{Betty}
The day after the celebration party celebrating my defeat of Grogar and saving the universe, I woke up to Cozy Glow's frantic voice.
"Betty! Betty! Betty!" Cozy Glow panicked.
"Okay, okay, I'm awake already!" I said. "What's wrong Cozy Glow?"
Cozy Glow gulped, "Your Mother's been spotted near the Everfree Forest! She is heading towards the Castle of the Two Sisters! I bet she's going to stay there to kill you!"
"What?" I gasped. "How do you know?"
"I saw her on my way here!" Cozy said, while nodding. "If I were you I'd stay aw-"
"Nope, that's not happening! If I can save a whole entire universe," I said, "I can stare down the witch I have for a mother! Let me get dressed and get going! One round of abusive mother, coming right up!"
After I got dressed, I headed over to the Castle of the Two Sisters. I kept thinking I could finally face my mother for one last time and hopefully, this conflict between us will be over.
* * *
Once I got to the castle, I walked down the steps, not far from where my favorite spot was to sit. Then, I saw her, she stepped out of the shadows smiling as if she were looking at a long lost friend.
I snarled at her, "What's that smile for you evil witch?"
"Relax Betty, I'm so happy to see my little halfbreed daughter all grown up!" Mother said. "Now, I can finally kill you!"
"Oh really?" I snapped.
"Yeah, really!" Mother sneered. She cracked her knuckles and cocked her head from side to side, as if she was gearing up to go into a boxing match. "I wonder something my little halfbreed-"
"My name's Betty!" I snapped. "You know, it's the name this strange woman gave me after I was born!"
Mother rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah whatever! Anyway, I've watched your hand-to-hand combat skills and you were able to hold your own against me a couple of times you know, before I was able to push you down the steps!"
"Yeah, I know that," I growled, "although I wonder since you hated me so much back then, why didn't you just kill me? It would've saved you the trouble, wouldn't it?"
Mother smiled a sinister smile. "Hmm, yeah I can see your point, but it wouldn't have been as much fun either."
"Seriously?" I said. "Wow, you're cold you know that? But fine, let's do your little child's play!"
Mother gave a belly laugh and said, "Child's play huh? Sure, let's play!"
I dove at her and threw the first punch sending her flying backwards. After that she came at me and landed a punch to the jaw. Normally that type of hit would be enough to knock someone out, but not me! I fought through a power surge and I wasn't about to let a punch to the jaw take me down.
As the fight dragged on, it seemed that we were evenly matched and I wasn't aware that Dae and Cozy Glow were watching me.
"How did you find her, Dae?" Cozy asked.
"I can hear her thoughts, it was very faint at first, but I could tell she was in this direction." Dae said.
"What do we do? We should-" Cozy started.
"No, Cozy Glow," Dae said, "this is Betty's fight, that she can and must handle herself, I'm only jumping in if she gets into trouble."
Cozy sighed as she looked onward. "Fine then, I understand."
Then for whatever the reason, Mr. Harmony came running up the steps and he was clearly out of breath to Dae and Cozy Glow. But of course, I didn't see it because I was too busy fighting Mom.
"I'm getting way too old for this crap!" Mr. Harmony panted. "I wonder if I should retire soon? If I do, I'm taking a nice long vacation from Equestria for awhile."
Cozy snorted. "Too bad I can't do that by crossing over."
Mr. Harmony didn't seem like he could see Cozy Glow or he just ignored her as he turned his attention to watching me fight mom.
"Whoa! I knew she was good at hand-to-hand fighting, but I didn't think she was that good!" Mr. Harmony whistled. "I mean, I've seen her fight with her Death Walker abilities, but this is something else."
Dae smiled. "No kidding, she's awesome isn't she?"
When I heard Mr. Harmony whistle, that's when I knew people were watching me fight Mom. That was irritating and it looked like Mom was irritated by it too.
"Your friends are annoying," Mom growled.
