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// Chapter 8 pt 13: The Ultimate Evil Awakens 
// Story: MLP FiM x Fairy Tail: Wizards in Equestria 
// by SonnL 
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The forces of light is now one step away from ending the long conflict that has been plaguing Equestria. After a series of fierce battles, the Red Moon Generals have finally been dissolved. All that is left to end the war is destroying Scarlet Night. 
 
After the complete annihilation of the Red Moon Generals, the remaining few dark unicorns that have not yet fallen teleported to the entrance of Scarlet Night’s chamber, where they will make their last stand. 
 
Meanwhile, the Mane 7 and the three wizards with them have received word of Dread Lord’s defeat. 
 
“T-this... this is absolutely remarkable! All ten Red Moon Generals have fallen!” Rarity exclaimed with great excitement. 
 
“We have come a long way, and we’re now close to the finish line.” Levy added. 
 
“Aww, I wish I had a chance to kick an upper general’s flank.” Rainbow Dash pouted. 
 
“Rainbow Dash, we were lucky to survive the confrontation with the Lower 1.” Starlight pointed out. 
 
“Ugh, don’t remind us. I still remember how sore I felt after facing that beastly brute.” Rarity winced. 
 
“I for one do not envy those who had to fight the upper ranks.” Twilight said in a serious tone. “My recent ordeal with Sapphire Butterfly is something I won’t be forgetting anytime soon. To say it was tense would be an understatement. The fear I felt when she threatened to kill my family if I didn’t meet her expectations was nothing like I ever experienced before. The time when Chrysalis, Cozy Glow, and Tirek joined forces to conquer Equestria pales in comparison.” 
 
“I understand where you’re coming from, Twilight. I know how I’ll feel if my sister and brother were threatened in the same way.” Applejack comforted Twilight. 
 
“And I’m also concerned about Flurry Heart.” Twilight continued. “I healed all her physical wounds, but the mind is a different story. Who knows what effects all the torture she experienced could have on her mental state. I wouldn’t be surprised if she starts having nightmares.” 
 
“I know what you mean. No filly should have to go through a horrible experience like that.” Wendy said sadly. 
 
“Come on, everyone. Once we defeat Scarlet Night, we’ll be done with this war!” Pinkie said with positivity. 
 
“Yeah, but this is a foe who is even above the upper generals.” Starlight replied. “And I’ll be lying if I say I’m not extremely nervous. Even the strong wizards who fought the upper members of the Red Moon Generals did not walk away unscathed and had to use a great deal of effort to prevail. Not to mention, a wizard as powerful as Laxus fell unconscious after his fight with the Upper 3. There’s no telling what Scarlet Night is capable of.” 
 
“Look, I know how... difficult this war has been. And trust me, I’m also anxious.” Lucy chimed in. “But we’ve all been waiting for this battle and we have made it this far. Now, it’s time we finish this. And since Twilight possesses Aura Light’s power, we have a chance.” 
 
“Speaking of Aura, I’m going to have a long talk with her later.” Twilight responded. 
 
Later at a hallway intersection, the group ran into soldiers accompanying Spike, Carla, and Happy. 
 
“Twilight!” Spike happily called out to his big sister figure. 
 
“Wendy!” Carla (in her cat form) also cheerfully called out to her partner and close friend. 
 
“Spike!” 
 
“Carla!” 
 
Spike flew towards Twilight, and Carla flew towards Wendy. While expressing great relief, the princess and wizard proceeded to joyfully hug the dragon and Exceed, respectively. Happy was dismayed that he hasn’t reunited with Natsu yet. 
 
The soldiers from Canterlot approached Twilight and saluted her. 
 
“Princess Twilight Sparkle! It brings us great joy to see you well! And congratulations on defeating the Upper 2 and rescuing Princess Flurry Heart!” One of the soldiers said. 
 
“Princess Twilight! We’ve found her! We have reached Scarlet Night’s chamber!” Elsewhere, a soldier contacted Twilight through a communication lacrima. 
 
“Are there any Fairy Tail wizards with you!?” Twilight asked with great concern. 
 
