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// Chapter 21: Time Is Running Out and Ran Out In Another Chapter 
// Story: Our Name Across The Multiverse: 10 years later 
// by DATONETWIxDASHFAN 
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"Blitz!" cried Twilah, seeing her baby girl all grown up. She couldn't help but cry her heart out. She lost all those important years with her daughter, which she won't ever get back. "BLITZ!" she flew to her and held her daughter, crying as Blitz looked at her mother, confused.

"W-What!?" said Blitz as she felt Twilah hugging her and then pitching her cheeks and still calling her baby girl "Blitz? I'm not Blitz, gr-oof!" She was pulled in and kissed on the forehead, but this made Twilah stop as Blitz hood fell backwards, revealing her face.

"Wait, you aren't Blitz. Who are you?" asked Twilah as this woman got out of the hug and pulled her hood back over her face.

"My name is...wait, I can't tell you. This might screw up the timeline even more...wait, I shouldn't have said that because I remember you telling me..." She stopped herself as Twilah looked pale as she whispered 'Timeline?' and sighed, "...about freaking out...oops."

"Timeline?"

"Shit, well, maybe this is meant to happen? Or something is happening right now, and we will have to deal with it later. Look, you are a smart and wonderful mom; you raised Blitz well."

Twilah blinked a few times and started to smile. "Thank you, um, whoever you are."

"Just call me...let's see...it has to be a cool-sounding name, maybe a mix of Braver and Blitz, so, uh...Breakitz? Nah, Break-fast? Nope, Breaker! Wait, no. She will kill me if I call myself that," she said, scratching her chin, while Twilah just had a dumbfounded look. "Um, how about sounding like Rainbow? Aurora Blast? No, no, no, no! I feel that's taken from another universe version of 'her'. Oh! Prism! Call me that! Yeah! Sounds cool!"

Twilah nodded as Prism held her chest out, all proud of picking her name and leaning forward, like she wanted to be petted. Twilah did and petted her head, making Prism moan in happiness.

"AH YEAH! Thanks gr-SHIT!" She leaned back and held her mouth, like she feared she said something else she shouldn't have.

"Gr?" Twilah tilted her head.

"Nothing! Just, just call me Prism, okay!? And anyway, yes, this is a timeline for the future. Welcome to the time-verse city, Cross City. I can't say more. Sorry." Prism told her.

"Time verse? Cross City?"

"Yep, where every universe and alternate timeline cross... SHIT!" She started to panic as she realized she said too much.

"Are you okay, Prism?"

"Fine! Fine! Don't mind me, just freaking out because I can't tell you too much about the future or this time line will be fucked!"

"Oh." Twilah nodded, not sure if she should be worried or not. "Okay, but...why am I here? Can you at least answer that? Is it because of the-"

Prism became very serious. "Yes, because of the time storm, but it's not really a storm; it's someone higher than a god. I can't say anymore about that person or whether my future will be erased or changed. Just know this: that time storm was created to send you here because that dick doesn't want you to remove the blackwater. She's been messing with each version of this story, and even though I saw it to the end, this doesn't mean my version of the story is the true ending. But I don't know if the true ending is true. All I know is that you were sent here to prevent you from stopping the blackwater like I said. If you don't stop it, New Ponyville gets destroyed and Flutterheart dies, which leads to her parents not wanting to be saved, which leads everyone's story to that one path...to the end. If my timeline is the same as yours, then Blitz and Braver are in danger of dying. You need to get back and don't use your watch." Twilah watched as Prism started to float back and forth, thinking and talking. "Using that watch to open the gate will send you back, but at the wrong time and place, and it's too dangerous if you open the portal now. You might grow old too quickly and die from the shock. But the high likelihood of that happening is a one-in-a million chance. It's not worth the risk."

Twilah nodded, and she joined in the back and forth with Prism.

"Yes, it's too dangerous, like you said. If time is added to the factor and it's not stable, how do I return?"

They both started to fly in a circle, working their minds on this problem.

"We need the gate to open; without a gate, you can't go through it, and you have a key for that, but it's not a stable one. Maybe a magical force can create a new gate." whispered Prism "...magical..."

They both faced and pointed at each other and said, "DISCORD!" Both were surprised; they had the same thought and started to laugh.

"I have no idea how we think alike; maybe because you are related to me in some way?" She laughed, but Prism felt worried but also somewhat proud to hear that.

"Maybe, anyway, Prime Discord and all other Discords can time travel. He did it before when she and Weaver needed help and got him to help us. Maybe a Discord will help us in the city? The Fluttershy Con is happening this year here." Prism smiled.

"Fluttershy Con?"

