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// Chapter 13: A Glimmer of Courage 
// Story: The Road of Courage 
// by PrismaGalaxy514 
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Somewhere in Equestria, there was a hidden building in the trees, that only a select ponies knew. And the select ponies, who were approaching were Fire Jewel, Snow Emerald and Ocean Spark, Using her magic, she gained access to this location and went inside. Inside of this building was a table with seven chairs, each with an elemental symbol. The trio sat down on their respective chairs. 

„Why can’t you girls just understand, that I hate abusive assholes?!“ Fire Jewel protested. She was still mad after the whole ordeal. Snow Emerald responded with: „We know your story, but that doesn’t mean, that you can threaten ponies with death without any surveillance.“ Ocean Spark added with: „You need to grow up and find ways to solve your crusade without any violence or death threats in particular, sister.“

Soon, two ponies came inside: One being a green earth pony with pink mane and a black choker with ruby Pearl’s and the other a dark blue pegasus mare with purple mane with cyan streaks  and black piercings on her ears.

„How's the patrol, Cherry Swirl?“ Ocean Spark asked.

„Well, Breeze and I discovered some ponies, that were….unique. four of them are hybrids. Two being a mix between earth ponies and dogs and the other two were hippogriffs with unicorn horns.“ The green Pony named Cherry Swirl reported.

„So far, we don’t know, where they came from.“ The dark blue mare scratched her head.

Another pony came in, which was a yellow earth pony with blue mane, bound in a ponytail and a pink flower.  She sat down on her seat, which is nature-themed.

„Hi, girls! You won't believe, what I saw! There was a black pegasus running after a colt with injuries! „ She reported.

„Hey, that's the same colt, I defended from his disgusting parents!“ Fire Jewel reminded.

„Again, we don't know, if they were abusive or not!“ Ocean Spark yelled at her sister.

„What's going on?“ Tropic Bloom was confused, so Snow Emerald answered her question with: „Well, we saw Fire Jewel threatening another pair for abuse.“ 

„Really? Wow, going right to the fire, don’t you think?“ Cherry Swirl was not happy. This annoyed the red mare so much.

„Hey!!“ she yelled. „I saw the abuse before and that alone proved me, that they were pieces of shit!“ 

„That's enough!“ a voice can be heard and out from a purple spark came a pink alicorn mare, although it wasn’t Cadence. This mare had blue mane, her wings fading to bright blue and she wore a heart necklace, that was fading from purple to pink. „What's going on?“ she asked.

„Well, my sister threatened another couple. It's been the 10th time already!“ The oceanic mare replied. But her sister got even angrier by everyone not believing in her and used her fire magic against them, but the pink mare stopped it with her own magic. „Enough, Fire Jewel! Go to the time out room, now!“ 

Fire Jewel went to the Time-Out room with a glare on her face. Everyone was not intimidated by her glare, however Tropic Bloom was worried, like something doesn’t add up.  

„Okay, everyone! Any reporting?“ The alicorn mare asked.

„Well, about hybrids, mole people and new ponies, we never knew they live, Jenny.“ Cherry Swirl answered.

„Hmm…odd. Maybe they came from a different planet…or maybe from a different universe. Whatever of this, we need to be careful. We don’t know, they they’re friends of foes. Keep an eye on them,,while at the same time watch for any suspicious activity. I will not allow anyone to fall under an evil being…like many being taken by Shadow Nebula...Remember, may the powers of the galaxies and the elements be with you.“ Jenny explained and the ponies moves out…except Tropic Bloom, who went to the Time-Out room, where Fire Jewel was sitting. With a concerned look in her face, the yellow mare slowly approached her.

„Fire Jewel? Are you…okay?“ she asked, only to get a growl from the enraged unicorn. The yellow pony continued with: „I'm sorry for not helping you…I was really scared….that I would hurt their prideful selves…I know your pain well, even though I wasn’t abused. I know your intentions, but at the same time, you can be pretty aggressive…“

„They never learn true pain…“ Fire Jewel growled.

„I think, they do. It's just their arrogance and pride kept them buried. Anyway, I want you to request something. Could you please stop threatening ponies?“ Tropic Bloom begged for her friend.

„Do you have better ideas…?“ the unicorn growled again.

„Well, you can report them to authorities or even to the rulers of Equestria. The easiest way is to tell to the Princess of Friendship in Ponyville. Please, Fire Jewel…I don’t want to see more heartache and rifts anymore and you do know, that it will be devastating…I beg of you…Please…There are different ways….“ The yellow mare pleaded her friend for more non-violent alternatives. „I can help you to overcome that phase, if you want…Just…Please…for me?“

After a while, the red unicorn broke her silence, looked back and grabbed Tropic Bloom by the hoof. „Fine, I'll try. I mean, you're my best friend after all.“ She smiled.

„Thank you.“ Tropic Bloom hugged her best friend. „We can solve this problem together.“ Soon, both left the base to go to a different lolocation.





Human World, Canterlot Hospital

The Humane 7 and Spike were still waiting in the waiting room for more updates. At the same time, they were wondering, what's inside of the sister’s heads, which caused Sunset to be knocked out.

„I wish, we can find the answers…“ Rarity sighed.

„Something in their heads was so wild, it knocked Sunset out! But Why?“ Pinkie wondered. Meanwhile, Applejack went and then came back with cups of water. „We'll ask Sunset, when she wakes up. It's only a matter of patience.“ The country girl responded.

„Maybe we can visit her?“ Fluttershy responded and they agreed. Together, the seven talked to a nurse, if it's okay to visit their friend and with her approval and guidance, they went to the hospital room, where Sunset was laying. The seven surrounded her with a worried look and prayed for a miracle. After a while of waiting and trying to answer some questions, they heard a groan and as they looked at Sunset, she slowly opened her eyes. Their miracle has arrived!

"Sunset! Thank goodness, you're okay!" Starlight hugged her friend with tears of joy in her eyes. Her friends were also happy, that their friend woke up and hugged her as well.

"We were worried about that, you wouldn't make it.." Fluttershy had tears in her teal eyes.

"Whatever, that was in their heads, must have overwhelmed you. Can you tell us about the details?" Twilight asked. After a while, Sunset explained her friends about what she saw in their heads: 

"I saw....fire....fire everywhere....And along with it...where chains....Chains, that go upwards and being pulled. Along with it, I heard screams of pain and agony, as if they were being tortured. I'm not sure if they sounded like guilt or pain. The demonic voices can be heard, but they were no longer laughing....They said something about giving them everything they want...I'm not sure, what they were talking about. Plus, I didn't see them, due to the fire obscuring everything, therefore I didn't see their reactions. It was agonising." 

This was bad news for the gang, even though the full picture still wasn't revealed. Only fractions of it were seen.

"Are they feeling guilt or what's going on?!" Rainbow Dash demanded an answer, but Sunset shook her head and said: "I-I don't know! I couldn't tell!" 

"But wait! We need to check on them!" Starlight remembered of the sisters. They too were taken to the same hospital.

"I'll go and talk to a doctor!" Twilight ran off. While looking in the halls, she saw a doctor walking around. She went to him and asked him a question: "Excuse me? What are the conditions of the girls? The two girls with red hair and glasses?" 

"You mean the girls, who look alike? Well, we are about to do a MRT Scan on their brains to check for any injuries. Right now, the nurses are taking them to the laboratory. I'll soon bring you the results of the scan, if we examined them, okay?" The doctor responded.

"I see. Thank you for the info." Twilight thanked the doctor and went back to Sunset's hospital room to bring the news.

"Did you get any news about the girls?" Sunset asked.

"Well, they are about to do an MRT scan on their brains to check for any injuries. The doctor will soon bring me the results." Twilight explained.

"I hope, they didn't hit their heads hard...It was all my fault..." Sunset felt guilty from her action, but Applejack assured here, that she was agitated and therefore not clear. 

"Sugarcube, you weren't yourself during all of this. Plus, they have lost their minds and were loud. A'hm pretty, everything will be fine." The country girl softly spoke. That sort of gave Sunset some hope, but only a bit, because she is afraid, that she might have killed them. Starlight grabbed her hand and promised, that they'll soon handle the problem.

The girls waited for the results. During which, Rainbow Dash quickly get a cup of water for Sunset to drink, Pinkie Pie cheering her friend up with some jokes and tricks, Applejack making the pillow comfortable and Fluttershy brought her a cup of tea for relaxation. And meanwhile, there were questions about the sisters' mental condition and inner workings. In fact, Twilight, Starlight and Sunset already started to theorize several ideas on how they became the way, they are, while using the diary entries and eye-witness accounts as clues. Finally, the doctor came with a report.

"Any results about their brains?" Twilight asked.

"It seems like, there was a minor brain injury on both of them. Our staff will do their best to treat them." The doctor answered. "And as for your friend, there is no sign for any injury in her head. It's just so happened, due to exhaustion." 

"I suppose..." Twilight thought to herself, before thanking the doctor, before he left for the operation. She soon related the news to her friends with: "They're fine. It just so happened to be a minor brain injury. The doctors will treat them and hopefully, we can solve this mess once for all." 

"That's good." Sunset sighed in relief.

"There must me something behind the scenes, that we don't know..." Rarity wondered. 

"We're starting to theorize about several possibilities on why they became like this. Like even though, they stayed in prison for three days, there might be signs of deterioration of sanity. This would also explain about their behaviour, after they were free from Nightmare's possession. Like there is a force slowly breaking them." Starlight assumed.

"Now, that you mentioned it...When I first touched them and the magic of Empathy kicked in, there was an eerie sense of discomfort and panic." Sunset recounted her experience back in Equestria, when they fell on her.

"Hmm...Interesting....Once they're done with the operation, we can talk to the girls about it, when they wake up. We need their words, in other words, the truth to find the missing piece of the messy puzzle and eventually rest this case." Twilight suggested.

"Let's just get this over with." Rainbow Dash agreed.

"This madness seriously need to stop." Applejack agreed.

"Indeed. It's driving me insane just by thinking about it!" Rarity crossed her arms.

"We just want the smiles, not drama!" Pinkie Pie sighed.

"All we wanted is to give everyone peace..." Fluttershy looked down.

"We all do." Sunset agreed.

"Okay, girls. Let's do this." Starlight had a serious expression in her face and so did her friends. It's time to end the madness once and for all.





Equestria, unknown fields

The young colt from earlier kept running away as fast as he could, all while Johnny, Dukey and Cosmic Blaze chased after him.

"What is happening with him!?" The navy pegasus colt questioned. "Was he hurt by bad guys?" 

"Given the injuries of that colt and coupled with Johnny's reaction from earlier, it seems like, he was abused." The hybrid assumed.

