//------------------------------// // Chapter 10: The tables turn // Story: The final challenge // by Dianabel //------------------------------// The mane 6 and Spike walked around Canterlot, paying great attention to its surroundings. They hid every time they saw a corner or objects that could serve them for cover. Despite all the guards watching over throughout the city, there was not a soul around Canterlot. “Is it me or is Canterlot very empty?” Pinkie asked in a low voice. “Well, if there was an endless blizzard of snow and four psychopaths trying to kill me, I don´t think I would be hopping from place to place.” Rainbow Dash replied. “Of course I know that.” Pinkie rolled her eyes upset. “It´s just that it´s very striking to me. “To all of us.” Twilight said. “That could have either two meanings: Meghan evacuated all of them or they´re all in dungeons. I hope it´s the first option.” “Me too.” Applejack added. Spike shushed them. “Incoming!” he exclaimed in whispers to warn the mane 6 that a guard was approaching. The ponies gasped and bent down immediately. Fortunately, they were unnoticed. Rarity sighed. “If ponies weren´t against each other, we could easily ask the guards where those three are.” she lamented. “Even if they were, we could put them in grave danger. If Grogar found out that they helped us, he would kill them for sure.” Applejack said. “Not to mention the huge dilemma we would put them in.” Fluttershy watched the windigos. “After Hearth´s Warming Eve, we all said to ourselves never again. That we wouldn´t hate each other or harm the ones who are different to us never again, no matter what. And look at where we are now.” she said with great sadness. Applejack hugged Fluttershy. “We need to fix this as soon as possible.” “We will.” Twilight reassured her friend as she embraced her with her wing. “We need to find the villains first.” “Are we even sure they´re here? We´ve been looking for ages! And we haven´t found them yet.” Spike complained. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie´s tail began to shake. “Oooh!” Pinkie exclaimed in surprise. “What is it, Pinkie?” Applejack asked curious. “It´s my Pinkie sense!” “Well, duh! Otherwise your tail wouldn´t be shaking.” Rainbow said sarcastically. “But what is it telling you?” her tone changed from sarcasm to genuine curiosity. Fluttershy gasped. “The villains! They must be near, aren´t they?” “Correct! And my Pinkie sense is telling that they are….” Pinkie paid attention to the direction her tail was pointing at. She turned her head to the left. “There! In that field.” She pointed at a big field underneath Canterlot. The mane 6 and Spike ran to the field, stopping to hide if needed. Spike noticed that Fluttershy seemed mind absent. “Hey, are you alright?” Fluttershy snapped out of her thoughts. “Huh? Oh! It´s nothing, really.” “You seem a little anxious, what is it?” Fluttershy bit her lip. “Maybe I´m being paranoid, but isn´t it a little dangerous to go in an open field without a place to hide? The villains must have chosen that place for a reason. Something tells me that this could be a trap.” Spike put his hand under his chin as he thought. “Huh. Now that you say it, it´s pretty obvious. How didn´t we think about that?” Spike hit his forehead softly. Fluttershy smiled tenderly. “Because we have so many things at our hooves. But we might need an interruption.” Since she was behind the rest, Fluttershy sped up until she caught up with her friends. “Stop!” she smacked her hoof to the ground. The five ponies gave a sudden brake. “What the-” Rainbow whispered confused. “Fluttershy, darling. We have to save Equestria. Why are you in the way?” Rarity asked in a passive aggressive tone with an awkward smile. “I don´t think it´s a good idea to go into an open field without a surprise attack. I´m pretty sure this is a bait.” “She´s right, y´all know?” Applejack said to her friends. “Of course, why didn´t I count on that?” Twilight rubbed her forehead and sighed. “This is turning me crazy. It´s not letting me think with clarity!” Twilight´s friends and Spike bit their lips nervously, fearing that Twilight would start twilighting in the least opportune moment. But the princess breathed slowly and calmed down. She thought of every possible option. Getting bored by the situation, Rainbow Dash tried to get an excuse to help her friends and get some action. “While you´re coming up with a plan, I think it would be a good idea if I laid an eye of them.” “Actually, that´s a good idea.” Rarity agreed. “You´re doing this because you are bored and don´t have any ideas, do you?” Applejack told Rainbow. “No… Why would I do that?” Applejack raised her eyebrow. “Ok, yes.” “But you´re still