"Yes, where the fandom gets together for their love of Fluttershy. I mean, it's a good place to start, but..." She looked over, and they saw a huge Fluttershy floating over a stadium. Soon, a different version of Shy floated over, and it was a busty Anthro version of her. "They're at war with each other right now. Something stupid about what version of Fluttershy is best. So, we can't count on them right now. Look." She pointed, and Twilah could see the balloon holders face-to-face with each other, screaming that anthro busty Shy is better, while the other Discords are screaming that pony Shy is the best Shy.

Twilah rubbed her temples and sighed. "Okay, so we can't go to them. Do you have any other ideas, Prism?"

"No, I don't. I mean, if you can find a Discord and convince him to help you, we will have him send you back, but each Discord isn't the same, and some are assholes."

"Great, so I can't count on one Discord."

"Sadly, yes. But we can still try; let's fly down and find a Discord."

"But you said we can't count on Discord."

Prism smiled "True, but they all carried the same spark. The spark that Fluttershy planted in them. Kindness—you just need to find the right one, of course. Also, be careful; some Discord hates any version of Twilight. See, there's some Discord who didn't become friends with Shy but with other Mane 6, and purist Discords hates that, believing Shy is the better pick. Fandom of best pony shit. They're crazy."

Twilah shook her head and started to fly down. "Let's not waste time; come on, Prism."

"Coming." Prism flew after Twilah, while her mind was screaming with joy as she could be with Twilah. "OMGOMG! THIS IS SO AWESOME!"

"Is something wrong?" asked Twilah, as Prism had a big grin on her face.

"NO! Nope, everything is fine. Totally fine. "Ok, we need to find a Discord; the problem is, there are a lot of Discord running around here."

They landed and enter the building and could see different versions of Discord, ranging from different colors to different genders, and some were even humans or different races. This made Twilah wonder about something.

"Prism, are you a pony or a human?"

Prism blushed and scratched her neck. "Well, you know... it's hard to explain. I'm both, I think. I don't know."

"That's...odd. You look like a human, but...something is off."

Prism slowly turned around and let her wings out. They were huge, with cyan blue but the feathers were yellow. She quickly put them away as Twilah tried to touch them. "I'm both and a bit different."

"Ah, I see." Twilah smiled and started to walk, surprising Prism as she quickly followed her.

She put her hands over her head and asked her questions like, "Not going to ask why I'm a pony-human hybrid? Or why do I look so cool and awesome? Why am I even helping you?"

"Nope, I know the answer, or well, the answer I think you're going to give me. You're helping me because you're a kind-hearted woman, Prism. That's enough for me."

Prism had a small blush but was sad as she really wanted to tell her...

"So, any idea which one to ask?"

"I was thinking of the one over there, by the booth."

Twilah saw an orange and purple-striped, white mane and green eyes Discord, whose body is similar to that of a human. It was almost like her anthro form. They walked over, and he smiled as he believed they were here to buy his books or drawings.

"Hello there, little pony. I am the one and only Lord Discord! The ruler of chaos and the lord of the cosmos. Would you like to buy my amazing book, 'Chaotic Tales of In Shy Forest, or would you like to have a picture drawn by me? Here's our best seller!" He pointed to his right of a hanging picture of Shy as an anthro, naked, causing Twilah to blush and realize this booth was selling R34.

"Prism, this booth sells...Prism?" She could see her reading the book that Discord said before, which Twilah could tell was a porn manga, and Prism wings were standing up. "PRISM!"

"WHAT!? Oh, sorry, what did you say?"

Twilah sighed and turned to the Discord, telling him good day and pulling Prism away.

"HEY! Come on! I was almost done with the story!"

"No, you're not! THAT WAS PORN, PRISM!"

Prism started to follow her, tapping her fingers together. "But the story was good! The art is so detailed."

Twilah turned to her with anger as she pointed to her wings.
"I can see that! You should be ashamed."

"It's not like I was jerking off."

"But you were enjoying it, weren't you?"

"Yeah, so?"

Twilah shook her head and was disappointed. "Prism..."

"Come on! The art is good! You have no idea how detailed it is."

Twilah ignored her, looked around, and found a different Discord. She quickly walked over, while Prism followed and was annoyed.

"You're just mad that I liked the porn."

"Prism, this isn't the time to talk about this. We're here for a reason, not for you to enjoy 'hentai'."

Prism opened her wings and flew behind her with her arms crossed. "I'm an adult; I can read porn; thank you very much."

"And you should know better, Prism."

"PFFFTT! Whatever Twi."

"Prism."

"Twi."

"Don't call me Twi."