During the chase, the young lime-colored colt ran as fast as he could, however since Johnny is faster than him, the black pegasus eventually caught up to the young pegasus and cornered him. Without any word, he looked at the colt.

"S-stay away from me!" The colt was scared.

"Just tell us, what happened to you." Cosmic Blaze wanted answers.

The trio cornered the young lime green pony, who is still begging them to stay away, but they ignored his pleas, sending that something is not right. Things immediately escalated, when he screamed and flew up. However, his flight didn't last long, as ten seconds later he collided into a tree. Cornered, the young pegasus backed off from the three, all while Johnny went closer, again without any words. The colt closed his eyes in fear and with tears in his eyes, assuming that he would hurt him even more. But he was proven wrong, when the colt felt like something embracing him. When he opened his eyes, he realized that Johnny had wrapped his wing around the young pegasus. Immediately after, he was pulled into a hug by the black pegasus. The lime colt looked up, all while Johnny was silently looking back. This made the colt emotional and cried in his arms, all while Dukey and Cosmic Blaze watched. What's noticable is, during that emotional moment, Johnny shed a single tear, while remembering his worst moments back then.

"Cosmic? Where are you??" A voice can be heard. The navy pegasus immediately recognized the voice as that from his father, High Velocity! "I'm here, dad!" He shouted and after a few seconds, the neon stallion flew to his son.

"What is happening? You didn't come back!" High Velocity wanted answers, when his son pointed at the crying colt in Johnny's arms. Upon closer inspection, he noticed the injuries, making the stallion feel worried.

"What's wrong?" High Velocity asked the colt. However, he was still crying. He even asked Johnny about what is happening, but received no answer, as the pegasus still said nothing.

"I think, seeing the injuries of that pony had triggered him." Dukey assumed.

"Given the circumstances of his past and the colt's injuries slowly lining up, I understand, why he is like this." High Velocity connected the dots together. 

After a while, the colt calmed down and looked at the stallions. 

"Hey, what's your name?" Cosmic Blaze asked. Despite the colt looking away a bit, he finally gave them an answer by quietly mumbling his name: Spring Gale. Of course, they didn't understand, what he was saying, so Cosmic Blaze had to listen closely, when he repeated his name and the navy colt relayed the message to the others.

"His name is Spring Gale." He replied. 

"What happened?" High Velocity asked, but Spring Gale refused to answer, but Johnny looked at him and grabbed his hoof.

"What is he doing?" Spring Gale was confused, but Cosmic Blaze answered with: "He is trying to assure you, that everything will be fine!" 

"Besides, we're here to help you. None of the bad guys are here, so you can tell anything and we won't tell." High Velocity smiled.

"There...is one thing... " the lime pegasus looked down.

"We're listening." Dukey listened and so did everyone. After a while, Spring Gale took a deep breath and explained his story: 

"Ever since my mom slipped away...my dad had married a mare and....from that day, they've become...mean...They always hit me and lock me up in a box...it seems like, they don't want me...but the only anchor that keeps me from going crazy are my friends at school...however, I have to keep it as a secret, in fear that they would isolate me even further...as if I wasn't picked on enough, since I was additionaly bullied in school...it's a never ending cycle..." that story put everyone to tears.

"Oh no...I'm so sorry for what happened...." High Velocity lowered his ears.

"That must've been painful to be picked on by the worst of the worst..." Dukey shook his head.

Suddenly, they heard someone calling out Spring Gale....The lime colt hid somewhere in fear. His fears were confirmed, when the same couple, whom Fire Jewel threatened, came back. The group looked at them.

"Excuse me, what do you want from him?'" Dukey asked.

"We want to bring our son back, after he ran away from us! He didn't even do the chores!" The stallion replied.

"Chores? What kind of sick joke is this? You clearly hurt him!!" Cosmic Blaze flew to them with an angry look.

"Go away, you twat!" The mare slapped the navy colt to a tree. 

"HEY! DON'T YOU DARE HURTING MY SON!!!" The neon pegasus was outraged at the two for hitting Cosmic Blaze. He soon ran to his son and checked for any injuries. The couple looked around the fields, but Dukey, knowing what is about to happen, when they find Spring Gale, growled. 

"Stay away from him!!!" He growled with his teeth shown. But the stallion, being unaffected, went to the hybrid for a stare down. At the same time, a drunken scent can be smelled, indicating that he was drunk. The same can be said for the mare.

Meanwhile, the unknown mare suddenly saw Spring Gale peeking from a Bush.

"There you are, you little devil..." She went to the Bush, but before she can grab him, the hybrid stallion head butted her to the ground.

"I won't let you!!" He growled. This lead to a fight, where Dukey fended off against the abusive couple. "Run, Spring Gale!! RUN!!!" He yelled at the Bush and the lime pegasus ran away. The fight lasted for a while, with nopony backing down. The hybrid even bit them at one point. Unfortunately, the couple pushed him hard to a way and beat him up, severely injuring him. And even more unfortunately, Johnny was there, witnessing it all. But the worst was far from over. The couple chased the lime colt and despite his best efforts of increasing his speed, they caught him. He tried his best to break free, but they responded by slapping him and dragging him by the ear, causing more pain. To add insult to injury, they called him a devil and they said, they had wished, he was never born. Meanwhile, Johnny was witnessing the whole ordeal and filling him with anxiety, while reminding that of his bad past. All the pain, all the abuse, all the trauma, he had faced and now, someone is suffering from all of this....His shock quickly turned into anger, his teeth were crunching, his body was charging up, his clenched his right hoof like a fist...It was at this point, that Johnny finally snapped.

The black pegasus screamed loudly and unleashed a psyionic blast, knocking everyone down, as well as yellow lightning everywhere. Because his parents were knocked down, Spring Gale used his chance to escape and hid behind Dukey. The couple tried to dodge the lightning, but one of them struck the mare's leg, paralyzing her. Similary, the stallion got directly hit by one of the bolts. It didn't kill him, but he was paralyzed by that shock. Meanwhile, Johnny's screams became full of anger and vengeance, as he looked at the paralyzed couple with a menacing glare.

"Y-you don't scare us!" The stallion shouted nonchalantly, despite the injuries, but that response only got Johnny even angrier. The black pegasus went closer to them, while more lightning struck down the area. Meanwhile, High Velocity got Dukey, Cosmic Blaze and Spring Gale together to watch the event unfold and unbeknownst to everyone, so did Fire Jewel and Tropic Bloom, who were hiding in the bushes. They overheard the chaos and peeked a bit to see, what is going on.

"You..." he pointed at them with a threatening voice, that makes everyone fear him, even to his new family and best friend. "You monsters!!" A yell, that sends chills down everyone's spines. As he got closer and closer to the couple, they couldn't help but watch helplessly, as they saw the wrath in his eyes. The atmosphere was tense, as his wrath increased at the sight of Spring Gale's parents alone, which is a sign for him, that they're irredeemable. Soon, he charged up for a big attack, as they're pleading for mercy, but it fell on deaf ears.

"What is he doing, dad!??!" Cosmic Blaze was scared.

"I think....he's about to kill them!!!" High Velocity answered with fear in his eyes.

"JOHNNY, STOP!!!" Dukey tried to convince his best friend, not to kill the couple. Unfortunately, it fell on deaf ears, as Johnny, lost in his wrath, finished up charging and is about to kill them with a lightning strike. His eyes were now glowing yellow at the full charge and is about to strike them down, when suddenly, he got ensnared by vines and branches. The black pegasus struggled to get free, but the restraints were too strong. 

"Please, don't do this!!" It turned out to be Tropic Bloom, who came out of the bushes and using her nature powers. The yellow earth pony carefully and slowly approached the pegasus, who is still struggling. "There is another way, more non-violent...If you kill them, then there would be severe consequences...You don't want to suffer from those consequences, do you?....Do you??..." However, it fell on deaf ears again. That was until the yellow mare used a nature spell to summon flowers, which can emit soothing and calming aroma and scents. After a while of struggling, Johnny succumbed to the soothing scents of the magical flowers and calmed down, while the vines and branches let him go. However, it also made him collapse, due to exhaustion. Thankfully, Dukey caught him in his arms, despite his injuries. 

"Thanks for calming my best friend down.." the hybrid smiled.

"You're welcome. I've seen the whole ordeal and I advice you to hand them to the authorities. Meanwhile, the colt should be taken to a nice family." The yellow mare gave them an advice. An advice, that they immediately noted.

Meanwhile, Fire Jewel was about to come out, when she smelled something. "What's that smell?" She asked and looked for the source of the smell, which turned out to be smoke. And that smoke came from a burning tree, which slowly caused a chain reaction.

"Ah, shit..." she was concerned before turning her attention towards the group and yelled: "HEY!!! Hate to break your moment, but we have to get out of here now!" 

Before anyone can question as of why, the flames spread quickly. 

"Fire!!!!" Cosmic Blaze was scared.

"Ok, everypony! If you want to live, follow us!!!" Tropic Bloom went to her friend and they ran off, while the yellow mare used her magic to bind the abusive couple together and carrying them away. The stallions did, what the mares told them and ran off. While they were running, Fire Jewel used her magic to push away the fire and Tropic Bloom made sure, that everyone stays together. After a while, the group managed to escape the burning forest, but due to his injuries, Dukey collapsed shortly after. It was around this time, that a wandering Applejack saw what was happening and rushed over to the gang, who were out of breath. 

"What in the name of Celestia is goin' on!?" The southern mare asked.

"It's a complicated story..." High Velocity gasped for air.

"I can explain." Cosmic Blaze explained the full story about meeting Spring Gale up until escaping from the forest fire with the help of Fire Jewel and Tropic Bloom. Applejack was shocked by the extent of the story and initially outraged at the couple.

"Y'all are completely out of your mind! Abusing your own son like this!? This is unacceptable!" She yelled.

"I absolutely agree with that. Those assholes should be punished!" Fire Jewel agreed with rage in her eyes. However, Tropic Bloom put her hoof on her back with a concerning look. Remembering the promise back then, she took a deep breath and calmed down.

"We know. That's why we're bringing them to the authorities. " Tropic Bloom reported.

"But...what about my brothers?" Cosmic Blaze was concerned at Johnny and Dukey.

"We'll take them to the hospital, my boy. Along with Spring Gale." High Velocity answered.

"And what about the fire over there?" Applejack asked about the raging forest fire. Fortunately, some pegasi, who were flying around, witnessed the fire and brought rain clouds to douse them down. Eventually, more and more pegasi came by to douse the flames down. "Okay then... C'mon, everypony!" With those words, Applejack and the others were on their way to first the authorities and then to the hospital. During that journey, Fire Jewel kept thinking about the incident and how it related to her.