"I don't care!" I snarled as I landed a knee to her stomach, sending her up in the air at least ten feet. I was surprised when she came back down to the ground and landed on her feet and shook herself off, as if nothing happened.
Mom returned the favor by doing the same thing to me. I caught myself from flying into the air by spreading out my wings. Mom seemed impressed by me doing that. "Not bad halfbreed! Not bad at all!"
I didn't say a word. I just wanted to end this conflict between me and her that she started when I was born. I didn't understand why she didn't just get rid of me before I even came out of her womb. But then again, it is against Equestrian law to do that. If that happens, it's considered murder.
"You wanna know something you strange woman?" I snarled.
"Hey, I'm not a strange woman!" Mother snapped. "I'm your Mother!"
"Yeah right," I said. I landed a kick to her stomach and said. "You're no Mother! You want to know why?"
I got behind Mother and landed another kick to her back. "Because a Mother is supposed to respect her child!" I got in front of her and landed a kick to her stomach again. "A Mother is supposed to love her child!" I got behind her and landed a kick on her back again. "A Mother is supposed to protect her child!"
"Wow," said Dae, "if I didn't know any better, I'd say Betty's playing a game of ping pong with her mom!"
Cozy gave a little snort. "You can say that again!"
Before I could land another kick to Mom's stomach, she caught my foot and threw me into a nearby wall. I got to my feet and dusted myself off.
Mom snarled at me, "Okay this is getting old." She wiped some of the blood off her mouth and stood up to catch her breath. She took out a weapon, it was a staff looked similar to mine and I growled when I noticed the Tiger’s Eye jewel, signifying that it was a Death Walker weapon.
Mother gave me a smug look. "I see you recognize this type of weapon. In case you're wondering, I am Death Walker and I heard you were announced as a Death Walker. I wonder, what is your weapon? I, of course, have this staff here..."
I took out my staff and Mother stared at it. "That's an interesting way to carry a weapon inside your arm… I wonder why I can't do that? Oh well, it doesn't matter now."
That's when I realized the fight between me and my Mother was being broadcasted. I suddenly heard Pinkie's voice from above us. "And it looks like this party's getting started folks! In one corner, Betty Jewel's Mother who apparently is also a Death Walker! In the other corner, Betty Jewel! Who's going to make the first move?"
I looked over at Dae and said, "Seriously?"
Dae shook his head. "Don't look at me, I have nothing to do with this."
"Great, well whoever it was, I'll deal with them later," I growled.
Mother laughed, "Who says there's going to be a later for you? You're going to die here! You know that, right?"
"Not if I have something to say about it!" I sneered, baring my teeth at her. "And wipe that stupid smile off your face!"
"Hmm yeah, no," Mother taunted.
I turned my staff into a blade and readied my fighting stance. Mother turned her staff into a bow and arrow.
"It seems you like to make your staff into a sword of some sort," said Mother, "I prefer a bow and arrow myself. Anyway, let's get this over with! The sooner you die, the better!"
"Not happening!" I snapped.
Mother made the first move by firing a couple of her arrows at me and I caught them in mid air and snapped them in two. She kept firing her arrows at every angle she possibly could at me and I always, either deflected them with my blade or caught them in mid air and cracked them. I heard Pinkie overhead giving the play by play on the fight. "Looks like another arrow has been fired! And Betty caught it again! Wow, what a fight folks!"
"Pinkie, will you shut-up!" I shouted.
"Oh, and Betty's angry with me," commented Pinkie, "I guess I’ll apologize later?"
"For the love of-" I said. "You know what? Never mind!"
Then Mother did something surprising. She turned her bow and arrow into a bird's wing and she roared like a Griffin.
Interesting type of attack, but I have some tricks up my sleeve also, I thought, I wonder how many Death Walker abilities she has?
The attack Mother had appeared to be a wind attack. Then, she showed me her other fire attack. She combined her fire and wind and suddenly, I felt a different type of attack getting ready to come out of me. It felt like I had drunk a whole bunch of water and I needed to get it out. I opened my mouth and pushed as if I were throwing up and a stream of water came from my mouth canceling out Mom's fire attack.