lending us a hoof, Rainbow.” Fluttershy said sweetly. “So, go ahead.” “On it!” Rainbow exclaimed softly, but confident as usual. Rainbow opened her wings. Just when she was about to take off, Fluttershy flew in front of her. “No, no! I didn´t mean I like that!” Fluttershy corrected herself. “You´re not going to fly in that state, are you?” Rarity told her. “What do you mean?” Rainbow asked confused. “Were you seriously thinking on going without something to make you invisible?” Applejack asked dryly. “Well, how am I supposed to do that?” “Allow me.” Twilight said. As soon as she ignited her horn, Rainbow Dash disappeared. “Rainbow are you there?” Twilight asked. “Yeah, where else would I be?” “Can you see her?” Twilight asked to her friends. They shook their heads. “Oooh! I see what you did there, Twi.” Pinkie Pie said excitedly to her friend. “An invisibility spell is a super-duper idea!” Rainbow raised an eyebrow. “Could somepony explain what´s going here?” Rainbow asked for explanations a bit confused. “Ok. I cast you an invisibility spell so that the villains don´t see you flying through the sky. All you have to do is take a quick glance and then fly here to tell us their position, ok?” “Pfft! Easy peasy!” “I wouldn´t say that. If you go into some liquid, the spell´s undone. This wouldn´t happened if I had my horn activated.” “Ok, I´ll be careful, I promise.” Rainbow was about to leave, but was interrupted once again. “One more thing, I´m afraid you won´t be able to fly fast.” Rainbow´s jaw hung open. “What? Why?” “Well, imagine that you´re flying fast and those super meanies hear your flying or see a rainbow in the sky!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed. “Huh. That´s a good argument. But how am I supposed to fly, then?” “Uuh… Slowly?” Twilight asked sarcastically. “Gently, gently.” Fluttershy emphasized. “Like me.” she smiled nervously. Rainbow was going to complain, but she knew that she had no chocie “Fine…” she begrudgingly agreed. “Life´s not fair, mate.” Applejack said. Rainbow rolled her eyes. She took off the ground softly and elevated herself to the clouds. She could see from the sky that Applejack was holding her laughter. “After we´re over with this, I´m gonna kill you for that, AJ.” she thought aloud in a whisper. After flying for some time, something beneath caught her eyes. Between some trees, to the left, there were three familiar shapes, one red, the other black and the last one was pink. Rainbow smirked. “There you are.” She ventured into the forest, landing not too far from the trio of villains. Hoofstep by hoofstep, Rainbow got nearer and nearer to her archenemies. As soon as her gut told her that she was too close, she quickly hid behind a tree. She listened carefully to their conversation. “I´m telling you Cozy, they´re not going to come here.” Tirek told the pegasus filly. He sighed as he rubbed his temple. “We should have waited in Canterlot.” “No no, I´m serious!” Cozy replicated stubbornly. “Professor Pinkie Pie has like this weird sense that she calls Pinkie sense that allows her to know when something bad is coming. I´m sure it will bring them there!” Chrysalis, who had been bottling up her anger, exploded. “UUURGH! That´s it! I can´t wait anymore. I´m going back to Canterlot.” “We´re two.” Tirek joined Chrysalis. “What? Come on guys!” Cozy said upset. “Don´t you believe me?” “Look. Your way is wasting us time! We´re going to Canterlot.” Tirek stated. “But-” “No buts young lady! You´re coming with us.” Chrysalis said as she grabbed Cozy with her magic. The little alicorn had no choice but to agree. “Fine…” “Ok, now´s the time.” Rainbow thought to herself. But just when she was about to fly, she tripped with one of tree´s roots, falling into a mud puddle. She entered in a slight state of panic, since the mud her visible again. And to make matters worse, her thud was heard by the three villains. Cozy´s ears perked up. “Did you hear that?” she asked to her comrades. “Hear what?” Tirek asked as he turned around suspiciously. “See? I told you that staying here wasn´t a waste of time!” Cozy complained. “Now, let me go!” “Whatever.” Chrysalis said dryly. She freed Cozy while rolling her eyes. The three villains knew that the sound came from behind them. Rainbow quickly took off all the mud and ran to hide behind another tree. Her breath and heartbeat accelerated but she held it. Her hyperventilation could tell them that somepony was around. By the time villains arrived at the puddle, nopony wasn´t around. “Well, I don´t see anything.” Tirek said upset while looking around. “Must have been a dumb squirrel that fell from a tree.” Chrysalis replied. “Let´s go Cozy.” Cozy growled frustrated. She knew that