"That pegasus...He shares the same perspective as I do...Does that mean..? Hold on, Fire Jewel...You have to speak to him first to find the answers, damnit! Well, that is, if he's okay..." The red unicorn thought to herself about talking to Johnny, when he wakes up. But she knows, that she has to be patient. The group meanwhile arrived at Ponyville and handed the couple over to the authorities, while providing eye witness accounts. After which, they went to the Ponyville Hospital, in order to get the duo treated. Cosmic Blaze was checked up by a doctor, only to find minor injuries. He got treated by the doctor and even gave a medicine to treat the minor head injury. As this was going on, Fire Jewel, Applejack and Tropic Bloom were waiting in the waiting room. However the yellow pony noted, that her friend acted anxiously.

"What's wrong, Fire Jewel?" Tropic Bloom asked.

"I...I just....I don't know, I have a feeling that they won't believe me..." The red unicorn lowered her head.

"I know..." Tropic Bloom sighed, knowing their behavior, however Applejack overheard the conversation and looked at them in confusion.

"What the hay are you talkin' about?" The southern mare asked.

"It's a messy story." Fire Jewel sighed.

The yellow nature pony proceeded to explain Applejack about the whole ordeal between Fire Jewel and the others, the many times, they disregarded her side about work as the guardians of the galaxies and how they clouded them.

"Say what? That's insane!" Applejack was unhappy about the revelation.

"However, when it comes to child abuse, Fire Jewel can be quite aggressive at times..." the yellow earth pony noted, but the red unicorn overheard the comment and got enraged.

"Me!? Aggressive?!?! HOW DARE YOU!??!" She's about to charge a fire attack at the duo, but Applejack put her hoof on her cheek and asked a simple question: "Tell me, what is the reason of your own crusade against abusers?" In which, the red unicorn looked down, took a deep breath and answered with: "I just want to save the kids from this horrible fate....A fate, that I had as a filly...You see, when I was a young filly, I grew up in a volcanic planet. Back then, I had no idea, that I've been adopted or even the existence of Ocean Spark...Anyway, I was raised by a couple in that planet. My father was a loving pony, who truly cared for me....but my mother on the other hand....She was literally the devil in my life.... She abused me every day and every night, always spreading misery and despair to me. In fact, she didn't care about my existence, when I ran away! It was around the same time, when I got hit by a orb, which is actually the Elemental Orb of the Flames. I have no idea, why it chose me...is it because of fate? Or just coincidence? However, I was found by the guards and brought back, much to my fear and dismay. As expected, my "mother" did the usual abuse thing to me. At that point, my father had enough and defended against me. It resulted in a fight, which in the end, due to her power, she injured my father severely...And I was there...watching....Then something in me has snapped and I screamed, while unleashing the fire powers at her, burning her alive. My grip to reality has been shattered and it wasn't until when I came back. Realising, what I've done and in fear of even more unfair punishment or time in prison, I ran away, never coming back....I was travelling planet to planet, trying to escape from the horror, but the event had truly broke me severely to the point of having no hope...I was truly alone and was about to end it all, when one day...I met...her." 





Unknown Forest planet, a few years ago ...

We see a young Fire Jewel being filled with despair and pain, wanting to take her own her life by hanging. She found vines and tied it around her neck, but just before she can do the deed, a voice can be heard.

"What are you doing!?!" It came from a young earth pony filly, rushing towards her. When she got no response and was about to fall, she screamed and used her powers to grab her just in time and even untie the vine around her neck. After which, she slowly put the unicorn fully down. The yellow filly was actually a young Tropic Bloom.

"Why are you doing this to yourself?" The yellow filly asked.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!" Fire Jewel lightened her horn up with immense light and heat in anger. 

"Tell me, what happened? Where did you get the wounds?" Tropic Bloom pointed at the wounds, Fire Jewel was having. "Did someone hurt you?" 

"WHY WOULD YOU ASK THAT?!" The red filly was still enraged, but Tropic Bloom kept calm, despite the situation and went closer to her, despite the threats of burning her.

"ALRIGHT, YOU ASKED FOR IT-" Suddenly, before she can go through, Tropic Bloom hugged her.

"It's okay...." Tropic Bloom softly spoke.

"Back then, no one even dared to help me in my home planet...Tropic Bloom was the first one, who was actually sympathetic towards me..."

This made the young unicorn filly break down and burst into tears. Despite this, Tropic Bloom made sure to comfort Fire Jewel as best as she can, even using her magic to make some flowers bloom, in order to cheer her up.

"It's okay. Look, I made some beautiful flowers bloom. I thought, they might cheer you up or something." Tropic Bloom  tried to get the unicorn's attention, but she was still crying. Eventually, she sighed and grabbed her hoof.

"Let's go to a doctor. They will patch you up." She smiled and the fillies left the forest and to a doctor, who patched the young unicorn up and after some assuring from Tropic Bloom, Fire Jewel told her the story of her abusive past. This brought the young Tropic Bloom to tears.

"I was so emotional by her story, that it reminded me of a time, where one of my school friends suffered the same fate. Around the same time, I was also hit by the Elemental Orb of Nature. But one day, I witnessed her about to take her own life... I tried to stop her, but in the end...I was unable to save her, when she hanged herself. The image haunted me for the rest of my life. And after hearing Fire's story, I vowed myself to do everything to make her okay."

"You know what? I'll do everything to help you get out of the darkness. I promise." Tropic Bloom looked at her with a determined, yet serious look on her face. 

"Really?" Fire Jewel was in tears. But the yellow filly nodded and hugged her once again. 

"Of course." Tropic Bloom responded softly. And that gave Fire Jewel some hope and smiled, hugging her new friend back.





Equestria, present...

"And that is how we became friends. Later, we met the others and the rest is history." Fire Jewel concluded the story. Applejack was moved by the story and that point, she had so many thoughts in her mind on how to solve their problems.

"Ya know, I'm glad, that you saved her and eventually became friends. But what I don't get is why they acted cold to you..." the southern mare responded.

"It has something to do with either a possible return of an old enemy of ours or something sinister is popping up...Whatever it is, it made them work extra hard and disregarding emotions for the mission. This is something, I don't really get, since it's the pain and a shared interest in justice, that brought us together...Like Cherry Swirl being bullied as a filly, Jenny seeing her mother sacrifice herself to save her own daughter, Ocean Spark being tricked into working for Shadow Nebula, believing that Fire Jewel had killed her parents, until she told her the cruel truth, that it was Shadow Nebula, who killed them and as for Snow Emerald and Breeze Dasher...They had witnessed the events of war, but so did everyone else in the group, including us, since we had to fight the war in order to defeat our enemies..." Tropic Bloom sighed.

"That's messed up....You know, I'll tell my friends about this story, so we can sort this out. In the name of Honesty, I'll make sure to help you bring them to the truth and fix that mess." Applejack warmly smiled.

"Thank you... We really appreciate it, especially Fire Jewel." Tropic Bloom thanked.

"But first, Fire Jewel. Ya better need to mature and take the steps of becoming a grown mare." Applejack looked at Fire Jewel.

"How?" The red mare asked.

"By helping you taking those first steps." The southern mare assured the red unicorn, that everything will be okay. "But right now, we have to hope, that they'll be okay." Applejack was referring to Johnny and Dukey, who were still treated in the hospital. Meanwhile, High Velocity and Cosmic Blaze went to the waiting room to join the mares of waiting. 

"Spring Gale is currently being treated by the nurses. They said, that a psychiatrist and a new family would be helpful for him." High Velocity explained.

"That's good. We'll keep that in mind." Tropic Bloom answered. Suddenly, the sounds of the door being burst open and when they looked at the source, it was Sweet Serenity and Applejack's friends, who looked worried. Especially Sweet Serenity, who hugged her son.

"I've heard, that you were at the hospital! Are you okay? Do you have any injuries??" The sky blue mare was worried.

"Mom, I'm fine." Cosmic Blaze answered.

"It was only a few minor injuries, sweetie. However....about our boys...." High Velocity hugged his wife to assure her. He was about to tell her about their conditions, when Fire Jewel interrupted with: "They're gonna be fine. The hybrid took a beating, while trying to save that colt. And as for the pegasus, wow...he used his powers to make their lives like hell. Seriously, even he was tired of the abuse!" 

"I mean, wow....That was crazy..." Rainbow was shocked by the extent.

"I know, darling....I couldn't imagine his wrath against the bad guys..." Rarity agreed.

"Yeah. Especially when it comes to abusive parents. And yes, the green colt was abused by his own parents, just to let you know." Tropic Bloom added, which caused everyone to be shocked. "Don't worry, we handed them to the authorities, so now, they're gonna face justice."

"That's good." Twilight sighed in relief.

"Girls, I need to tell you something.." Applejack looked at her friends and explained about the messy situation between the two mares and her friends. 

"Have they gone cray-cray??" Pinkie Pie was shocked.

"Seems like it." Applejack answered her question.

"Now this is getting really messy...." Spike sighed.

"I know, Spike... But we'll solve this friendship problem...together." Twilight had a serious look on her face. Now they have a new mission: To solve a friendship problem. At the same time, Fire Jewel was about to ask about Johnny and why he decided to attack the parents, when all of a suddenly, two loud screams can be heard. Immediately recognising the screams, the group left the waiting room and with the help of a nurse, went to their hospital room in a hurry. When entering the room, they saw the duo in a frightened state: sweating heavily, blood shot eyes and shaky behaviour. A clear indication, that the trauma of the past had returned in full swing and gave them nightmares.

"No....this can't be!!" Twilight and Rainbow were in shock and disbelief.

"Unfortunately....there is still that issue..." Applejack sighed.

"Oh dear!" Sweet Serenity immediately rushed to two and comforted the as best as she could. However, they were still paralyzed in fear.

"What issue?" Tropic Bloom was confused, since she was unaware about the whole situation.

"Well, in the last several weeks, our friends were suffering from trauma from their former home world and we're trying our best to ease their pain and break them free from the darkness." Twilight explained.

"What happened to them? Was there a genocide?? A war??" Fire Jewel was thinking for reasons.

"No, it's not...It's much more personal and much worse. And it's a similar fate, Spring Gale fell, much even more devastating." The words from High Velocity instantly rang a bell from the red mare, since she knew this problem way too well. After all, she was a victim as well. 

"Oh my fucking God...You too!?!?!" She was in disbelief, but a nod from Johnny and Dukey confirmed her fears. Her sight faded in and out, her heart beat increasing and the air around her gets hotter and hotter. 

"Oh no....Fire Jewel, please...remember our promise..." Tropic Bloom hugged her friend tightly. 

