//------------------------------// // Chapter 19 - Is It Over? // Story: The Lost Pegasus // by J8ck78 //------------------------------// “Of course, they would show up now!” shouted Jack. He ran to the front door, and wasn't even there for two seconds when he started to fire his grenade launcher. Twilight looked on worried as a spotlight was suddenly cast upon the house. It searched through the house until it centered in on the the Pony doppelgangers. They knew they were in there, and as Jack doubled his firing rate, they were coming. “Quickly! You need to get the Elements of Harmony!” “We don't even know where to begin!” shouted Dash. “This room is just a fluke! There's no way we can find them!” added in Tara. Twilight looked around the room. It wasn't like Equestria where the Elements were just sitting there on that pedestal. These were hidden away so that some random Human didn't stumble across this place like Jack did and find some of the most powerful items in all of existence! Looking around the room, she looked for a clue, sweating with anxiety as Jack grunted from his fire and the rest cowered not knowing their fate. Twilight had to find something, anything! If Celestia was the one who put them here, then she must've had to have put a sign or something. A marker, an inscription, an incantation even! Going past her cutie mark on the wall she kept searching when she suddenly stopped. Back tracking she saw, that under the grime, mold, and decaying wood was her Cutie Mark! She looked and it was lined up exactly with the center of the room which seemed to have some designs on the floor as well. That was it! “Tara stand here!” ordered Twilight. “What? Why?” asked her double. “Just do it! Dash stand here!” “Uh, okay.” spoke Dash. Twilight was rushing around the small room trying to find them, and every time she did, instructed the correct Pony-Person to stand where it lay. “April, here! Diane, here! Fiona, stay where you are! Reine! Here!” They all got into position and waited. Nothing seemed to happen. Dash was starting to get skeptical when she suddenly found herself frozen where she stood. They all did as they began to glow with a white aura. Twilight cheered, it was working! She watched in glee as the 6 lifted off the ground, a little unsure what to make of what's going on, when Twilight heard Jack scream. She turned around to see him getting hit by two tazers all at the same time. The Police soon followed, and Twilight acted fast. She looked into the other room where she thought the secret panel was, and using her magic, grabbed as many books as she could and sent them flying at the zombified police officers. They weren't expecting the full on book assault and were knocked the ground and buried in the books. A simple spell, and they were trapped down there, temporarily of course, the spell would wear off after a few hours. Her job done for the moment, she turned back to see the rest as the Elements worked their magic, when she felt two hands grasp her. She turned around to see a third Police Officer had made it in and grabbed her. She looked right into his emotionless eyes, and he was there. He was watching, laughing at them knowing there was nothing they could do now. Then, in a instant, he was gone. Jack stood there, his baton out ready to strike the officer again, but she didn't get up. He looked to Twilight, who was just recovering from the attack. “You okay?” “I'll be fine,” she said coming to. “Good,” smiled Jack as he raised his grenade launcher and fired out the door, a white smoke enveloping several Officers, who then grasped for air and retreated. “What's in those?” “Tear gas. Not fun stuff. I only got three rounds left, then all I have are frag rounds.” “Frag?” “Kaboom,” answered Jack. “Oh.” He fired out another round while Twilight herself loaded up another volley of books and sent them flying towards the cops. As they're attacks momentarily ceased, they felt a strong presence behind them. They looked back to see a ball of white light floating there where the room was once. Every molecule in their body seemed to vibrate as Jack took a step back. “This is going to either end very good, or very bad.” “They're the Elements of Harmony! They shouldn't be bad.” Jack was about to say something, when everything stopped. He braced for the worst, and in a flash, couldn't see anything. He felt himself being thrown across the room and slamming into a wall. Twilight meanwhile managed to hold herself up against the blast, and when it subsided, everything seemed peaceful all over again. There was no tense air about them, the helicopter wasn't buzzing around, no Police closing in, there wasn't even Jack! He stood up groaning and walked over and looked on at the sight. “Whoa.” he got out of the pile of decrepit books that had managed to cover his entirety. The 6 stood there, still in a sort of daze, and it wasn't just the Elements of Harmony that adorned their necks and head, respectively. That alone could cause awe, but it was what it gave them as well. Tara and Reine now had horns growing out of their heads. Dash