“Negative, princess! But Scarlet Night is still in her cocoon! We can eliminate her right now!” 
 
“All of you, get out of there! Don’t go near Scarlet Night! Retreat to a safe distance and wait for Fairy Tail!” Twilight ordered with great urgency. 
 
Inside Scarlet Night’s chamber... 
 
After defeating all the dark unicorns guarding the chamber, a group of Canterlot and Crystal Empire soldiers surrounded the dark alicorn while she was still in her cocoon. 
 
“At long last, let’s destroy her and be done with it!” A Canterlot soldier said. 
 
The unicorns fired magic beams at the cocoon while the earth ponies and pegasi attacked by firing energy blasts from their spears or throwing bombs at it. Once they stopped after a few minutes, they were surprised that the cocoon did not suffer any damage. 
 
“Not a single scratch?! How tough is this cocoon?!” A Crystal Empire soldier exclaimed. 
 
“Wait! Hold on a minute! We got an order from Princess Twilight to fall back and go on standby until Fairy Tail arrives!” Another Canterlot soldier said. 
 
“Scarlet Night is just right there!” Another Crystal Empire soldier replied. “This isn’t the time to be waiting! We can’t let this chance slip by!” 
 
Suddenly, the cocoon became engulfed in a bright crimson light, which startled the pony troops. It then shook violently as it began to crack all the way from top to bottom until it finally exploded. Through the smoke cloud, a pair of glowing red eyes could be seen. Once the smoke cleared away, there stood Scarlet Night in all her glory. 
 
“Oh no! Scarlet Night has awakened!” A Canterlot soldier screamed right before he was obliterated by a dark red magic beam. 
 
The other soldiers quickly opened fire on Scarlet Night, but all the blasts were deflected by a barrier surrounding the dark alicorn. She then bombarded and decimated the soldiers with magic blasts of her own. 
 
Back to Twilight’s group, the princess was horrified to hear the soldiers’ screams as they were annihilated. 
 
“Fall back! Get away from Scarlet Night!” Twilight cried out, but it was no use. With due haste, Twilight and her group headed for the dark alicorn. 
 



After all the soldiers in her chamber are dead, Scarlet Night magically donned her red armor before walking out of the chamber. In the adjacent hall, she encountered more soldiers. They tried to hinder her with their magic and weapons, but their efforts were futile as the dark alicorn’s barrier nullified all incoming attacks. And just like the soldiers in her chamber, Scarlet Night swiftly eliminated them as well. 
 
As she walked down the hall, the dark alicorn was later approached by droves of goblins, lizardmen, orcs, trolls, and ogres. These monsters happened to be under the influence of Mirajane’s Macro curse, and she ordered them to attack Scarlet Night. The dark alicorn conjured a dark red cloud and sent it towards the monsters. The cloud expanded in size and enveloped all of the monsters at once. They soon let out blood-curdling screams as their bodies decayed and withered away. 
 
The hall then led her to a large open area, where Mirajane and another group of soldiers were waiting for her. The wizard transformed into her Satan Soul: Mirajane Alegria form as she prepared to fight the dark alicorn. 
 



In another place in the fortress, Natsu was limping down a hallway. After hearing about Scarlet Night’s awakening, he picked up the pace, trying to ignore the pain of the injuries he got from his fight with Dread Lord. However, in a few moments, he was about to have a miraculous encounter. 
 
At a hallway intersection, Natsu met a squad of Crystal Empire soldiers led by Flash Sentry as well as Gray and Erza. 
 
“Hey guys.” Natsu greeted with a look of relief. 
 
“You sure look terrible.” Gray casually commented on Natsu’s tattered appearance. 
 
“Nice to see you too, Gray.” Natsu replied with a hint of annoyance. 
 
A unicorn walked up to Natsu and casted a healing spell. “I healed most of your injuries, but I’m afraid I’m not proficient enough to completely restore you to tip-top shape. My apologies for not being able to do more to help you.” 
 
“It’s fine. Thanks a bunch.” Natsu expressed his appreciation. 
 
“Let’s go. Scarlet Night is not too far from here.” Erza said. 
 