"Oh dear... I'm sorry for your pain. But I'll promise, that me and my friends will help you..." Fluttershy joined in the hug. It was enough for the air to cool down, as the red unicorn calmed down.

"I'm sorry..." Fire Jewel apologised.

"I know, that you are worried as much as we do, but as the Princess of Friendship, I'll assure you, that everything will be okay. We will guide them to a peaceful life without any worries." Twilight put her hoof on the red mare with a warm smile on her face. Looking at the smiles from everyone made her tear up. At that point, she felt grateful.

"Thank you..." She was trying her best, not to cry, despite the tears. However the warm hugs from her best friend, Tropic Bloom and Fluttershy, alongside with the the warm smiles from the group made her feel secure and happy.

"Look, kid. I know that we share the same pain of abuse. I knew that too well. But as time passed by, I met some good friends, who had different tragedies and used the pain to fuel our desire for justice and became the courageous warriors, we are now. What I'm saying is, what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. Use the pain as fuel your strength and fight back like a warrior!" the red unicorn told the black pegasus with some advice. "Like sure, I have my own problems, like always being triggered at abusive families, but that's because I want to save the kids from the fate, I've been through. Plus, I'm trying my damn best to improve myself, but I always relapse to the anger!" 

"I think, it's best to manage your emotions and take steps towards maturity. We'll help you with that." Twilight smiled.

"Thanks. You girls are much nicer than the others, who couldn't take a break.." Fire Jewel sighed.

"It's due to their paranoia, but that doesn't excuse their cold behaviour to her." Tropic Bloom shook her head. She then looked at Johnny and Dukey and said: "And as for you, guys. If you have any issues, feel free to talk to me. My doors are always open. Plus, I'll help you with my sincerity and kindness." She hugged the two stallions with a smile. Then the yellow earth pony had an idea and used the same spell to summon the flowers with the most soothing scents. Those scents of peace are enough to calm them down.

"Those special flowers emit a calming and peaceful scent, able to calm even the most scared person down. This will help you with your anxiety, I think." Tropic Bloom smiled.

"You summon flowers? How?" Twilight asked. The yellow mare giggled and replied with: "You see, much like Fire Jewel, I'm a specialist in elemental magic, in my case, the magic of nature." 

"You surely a help for my sons." Sweet Serenity was touched by her kindness.

"Thanks. We really appreciate that." Tropic Bloom warmly smiled.

"So, we have to turn the pain into power? Is that what she said?" Dukey was confused, so Fire Jewel responded with: "Uh, duh! Of course! I mean, if you show weakness to the enemies, then it's Game Over for you. You seriously don't want that to happen, do you?" 

"Of course not. That's why we're still trying." The hybrid responded.

"That's the determination, we're looking for! Keep kicking your demons' butts and dash to the light, in order to stop the madness!" Rainbow Dash smirked.

"And remember: If you have anxiety and nightmares, keep in mind that we're always there for you with the Magic of Friendship." Twilight smiled. Those words gave the stallions more courage and determination to end their nightmares once and for all. 

"We will! No monster can stop us!" Johnny raised his hoof in sheer determination and everyone cheered.

After a while of waiting, they got the news from the nurse, that Spring Gale will be taken to a nice foster family, after they heard his story and that he'll get support from a psychiatrist. This got High Velocity and Sweet Serenity thinking to do the same for their children. 

"Should we do this?" Sweet Serenity asked to her husband.

"For their sake and their future, we should." High Velocity has decided to find a psychiatrist for the two.

"Good decision! With a psychiatrist, the quest of ending their trauma will become easier." Twilight praised their decision.

The group exited the hospital and waited for Johnny and Dukey to recover. After half an hour passed, the two were finally released, after managing to have a full recovery. 

"Any news from Spring Gale?" Johnny asked. 

"Yep. He was brought to a nice family, willing to take care of him." Applejack smiled.

"I don't get it...Everypony knew their story, there knowing on how to treat the kids? How come Spring Gale's former parents didn't heard about it?" Fluttershy was confused.

"I guess, there are ponies, who chose not to learn about their consequences, therefore being careless and cruel. Or perhaps there are circumstances, that lead to their abusive behaviour." Twilight explained the reasons.

"Whatever it is, there are some bad apples in Equestria, who are living among us." Applejack shook her head. "We have to be extra careful." Every pony in the group nodded in agreement. They knew, that they also have to stop the bad ponies to harm anyone, even abusive families.

"Come on, everypony. We need a break from that dilemma." said Twilight and everyone were about to go, when all of a sudden, a voice can be heard: 

"Hey! Where have you two been!?" 

The voice came from Jenny, who was not amused about the absence of Fire Jewel and Tropic Bloom. Plus, she was not alone, as Breeze Dasher, Ocean Spark, Cherry Swirl and Snow Emerald were also there with the pink alicorn.

"You again? Ugh!" Fire Jewel looked away in disgust. This angered the pink and blue mares and Ocean Spark used her magic to trap her own sister.

"Hey! Stop it!!!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Do not interfere us! This is a personal matter!" Jenny glared.

"Excuse me, but you shouldn't punish your friend, just because of her being busy! She and Tropic Bloom helped us stopping the abusive parents, saved our friends' lives and helped them gain some courage!" Twilight was disgusted.

"Yeah! If it wasn't for us, then they would've been hurt or even worse, dead! Seriously! You need to stop your paranoia and just let it go!!!! " Tropic Bloom couldn't stand their ignorance any longer.

"Quiet, Tropic Bloom!" The pink unicorn was about to silence her, when Twilight used her magic. 

"ENOUGH!!!" Twilight was now really angry at their lack of sympathy, while everyone watched. 

"How dare you?!" Jenny was enraged at Twilight's interference, causing serious tension between the two alicorns. Meanwhile, Rarity used her magic to break Ocean Spark's spell and released Fire Jewel from the trap.

"I'm really appalled by your behaviour, you ruffian! Trapping your own sister like that!? This is unacceptable!!" Rarity shouted. This caused a fight between the blue and white unicorns. Meanwhile Breeze Dasher, Snow Emerald and Cherry Swirl watched the fights unfold. Same for Johnny, Dukey and their family, as well as Spike.

"This is really getting ridiculous...." Spike facepalmed.

Eventually, Cherry Swirl and Breeze Dasher had an argument with Applejack and Rainbow Dash and all of this made Snow Emerald sick. Much like Tropic Bloom, the pegasus despises arguments. And sure enough, the pressure made her snap.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!!! ALL OF YOU!!!" With a yell, the snow white pegasus created an ice wall, separating the groups. Everyone looked at Snow Emerald, who was not happy. "Why not just sort it out in private??" 

"Good point. We don't want out reputation to be ruined. " Cherry Swirl sighed. Eventually, Jenny and Ocean Spark calmed down and agreed with Cherry's statement.

"Fair enough... Fire Jewel, Tropic Bloom! We'll talk about this in private! But now, we have to go now! Our mission is still ongoing." The pink alicorn told to the two mares. The group were about to departure, when they saw the red and yellow mares not cooperating.

"No..." Fire Jewel mumbled.

"Fire Jewel! How dare you to defy my orders?! There is still a mission to do!" Jenny shouted.

"THEN DO YOUR STUPID MISSION WITHOUT ME!!!!" Fire Jewel shouted as loud as she could. She had enough of the treatment. "The only thing, you cared about is that damn job and not the well-being for us and others! I'll leave this stupid group and walk my own path!!"

"Fire Jewel, you can't do this-" However, Ocean Spark was interrupted.

"SHUT UP!!!! You guys just dont care!!!! I mean, what happened to our bond, our pain and the desire for justice!?!? You threw it all away!!! I just want to help the kids and my new friends for a better future!!! But nope, you didn't listen to me and only care about sometging bad arriving? News flash, we defeated Shadow Nebula a while ago and last time, I checked, NOTHING SINISTER IS HAPPENING!!! SO YOU BETTER SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH ABOUT THAT NON-EXISTENT PROBLEM!!!!!" At this point, her emotions couldn't be hidden any longer, as Fire Jewel let it all out and soon, ran away.

"Fire Jewel!!!" Ocean Spark tried to reach her, but to no avail.

"Can't believe, that one of us decided to leave...." Jenny was in disbelief.

"Make it two!! That's right, I'm also leaving this stupid group!" Tropic Bloom made her decision.

"Are you crazy!?!?" The mares were shocked.

"No, you are crazy for not even listening!!!" Tropic Bloom unleashed a nature spell to unleash branches and wrap the four ponies around, all while everyone watched.

"Hey, let us go!!!" Snow Emerald struggled to break free. 

"No...." The yellow mare looked away.

"You can't do this to us, Tropic Bloom!" Jenny tried to reason with her, but at this point, she had enough.

"Shut up, bitch... " Her abrasive behaviour shocked everyone. "You didn't listen to us! So prepare the punishment! A punishment, that'll make you think twice about your actions!" The nature pony unleashed a spell, in which the five ponies got trapped into strong vine cocoons and sent them to the Everfree Forest. To make sure, that they'll not escape, when the cocoons arrived in the forest, more vines, branches and ivy will strengthen the walls. But at least, she put small holes on the cocoons, so they could at least breath. After all, she knew that killing is a terrible sin. Tropic's actions shocked everyone, but she didn't care as she walked away in silence.

"Wow...that was messy.." Rainbow was speechless, while Pinkie's jaw dropped.

"I've never seen such disharmony and discord in a group before..." Twilight shook her head, when Discord appeared out of nowhere.

"Did somepony call my name?" Discord was confused.

"No, Discord. It's just a misunderstanding..." Fluttershy responded.

"What's going on?" Discord scratched his head. 

"It's very complicated...A group of ponies, with such disharmony..." Twilight explained.

"What group of ponies?" Discord asked

"We'll talk about this later. Right now, we need a break." Fluttershy sighed.

'We really need one for sure. I mean, this whole mess gave me a migraine!" Rarity was stressed.

"We're feeling the same thing! Geez, can we just skip that?!" Johnny was not happy.

"I think, we should take a break, In order to clear our heads." Twilight sighed and everyone agreed. The whole ordeal was really messy, so of course everyone needed time to relieve from stress. And so, everyone went to Ponyville for some relaxation.





Meanwhile in the Everfree Forest...

The five cocoons stood, as the fog got thicker and thicker. Sounds of howling and snarling can be heard, as well as struggling from inside the cocoons. The sounds came from Jenny, Snow Emerald, Cherry Swirl, Breeze Dasher and Ocean Spark, who are trying to break free, but failed.

"I can't get out!!" Cherry Swirl was sweating.

"Tropic Bloom really did a good job to make those cocoons escape-proof." Snow Emerald sighed. "Even so far as using a spell, that makes our spells ineffective and having no effect." 