those ponies weren´t in Canterlot! They were here. She just didn´t have the evidence. But she also knew that she couldn´t do anything against Tirek and Chrysalis, so she decided to come along, even though she didn´t agree. Once Cozy wasn´t looking, Rainbow knew it was time to make her move. But it was one hoofstep and she stepped over a tree branch. Cozy quickly turned around and saw Rainbow. “THERE SHE IS!” Cozy exclaimed while pointing and Rainbow. Tirek and Cozy turned around and gasped in surprise. They, along Cozy started zapping at her, but she escaped before she could get hit. Meanwhile her friends waited anxiously. “What´s taking her so long?” Rarity asked worried. “No idea, but I don´t think that´s a good sign.” Applejack said worried. Twilight and Fluttershy bit their lips nervously. “Don´t worry. She´s Rainbow Dash! She´ll be fine.” Pinkie reassured relaxed. “Spike, could you watch over for me?” she handled her balloon binoculars to Spike. “Yeah sure.” He noticed a strange figure approaching. He pulled Twilight´s tail. “Hey, hey! Something´s coming.” Fluttershy gasped. “The villains?” Twilight took the binoculars. She observed that the mysterious figure´s silhouette didn´t resemble one of the villains. Instead it resembled of a pegasus. “Is that… Rainbow Dash?” she gasped. “Oh no…” “What? What is it?” Rarity asked. “We can see her. That´s not a good sign.” “Oh dear, you don´t think they saw her, do you?” Rarity bit her hoof. “I´m not sure, but there must be a reason why she´s flying fast.” “Uuh… I think it´s right behind her.” Spike said, getting more scared with every word he pronounced. Spike pointed at the villains chasing the poor Rainbow. They gasped. “That´s not good.” Pinkie Pie muttered worried. “I think that´s a sign to attack.” Applejack begged Twilight. “Not the sign I would have wanted, but a sign none the less.” Twilight replied. Suddenly, Tirek caught Rainbow with his magic. He gripped her wings. Spike gasped. “She got caught.” “What?!” the ponies asked in chorus. “Get out from wherever you´re hiding yourself, Twilight Sparkle!” Chrysalis yelled. “That´s if you want to see your friend unharmed.” Cozy continued. Tirek smirked evily as he slowly plucked Rainbow´s wing. He pulled the feathers one by one. Rainbow yelled in pain. “Stop it!” Rainbow tried to hit Tirek´s hand. The centaur laughed, since the pegasus couldn´t do anything anything against him. Applejack clenched her teeth angrily. “Oh, you´re not doing that.” she whispered in fury. “Not under my watch. Let´s attack!” Twilight nodded. She made them appear in the open field. Applejack ran towards Tirek´s leg. Once she got close enough, she bucked it as if he was a tree, but with more strength than usual. “Ouch!” exclaimed Tirek. He released Rainbow. She fled towards Applejack and bumped hooves. Then, she waved her hoof, telling her friends to come. “What did you do?” Chrysalis asked mad. “Something hit me.” he explained as he moved his leg. He looked down and saw Applejack. He grabbed her with her hand and tossed her several feet, landing in front of her. Rainbow aided her to get in four legs. “You ok?” she asked. “Yeah.” “Ok. Remember what we said. The key is to maintain them still.” Twilight said. “I think that a rope would be enough for Chrysalis and Cozy. We´ll have to do it fast so they don´t have time to free themselves with magic.” “But what about Tirek? He´s inmense! There´s no way that a rope is going to hold him up.” Rarity pointed out. Twilight bit her lip. Rarity was right, Tirek was too big for that rope. Not knowing what to do, she looked around nervously. But everything changed when she looked at the clouds. She gasped in realization. “I think I know how. But it´s going to take a lot of magic and stamina from your part, Rarity. Are you sure that you can do that?” “Even if I couldn´t darling, we´re in desperate circumstances, so I have no choice but to try, darling.” Twilight smiled. “Ok, do you remember Gusty the Great?” “The hero or the tale?” “The tale.” Rarity raised an eyebrow confused. Spike looked at the clouds, realizing what Twilight planned to do. “Oh dear.” he muttered under his breath. “Uh, guys…” Spike pointed at the villains. They saw the three villains running towards them, but they disappeared before they could reach them. “Stand by! They could appear at any moment.” Chrysalis commanded. Cozy and Tirek nodded. They set themselves in a triangle, looking with great attention around their surroundings. Cozy was backwards, so Fluttershy came to action. The pegasus gulped. “Ok. You can do this.” She flew towards Cozy´s back. Once she was near enough, she grabbed her. “Gu-” The filly was about to scream, but Fluttershy covered her mouth before she