"Twi, Twi, Twi, Twi, Twi, Twi."

"Stop it."

"Twi, Twi, Twi, Twi, Twi, Twi!"

Twilah gave her a glare, but Prism just stuck her tongue out as they reached the new Discord, and Twilah asked him politely if he could open a portal for her.

"NOPE, SORRY, NO CAN DO! I'M A PERSON WEARING THIS DISCORD FURRY SUIT!" said the female voice as she removed the head, revealing a different version of Rarity, an anthro version no less. "By the way, we're getting together later tonight, darling. If you have a Shy Fur suit, the others will be happy to have you there. It's at the Derpy 69 Hotel! Room 753."

Prism tilted her head to the side, as she had no idea what she was talking about. "What do you do there? With the fur suits no less?"

The Rarity anthro turned her head and gave a sly grin, making Prism a bit uncomfortable.

"Oh, my dear, you have a lot to learn." She winked and put her Discord head back on, leaving the two of them.

Prism felt weird and was going to ask Twilah what she meant, but she could see her blushing and yelling, "We're not all like that! Okay! Not all furries are like that! Stop laughing!"

Prism is laughing her ass off. "Oh my god, Twi. You're a furry?"

"Shut up, Prism. It's not funny. After Dashie and I tried it in our pony forms, we went deeper into it, and then there's this furry online club we joined and..."

"OH MY GOD, THIS IS PRICELESS!" She was laughing so hard and started to roll on the ground. Tears came out, and she was holding her sides. "I GOTTA TELL 'HER' THIS! SHE'S GONNA HATE THIS INFO!"

"You will do no such thing, Prism!"

"Furries, Twi. Furries. You are a furry. I'm dying. Dying!"

"Stop it, Prism. Aren't your parents furries? Since you're a hybrid, they must have done it... So, stop being a child and acting like this."

Prism stopped laughing, her eyes darkened, and she had a cold frown. "What?" she stood up, and Twilah could tell that Prism just realized that her parents are basically furries, as one is clearly a pegasus. "Oh."

"Yes, oh."

"I didn't think about it that way. But you're right, my parents are furries. Guess that makes me a furry...? Maybe...? But I do like..."

"Are you okay, Prism?"

She slowly turned to her, dead inside. "Yes, but no, not really."

"You want to talk about it?"

"No, thanks. Let's just continue on our quest."

They went on with their quest, trying to find a Discord to help them, but each one was too busy to help or didn't like them because they weren't Fluttershy. They stopped outside of the stadium, and everyone was out here, cheering on as a Vtuber Fluttershy sang Flutterwonder.

"Amazing, there's even a Vtuber version of Fluttershy?" asked Twilah.

Prism flew towards her, upside down, and answered her, "Yup. She comes from a universe where the Mane 6 are humans, they joined Harmony Inc., became a Vtubers, and taught the viewers about friendship. She's called Flutter Kindness. Of course, the fans here will shimp for her and even ship her with the other members, but that's normal. Some will even have fanfics of them fucking."

Twilah shook her head and rubbed her eyes. "Why do you know that?"

"Because I'm a Twilight Magic fan. She's remind me of..." she blushed as she looked away. "NEVER MIND!"

"Reminds you of...?"

"Nope, nope, nothing." She crossed her arms and pouted.

"Alright, fine. No need to tell me."

Prism turned to her and was surprised to see her not caring and not asking her questions.

"Wait, you're not curious?"

Twilah sighed and sat down to watch the show. As the other Vtubers appeared, she could see Twilight Magic, 

an unicorn pony wearing a white jacket with pink stars of her cutie mark on it. "Prism, I'm not stupid. I already guessed who you are."

Prism was shocked and flew upright and sat next to her, her wings twitching with worry. "Who do you think I am?"

"Well, from what I can see..." Twilah turned to her, removed Prism hoodie, and held her rainbow hair in a ponytail. She couldn't stop smiling and crying. "You're...no, I can't say it, and since you're still here and didn't disappear from this timeline, it tells me I can think of it as long as I don't say it. It's really hard not to say it."

Prism smiled and was so happy to hear her say that. She sat closer to her and watched the show. She couldn't stop crying, knowing her secret was out but she could be relax with her.

"Man, she can't yell out at me for this one!" She said, grinning hard and wiping her tears away,

Twilah wanted to know, but knew better. It's not her place to know, not yet anyway.

"Hey, Prism?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you okay? Have you been eating well? You're not skipping meals, are you?"

Prism giggled and leaned on her, resting her head on her shoulders. "Yeah, I'm eating well. Thanks for worrying about me."