"You don't say?!" The other ponies yelled in unison.

"Ocean Spark, whatever you do, do not use your water spells! It'll only make it even stronger!"  Jenny yelled, as she couldn't see anyone, even with the hole on the cocoon.

"Damn...And I was about to use it. But I guess, I have to stand back." Ocean Spark sighed.

Jenny tried her best to get out, clawing, using spells or even using body force, but it didn't help and only brought injuries on her body. Her friends also tried with exact same results. It lead to nowhere and only got themselves injured.

"Okay, stop! It hurts!! Why not just take a break!?" Breeze Dasher was exhausted.

"I guess, you have a point. We need to rest." Jenny agreed.

"I'm tired..." Cherry Swirl sweated heavily.

"We all are, thanks to the heat inside..." Ocean Spark was really tired.

After a short exchange of words of agreement, that they need to rest, the sounds inside of the cocoons stopped, and only breathing can be heard. All while the spooky sounds of creatures can be heard. 





Human World, Canterlot City Hospital

After making a full recovery, Sunset Shimmer was released from the hospital and went to her friends in the waiting room. They were waiting for the twins and if the surgeries were successful.

"There has to be a reason...There is no way, they'll do this to Johnny without some background." Sunset was thinking. She was determined to find the source of the discord in order to test the theory of redemption.

"I wonder, what caused them to do this? Maybe they were forced?" Pinkie suggested. 

"Or something happened, that made them do some messed up stuff?" Rainbow  theorized.

"We're not sure, so the only way to get answers is to ask them. That is, if they're willing to cooperate." Starlight made a point.

The girls waited and waited...and waited. Eventually, a doctor came by to bring them the news about the treatment.

"Good news, girls. The treatment was a success and they're now cured from the brain injuries." He explained.

"That's great! When will they wake up?" Twilight asked.

"In a couple of minutes. If you want, I can bring you to their room." The doctor suggested and after an agreement from the girls, guided them to their hospital room. 

"Thank you, doctor." Sunset smiled.

"You're welcome. However, there is a chance, that they might suffer from amnesia, when they wake up. I recommend you to take care of them, until the amnesia problem was dealt with. Anyway, I need to go now to take care of others as well. Goodbye." After an explanation, the doctor left. With that information in mind, the girls went into the hospital room, where they saw Susan and Mary, laying on the hospital with ice packs on their foreheads. Right now, they're unconscious. Sunset sighed, as she went towards the sisters. However, when she was about to touch their arms, Rainbow stopped her.

"Hey, remember what happened last time, you touched them?" The prismatic girl reminded Sunset of the time, where she touched their arms, causing her to have a severe glow and eventually losing consciousness.

"I know...It's just... I'm worried about their conditions, that's all. That and the desire to find the reasons of their behaviour and helping them. I just want to bring some conclusion." Sunset sighed.

"We all do, Sunset. We all do." Starlight agreed.

"Say, how long does it take for them to recover?" Rarity asked.

"From what've I've known online, it'll take a week to three months for them to recover." Twilight answered. 

"Oh dear... I hope, they'll recover.." Fluttershy was worried. Suddenly, they heard groaning and as they looked back at the sisters, they saw them slowly opening their eyes. The sisters are finally awake and they finally spoke!

"Ugh...where are we?" Susan was in a daze.

"You're in the Canterlot Hospital and you're here, because of a minor brain injury. Thankfully, the doctors treated you." Starlight explained.

"Wait...a brain injury? How!?" Susan was about to ask, when she suddenly screamed in agony, due to a headache.

"Please calm down! The stress would make the pain worse!" Twilight begged Susan to stop.

"She has a good point. Stress only makes it worse, according to science." Mary agreed. Susan took a deep breath and asked calmly on what happened. At first, the girls thought on telling the truth, but Sunset shot down the idea, since she was afraid, that they'll be angry at her, therefore making the pain worse. So, to spare herself and her friends from any more dilemma, she responded with: "You had an accident, which caused you to fall and hit your heads on the ground."

"An accident?" The sisters were confused. But Sunset assured them, that their injuries were caused by an accident. They didn't know, that Sunset was lying.

"I recommend you to rest and take necessary medicine, the doctors will give to you. It'll take a week to three months for a full recovery. I'm not sure on how long exactly for your recovery to be complete, but the point is, you're not in danger." Twilight recommended. "And as for the medical costs? My friends will cover that for you." 

"I mean, you don't want to die from it, do you?" Rainbow crossed her arms. 

"Of course not!" The sisters responded in unison.

"Good. For your sake of your health, rest and be patient. After all, scientists would say the same thing, since they contributed the health system." said Twilight. It's a good point. If you have an injury on your head, then it's best for you to rest for a while. And that's exactly, what the twins did.

"It's getting late. We have to go home." Applejack reminded.

"Good point. We're sorry, girls. We have to leave. But don't worry, we'll visit you several times. We hope, that you'll recover well." Sunset smiled and they left the hospital.

"Sunset, why did you lie about the cause of the injuries?" Twilight asked.

"I don't want them to be mad, therefore making the pain worse. I mean, that would be bad for their health, right?" Sunset answered. Everyone agreed. After all, it's been a rough day for everyone involved and the sisters needed some rest.

"Fair enough." Twilight replied.

"I think, I can stay here for a while longer. After all, my clone is in Equestria, therefore not causing any suspicion." Starlight told to the girls. "I made the clone to last for at least longer. Let's hope, that during the time, the girls will recover." 

"We all do, Starlight." Twilight agreed and after a walk together, the girls said goodbye, as they went on their way to their homes, while Sunset and Starlight went to Sunset's house.

"Let's also hope, that we can find some answers sooner. I really don't want the dilemma to go on." Starlight hoped.

"Me neither." Sunset agreed.  "Let's go to sleep. Tomorrow is another day." After those words, they prepared their beds and fell asleep. 





???

Jenny was wandering around in a dark subspace, confused as of how she got there.

"Hello? Anyone? Where am I?" She called out, but got no answer. The atmosphere was dark and eerie, the sounds so mysterious and she was the only one wandering around. That was...until she saw two ponies standing their backs against her. As she got closer, the pink alicorn slowly recognized the two ponies as Fire Jewel and Tropic Bloom.

"Fire Jewel! Tropic Bloom! I'm so glad, that I found you! Somehow, I was taken into this void with no idea on why. Maybe someone kidnapped me..." At first, Jenny was glad, that she found her friends, but she soon realized that something was off...the two ponies were not responding. 

"Hey...are you listening!?" She tried to get their attention, but they still didn't respond. There was this eerie silence going on, that sent chills down to her spine. "Uhm...are you okay?" She grabbed them, but they stood still. Eventually, when they did turn around to see her, she was greeted to a horrific sight: Both Fire Jewel and Tropic Bloom have completely black eyes with black ooze coming out of them. The pink alicorn screamed at the sight in horror.

"No!! This can't be happening!! What happened to you, girls?!!?" Jenny was backing away in fear, as the two got closer and closer. Eventually, the pink mare had to run away as fast as she could, while the two were chasing her. While the chase was going on, the surroundings got darker and darker, as well as the ground changing to a blood red. The terror was real. And it got worse, as Jenny stopped at the sight of her other friends, Ocean Spark, Cherry Swirl, Breeze Dasher and Snow Emerald. Much like Fire Jewel and Tropic Bloom, they too have black, oozing eyes. When their mouthed opened, they too were pure black and also oozing.

"No...NOT YOU TOO!!!!" Jenny was in disbelief. They too became demonic.

"It's all your fault...It's all your fault..." they started to chant the same sentence over and over again with their distorted voices. It became louder and louder and louder and louder. So much so, that Jenny had to cover her ears, but even then, she could still hear the words echoing in her head. As the ponies surrounded her in a circle, it became unbearable for her.


"Jenny..." 


A voice can be heard and the alicorn looked at the source, only too a tall lavender alicorn mare with ethereal dark blue mane, fading to bright purple and her wings also fading to purple. She immediately recognized as her mother! 

"Mother! Please help me!!!" Jenny was in tears. But the tall mare looked away with: 


"Why would I help a selfish pony, who committed sins?"


"Selfish pony? What are you talking about?! Who is that selfish pony?!" Jenny had so many questions, as her mother closed her eyes. "Answer me!!!!" She shouted and she soon got the answer, as she opened her eyes and said: 


"You..."


What's worse is, she too had these black, oozing eyes, like her friends. At this point, Jenny was in absolute horror at the sight of her own mother turning demonic in front of her own eyes. As she went closer, the pink mare was frozen in terror.

"Me? Why!? I didn't do anything wrong!!!" She asked in disbelief. While her friends keep telling her, that it's all her fault, her mother explained with: 


"You betrayed your own friends, causing disharmony...You didn't care about them at all and only focused on your non-existent problem...Selfish....And now....YOU'LL FACE THE PUNISHMENT!!!"


Suddenly, shadow hands appeared from the ground and grabbed the pink mare, as she was struggling to break free.

"LET ME GO!!! STOP!!!" She tried to fly away, but the hands were so strong, they prevented her from flying up. She tried to use her magic, but it had no effect on them. She screamed, as the hands drag her deeper and deeper into the ground, until the screams were replaced with silence.

When she opened her eyes, everything was dark red with black mist obscuring the surroundings. When the mare tried to move, she couldn't, as she was restrained by a dark force.


"Hahahaha!! How does it feel to be completely alone and helpless?"


A creature appears from the mist with. It looked like Jenny, except taller. She had a dark pink coat with her wings fading to a dark blue, yellow, serpent-like eyes with a teal aura around them, dark purple armour and dark blue, ethereal mane fading to black. She grinned at the helpless pony with her sharp fangs.



"No...it's can't be!!" The pink alicorn was shocked. First her demonic friends and mother and now this!?! It felt like absolute hell.

"Yes! Fear me! Give into the despair! Your actions really left you alone and helpless, which is an absolute delight to me! You actually made my job far easier, than I would! All it needed is some crocodile tears and some help from your demons!" 

The twisted mare laughed evilly, as her demonic mother and her demonic friends appeared from the mist. As they got closer and closer, repeating the same sentence from before, Jenny was begging for mercy, but no avail. It's clear, that they won't stop, no matter what. She tried to use some magic, but nothing happened, like her horn was gone. The mare even tried to use her wings, only to realize, that they're also gone!

"No! My wings! My horn! They're gone!!!" She cried out, but her tears only motivated them even further.

"Hahahahahaha! You fool! Crying will lead to nowhere, except for making me stronger! Just give it up! All at once!!" 

Then the twisted tall mare charged at her and went into her chest. The pink mare felt severe pain, as her body is slowly getting corrupted, with her coat turning dark and her eyes getting corrupted. 