and Fiona had wings jutting out their backs. Diane and April looked the same as before, but outward looks could be deceiving. Tara was the first to come to and rubbed her forehead, finding her newly acquired horn in the process. “Huh? What?” she said alarmed at she rubbed it. “Congratulations! You can now practice magic!” cheered Twilight. “What? Magic?” asked Tara still confused. A sharp scream filled the air as Reine looked in horror at the horn growing out of her head. They looked to her before she herself started gawking at Dash's new set of wings. The rainbow haired girl looked on alarmed as Fiona, aware of hers as well, tried to hide them. “What in tarnation just happened to us?” “Yeah, what happened to us?” asked Diane, literally coming out of April's Stetson Jack stood there, his hand half limp and pointing at what was going on. A look of dumbfounded shock painted on his face. He tried to say something, bu he was incapable of even making a simple grunt as to what he was seeing. April looked up alarmed, and with one hand, tore her out of her hat and held her in midair, not knowing her own strength. I guess the Elements gave you the powers of my friends as well. Talk about side effects.” smiled Twilight sheepishly. “I'll say! We can't go out in public like this!” shouted Tara. “Oh, there's a real easy spell to hide your horn. Here I'll show you.” comforted Twilight. “Not without me! Magical powers or not, I wont have this- this- this thing on my head all the time!” snapped Reine as she walked over. “What about us? We can't go in public with wings,” came Dash. “Ah, just fold them in. No one will notice.” said April with a grin. “Oh ha ha. You didn't even undergo a change!” Dash shot back. Jack still looked on, stupefied by what he was seeing. Even with all the crazy happenings, this one took the cake. He reached to his side and pulled out his pistol. With a sharp snap he shot it right through his head and he fell over. The rest jumped as the man fell over, and rose his head. Nope, he wasn't dreaming this up. It was real. “Did that serve a point?” asked Twilight bemused. “Uh-huh,” Jack finally got out. He heard something in the distance, and sent his mind to go look for it. Meanwhile, the rest slowly became more and more adjusted with what just happened. “I guess having a horn on my head wont be so bad. Just imagine all the work I can now get done!” sang Reine thinking on the subject. “With this strength, I can easily do my days farm work in a hour!” “I got a few old spell books I keep in the TARDIS. I can give them to you if you want.” spoke Twilight to her double. “That would be nice!” Tara responded excited. “Pssh! Screw spells! With these wings I can do all sorts of tricks and stuff! This is awesome!” She lifted into the air off her feet with her wings and began to do some tricks with her wings and the small space she could. They looked on impressed with her feats, even Twilight, who had seen the Pony Rainbow Dash preform those exact tricks. “What do you think Fiona? Are you ready to fly as well?” Diane asked appearing behind her friend. “Oh, I really don't know. Maybe a little, but not too much. I don't like heights.” “Yeah, you're Fluttershy alright,” grunted Dash as she flew around the room. “Hey! Come check this out!” yelled Jack. They all looked to see him standing at the foot of the door. Joining him on the former front porch, they found themselves with a million dollar view of the city below, and what a sight it was. The sun and Moon shown brightly inside of it, and there in the center, was where the fight was. They could see the flashes of blue and white form Celeste and Lou, fighting against Discord, the Doctor and Derpy somewhere down there fighting right alongside them. “We need to get down there now,” spoke Jack. “How? That's a good five hour walk, and I don't think those Police cars are still working after that blast,” commented Dash. “Well, there are three Unicorns here, myself included. We could try a teleport spell,” Twilight said looking at them. They looked back to her, unsure of what to make of it. ---- The Doctor felt himself slam up against the wall. Even with all of them teamed up as one, Discord was proving to be a worthy opponent. He stood up, the Dalek Gun stick he was using on Discord shattered from Discords attack. He tossed it down, it wasn't like it was doing anything against the spirit of chaos anyway. Above, Lou and Celeste were really putting up a a fight. Together, the Human versions of the Royal Pony sisters used everything they could against Discord, and while he held his ground, he wasn't able to gain any in the process. From the suns lance, to the moons blade, the attacks were pressed on hard and not showing any sign of giving up. He stepped outside thinking of a new avenue of attack, when Derpy fluttered down next to him. “Are you okay Doctor?” “I'll be fine Derpy, don't worry about me.” “But, Discord got you really bad that time.” “I'll be fine! We need to stay on the issue at hand! If we can't stop Discord right now before Twilight get's the Elements of Harmony, we're