, while Dearka makes plans to retrieve the locket and any cost. Will Rarity’s newfound fame end up costing her… and what discovery has Starla made? Don’t miss the next exciting episode of “Starfleet Magic!” (Next Episode: “Path of Least Insistence.”)