//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: the beginning of Fast´s end // Story: Fast and Ruby at the end of the Stage // by Fast Tap //------------------------------// When I woke up, the whole team, except Gallus and Silverstream, we were in a dungeon, in a large prison in a large room, under the castle, with a dark area the bars were a magic field, which would not let us out Smolder says “Great, we are locked” Sandbar adds “We never saw coming she knew we will do it” Yona asks “Why Pony Fast look wall?” I was in silence, filled with sadness and angry “…” Ocellus asks “Fast, something worries you?” I respond a little angry “I get betrayed twice by the friends I get in my life, and I'm tired of this! it must be the worst thing they can do to you in life!” Autumn tells me “Calm down Fast, and trust me, everything will be fine, in fact, I lived something worse, this is better than some vampire fruit bat ponies attacking your village and you can't communicate with others” Ocellus adds “No, mine was worse, imagine switching to a whole hive next to the light and stop feeding of love” Cozy adds “Not mine had worse problems, my best friend, hates me for doing the worst in the future to avoid it later” Then, each one talked about their experience And Autumn says “See? we had worse moments” I start to smile but a little “Thank you guys, it is good to have friends to help you in good times and in bad times, Ruby had to have felt alone when the same thing happened to her, only she had no friends ...” Someone unknown asks “Ruby Funny?” For me felt confusing “huh? Who said it?” Ocellus says “It seems that the voice came out of the dark area of ​​the prison” An old pony comes out of it, but in a costume that seemed to be an expert magician “I'm Starswirl, the bearded” I ask “And what took you here?” Starswirl says “When I had researched the powerful magic, I discovered the alternate time-lines, after several studies I had discovered that in one time-line, there was going to be a confrontation that would decide the end of all the alternate timelines, between someone named Fast and Ruby, transformation and creation, I don't know who will do good and who evil, depending on the winner of the battle, will depend on the change of all existing lines, including the original, from which I come, if evil wins, the timelines will mix-up so much will end up in complete madness without remedy, leaving time and space in shreds, if good wins, the alternate timelines that are involved will have a happy ending and the sudden-end will be avoided, Fast, you have to fight against Ruby and beat her, but I don't know if you're the good one, or the bad one, if there was another clue I could take out...” I try to help him on that “Well, my artifact was yellow and Ruby's Blue” Starswirl says “Hmmm, that must be enough to decipher it, I suppose you are the hero, which leads me to a theory that I have had for thousands of years just like the other me of other timelines, we had the doubt that it happened if an artifact absorbs the magic of the other artifacts of different time-lines, it would fully load your artifact again and it would be much more powerful, I was the only one to discover it off all my mess, that's why I finished here, we will require 51 of the artifacts, 1 that absorbs the power of the others” I start counting everyone with the artifact including me “There are 49, we will not succee...” it is heard that the cell opens and the barrier leaves, everyone turns to see who was who opened and was Gallus and Silverstream Gallus says “Yo guys ...” And I get angry again, nice me “I thou...” Silverstream interrupts “I know you have reason to hate us, but there's no tim...” “NO! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAD TO DO TO THAT ALWAYS COMES EVERY TIME, I HAD TO TRAVEL ALL THE EQUESTRY FOR GET MY FRIENDS BACK, RISK MY LIFE TO SAVE THE MAGIC OF MY EQUESTRIA, AND WHEN I TRY TO DO IT FRIENDLY FOR JUST ONE TIME...”-I start remembering when a friend had betrayed me, and I control myself, and now the papers changed and I'm the one who doesn't forgive… oh-“...they always get away with it ... uhg! Gallus, Silverstream, sorry, I hate when someone uses me just to end very badly” Gallus adds “Neither do we, when Ruby thanked us for what we did and opened the doors to return, we asked...” Silverstream continues “...if it has to break hearts to get something in return? our friends wait for us but we want them to see us as we are, not as what we had to be to arrive, sorry for not telling you what was happening in the beginning” “I forgive you guys” I give them 2 a big hug Yona says “Now friends calm down, what Gallus and Silverstream talk about?” Gallus says “Oh, yes, there is no time, Ruby will travel in time and prevent you from going to school at the start!” Sandbar got scared “If that happens, maybe what you said didn't happen, and it could be much worse than usual ...” “The prevented war, and the disappearance of magic, oh no!” I got scared too Silverstream says “We must stop her! And we will do it, everyone, as...!” I interrupt “We shouldn't, I have to stop it, I put you in this without wanting to, I will take you out, but, I won't do it completely alone, you know” With the 51 prepared, we followed the orders of Starswirl so that the theory it would happen, if everything went well, I would have the opportunity to win the battle that awaited me, when everything was ready ... I give a little words to them “Guys, remember, artifacts are just something that says they are, but you already prove it ...” Smolder says “Don't worry, we know well that we can lose our magic, but save everyone and go back home, that's worth it” Starswirl asks “Are everyone ready?” And the rest says “Yes” Straswirl says “Now the 50 think about giving the magic to Fast's artifact; Fast, close your eyes and think of your memory that you appreciate most” And of the 50 artifacts began to shine and point as a laser to my artifact, I thought of my friends, in my best moments with each of them when I create a big wave for Sandbar's birthday when the crusaders helped me to be positive about things when I broke a concrete block with Yona for one of her celebrations when I exposed on the molt down with Smolder when Cozy left Tartarus after several months of teaching her when I won in intelligence tests on teams representing the school with Ocellus when I learned to spin in the air thanks to Autumn Blaze and the times I fail when I win the doubles videogame tournament with Gallus and when I talk about my past to Silverstream and she took it in a sweet way with a hug Remembering all that, it was enough, suddenly there were colorful lasers from the artifacts and mine was loaded with them, and that power was growing, I felt it stronger and stronger, when I finished, I opened my eyes and saw my artifact, it was no longer black or yellow, it was of a light, which had colors that changed every time, forming a rainbow Starswirl “And now, you have the warrior artifact, you will have at your disposal any power and magic existing in Equestria, you can move winds, create huge rains and do thousands of other things, now it is your responsibility to use them from now on and save everyone” “I promise not to let you down, in fact, I know I could beat her easily,” I said Starswirl says “I doubt, Ruby has the greatest power, she can create everything she wants and manipulate all objects like paper, and now can travel in time, your artifact won’t be able to do that since the one it has, doesn't come from Equestria, like yours, I'll talk about that later” “I'll keep that in mind, and by the way, friends, if I don't come back, at least I'll make sure they get back to their time-lines, including yours Starswirl,” I said Silverstream says “Quick, Ruby must be making the spell at the top of the castle” “Thanks, see you on the other side!” I transform into a hippogriff and I will be like that for a while and I go to where Ruby is