doomed!” “Way ahead of you Doctor,” yelled Jack as he ran past. “Jack!” yelled Derpy, amazed he was suddenly alive. He turned and gave a salute before looking back towards the battle. “Doctor! Look! Jack is back! He's alive!” “What the? What's he doing here!? How is he alive? How are you alive!?” demanded the Doctor. “Yeah, brought back to life, Zombie and all! Hows the fight going?” shouted Jack. “Oh cool a Zombie! What, what's a Zombie?” asked Derpy. “But, but, but!?” stammered the Doctor. “Hello Doctor!” greeted Twilight. “Twilight? Is this a trick of Discord? What's going on?” shouted the Doctor. “It's no trick! We got the Elements! Look!” She revealed behind her not only to reveal the Human 6, but the Humane 6 with added Pony powers as well. Horns, Wings, everything. The Doctor was both giddy with glee and shocked in amazement all at the same time. Derpy meanwhile was just giddy with glee. “Tara, Reine, and I managed to combine our magical powers and teleported us near by. We're ready to fight!” “Wha? But, I, how can... how is he? The Elements?” The Doctor continued to stammer. “I can't believe it! We are going to do it! We are going to beat Discord! WHOO HOO!” Derpy screamed. “Very well then! Let's do it!” the Doctor announced, having quickly regained his composure. He looked back at the Humane 6 and called out to them: “You ready girls?” “Are you kidding? This is going to be awesome!” shouted Dash. “We're ready!” announced Tara. “Alright, we just charge up the Elements and let fly!” remarked Twilight. “Yeah, not exactly,” The Doctor corrected. “What is it now Doctor? We got everything we need! Just fire!” Derpy groaned, not wanting him to answer. “Yes, but we need a clear shot Derpy. So long as Celeste and Nightmare Lou are up there, there is a danger we could hit one of them!” “Nightmare Lou!?” yelled Jack. “Well, with your death, Lou seemed to go into a silent rage and well, became the embodiment of Nightmare Moon.” “She's not going to revert is she?” asked Jack. “What?” the Doctor responded, caught a little off guard. “When she transforms back, she wont regress to a younger version of herself? I can't date a 12 year old.” “No of course not! She wont do that! Humans, seriously! The things they come up with!” His rant was cut short, when, with a cheap shot from behind, Discord managed to knock Lou into a building and through three stories to the ground floor. The impact could be felt from afar as Jack looked on horrified. “Lou!” He ran off to go find her while Discord moved in, not knowing the undead Police Officer was down there, until Celeste cut him off. “You're going to pay for that one Discord!” she growled. “What are you going to do? Banish me to the moon?” he mocked her before breaking out into laughter, “Do your worst.” Celeste just grinned and before Discord suddenly felt himself growing hotter and hotter. Celeste's wicked smile grew wider and wider, but not as wide as his. With a intake of air, he expelled his growing body heat out through his mouth in a blaze of fire. Celeste held up her shield, but it was too much, and she fell to the ground, defeated. “I said do your worst. I didn't mean for you to take it literally.” he chuckled as Celeste impacted on the ground out cold, her armor and lance still smoking from the heat. “Now, where did the other one go?” Down below, Lou slowly came to. She would have to watch out for Discords behind-the-back strikes next time. As her vision cleared, she saw a figure run up beside her dressed in Police armor. Just when she was about to effortlessly destroy said Police Officer, she recognized the face on him. “Lou! Are you alright!? You took one hell of a hit!” “Great, now I'm dead.” Jack face went from concerned to disgruntled. “Really. I give up my life for you and that's the first response I get?” Lou sat up and dusted off some of the rubble from her armor and looked to him angry. “Why did you kill yourself! Do you know what kind of pain you put me through?” “What the? I saved your life!” Jack shouted poking Lou right in the stomach. “Saved it? Why did you have to kill yourself? We almost had her in the TARDIS!” “You know, I don't know many people who would willingly give up their lives for their girlfriends. Especially ones who act like a jackass when they do.” “A Jackass!? You did not!” “I'll go a lot further there, babe,” taunted Jack. Discord landed before them and looked at the spectacle unfolding before them. He couldn't quite believe it himself to be honest, and watched with curiosity. “I've been dead. What's your excuse?” argued Jack. “My excuse? My excuse! I've been fighting off Discord! That's not an easy task!” she shouted, using the equivalent of the Royal Canterlot voice. “I don't doubt you!” Jack replied, completely calm despite the shout that nearly knocked him over Discord turned around to see the Doctor, Derpy, Twilight, and the rest of the Humane 6 standing there watching the spectacle as well. Oddly enough, they looked to him for answers, but all he could do was shrug in response. “If you knew for a second the emotions I've been dealing with!” she