"Please, stop!!! It hurts!!! It hurts so much!!!!!!" Jenny pleaded the twisted mare to stop hurting her from the inside, but the evil mare only laughed, as the pain intensified. Soon, the demonic ponies also went in her to cause even more pain and corrupt her even further. And as the chants kept getting louder and more distorted, it made the pain even worse. So much so, that the mare screamed in fear and pain and she thought, her life was over....but then...when she opened her eyes, she realized, that she was still inside the vine cocoon! Jenny checked, if her horn and wings were still there, which indeed they are. It turned out, that she woke up from a horrible nightmare.

"Oh my god...." she was still in fear, thanks to that experience.

"Geez, Jenny! Can you just be quiet!? We're trying to sleep!" It came from Breeze Dasher. It seems like, that her scream woke them up. However, Jenny was too scared to say anything, due to the nature of her nightmare. She tried to sleep, even though the nightmare will still haunt her.

As the morning sun rose, everyone woke up. Meanwhile, Snow Emerald was completely silent and in tears. Like Jenny, she too had a nightmare.

"What have I done?...." she mumbled, as her tears dripped from her face and fell to the cocoon's ground. "Fire Jewel....Tropic Bloom....I'm so sorry..." At this point, she felt guilty for what she've done and wanted to make things right. This is when something happened: The vine cocoon, that Snow Emerald was held inside, opened, allowing the pegasus mare to be free from the natural imprisonment. It seems like that the vines had heard her apology with remorse and guilt and decided to release her. "Did Tropic Bloom hear my apology, thus releasing me?" The white mare asked herself. Her theory got more credible, as two of the four cocoons also opened, releasing Breeze Dasher and Cherry Swirl.

"Cherry! Breeze!" Snow Emerald hugged them tightly in joy.

"Snow! What happened? I mumbled my apologies to Fire Jewel and Tropic Bloom and suddenly, the cocoon opened!" Breeze explained.

"Same for me. Mine also opened after doing the same thing." Cherry commented.

"It seems like, that Tropic Bloom listened to our apologies and let us go...I mean, she's always close to nature, thus controlling it with her powers and it seems like, they're her third ear..." Snow assumed.

"It's not an assumption. It's real." The green mare responded. "I've seen it before and given that I'm the elemental master of earth, I felt a similar connection." 

"What's going on?" The voice came from Ocean Spark, who is now awake.

"We're free." Snow responded.

"What?! How!??!" The blue unicorn mare was confused.

"Wait, what is happening!?" The voice of Jenny can also be heard at the same time.

"We saw the error of our ways....Realizing about our stupid actions and their consequences..." Cherry mumbled.

"What!?" The two mares couldn't hear anything, in which the green earth pony snapped with: "At least, we knew our limits and didn't belittle anyone, unlike you two!!" 

"Yeah, that's right! You two are nothing more than horrific tyrants!!" Breeze also snapped as well.

"What we're saying is, you've been cruel to Fire Jewel so much, that she and Tropic Bloom left, because of that! We are really ashamed of you. You seriously should've been more considerate, Ocean Spark and as for you, Jenny! As the leader, you should've known better and just left go of your paranoia!! But no! Your stubborn pride only leads to more harm than good! I'm sorry, girls...but we're leaving this damn group too! Goodbye..." Those were the last words from Snow Emerald, that Jenny and Ocean Spark heard, before the freed trio left the forest and the two for good.

Those words left them in shock and soon, sounds of hysteria from both can be heard, but Ocean's seems to be the loudest.

"NO!!! HOW CAN I'VE BEEN SO STUPID!!!?!?" The blue unicorn screamed and pounded the walls of the cocoon with tears in her eyes. She kept hitting and screaming, even if it means hurting herself. But at this point, it didn't matter to her anymore. Especially, that much like Jenny, she too had a horrific nightmare earlier in the night. "FIRE JEWEL, I'M SO SORRY! I WAS WRONG! I WAS SO DAMN WRONG!!!! I'M SORRY FOR THE PAIN, I'VE CAUSED, I'M SORRY FOR THE WHOLE IGNORANCE, I'M SORRY FOR BEING THE WORST SISTER IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!! I'M ALSO SORRY, TROPIC BLOOM!!!! FOR ALL THE TROUBLES, I'VE CAUSED!!!!!" She screamed and cried, as she kept hitting the walls. Tears were dropping from her face hard. Eventually, she had to stop hitting the walls due to the pain and continued sobbing, when all of a sudden, her cocoon opened, releasing her from the prison and allowing to see light from the day...

"I'm free...but at what cost?...." She mumbled, as she looked at the sky. Soon, her emotions became dark and it became darker, once she heard Jenny's voice.

"Ocean? Ocean! I'm glad, that you got out!" It turns out, that Jenny was the last pony to be released from the cocoon, due to guilt and was about to approach the blue unicorn, when all of a sudden...

"DON'T GET NEAR ME, YOU BITCH!!!!" Ocean slapped the pink mare so hard to the ground with full anger and sadness.

"Ocean, what are you doing!?" Jenny was hurt by the slap and her shout. "Why did you do-"

"SHUT UP!!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!! I'VE BEEN YOUR SECOND-IN-COMMAND THE WHOLE TIME AND LISTENED YOUR ORDERS, BUT YOUR ACTIONS CAUSED US TO LOSE OUR FRIENDS AND FOR ME, LOSING MY SISTER, THE ONLY FAMILY MEMBER, I'VE LEFT!!!!!!" The blue mare kept shouting, while at the same time, the skies get even more clouded and sounds of thunder can be heard.

"I know, but maybe we can solve this together?" Jenny tried to reason with Ocean, but at this point , she was too angry to be reasoned with, as she was clouded by the guilt.

"NO! FUCK YOUR REASONING AND MOST OF ALL, FUCK YOU!!!! YOU CAN DO THAT ALONE NOW, SINCE I'M DONE!!!" Ocean Spark ran away in tears, after those words.

"Ocean, wait!! Please!!" Jenny tried to catch up with the blue mare, but she ain't having it.

"DON'T EVER GO NEAR ME AGAIN, BITCH!!!" Ocean Spark shot out a beam of water to push Jenny far away from her, as she kept running away, while the sky started to rain. The water beam pushed the pink mare all the way back the centre of the forest, until she got hit by a tree and then fell to the ground. She got up, however at this point, it didn't matter to her anymore.

"What have I done?.....It's all my fault..." Tears streamed down from her face, as the rain got stronger. She felt great remorse and guilt, as it was her actions, that lead to the group getting disbanded, as everyone left, leaving her as the only one. At this point, she truly felt alone and hated...and it hurts...Eventually, she couldn't hold her emotions any longer and burst into tears, while she was poured on by the heavy rain. At the same, Ocean Spark also cried, while running away. During which, the chimera tried to attack her, but she pushed it away with a water beam, made from the rain and her own tears. She wanted to fix her relations to her sister, but didn't know, what to do. It seems like, both ponies felt the massive gravity of their actions and their consequences, although it seems like, because Jenny was the leader, her pain was much worse...





As the days passed by, the Humane 7 and Starlight kept visiting the twins at the hospital, in order to check on their recovery and give them gifts. At one point, Rarity gave them some clothing to wear, only those were simple dresses and shoes. However, she promised them to give better clothing, since she still has to work on the styles. It seems like, that they felt like, those were friends, but due to their stubborn nature, they ignored it. (And also due to the amnesia.)

After a week has been passed, the sisters were fully recovered from the injuries and released from the hospital, while wearing the simple dresses and shoes. Those were basic clothing with only one color. 

"We look really dumb..." Susan groaned.

"Excuse me, I'm still trying to find the style, so please be patient!" Rarity was unamused, since she had to repeat her reason.

"Anyway, I want to ask some questions, regarding to your side of the whole abuse story." Sunset prepared to ask the sisters some questions, but then the sisters look confused. 

"What abuse story?" The twins asked in unison. That caused a shock to everyone. 

"I'm sorry, what!?" Rainbow was really confused.

"The abuse regarding about Johnny and his pal. Last time, I checked, you were part of this." Starlight explained a bit more. However, the sisters still didn't understand the story.

"Last time, we checked, Johnny and Dukey were fine. Why would be involved in abusing them? " Mary answered.

"But...but, you were arrested because of your actions, broke yourselves out of prison, went to Equestria, got possessed by Nightmare, turned back to normal, only to be sent to the Tartarus, I broke you out of it and brought you here!! How in the name of Celestia do you forget about those details! Again, your actions caused his disappearance!!!" Starlight was dumbfounded and tried to tell them, what happened to the sisters, after Johnny had left his former world behind.

"That doesn't sound right. Since when did we get arrested and there is no scientific way, Nightmare existed. Also, about Tartarus? That is just nonsense! However, he's in a world, called 'Equestria', so we have to go there!" Susan was adamant about it and went with Mary to find a laboratory.

"They...they...they FORGOT EVERYTHING!??!" Everything fell apart for Sunset Shimmer.  "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TEST THE THEORY, IF THEY'RE NOT COOPERATIVE!?!?" Her shock turned to anger at this point. Suddenly, Twilight remembered the words from the doctor and told the girls about it.

"Girls! There is a reason as of why they forgot about it! Remember, when the doctor said, that there is a chance, that when they woke up, they would suffer from amnesia? Well, that chance happened just now! Now, they don't remember anything after Johnny had left his former world!" Twilight explained to her friends about the reason.

"Ugh....Great...Now they made the job even harder..." Starlight was annoyed. Now their mission has become much harder now.

"But! We can bring the memories back, if they're given evidence about it happening!" Twilight continued.

"The only evidence, we have are the copies of his diary entries." Starlight pulled out the copies.

"I mean, it's better than none at all." Pinkie Pie shrugged.

"Ah feel like, it ain't enough though." Applejack was sceptical about it.

"I mean, we can at least try..." Fluttershy was hopeful about bringing the lost memories back.

"Fluttershy has a point. It's either showing them something or nothing." Rarity agreed about Fluttershy's stance on trying.

"Yeah. Pretty sure this would make remember!" Rainbow was confident.

"You're right. We have to try, in order to be closer to the truth!" Twilight smiled.

"Okay then. Let's give it a shot!" Sunset smirked, when Susan and Mary came back, looking confused.

"One question, is there a laboratory somewhere, that we can built a portal device there?" Susan asked.

"Well, I have my own laboratory for some experiences and constructions-" Susan and Mary were about to dash off, when Twilight interrupted with: "BUT! We have to go together, since if you dash off already, then you'll get lost easily!" 

"Why can't they use the portal on the school?" Rainbow asked.