"Huh, it seems you have the Death Walker ability of water," Mom said.
"And that's not all I have!" I said. I just knew she was going to want to see what other Death Walker abilities I had, and so I gave her everything I had. Finally, I was able to deal her a fatal blow! Or I thought it was fatal. I threw my blade at her to pierce her chest, leaving a big gaping hole for all to see.
Mother smiled as she stood there staring at me as if she were impressed. Although I didn’t really care what she thought. I turned my blade into a staff again.
Mother dropped her weapon and took a step towards me. "Well, I see I'm going to die soon and what a perfect ending than dying at my own child's hands!"
"I'm not your child!" I snarled. "Don't you get it already? Why is it a perfect ending, just because I kill you? Do you really think that's going to make up for anything? It doesn't! It doesn't, you evil witch!"
Mom stepped towards me and then opened her arms as if she wanted a hug.
"Do you really I'm going to embrace you in your final minutes of life? You've got to be kidding me!" I roared.
"Okay fine then," said Mother, "if you won't come to me, I'll come to you because there's something important I need to say."
"NO!" I roared. "If you have something to tell me, you can stay right there and say it!"
Mother ran up to me and embraced me, but I wasn't about to embrace her. She didn't deserve any type of respect from me. She didn't deserve it, even if she was getting ready to take her last breath.
"What I want to say to you," Mother wheezed, "is something I should've told you before all of this happened…"
"Yeah, what is it? Just say it and die already!" I growled.
"What I want to say to you is," Mother wheezed, "I love you…"
"No you don't! You never did!" I roared. "How dare you!"
I pushed her away and punched her right where her gaping hole was in her chest and sent her flying down the stairs. The last word she uttered was my name.
"And don't ever say my name again!" I snarled. I sank to my knees, shaking in anger. It was as if the clouds on the Everfree Forest knew exactly what to do because it started to rain.
* * *
I didn't care if my hand was dripping with the blood from where I punched my Mother who is now dubbed The Strange Woman in her chest. I heard footsteps running to me when I saw Dae put up a hand to stop them. I don't know why, but for some reason, I started to laugh like a psycho.
"What happened?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Twilight cut the transmission before the end of the fight!"
"Excuse me?" I snarled. "She did what?"
Pinkie gave a nervous laugh, "Well you see, Twilight saw you were getting ready to fight your mother and well, she thought it was a good idea to broadcast it. You know, to show off your fighting skills and all."
"Hi Betty," I heard Princess Twilight squeak, "I was coming here to apologize to you in person instead of writing the letters, which you haven't responded to lately. So when I saw you getting ready to fight your mother, I've never seen you fight and I thought everypony else should see it too!"
"Oh really?" I snarled at her. "Do you want to know what I would say to your stupid marriage proposal like I've been saying and you obviously don't know how to pick up on the hint, it's NO! And as far as your apology goes, you can take it and shove it up your rear end!"
Princess Twilight gasped, "Now that wasn't very nice Betty!"
"Like you've been nice to me?" I roared. "Let's see, you knocked me up against the wall while throwing a temper tantrum that put me in a coma for two weeks! And now, you put my life in danger by broadcasting my fight to the death with my Mother!"
Rainbow Dash gasped, "Seriously? You did that Twilight? Why didn't you tell us this was a fight to the death? If you knew that's what was going on, then why did you broadcast it?"
Princess Twilight looked down and sighed, "Yes, I injured Betty and I'm on house arrest because of it. I thought it would be a good thing that ponies should see Betty fight and yes I knew it was a fight to the death."
Rainbow Dash's jaw dropped. "Wow, you're stupid Twilight! Even I know not to do what you did! I don't knock ponies up against a wall because I'm angry. As a matter of fact, I chose not to fight if I realize I'm angry. There's only two reasons why I would record a fight, one if I'm doing a progress report on one of my soldiers, particularly a high ranking soldier. Two, if there's a war going and I'm giving ponies updates on how things are going. I want to ask you something, Twilight."
