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// Chapter Five 
// Story: The Dominator of The Universe 
// by Sun Knight 
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Princess Twilight and Lord Boros stood, facing each other in silence. Twilight was still shaken from Boros' simple yet power-packed attacks. The pain seared through her sore body, sweat bullets leaking from her body. She barely even kept her composure, and it hasn't even been twenty minutes yet. Yet, despite all odds, she stood her ground, not wanting to give in to this heartless alien cyclops! Out of every villain the entirety of Equestria has faced, it was this one that threatened everything with such confidence, it was terrifying to think about. Her friends, standing in the distance with hope in their eyes, expressed their own confidence towards Twilight as much as they could to encourage her, but they stopped their cheers and stared in silence. Their pride in Twilight was diminishing as reality came into the scene. She won't make it.

Boros, on the other hand, hadn't moved since his last attack, his fists clenched. He stood tall, dominating Twilight with his size. The cocky cyclops rose his chin up, grinning from ear to ear. He had the clear advantage in this whole ordeal after all. He stretched his fingers out a bit.
"You've got nothing else to give. I see your hopelessness. You might've lasted long enough to see my unleashed body, but you were too weak in truth."
He let out a deep hum, pointing his palm at her, a light forming within it.
"I'll remember you for your sacrifice to your planet, warrior."

Before he could let his beam of energy loose, he was interrupted by a way too familiar voice in his head.
"Lord Boros! I apologize for my rudeness, but I have grave news!"

Boros slightly grunted to himself, clenching his fist and closing his large eye. Steam emitted from his hand.
"What is it, Geryuganshoop?"

Twilight winced and awaited her fate. She opened her eyes back up in curiosity, seeing Boros just stand there; talking to himself. She narrowed her eyebrows, raising her head.

"There seems to be numerous other large civilizations on this planet other than... Ponies... and another princess all the way up to the north."
Geryuganshoop reported, his voice echoing in Boros' head.

"And you tell me this now? Tch, alright. How many soldiers are still in the reserves?"
Boros demanded, his arms crossed as he shifted his weight.

"If my numbers are correct... we have only 4,000 more, which barely even passes as 5% of our total servicemen."
His voice weakened a bit.

Boros shook his head in disappointment before looking at Twilight.
"You know what? I've had a slight change of heart. You have ONE more chance to defend your planet with your all! You already know what happens if you can't, so don't make me repeat myself once again. Use my threats as encouragement and maybe you can really show me how to fight."
Boros rose to the sky slowly, his arms still crossed while his feet dangled in the air.
"Geryuganshoop, make yourself useful and order the rest of the reserves to make a move. It doesn't matter where, I just want it done. While your at it, bring the generals along too, that means yourself. Activate the ship's security system and place it on max, that way they don't try anything slick."

"Yes, Lord Boros! Anything you say, Lord Boros!
Geryuganshoop replied.

And with that, the alien overlord vanished from their sights. Twilight let out a wheeze, her legs finally giving in on her. She laid on the ground and dozed off multiple times as the princesses and many of her friends rushed to her aid, worrying for her and her wellbeing more than anything else right now. 
"TWILIGHT!"
Pinkie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow, and AJ shouted in union, helping their dear friend back up on her hooves.

"Twi... are you alright?"
Applejack asked worrisomely, a hoof on the back of Twilight's neck.
"Y-yeah... I'm alright, I swear! I'm just exhausted... really, I was only scraped a bit..."
She reassured, forcing a smile at her friends with an eye closed shut.

"Well, you don't seem fine!"
Rainbow protested, a genuine look of worry mixed with fear, confusion, and a flurry of many other emotions.

Twilight let out a huff of air and looked at the ground, frowning.
"I'm more worried about all of you! I don't want to see everything... DISAPPEAR! I don't know what I'd do without you guys... I don't... I don't want to let any of you down because I can't defend Equestria and defeat him!"
She began to sob silently, tears flooding her cheeks as the river of emotions finally blew out.

"Twilight..."
A voice called out from beside her, drawing her attention. She moved her head slightly to only see a glimpse of Celestia.
"No matter what, just know that I am proud of you. You made it this far with nothing but your tenacity and willingness to protect us all, and for that, we are all forever grateful, but you can't push yourself down like that... we know you can do this. You've faced so much. No matter how impossible it seems, no matter how powerful the enemy is, you and your friends will prevail."
Her sweet, motherly voice calmed Twilight down. She looked up into her eyes and hugged her with a warm smile.

"Thank you, Princess... I won't let you down! I won't let any creature down! We will do this together!"
She proudly beamed, looking at her friends. She regained strength to stand on her own.
"The fate of Equestria rests upon us!"

"Don't push yourself too far, Darling. As much as we want to face that monster, you need to get some rest! We'll plan for you in the mean time."
Rarity stated, ushering Twilight back to her crystal castle along with her friends.

"Rest?! I can't rest! Who knows what he's doing out there now!"
Twilight panicked, her breath speeding up. She was definitely more resilient now than she has ever been in her whole life, and she expressed that well, not wanting to waste a single second.

Rarity sighed.
"We aren't convincing you this time, are we?"

"Nope!"
Twilight answered almost instantly as she began to rush back to her castle.
"I need to get to my library! There's got to be a book there somewhere!"

The Main Six sighed, much louder this time, as they followed behind Twilight who was acting as if she had more energy in her than a small foal on their birthday. But hey, at least they know her wounds weren't much after all. Though, that might just be the only plus to come out of this giant façade. Hopes were held pretty damn high again with this last chance to defeat Boros and his underlings.

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Speaking of the mad titan who got more impatient the longer they were on this wretched world, he was flying through the sky, his thoughts blank. He was headed North. He didn't know where, exactly, but he continued up north anyways until he found any sight of civilization anywhere. he then just remembered about those Equestrian Villains that he hired aboard, wondering where they were. He paused midair, looking around the flat lands and plains to see if they were nearby, and alas, they were also traveling up north in a group. Perhaps they were going to target the supposed fourth princess that lived in the Northern territory. He blasted down towards them with a flashy entrance and stuck his landing perfectly, a quick cloud of dust puffing out from his feet and dissipated in the air.

"Well hello there, Mr. Boros! It's nice to see you again after your... squabble!"
Cozy tried acting as innocent as can be with her rosy cheeks as she beamed a wide smile.

Boros simply looked at each of them with a stoic, stone face.
"I wouldn't call it a squabble, I wasn't arguing for twenty minutes straight with a wannabe princess. More of a quick, nonfriendly spar. It certainly put me in the mood, too bad she was weaker than I originally thought. That beam her and her friends casted on me felt so surreal to me, I hadn't taken that much damage in over a millennia. With that out of the way, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, I saw a partial moment of the fight and I could already tell you crushed her! Bahahahahaha!"
Tirek bellowed.

"Yeah, it was... alright, but nothing a King such as I couldn't handle!"
Sombra boasted, as usual, placed a hoof upon his chest in a regal manner.

"Will you shut up about yourself already?!"
Chrysalis shouted, ticked off a bit.
"Anyways... we're here to go deal with those prissy crystal ponies and that ridiculous Cadence!"
She hissed at the thought of the Crystal Empire and that princess again, getting flashbacks to when she was defeated.

"Splendid, because that's where I am headed as well. I'm going to have so much fun once we're there, but don't worry, I'll make sure not to hog all of the fun. You deserve it too for joining forces with me."
Boros began walking down the path to the Crystal Empire, the group of villains following right beside him. It was most certainly a long walk, but he had more than enough energy to spare. This is a perfect time to get to know each other at the same time! There's nothing more soothing than villains learning about each other in the pursuit of conquering the planet together.