"Of course, I worry about you." Twilah couldn't hold her tears back and held her tight. "I want to ask you so many questions! Like, are you going to college? Have you found a job? What have you been doing in life? But...but...I can't...because..."

"Because of the rules of time travel and everything, I know." Prism was glad she didn't ask for real; the pain would hurt too much.

"Can you at least answer me this? This shouldn't break the rules, right?"

"Sure, what is it, Twi?"

"Are you dating or just in love with 'her' because whoever you thinking of, I can see how happy you look."

Prism froze and her eyes widen. She knew who Twilah was talking about as it was super clear as day from her slip-ups, and it hit her hard. Her mind was screaming, and she was scared. She couldn't give her an answer and just sat there, frozen.

"Prism? Hey, Prism!"

She slowly looked up and gave a weak smile. "Sorry, Twi. But...I can't say it. But, yeah. I'm...you know... what you're thinking. I really want to tell you!" She started to cry heavily. "But I can't. I can't risk it. If her past is changed...it's like stepping on butterfly, even if it was meant to happen..."

"You won't ever meet her, right?"

"Yeah...sorry..."

"No, don't be. You did nothing wrong, Prism."

"Yeah...nothing."

The two were silent as they watched the VTubers sing and dance to their hearts' content. They both heard a very familiar voice.

"It's good to see you two again."

They both turned around and saw an old-looking Discord, and next to him were six ponies. One of them, a light pink pegasus with a phone, screamed and live streamed the two.

"OMG! Pippsqueaks! You won't believe who's here! LOOK!" She forced the phone towards the two, but the white pegasus stopped her. The two started to fight, and Twilah believed they're sisters from the way they're fighting.

"Discord, why are you here?" asked Prism, waving at him. "Other than the Fluttershy Con, of course," but she could see how hurt he looked. "Ah, sorry."

He sighed and walked closer. "Yes, I can't stand how some are ruining her name, especially the ones selling the R34's."

"But aren't you buying some of that?" teased the white pegasus, pulling out a few from his bag. He snatched them back and put them away.

"I'm here to burn them." His friends all laughed at him, making him blush and cross his arms.

"Yeah, sure. Anyway, I'm glad you're here. Twilah needs to get back to her time. Can you return her age to normal and send her back home?"

"Sure."

"Wait, wait! Can't I go with her!?" begged the pink pegasus as her sister pulled her phone away.

"Sorry, no can do. I can't have you screwing the timeline. So!" Discord turned to an apricot-orange mare-earth pony. "This is your only time to tell her, you know. You'll regret it if you don't." Twilah could see the nervous earth pony as she tapped her hooves together, not making eye contact.

"Right." She slowly looked at Twilah, and a small smile grew on her face. "Hi, uh, it's me, Sunny. Not your Sunny, you know."
Twilah shook her head, telling her not to say her name.

"Yeah, sorry. I just wanted to let you know that...the future you are..." She held back but brushed it off. "I'm just so happy you're here." Her smile grew wide. "You have no idea how long I waited for you. It's like a dream. Meeting this version of my...shoot its hard. I can't say that part, right?"

Twilah shook her head. "Nope."

"Shoot, shoot, shoot. Well, I just wanted to say...goodbye, and... I'll miss you. Take care of yourself, okay?" Twilah could see that she was struggling not to cry and not leaping on her to hug her.

Twilah could only smile, knowing who she is.

"You too, okay. Stay strong. I believe in you, Sunny. Even 'she' will always be proud of you. You grew up to be strong. I can tell just by looking at you." Twilah gave her a head pat. "Keep moving forward. That's what 'she' wants. You don't have to say it; it's clear as day."

Sunny could feel tears forming but blinked them away, and her friends held her for support.
"Right."

Discord clapped his hands and turned Twilah back to her normal age.

"Right, I'll send you back, right when you jump into the future. Listen, the blackwater is coming up to New Ponyville. When you get back, you need to get out of time verse and stop Flutterheart's death. She's trying to stop it."
Twilah nods but quickly asks him how, as she has no plans to remove it or even a way to destroy it, but Discord points to her chest. Her chest started to glow as her element of magic started to shine brightly.

"In a few timelines, you find out your element can destroy it, and in others, you don't in time. Better hurry now; the end is coming."

"The end? Wha-" Discord snapped his fingers, and she was gone.

Prism and Sunny looked sad that Twilah was gone. Discord sighed, turned back to the ponies, and asked them.
"Well, now that the fun is over, Who's ready for lunch? My treat."

"ME! ME!"

"Oh, Misty, can't you calm down? I'll treat you to that cake place you like; don't worry," laughed Discord as they all got up.

"Really!?"