"For one, the portal opens once every 30 moons and even if they decided to use the portal, the other side only lead them inside Princess Twilight's castle and if she's there and saw them coming out of the portal, then there will be a lot of trouble." Sunset shot down Rainbow's idea, knowing too well, where it'll take them. So of course, that have to play safe and thus went to Twilight's laboratory. During which, the sisters were too eager to built and experiment on something or even worse, someone. Their behaviour scared Fluttershy and startled the others. 

"These girls are crazy..." Rainbow whispered into Applejack's ear, while feeling uncomfortable.

After a while, they arrived at Twilight's laboratory and the very first thing, the sisters do is to look at the inventions in awe, like excited children in an amusement park. Immediately, they grabbed some materials for work.

"Uhm, girls?" Sunset tried to get their attention. She did, but she accidentally pissed them off.

"What!?" They were annoyed.

"Uhm. I just want to show you something." Sunset grabbed the copies and gave it to the twins. "Those were the copies of Johnny's diary entries.  Immediately, they began to laugh at the concept of Johnny having a diary.

"Rude....Even the whole amnesia stuff..." Rarity was disgusted.

"Yeah, laughing at someone, whose diary entries are like describing his inner problems? Talk about reaching an all time low..." Rainbow crossed her arms.

"Please, just listen to me! Those diary entries are written like journals, detailing his inner struggles of his life, before he went to Equestria! This is something, that no one should be laughing at, nor is it funny! It's just nothing but pain and sorrow in each and every sentence!!" Sunset was losing her patience at their insolence.

"What she's saying is, laughing over someone's pain, even in the form of a diary, is never funny. It never was and never will be! Want more context? Read the entries to get a understanding on what we're talking about." Starlight suggested the girls to read the entries.

"Maybe later. But for now, we have to build a portable portal device." Susan replied and the sisters began their work on building it. That alone annoyed everyone, but Twilight was curious about their skills. Eventually, after several minutes have passed, they finished the device.

"I must say, they're really talented and smart." Twilight was impressed by the result.

"But also egotistical..." Sunset groaned.

"I mean, weren't you in a similar situation before? You know, back then, when you stole Twilight's crown?" Starlight reminded her friend of that particular event in the past. Specifically the time, when she was a bad girl.

"...touche..." The orange girl sighed.

Immediately after completing the device, Susan tipped the words "Equestria"  on the display and pressed a button, where a portal was formed. 

"Uhm, wait a minute, girls...Don't you have to test it first!? What if it's actually dangerous!?" Twilight was worried.

"We don't have much time." Mary replied.

"I don't think, the ponies in Equestria would welcome with open arms, considering, that everyone knew the story, due to the diary entries." Starlight was nervous.

"Why? It's probably a misunderstanding." Mary replied and before anyone could do to stop them, the girls have already entered the portal, which it closed.

"Shoot...Worse is, we can't use the mirror..." Starlight sighed, when all of a sudden, Sunset had an idea. 

"Twilight, can you please build two more of those portable portal devices?  In case, the one gets either destroyed or stolen?" Sunset asked. "We have to go after them!" 

"I think, I can try." Twilight immediately went to work on building two portable portal devices for her friends to use, in order to go after Susan and Mary. Eventually, after some fine tuning and testing, she completed the devices.

"Aside from bringing you to any universe, you can also go back here by setting a save point." Twilight explained and set the save points here in her laboratory. "Make sure, no one sees them and bring them safely back there. I wish you the best of luck." 

"We'll make sure, Twilight. Girls, stay here! Starlight and I go to Equestria to get them back!" Sunset activated the portal device and typed down "Equestria" as their destination. Together, the two girls entered the portal with no time to spare.

"I just hope, it goes well..." Fluttershy was begging for a safe return.





Equestria, unknown fields

Out of the portal, Starlight and Sunset, now in their pony forms, came out and looked around in an absolute hurry. They don't know, where the sisters currently are. 

"Okay, Starlight! We have to make sure, that we find them before anyone does!" Sunset related the mission.

"Got it!" Starlight responded.

The two ponies searched around ten whole fields, forests, deserts, beaches, etc, just to find the sisters. They kept looking and looking, however there were no clues of their whereabouts. Fearing, that they arrived in a crowded place, they immediately went to the first place, they'll go to: Ponyville. Immediately, they hid from everypony else. Starlight peeked a bit around the area for some clues and she found something unbelievable.

"Uhm, Sunset? I think, we're too late..." Starlight whispered and Sunset peek a hit to see, indeed the sisters in Ponyville. Worse is, everyone was not happy about their presence.

"Shoot....This is really getting worse..." the orange mare was worried.

Meanwhile, the twins asked some ponies about Johnny's whereabouts, only to be met with a lot of hate. 

"You monsters? Back again for more trouble!?" The crowd got even angrier, as more and more ponies gathered to see them. Susan and Mary were confused about the whole ordeal.

"Uhm, Mary? Have we done something to them?" Susan asked.

"I don't think so...However, they think, we did something bad, due to the superstitions or perhaps they were isolated." The beige mare theorized. However it seems like, no one is sharing their thoughts at all. Eventually, Twilight and her friends arrived at the scene.

"I couldn't believe, that somehow, you got out of the Tartarus and go back here to cause some trouble..." Twilight was suspicious 

"Excuse me, we didn't do anything to you, ponies!" Susan tried to reason with them, but none of them believed.

"LIARS! We know everything about you and your actions!" Rainbow Dash shouted, all while behind the scenes, Starlight and Sunset watched from afar. It didn't help, that the anger from everyone in Ponyville is getting tense. The twins backed away a bit, but the crowd had already surrounded them. 

"Any ideas on how to get out?" Mary asked.

"We can use the device to get out!" Susan suggested, when all of a sudden, a familiar voice can be heard.


"That's not gonna happen." 


They looked back, only to see BBB with a gang of his allies. Sissy, Missy, Jillian, Dr. Beebles, Mr. Harm, Brain Freezer, Zizrar, the penguins, the mole people and finally the hippogriffs in black followed by the general. Everyone wanted to give them a piece of their own justice.

"What are you guys doing here?" Susan was confused.

"Stop pretending to be innocent, you psychos! I knew, that once you got out, you would do it again!" BBB yelled at the sisters.

"What are you talking about!?" Mary wanted answers.

"Like destroying Equestria again and torture us? Yeah, that. This time, this ain't gonna happen!" Missy looked away in disgust.

"Wait, we didn't mutate you, how did you-" However the blue mare was interrupted by Sissy, who is protective towards her best friend.

"At least, I'm glad that you didn't mutate her! Like geez! Also one step closer to her and you're dead meat!" The navy mare growled, slightly startling the twins. At one point, they saw Gil being among the crowd and of course, they were love struck. But the aqua stallion immediately ran away in fear and hid behind the crowd.

"Why did Gil just run away from us??" The sisters were puzzled, only to be responded by Mr. White with: "You tried to kill him! Have you seriously forgotten about that?!?!" 

"I think, it's time for you to be given an even harsher punishment!" The general glared at them, even with the sunglasses on. The twins attempted to run away through the crowd and it seems like, they're almost there to the exit, when a wall of lightning was blocking their path. 

"Wait, who is causing the walls of lightning?" Susan was confused, when they felt the air around the village charging up and as they looked back, the crowd cleared the path for two ponies to go through, a black pegasus and a brown earth pony/dog hybrid. Both wearing scarfs and the pegasus' eyes are glowing yellow with each charge. The girls' eyes widened, since their appearances are very familiar and it should be, because those ponies are actually Johnny and Dukey! They were about to reach for them, when something was off: Their expressions was not welcoming at all and full of hatred and wrath. 

"Guys! What's with those angry looks? Is it because we denied you access to our lab or what?" Susan asked. Once again, they were completely oblivious of their behaviour, given that they had amnesia. However, they didn't respond to their question at all. There was only one thing in their mind: revenge. And it was clear, that they were too far gone from any reasoning, as Johnny went around the  sisters and created a lightning sphere, trapping them inside. Then the hybrid charged for a massive headbutt and when he hit his head to the sphere, it launched away to a nearby rock, where it exploded. The sisters got up, confused as of they the guys were attacking them without any reason. They tried to reason again, not realizing that could've used their unicorn magic to defend themselves. But since that fact didn't caught up to them at all and since they had no idea, that they're unicorns, they couldn't dodge the second attack from the guys. They grabbed the sisters and threw them up to the skies and before they knew it, they were kicked down hard by the two. With so much speed, they crashed to the ground hard, hitting their heads in the progress. 

And yikes, it must've hurt HARD, as the sisters are basically stuck, as the crowd  got closer and just watched, as the stallions prepared to finish them off. Meanwhile, Mary opened her eyes and looked at their faces. They had bags under their eyes, indicating a lack of sleep, but what the beige unicorn did next, she would never forget: When she saw Johnny's arms at close inspection, despite her pain, she could see scars on them. She gasped, as the amount of the slit scars and how deep, some of them where, she realized, that it didn't come from an accident, but rather from a suicide attempt. By putting two and two together, it's clear that Johnny must've been a victim. 

"The scars....the bags and the glare...How-" Without a warning, her eyes widened and flashes of memories can be seen. All of it and in detail. The time, that he's been experimented, their disappearances, a murder attempt, being arrested, sent to jail, only to get out and going to Equestria with a portal. And even though, she couldn't remember the time, she was possessed by Nightmare, the aftermath of being imprisoned in the Tartarus in the most cruel conditions. Everything came back to her.

"Burn in hell...forever!" The black pegasus was about to end their lives, when all of a sudden....


"STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


They were pushed away by a magical aura and everyone saw Sunset jumping out from the Bush and guarding the injured sisters. Everyone was shocked. Why would Sunset protect the monsters? 

"Sunset, why!? Why would you protect them, when they caused nothing but despair???!" Twilight was in disbelief. However, the orange mare was angry, like really angry.

"You ponies didn't listen....and that SICKENS ME!!!!" She yelled, but before anyone asked her, she interrupted each of their attempts for reasoning with: "There has to be a reason for all of this! A reason to explain their behaviour and why all of this abuse ever happened!!! I want to test out a theory, that with enough information and trust, I could reform them!!! BUT, NO!!! EVERYONE OF YOU ARE LIVING IN AN IGNORANT BLISS, ALWAYS SEEING THE WORLD IN BLACK AND WHITE, WHEN REALLY, THERE IS A LOT OF GRAY THERE!!" 

"Sunset, just-" Twilight couldn't finish her sentence, as the orange unicorn once again, cut her off.

"SHUT UP!!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO FORGIVENESS??? WHAT HAPPENED TO EQUALITY???? WHERE IS THE LOGIC?!? I know, that nobody is flawless, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM HELL, WITHOUT LOOKING FOR THE REASONS AS OF WHY THEY DID IT!!!! PLUS, THEY COULD FEEL REMORSE, BUT YOU IGNORED IT!!!" Her anger was in full force, as her horn emitted a harsh, red glow.