could. “Pinkie…” Fluttershy called her in a desperate begging tone. Pinkie brought her party cannon, smiling and laughing mischievously. “If you don´t want me to fire, you´d better keep your mouth shot.” she threatened in a low voice. Cozy, however, didn´t seem scared at all. Instead she raised her eyebrow. With her eyes, Fluttershy urged Pinkie to say something scarier. “Do you remember when you went to our school, before you stabbed us and all Equestria at the back, which was very mean by your part, you have to admit-” Cozy tried to free herself form Flutterhy´s grasp. “Pinkie!” “Oh right! Well, I do remember those times and I also remembered that you told us that you were allergic to peanuts. And this baby,” she tapped her cannon. “is full of them.” This time, Cozy panicked. But instead of following Pinkie´s and Fluttershy´s interests, she ignited her horn. “So, if you don´t want to have an allergic reaction, you´d better keep your little mouth quiet and do as we say, alright?” Seeing that Pinkie had her eyes closed, Fluttershy warned her friend. “Run!” Pinkie opened her eyes and saw that Cozy was about to fire at her. Thankfully, before the ray reached her, she ran away. The ray bounced off when it hit Pinkie´s cannon, so it hit Chrysalis´ back. “Hey!” she complained while turning around. Her eyes widened when she saw Fluttershy holding Cozy. She was going to fire but Cozy shook her head violently and scared. “Of course. If I shoot here, I might target at Cozy.” she thought to herself. She made herself disappear. Fluttershy looked around, trying to spot Chrysalis. However, the changeling queen reappeared behind her and took her away from Cozy with her magic. The pegasus whimpered. Chrysalis laughed. “Well, well you are Fluttershy, right? Honestly, I don´t care, but let me tell you that you´ll make a good meal.” she sniffed. “I feel such an aura of love coming from you.” “Hey!” Pinkie popped up from nowehere in front of her. From the scare, Chrysalis jumped back. “Do you want to play a game? Because I do! How about… Blind mare´s buff!” Pinkie bounded a cloth around Chrysalis´ eyes. The changeling queen released Fluttershy. Cozy Glow watched the scene, and immediately went to aid her. But Rainbow Dash knocked her to the floor. She pressed her horn against the ground. “See? This is how you should have done it!” Rainbow said to Fluttershy. Fluttershy smiled apologetically. “Applejack now!” “Coming!” Applejack said as she ran with her rope on her mouth. She approached the two villains and bound them together. “Let me go!” Chrysalis demanded. Looking that Chrysalis and Cozy needed his help, he started firing at Applejack. The earth pony dodged it with ease, running as fast as she could. Suddenly, he saw Twilight Sparkle flying in front of him. “Glad to see you again.” she sarcastically said. “Don´t think that this is over, Twilight Sparkle. You still have to defeat me.” “I know.” she looked behind her. “Rarity! Go!” Tirek turned around and saw Rarity igniting her horn. Seeing that both the unicorn and the alicorn were about to do a spell, he conjured up magic between his horns as well. However, they hit a cloud, and from the cloud, there came two beams that tackled him against the ground. No matter how much he tried, Tirek had some problems to free himself. “It´s working!” Rarity exclaimed in a mixture of excitement and relief. “I can´t believe it´s working!” “Spike! The bell!” she said while struggling. The three villains´ ears perked up. “What?!” “Coming!” Spike replied while flying with the bell. “We´re dead! We´re dead! We´re super dead!” Cozy Glow exclaimed panicked. “I think you forgot a small detail.” Chrysalis said calmly while untying the cloth around her eyes. “What?” “THAT WE HAVE MAGIC, YOU IDIOT!” Chrysalis destroyed the rope and released Cozy. “You need to take the situation with more logic.” “Let´s not talk about my mistakes now, we have a bell to take.” Chrysalis chuckled as Cozy went to take the bell. “That´s my filly.” “Have it!” Spike exclaimed. He threw the bell. Twilight stopped holding Tirek. “I leave him to you Rarity!” she said quickly. Rarity nodded while struggling to keep the enormous centaur against the ground. Twilight was about to reach the bell. However, Cozy interposed between the bell and the alicorn. “I got-” The bell hit her head. The filly and the artefact ended on the ground. The villains and the heroes closed their eyes. They could feel the blow. “It…” Cozy finished her sentence, levitating the bell weakly with her forelegs. Tirek took the mane 6 and Spike with his magic. With the help of Chrysalis, Cozy joined her friends on the final moments of Equestria´s greatest heroes. “What shall we do with them before