As soon as both sides clashed, the battle started and started strong. Sunny and Midnight once again engaged in battle but this time Twilight stepped in to help Sunny. The others were currently helping to keep the army at bay and a lot of members of Midnight's own army were helping them instead of her. They must’ve believed everything that Violet had revealed about their leader, now they were choosing to revolt and do the right thing. Zipp was actually happy and relieved that things were starting to turn in their favor.. that was until she saw him. Ragnar.. the demonic abomination responsible for her mother’s death and the loss of her kingdom. She wanted more than anything to make him pay.. and that’s just what she would do.
She flew up to him and tackled him with newfound, rage-fueled strength, taking him away from the battlefield and flying him right through the side of one of the buildings in Maretime Bay. As they tumbled throughout the building, they landed pretty hard hits on each other until Ragnar manages to kick Zipp away from him, separating them and they both get lost.. except Ragnar could smell where Zipp was, so he followed the scent while trying to maintain the element of surprise. He eventually found her and continued to stalk and play games with her. Knocking over things, scratching the walls, making low growling noises, and all the while, she still wasn’t able to determine his exact location. He eventually gets bored and starts attacking her and fleeing before she can react. Zipp was quickly getting more and more annoyed and angry. She gets an idea and when she hears something she unleashes a huge wave of electricity throughout the building and he gets electrocuted, falling from the roof and she tackles him, both of them falling through the floor.
Zipp proceeds to attack him without mercy until he knocks her off and they both take out their weapons. Zipp charges first and attacks him, going on full offense. That turns out to be a mistake as she leaves an opening from one of her attacks and he notices, taking the chance to stab her in the leg with one of his tail spikes and while she’s distracted by the pain, he slashes her across the cheek with his claws. She quickly recovers and slashes his chest with her sword and knocks his weapon out of his hand. She kicks him into the wall behind him and blasts him with multicolored lightning. She sees him starting to absorb it and he gets up and reveals the gauntlet on his right claw, getting ready to send it back at her but she quickly cuts off his claw, making him roar in pain and hold his arm tightly. She kicks him back and stabs him in the shoulders with both her swords to keep him pinned down. “Now.. what.. princess.. or should I say Queen since.. well.. you know.” He says, smirking and Zipp grits her teeth then smiles, cracking her knuckles.
“Now.. I take my sweet time killing you.. I take out all my built up frustration.. rage.. hatred.. I take it all out on you. This is for the torment, the boasting, for my home. For my friends! For. My! Family!” Zipp yells before proceeding to punch him with all her might repeatedly in a flurry of quick, powerful punches. She soon ends up knocking scales off his body, teeth out of his mouth, and spikes off his head. With every punch, every drop of blood spilt, every scale lost, Zipp felt more and more satisfaction, knowing that she was causing the same monster who killed her mother pain. Sure her fists had received injuries after a bit but she didn’t care, she just wanted to be done with him and never see his face again, never hear his voice again, never see that damn smirk of his again. When she felt like she had gotten it out of her system, she pulled out one sword from his shoulders and aimed straight for his heart. “Good riddance you monster..” she says before raising the sword more. Before she could bring it down, Pipp’s lightning lasso wrapped around her hand and pulled her off him and Hitch instantly grabbed her to hold her back and Skylight took the sword from her. “What are you doing?! I was so close to avenging mom and you’re saving him?! What the hell Pipp?!” Zipp yells and Pipp gets in front of her, looking at her with teary eyes and Zipp freezes up when she sees them.
“I know you’re angry and you miss mom Zipp but ask yourself.. is this what she would’ve wanted for you..?” Pipp asks before suddenly hugging Zipp who can feel her trembling with emotion. “We already lost mom Zipp.. I don’t.. I don’t wanna lose you too.. please don’t do this Zipp.. don’t be a killer.. don’t be him.” Pipp says, gesturing to Ragnar and Zipp can’t decide whether to listen to her sister, or give in to her own desires for revenge. She eventually breaks down and starts crying, hugging her sister back and deciding to let Ragnar live.. despite how much she feels he deserves to be put down. While Pipp and Hitch comfort Zipp, Sky and Violet tie up Ragnar. He would receive his punishment soon enough, but right now they had to be there for their friend. She needs them.. now more than ever.
Sunny and Twilight were quickly getting the upper hand against Midnight who was now on the defensive while they were going on full offense. Every time Midnight tries to attack, she’s instantly knocked back by a blast of magic. She growls in annoyance and draws more and more strength from the alicorn amulet but the more she does that, the more time Solaris has to recover. This was actually helping both Sunny and Twilight sense her more, so they form a plan and don’t waste a single second to carry it out. Twilight forms magical glyphs around Midnight and chains come out, wrapping around her and immobilizing her. Sunny dodges all the wild blasts that Midnight sends at them and grabs the alicorn amulet and as soon as she does, she’s on top of a mountain and it’s storming. She sees Solaris curled up under a small shelter of stone and walks to her.