"What?" Princess Twilight said.
"Why have you gone stupid on me?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Although I do know that you have a thing for the King of Hell and you've been asking him to marry you for over two years now and he's said no every single time. You also know that Betty is dating him now and I bet you secretly wanted her to die, so Dae would be driven towards you once you swoop in and console him. Yeah, like that would happen, you do realize Betty's a Death Walker right?"
"Well yes," answered Princess Twilight, "but it's a good thing Betty's mother is dead. She saved Equestria yet again!"
Dae raised an eyebrow. "And how did Betty save Equestria by killing her mother?"
Princess Twilight gulped, "Betty's mother was a serial killer…"
I narrowed my eyes at Princess Twilight and said, "How many people did she kill?"
Princess Twilight looked away and I could tell just by the look of horror on her face she didn't want to answer that question.
"I said, HOW. MANY. PEOPLE. DID. SHE. KILL? ANSWER ME!" I shouted. "And you better not knock me up against a wall because I shouted at you!"
Princess Twilight sighed, "Only twenty people and ponies that we can confirm. We could tell she was waiting for a chance to get to you, because everypony she killed resembled you in some way."
At this point, Dae started shaking with anger and the building started to shake along with him. I don't blame him because I went back to laughing like a psycho.
Mr. Harmony gave a nervous laugh, "Uh, Dae you might calm down before you level the building on top of us."
"No!" Dae roared. "I don't f**king care! As a matter of fact I do hope I do level the building!"
Dae turned his evil stare towards Princess Twilight. "And you! How dare you! You keep asking me and Betty to marry you and our answer is no and since you don't know when to quit! Also, how are you out of the castle when you’re on house arrest? I'm going to go ahead with part one of your punishment!"
Dae gripped Princess Twilight in his magic and swung as hard as he could and knocked her up against a nearby wall. It knocked her out instantly. Pinkie and Rarity went to go help her, but he put his hand up and roared, "Not another step! Or you'll be next!"
Pinkie whined, "But Twilight's our friend! We need to go help her!"
"Really!" Rainbow Dash snapped. "You're going to go help out somepony who's not a friend? Wow, you're just as stupid as she is! She's supposed to be the Princess of Friendship and she should be on her best behavior at all times! She of all ponies should know that her subjects are just as much as her friends as you and I are. As a matter of fact, I do not support her behavior because she seems to think that she can say or do whatever she wants just because she is the ruler of Equestria and that's NOT okay! So, I revoke the friendship status. Twilight isn't going to be my friend as long as she acts the way that she does. Any more dealings with her will just be purely business and that's all!"
"That goes for me too!" Fluttershy declared. "And I don't ever want to use my Element of Harmony ever again!"
"Wow, I don't think I would go that far. I might not be friends with Twilight for the time being," said Rainbow Dash, "but if Equestria needs to be saved-"
"I don't care," said Fluttershy, "they'll just have to find somepony else to do the job! Equestria can crash and burn for all I care! Twilight put my daughter in danger and for what? Nothing!"
Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash's scolding of Princess Twilight just made me laugh even harder. However, I wasn't laughing because I found this funny. I was laughing out of anger. I was about ready to go wring Princess Twilight's neck and I didn't care if she was knocked out already. Dae grabbed me by the shirt and pulled me into his arms. "No Betty, I know you want to kill her but that won't make things right."
As I started sobbing in Dae's arms, he gave Pinkie and Rarity a dismissive wave. "You can go help that pathetic excuse for a ruler, now."
With that, everyone that felt loyal to Princess Twilight went to go help her.
Fluttershy sighed, "Come on Dae, let's go get Betty cleaned up so she can rest. I can tell she's getting ready to pass out soon."
I didn't realize how right Fluttershy was, because my head felt fuzzy and the world faded away from me.