killing them?” Cozy asked playfully. Tirek opened his mouth to absorb their magic. But Chrysalis quickly covered it with his mouth. “What are you doing? You´re not going to have all that magic for yourself, are you?” “Oh. Sorry, the custom.” “Let´s do it with this instead.” Chrysalis grabbed the bell. “Will you do the honours, Cozy?” “Gladly!” the filly exclaimed excitedly. After the bell rang thanks to her magic, the mane 6 and Spike had all their magic drained in a slow and painful way. The villains realized that this artefact could also be used as a form of torture, apart from being used as a weapon to kill. This bell was the perfect weapon. Even though, they dreaded Grogar with all their hearts, they couldn´t deny that he was an evil genius. Once they had all their magic drained, Tirek dropped the heroes as if they were liveless objects. They had few strengths. They couldn´t even get up from the ground. Twilight opened her eyes and sadly looked at how the villains had her magic in an artefact. “No…” she muttered under her breath. She didn´t feel bad because she lost her magic. She felt bad because without her magic, she wouldn´t be able to save Equestria. For the first time in many battles, they had truly lost. They couldn´t flee the place to come up with another plan to face the situation better next time, like they did last time. This time they were going to die. What´s worse, she would die leaving Equestria at the mercy of three evil and powerful creatures. She started to cry. Applejack laid her hoof on hers. “Don´t worry, it´s not your fault.” she reassured her. “You did your best.” Rarity said. “You´re the best friend a pony could ever ask for.” Pinkie added. “And for that we´re thankful.” Fluttershy said. “We love you, Twilight.” Rainbow hugged her. They all hugged each other tightly. Spike was going to join the hug, but a figure approaching from behind the villains caught his eye. When he recognized who that figure was, he started shaking in fear. Twilight noticed how scared Spike was. “I´m so sorry, Spike. I didn´t mean to have all of us killed. It´s all my fault.” she sobbed. Surprisingly for Twilight, Spike wasn´t upset about that, since he was shaking his head. He was saying something, but his panic was so huge that it didn´t let him speak clearly. He pointed at the horizon. The mane 6´s confused expression turned into one full of terror. “Look at them. They´re so scared of us.” Tirek bragged. “Oh, I´m afraid it´s not you who they are afraid of.” The three villains froze. They slowly turned around and saw Grogar in front of them, with a strange but frightening, calm smile. “Hello.” he said. Cozy hugged the bell to herself. Chrysalis noticed that. “What are you doing? Use the bell! Use the bell!” Chrysalis begged. But the filly was paralyzed by fear, so she didn´t respond accordingly. Tirek quickly took it away from her hooves. He fired at the bell, aiming it at Grogar. The ram, however, wasn´t scared. He had the same expression from before, which scared Tirek. “It´s only a farce.” he thought to calm himself. “In just mere moments, he´ll be nothing but dust.” After giving its characteristic ghostly ring, the bell unleashed its power at the ram. The three villains looked on anticipation, smiling at the thought of Grogar becoming weak and helpless. The mane 6 and Spike also watched the scene. Apparently, the villains had the same plan of using the bell on Grogar, the only difference being on their purposes. Purposes that in the villains´ case were twisted and selfish. And seeing them having that moment, felt so humiliating. But what happened next, shocked both the villains and the heroes: Grogar wasn´t affected at all. There was no scratch, nor wound on his body. He smugly cleaned out the dust from his harness. The villains entered in panic. “What the- What happened?” Chrysalis asked puzzled. “We have done the same thing many times before, why isn´t it working now?” Cozy took the bell. “Come on.” she begged before repeating the same process. The same results. Grogar was still standing there, proud and regal. “I-I don´t understand.” Tirek said. This was the most scared Tirek the mane 6 or anypony watched. “Why isn´t it working?” The mane 6 and Spike were as confused as the villains. Grogar began chuckling softly. His chuckle turned into a huge roar of evil laughter at all the shock and disbelief around him. Then, he menacingly approached the villains, making them walk backwards. “You fools.” he mocked. “Did you really think that you could use my own bell against me? Ha!” he looked at the ponies and the dragon. “I bet that you had the same plan. Except for the fact that you would only take my magic away from me instead of destroying me