“Mirajane is facing her now. We need to back her up.” Gray added. 
 
They then hurried to the location where Mirajane is confronting Scarlet Night. Once they reach there, Mirajane was launched into a wall close to them. 
 
“MIRAJANE!!!!” Natsu, Gray, and Erza cried out. 
 
Mirajane was greatly injured. She lost consciousness and reverted to her normal form. 
 
Feeling an intense magical pressure, the trio immediately turned their attention to where the pressure was coming from. Standing before them is the progenitor and master of the dark unicorns. Scarlet Night is completely unscathed, indicating that Mirajane was unable to lay a single scratch on her. 
 
“Flash Sentry, you and the other soldiers take Mirajane to safety. Natsu, Gray, and I will face Scarlet Night.” Erza told the pegasus. 
 
“But we cannot just leave you!” Flash Sentry protested. 
 
“An upper general doesn’t even compare to her! You won’t be able to accomplish anything if you try to fight her! You’ll only get in the way! So take Mirajane and get out of here!” Erza implored. 
 
“Very well then.” Flash Sentry reluctantly complied. He immediately placed Mirajane on his back and retreated with his fellow soldiers. 
 
After they left, the three wizards steeled themselves for their toughest battle yet. Scarlet Night did not utter a single word and only glared at them. The trio could feel the dark alicorn’s sheer malice, which even gave them goosebumps. Nevertheless, they were not about to back down after coming so far. Remembering all those who suffered because of the war, the three were determined to make things right. 
 
“This is it! We defeat her, and this war is over!” Erza declared. 
 
“All of your Red Moon Generals are toast! Now it’s your turn to go!” Natsu said to Scarlet Night while cracking his knuckles. 
 
Scarlet Night started off by firing a volley of magic beams at the three wizards. Natsu and Gray dodged while Erza used her swords to deflect the beams. 
 
Natsu ignited his fist and punched the empty air in Scarlet Night’s direction, sending a blast of fire towards her. Her barrier blocked the blast, leaving her completely unharmed. 
 
Erza requipped her Black Wing Armor and rushed towards the dark alicorn. Scarlet Night conjured several black spiked vines that erupted out of the floor in front of her. The vines functioned like whips and flailed at Erza. Gray quickly froze the vines in ice, enabling Erza to slash through them. 
 
“BLACK WING: MOON FLASH!” Erza attacked with two powerful slashes in a cross pattern. 
 
Scarlet Night’s barrier stopped the slashes, and she swiftly fired a beam at her attacker. Erza managed to block the beam with her sword, but she was sent flying back by the sheer power. 
 
Gray unleashed a storm of large ice shards on the dark alicorn, but it was utterly ineffective against her defenses. 
 
“FIRE DRAGON ROAR!” Natsu released a large stream of fire from his mouth. 
 
“ICE DEMON RAGE!” From his mouth, Gray unleashed a large beam of cold air, ice, and snow. 
 
Once again, a powerful barrier instantly appeared around Scarlet Night to protect her from harm. 
 
While the dark alicorn’s barrier was blocking Natsu and Gray’s breath attacks, Erza requipped her Giant Armor and hurled her De-Malevo-Lance. Scarlet Night simply fired a magic beam at Erza’s spear, causing it to explode into pieces. 
 
Scarlet Night then conjured a dark red cloud and sent it towards the three wizards. Knowing that the cloud could be lethal, Gray used his Ice Demon Slayer magic to freeze it. 
 
“ICE-MAKE: SILVER!” Gray then attempted to freeze Scarlet Night in a gigantic mass of ice, but her barrier prevented his magic from touching her and only the area around her was covered in ice. 
 
“FIRE DRAGON BRILLIANT FLAME!” Natsu generated fire in both hands and joined them together to create a giant sphere of flames. He threw it at Scarlet Night, surrounding her in a massive explosion. 
 
Erza requipped her Lightning Empress Armor and used her Spear of Lightning to fire multiple lightning beams. 
 
“ICE DEMON ZEROTH DESTRUCTION BOW!” Gray created an intricate ice bow and charged it with an ice arrow, which he then fired at Scarlet Night at high speed. 
 