She reaches out to touch Solaris and as soon as the tip of her finger touches her, Solaris shrieks in surprise and fear, making the storm worsen. Sunny gently tries to calm her down. “Shhhhh. It’s ok, it’s me.. Sunny. Remember..? You asked me for help and I’m here to do that.. I’m gonna get you out of here..” Sunny says, reaching for Solaris but only waiting for her to come to her instead of grabbing her and scaring her away. Solaris hesitantly looks at Sunny with tears in her eyes.
“P-Promise..?” she asks weakly, obviously exhausted from all she’d been through. Sunny gives her a reassuring smile and the storm slowly goes away and the clouds part to make way for the sun which shines brightly and, in a way, gives Solaris as much hope as Sunny's smile does.
“I promise.” Sunny says and Solaris smiles back and slowly reaches out to grab Sunny's hand. As soon as she does, a monstrous scream that sounds like Midnight booms through the sky, shaking the mountain and causing the storm to roll back in and Sunny picks up Solaris before teleporting away. She repeatedly does it as the storm continues chasing them as if Midnight herself was controlling it and the lightning that constantly tried to strike them. And at this point, Sunny wouldn’t be surprised if that was actually the case. She grew curious as to why she hadn’t come out of Midnight's mind by now. Then it hit her: Solaris. She might not be able to leave with her. Not yet anyway, not without trying to fight. Sunny dove behind a wall of rocks and used magic to shield herself and Solaris with a makeshift cave. She looks at the sky and sees a vortex in it that’s VERY far away but after thinking about her options, she grows a determined look and looks at Solaris.
“Do you trust me?” Sunny asks and after a few seconds, Solaris nods and Sunny puts her on her back, using magic to keep her there. And after waiting for the right time, Sunny drops the shield and races past the lightning, just barely dodging each strike. She has to block a few of them and that, along with the wind pushing against them was making it very difficult to get to the vortex but they eventually made it and Sunny touches it but it seems to reject her and she knows why. Midnight doesn’t just want Solaris gone, she wants her dead. But she wouldn’t let that happen. “I’m taking Solaris home Midnight. I’ll never let you or anyone else hurt her! Ever! Again!! I’ll take on anyone I have to!” Sunny yells and her body starts to glow brighter than ever and Solaris.. she starts to glow as well and she looks amazed and touches the vortex as well and with both their efforts combined, they manage to escape, Sunny flying back away from Midnight while holding Solaris in a protective but gentle embrace.
Midnight yells in anger and pain, breaking free of the chains and hold her sides, sliding away from Twilight and Sunny as Twilight walks towards her glaring. Black mist was starting to come off Midnight’s body as she slid away in fear. “No.. no no no no no, this isn’t how this was supposed to end..!” she says and Twilight scoffs and stares her down.
“Well whether you like it or not.. you’ve lost.. and this won’t be like last time.. it’s time for you to go.” Twilight says as she aims a powerful magical blast at Midnight who closes her eyes and seems to accept what’s coming to her.. until she smirks.
“No, princess.. because your newest student forgot to consider something.. she had the bell on her and she thought I couldn’t move while she was in my head..” she says before taking out the bell, blasting it and quickly aiming it at herself. “Thank you Sunny.. for bringing about the end of this pathetic world!” she says as the bell fires unknown magic into her and starts to transform her. Instead of just two wings, she has six, instead of her feathers, mane, and symbols being black or purple, they’re blood red, and instead of a sultry, smooth, but intimidating voice, she has a demonic, terrifying one. She blasts them all to the roof and slams them down with tendrils of red magic, pinning them down with them. She gets so close to Sunny’s face, she can feel the enraged breathing coming from her. “It’s about time you learn.. that even without Solaris’s abilities, I can still cause you a LOT of pain!!! Physical!” she says before looking at something and Sunny follows her gaze, freezing up as soon as it lands on Izzy. “And emotional!!” she continues before making a giant spear and throwing it straight at Izzy.
“NO!!!” Sunny screams before breaking free and teleporting to where Izzy is and pushing her out of the way. She didn’t care what happened after, she was just glad Izzy was safe. So it didn’t bother her as she felt the spear hit her instead.. the others would stop Midnight. As the spear went into Sunny’s back and straight through her heart, leading to her falling to the ground, lifeless, her friends all had the same reaction.. their hearts dropped and they all cried out the name of their now fallen friend.
“SUNNY!!!”