like those three planned. Just because you are merciful. Pathetic, really.” They glared at him. “Well, in any case, let me tell you that the book neglected one tiny, minuscule but important detail. Although I understand why it did. Gusty died before she could tell that detail: The bell cannot be used against its original wielder.” Chrysalis tried to blast Grogar. Channelling the magic through his hooves, he grabbed her by the throat. “And I am the original owner of the bell.” He tossed the changeling against Tirek´s chest, making them fall to the ground. Cozy tried to protect them, but Grogar grasped her wings and broke them. Cozy yelled in pain as she was dropped to the ground, releasing the bell in the process. Grogar took the bell and attached it to his necklace. He felt how the power flooded through his veins and the magic coursing through his very being. His eyes glowed more than ever. Afterwards, he glared at the three traitors that tried to backstab him twice. “Did you three really think that you could betray me? The most powerful being to have ever roamed Equestria´s soil and history?! If you thought that you could learn the secrets of my bell and take over my scheme to take Equestria back, you´re even more incompetent than I realized!” Grogar rang his bell and absorbed the villain´s magic, making them go through the same the mane 6 and Spike suffered a few minutes before. They returned to their original forms. They felt so dizzy and weak that they could barely move. “Out of my way!” Grogar tossed the villains to make through the mane 6. “You´re not getting away with yours, Grogar.” Twilight angrily said after the ram took some hoofsteps. “Am I not? What are you going to do against me?” Twilight looked at her friends. They grabbed their hoofs and closed their eyes. They hoped that their friendship would bring the magic inside them, just like when they faced Tirek or Sombra. However, nothing happened. When Twilight opened her eyes, her breath accelerated. “What? Wh- Why isn´t our friendship working?” Twilight asked anxious. Grogar chuckled. “I might have an explanation for that. Remember when I said that I paid a little visit to the Tree of Harmony? Well, maybe I should have explained what really happened. The Spirit of Harmony and I had a little fight, which I obviously won. I fired at her a strong beam of magic, making her weaker as a result. With each passing second, she disappears. I chose the perfect moment, since there are windigoes around…” “Which means that there´s no harmony around.” Fluttershy continued. “That´s right.” Grogar smirked at her. “And I hope it stays that way, because…” “The spirit could disappear forever!” Fluttershy realized terrified. “When we grabbed our hooves, nothing happened. Is it too late?” Applejack asked panicked. The rest hyperventilated. “If she did, I would have noticed.” Grogar replied. “But she hasn´t much time left, that´s for sure.” he smirked cruelly. “You´re a monster.” Rainbow growled. “Father of monsters, for your information.” Grogar corrected. “But I´m proud of my accomplishments.” “Still, this is not over.” Twilight refused to give up. “We´ll find another way to defeat you, I´m sure of that.” Tired of Twilight´s stubbornness, he grabbed her by the throat and elevated her. “Haven´t you heard? The tree is dying! You can´t stand a chance. Against me, you´re nothing!” “As long as they´re together, there´s a chance.” Spike smugly said. “You heard the dragon.” Pinkie agreed. “We´ll win in the end! We always do!” Rarity confidently stated. Spike´s words resonated in Grogar´s mind, which gave him an idea. He chuckled softly. “Not if one of you isn´t alive.” he said as he smirked at Twilight. A chill ran through all their backs. “No!” Spike jumped in Grogar´s bell. “Please don´t!” Grogar tried to take Spike off by moving his body from side to side aggressively. Seeing that the little dragon was still there, he took him off with his hoof, tossing him to the ground. Twilight´s friends tried to get up, but they were still too weak. No matter how much they begged, the emperor didn´t change his mind. He moved Twilight away and elevated her a little more to make a perfect target. “Goodnight, sweet princess.” he said. After he rang his bell, it released a huge blast directed to Twilight´s heart. The alicorn closed her eyes terrified. She yelled in pain as the blast sent her flying far away into the forest. “NOOO!” Spike shouted in tears. Her friends cried in horror as they watched their friend falling from the sky. Meanwhile at the castle´s cells, Discord felt trembled so hard that he fell to the ground. He grabbed his chest. “No. No please no.” Tears streamed down his face. “No…” he said with a broken voice.