Unfortunately, none of their attacks had any effect on the dark alicorn. They couldn’t break through her barrier, and she didn’t even move from one single spot since the fight started. 
 
“FLAME LOTUS: FIRE DRAGON FIST!” Natsu ignited his fists as he charged at Scarlet Night and unleashed a continuous barrage of flame-enhanced punches, but they were not achieving any results. 
 
The dark alicorn merely flapped one of her wings, blowing Natsu back with an intense wind pressure. 
 
She then launched a barrage of small spheres of darkness that home in on the wizards at incredible speed. Gray used ice swords to defend himself, Erza protected herself with her lightning spear, and Natsu punched and kicked the spheres coming at him. Scarlet Night continuously sent more dark spheres at the trio, keeping them on the defensive and not giving them any openings for a counterattack. 
 
Eventually, Scarlet Night stomped both of her front hooves on the floor, sending out large torrents of dark red lightning. Natsu, Gray, and Erza screamed as they felt the surge of dark electric energy. After that attack, the three wizards were writhing on the floor, groaning in pain. 
 
Afterwards, Scarlet Night conjured a portal beside her and proceeded towards it. The Mane 7, Spike, Lucy, Wendy, Carla, Levy, and Happy arrived just in time to see the dark alicorn leave and her portal immediately closed after she went through. 
 
“Was that... Scarlet Night?” Fluttershy uttered. 
 
“Natsu!” Happy cried out as he flew towards his friend. “Natsu, are you okay?! Please say something!” 
 
Natsu continued groaning in response. Twilight then healed the three wizards in a golden light. 
 
“Are you three alright?” Twilight asked. 
 
“We are now. But what about Scarlet Night?” Erza replied. 
 
“She is no longer in the fortress.” Aura Light explained. 
 
“Any idea where she went!?” Gray asked her. 
 
“I’m afraid not.” She answered. 
 
“So... does this mean that the ultimate final battle isn’t happening yet?” Pinkie questioned. 
 
“It looks that way.” Aura replied. 
 
The Council of Friendship and the Fairy Tail members present were completely distraught, considering after all they went through. 
 
“Dammit! We were so close!” Natsu slammed his fist on the floor. 
 
“But why did Scarlet Night just leave?” Lucy inquired. 
 
Afterwards, they all felt violent tremors. 
 
“Is that an earthquake?” Happy nervously asked. 
 
Rubble started falling from the ceiling and walls were breaking down. 
 
“The fortress is collapsing!” Fluttershy shrieked. 
 
“Twilight! Give me control of your body! There’s no time! Hurry!” Aura urged. 
 
Since there was no time to think, Twilight complied. Once in control, Aura casted a highly-advanced transport spell that instantly teleported the Council of Friendship, Fairy Tail, and all surviving soldiers out of the crumbling fortress. 
 



The battle in Scarlet Night’s fortress was relayed to all of Equestria and its neighboring allied kingdoms. Many had prayed for the Council of Friendship and Fairy Tail’s victory all night. Everycreature was overjoyed when they heard that all the dark unicorns have been destroyed, but they were deeply disheartened by the news that the forces of light failed to defeat Scarlet Night. With her still at large, no one could truly feel safe. Regardless of the outcome, the Crystal Empire celebrated Flurry Heart’s safe return. For Cadance and Shining Armor, it was more than enough. The Mane 7, Spike, and the wizards who participated in the battle returned to Ponyville to rest and recuperate. As for the Pillars, they decided to take their fallen friend, Mistmane, to her birthplace and give her a burial there. 
 
At an unknown location... 
 
In a gigantic cave somewhere far from Equestria, Scarlet Night constructed grave stones for the dark unicorns, with the graves for the upper generals larger than the rest. 
 
“I am deeply grateful to you all for your loyal service. It’s such a shame that I must continue on my own. I cannot change the past, but you all can take comfort in knowing that your efforts were not in vain.” The dark alicorn then left the cave. “Rest now... my children.” 
 
After leaving, she sealed the cave so nothing will disturb the graves.