Meanwhile, Mary got up without saying a single word and walked away from the crowd. Meanwhile, Susan woke up and when she saw her sister walking away, she got up and went after them.

"At least, one of them listened out warnings and decided to never come back again." BBB commented.

"Mary, wait!! We can sort this out with science!" Susan told to her sister, but got no response. She tried to get her attention numerous times, but Mary ignored all of them, continuing to walk away.  But, at the 9th time, when Susan once again tried to get her attention, the yellow unicorn had enough and slapped her own sister hard to the ground, causing everyone around them to be shocked.

"Mary, are you crazy!?!?" Susan was appalled by her sister's decision of slapping her, but Mary just looked away and mumbled two words: "No more..."

"What are you talking about??" Susan asked, but for the other sister, who us known to be nicer and more sophisticated than the other, snapped with a yell of words: "No more of the pain and lies!!!" 

"What pain and lies?" It seeks like, Susan is still suffering from amnesia, unlike Mary, who now remembers everything.

"Don't you realize, what we've done!? Thanks to our actions, we lost everything! Our family, our reputation, everything was simply thrown away!!!!" She yelled. "And worse of all, everyone hates us, not only in our world, but in this one too! Meaning, that our future has been obliterated into nothing!"

"But maybe, we can erase their memories and rewind time to undo all of this-" Immediately, Mary cut Susan off. At this point, she couldn't hold her emotions any longer. 

"LISTEN UP!! I just want to stop the madness, gaining at least some normality, but you only think about changing something, that is impossible! The damage had already been done and we cannot undo it!!! Sometimes, your behaviour sickens me, but I cannot stand to your ignorance any longer!!!!" The beige unicorn was still mixed with anger and sadness.

"Come on, Mary! Maybe we can just take a break and forget all of this! I mean, you're my twin sister after all!" The blue unicorn was sweating, but the argument had already reached a boiling point anyway.

"NOT ANYMORE!!!" The yellow unicorn mare yelled back and suddenly, shot out a beam at Susan, knocking her to a wall and ran away.

"Hey, wait!!!" Sunset was about to follow the beige unicorn, when she heard booing from the crowd. "YOU ARE SERIOUSLY NOT HELPING AT ALL!!!!" After yelling to everyone, she ran off.

"Wait a minute, if Sunset was in that Bush, then that means..." Twilight used her magic to get someone out of the Bush and in front of her. And that someone was Starlight. 

"I think, we really need an explanation from you, Starlight Glimmer." Twilight was serious and so were her friends.

"What's going on, Twilight?" The voice of Princess Celestia can be heard, as the princess of the sun went to Twilight, alongside with Princess Luna.

"The guards had told us, that the ponies, who were in Tartarus to serve their sentence, had mysteriously vanished. Right now, they're searching for these two ponies, far and wide around Equestria." Luna reported.

"We found one!" A guard had pointed to Susan, who was down with the damaged wall behind her. At the same time, the blue unicorn rubbed her head to ease the pain, when everything came flashing back in front of her eyes. Every single one of them. She stood up, now being silent, as the guards approached her. Soon, they tackled her down, preparing to restrain her even further, when without a warning,   a blast pushed them away. It turned out, that Susan had unknowingly used her unicorn magic to break free. Her head was lowered, her hair messy and her glasses being cracked a bit. Soon, she approached Starlight and took one of the devices away from her. 

"I see, what you mean..." Her voice was a bit more quiet and more down, as she prepared to walk away. "You'll never hear from me again... I'm pretty sure, no one will miss me..."  she slowly walked away from the crowd, until the unicorn was gone.

During all of this, Twilight noticed, that Starlight didn't say a single word and had her back against the princess. "Starlight, say something! How did they escape? " she asked, but she got no answer. Only silence.

"The guards noticed, that there were bits of their mane, alongside with a bit of a magic trail. It seems like, that those were clones and cloning magic is known to be the most advanced, with only a few unicorns mastering it. And given, that you have mastered magic in every level, I conclude that you helped them escape, Starlight Glimmer!" Celestia pointed out.

That revelation was a shock to everyone and immediately, she was met with boos and insults. The whole ordeal was getting more and more intense, as her horn started to glow.

"Starlight, how could you?!" Twilight was in disbelief.

"I can't believe, you did this..." Fluttershy was in tears. 

As for Johnny and the others, they simply looked away in disgust. Everyone was too close to her, when all of a sudden, Starlight snapped. She screamed and unleashed a shockwave, pushing everyone away from her from a big distance. Soon, she flew up, as the area around her got brighter. The lavender mare looked at everyone with anger and in tears. 

"Why....WHY ARE YOU NOT LISTENING TO ME AND SUNSET!? YOU ARE LIVING IN AN IGNORANT BLISS, WHILE OTHERS HAVE TO SUFFER, WITHOUT GIVING THEM A SECOND CHANCE?? THINK, EQUESTRIA!!! THINK!!!! SUNSET AND I DID SOME HORRIBLE THINGS AND YOU GAVE US A SECOND CHANCE, BUT YOU DIDN'T DO THE SAME THING FOR THE SISTERS!!!! STOP WITH THIS INJUSTICE!!! I'M PRETTY SURE, EVERYONE HAS MADE A BIG MISTAKE IN THEIR LIVES, DESPITE SOME OF THEM CLAIMING THAT THEY'RE PURE! Think about it....What was the biggest mistake in your lives?? What is your biggest crime?? At any point, did you feel guilt and regret? And most importantly....WHY?!?! THERE'S A REASON FOR THE ACTIONS, REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE RIGHT OR WRONG!! BUT, NO!! YOU CHOSE TO IGNORE ALL OF THIS IN FAVOR OF THE VICTIMS, WHO I'M PRETTY SURE, THEY ALSO DID SOME BAD STUFF IN THE PAST!!!!! You really disgust me....All of you!...You know what, I'm done! I'm going to the human world and never come back again! I doubt, anyone in Equestria would listen to me and take advice, for being SO HYPOCRITICAL WITH THEIR DOUBLE STANDARDS!!" Those words echoed through the entirety of Equestria, as everyone watched.

Eventually, the lavender mare flew past the crowd, saw their faces one final time in disappointment and looked away...

"I'm done with all of you...Goodbye..." She flew away, leaving everyone in shock. However...little did anyone know, that there are a few, who took this message to heart.





Human World, Twilight's Laboratory

The Humane 6 were waiting for any sign for Sunset and Starlight and if they found the girls. Eventually, a portal opened and someone came out. It was Starlight.

"Starlight! Did you find the girls?" Twilight asked, but the lavender girl only growled in response.

"Are you okay?" Fluttershy was worried.

"NO!!! THEY'LL NEVER LEARN FROM ANYTHING!!!" she screamed in anger, scaring anyone.

"Calm down, Starlight! What happened?" Twilight was worried about her friend, but that didn't change her angry demeanor. 

"They're always living in double standards and in an ignorant bliss. Therefore,into helping in my case...You know, what? Screw Equestria!! THIS IS MY NEW HOME!!!" Starlight shouted. The fact, that she'll stay in the human world permanently, shocked everyone with Pinkie doing a spittake, while she was drinking, Rarity fainting and everyone else frozen. But didn't matter to her anymore, as the lavender girl stormed out the lab. 

"Uhm....did...did she just...?" Twilight was dumbfounded.

"Yep...." Applejack was speechless.

At the same time, Sunset returned from her trip.

"Sunset! Any news?" Rainbow asked.

"A lot of things have happened...." Sunset proceeded to explain about the whole ordeal from Susan and Mary going to Ponyvile, nearly getting killed, the memories being restored, an argument which lead to Mary cutting ties to Susan to Sunset being mad at the ponies. 

"That's insane!!" Rainbow was shocked, while Pinkie's jaw dropped.

"I know, right? And now, I've lost her and I don't know, what happened to the other one! Ugh...wait...where's Starlight?" Sunset asked.

"Uhm....about that..." Twilight proceeded to explain, that Starlight was really angry at the people and decided to stay on the human world for good.

"Oh my goodness...I can't blame her, I was also outraged at Equestria." Sunset sighed.

"Should we go after her?" Fluttershy asked.

"I think, it's best to leave her alone for a while. After all, the whole ordeal had caused so much stress. But if there's anything good coming from this story, is at least the amnesia problem was solved...half anyway." The orange girl answered. "I had no idea, that I'll be involved in an ever complicated web of problems and secrets, when I went to Equestria for a visit a few weeks ago. And now, I don't know, if we can solve it..."

"Don't worry. We'll find a way to end this mess together. It's only a matter or time and effort, in order to find the missing pieces." Twilight hugged Sunset with a comforting smile and soon, the rest of the group joined in the hug.

"Thank you, girls..." Sunset smiled, while wiping her tears away.

"Hey, that's what friends are for." Rainbow smiled.

"I think, I should go looking for Starlight." Sunset was about to leave, when her friends decided to tag along. She smiled, knowing the strength of their friendship and the group went out looking for Starlight.





Meanwhile, on the other side of Canterlot City...

We see Susan, slowly walking through the busy streets and crowds with nothing but silent sorrow. She saw many happy people around her, including families and couples. She said nothing, as she kept walking and walking, until she stopped in an empty alleyway. It was run down, that's for sure.

"Maybe I'll just live there for the rest of my life..." she sat down and sighed. Everything went upside down, after that fateful day. And that lead to so much despair and discord.

Suddenly, she heard a noise coming from a trash can. She went there to inspect the noise, by opening the can. However, the noises actually came from rats trying to find food. Feeling relieved a bit, she closed the lid and went back to the corner. Soon, another noise can be heard, although she chalked it up to being city sounds, as well as sounds from run down fans. Eventually, she stood up and went for the garbage bins, searching for something edible. During this, she became completely oblivious of her surroundings, as Susan was focused on finding food. After all, she's hungry.

Then, without a warning, she was grabbed by a man in black. She couldn't scream for help, as he held a piece of cloth over her nose and mouth. She tried to fight back as best as she could, but he was too strong, as he grabbed her tightly. At the same time, Susan felt like, her body was slowly shutting down, realizing that the cloth is laced with a sedative drug. She tried to hold her breath, but it was impossible, as she was struggling and each time, she breathed in, more of the drug would enter into her body. Her eyesight was slowly fading away, while losing control to her nerve system, until finally....everything went into total black and her body becoming limp. The being in black carried Susan's unconscious body to a mysterious van and after he got in, the van drove off.  It's clear, that Susan was kidnapped...while being alone...






To be continued...