snapped. “I think I have a idea. You've been yelling at me over it!” he shouted back. “Um, if I could intrude for a moment-” “Stay out of this Discord!” shouted Lou. “But I-” “Hey! Get out of this ya freak! We're in a fight here.” “You're supposed to be fighting me!” shouted Discord. “Fine! You want me to fight you! I'll fight you!” shouted Jack. He aimed his grenade launcher and fired, the projectile arcing across the sky, and right into Discords mouth, who promptly ate it and smiled. His stomach expanding outward and inward in a comical fashion as it exploded. “A grenade? Really?” he sneered. “It's tear gas. Enjoy,” said Jack. Discord looked at him confused. Suddenly, his insides felt like they were on fire. From his stomach to his lungs, everything was burning! Throbbing, pulsating with pain. He screamed in pain and stumbled away, hacking up gas and smoke as the gas continued to fill his body. “Now then!” started Jack. “Wait a minute, Discord's not dead.” Lou interrupted as if she had a epiphany. “No, no he's not.” “Then, I'm not dead.” she stated. “Nope. You're still here.” “And- and Discord was talking to you, which means your real, as in, alive?” “Yeah I came back to life a few hours ago. Don't know how.” Jack answered not really caring for that story again. Instantly, Lou landed on top of him, tackling to the ground as she embraced him. She held him tight and did not want to let go.Jack tried to say something but was cut off when her lips met his. He didn't have much to complain or argue about after that. “Thank you,” she got out weakly after separating. “No problem,” Jack returned, now caught off guard from her emotional 180. They both stood up, Lou clinging to Jack, tears rolling down her face from the fact Jack had returned from the dead and was here again. All the anger between the two gone in that moment as they looked at each others eyes and the world seemed to melt away around them. Sadly,it was not to last and ended as soon as it began. The moment was suddenly interrupted by a coughing Discord as he walked up, flame shot from his nostrils and sparks blew from his mouth every time he coughed. With one final hack, he expelled the last of the tear gas. “I don't care who are what you are. Even if your some sort of knight in armor coming to rescue this Princess, your going down!” Jack looked down at himself at the absurd comment Discord just spoke about. He didn't know what was worse, the fact Discord was technically right, or how cheesy it all was. He smiled uneasily at Lou, who was trying to hide away from the comment altogether. Discord just laughed at it, relishing in the stupidity of it. Jack's face darkened, he readied his grenade launcher and brandished his shield as Lou grabbed her blade and held it up, the metal glinting in the moonlight. Discord was undaunted and raised his hand, a orb of power appearing in it until suddenly, his whole arm exploded as Jack fired a frag grenade he had loaded into the launcher. He grabbed hold of it, but his body was pierced by a blue beam fired from Lou's staff blade. He dropped to his knees in pain, his eyes aflame with anger. He raised his other hand ready to snap his finger and call forth whatever came into his mind when he did it; when a white beam hit him from behind, and he caught aflame. He screamed in pain as he fell to the ground trying to put out the fire; Celeste standing behind him holding her lance from the attack. “Now! Use them!” shouted the Doctor. Discord weakly looked behind him to see 6 figures standing there, each one having a golden element around them. He looked on in fear as they started to glow white and lifted up into the air, a rainbow forming around them. He tried to scramble away, but the rainbow was too fast. “NOOOOOOO!” he screamed. His Power dissipated, everything started to return to normal. Windows fixed, cars righted themselves, poles realigned themselves. In a flash, it was if Discord had never even shown his power. “It did it! The colorful Magical Rainbow of Friendship saved the world from disharmony! I can't believe I just shouted that!” remarked the Doctor. He got a hand on his shoulder and a reassuring look from Twilight, while Derpy snickered behind her. The Doctor buried his face in his hand, it itself was red with embarrassment. Celeste, weak from her fight, started to fall over, but was held up by Tara and Diane. The rest ran over to help the wounded Princess as she stood up. She smiled at them, the battle having been won, and they looked over to a set of doors opening and Jack and Lou walking out, their arms around each other. “You look good in armor.” commented Jack. Lou only blushed at the comment. They joined their friends as they looked on as the moon and sun returned to their normal positions. “So, is it finally over?” asked Diane “Yes, I think it's finally over,” answered the Doctor. “Uh, I don't think so!” came a alarmed Derpy. They looked to her as she herself was looking all around, flying from place to place looking for something. 'What is it Derpy?” Twilight inquired. “Where is Discord's statue?” she asked shakily.