"Yes, now let's go."

"Thank you, Discord!" cheered Misty as her and the others started leaving Prism by herself.

Discord stopped and turned his head slightly. "You going to be okay? Seeing her again."

"Yeah, it was nice seeing her again, and...still weird when I'm..."

Discord laughed "Oh, please, you are you. Just like how Rainbow Sky, Dashie Reinbold, and Rainbow Dash said it, who passed on that message to them, even Blitz passed it on to you. You aren't her past; you are your own future. Be yourself. Live your life; don't be bound by someone else's life. Live your own life to the fullest. That is 'her' and their wish for you."

Prism was shocked as she remembered that speech, that she was lost for words. She couldn't help but smile and nod.
"I will. See you around, Discord. You guys have fun!" Prism stood up and opened her wings.

"Where are you going?"

"I need to do something. I remember Celestia reporting something on that day. See ya!" Prism took off as a burning rainbow light and disappeared over the horizon.

"She will never change...no matter the life she lives."

"Hey, Discord, we're waiting," yelled the white pegasus as her group was waiting for him.

"I'm coming, Zipp; don't get your tails in a knot." Discord couldn't help but smile as he joined them, but his thoughts were on one thing: "Please, let this timeline be safe and the true ending and not 'her' ending...the one she made..."





Prism landed far from the city, where there's nothing but a white void. She stood there 

and saw an Alicorn walking up to her. She pointed to the house that appeared and saw her disappear. She just stood, and soon other versions of herself appeared, and they all could see the house again. She turned to them all.

"Wanna freak Celestia out?"

They all grinned and nodded as they all started to wave or dance. Prism laughed, but she felt someone coming, and it was fast.

"She finally took notice, huh?" She looked up and saw the endless roads of the multiverse, seeing them change as if there's a rainbow light in the sky. "I really hope this is it. Let this be the end. Please let it be. No more different rewrites for this story. Let it end. Let us finally be free. No more, please." She soon felt a smack behind her head...





Twilah found herself back in her home, and Sassy and Spike acted like she wasn't even gone.
"You are back to normal!? But there was no time storm just now?" asked Spike, but Twilah opened the gateway back to Equestria and told them they needed to stay here, as the blackwater had moved towards New Ponyville and she needed to stop it. Before Spike could ask how she knew that, she was gone.

Twilah found herself back in the town hall meeting room, where she could hear screaming and magical energy being blasted outside. She hurried outside and could see unicorn guards, normal unicorns, and Flutterheart, who was flying above, blasting the blackwater as it covered half the town. Destroying it.

"Princess!" shouted Twilah, seeing her all worn out from fighting and slowly falling from the sky and falling towards the blackwater below. It's just like Prism and Discord said. She acted quickly, saved her with her magic, and quickly brought her towards. "Flutterheart, are you okay?"

Flutterheart was breathing heavily. "Aunty Twilight? Why do you look so...different?" she asked, seeing Twilah in her anthro form. "No, your not Twilight, but Twilah, that Dash looks alike said." She tried to get up, but Twilah stopped her.

"No, you have done enough, Kari—I mean, Flutterheart. Rest; let your aunty handle this!"

Flutterheart was shocked and looked up, seeing her smile and her serious eyes.

"You can destroy the blackwater?"

Twilah nodded. "That I am. I never thought to use it because magic has little to no effect on it, but it's not just magic; it's something more." Twilah held her chest, and the element of magic started to glow. Her eyes went pure purple, and her wings finally appeared. Using her Canterlot royal voice, she shouted for everyone to stand back. Twilah rose into the air and raised her arms. The element of magic was glowing, and she was giving off a warm, gentle energy. The blackwater started to be covered in a purple aura and quickly was pushed into one spot, becoming a giant ball of water. Twilah started shrinking it and breaking it down piece by piece, making it into nothingness.

As she was doing this, she saw a flash of a vision, seeing a robed person above a rainbow tree, holding a book, upset as they tossed the book, and hearing a voice behind them.

"What's wrong? Not happy with how your rewrite didn't stop Twilah? It's like I said, This is their story, not yours!"

Twilah could see the robe figure turning and being punch in the face, and the vision was gone.

"What was that?" she asked herself as she destroyed the final part of the blackwater, landing on the ground and hearing all the cheering from the town folks, but it wasn't over. As they all looked up, even Twilah joined them, and she froze as she saw the memories of Blitz and Braver killing their universe and fighting her and Dashie copies. Worse, she could see her home town in the huge prism-looking mirror. Seeing it being destroyed by a figure...

"No!" She could see who it was. "Breaker!? Then that means...BLITZ! BRAVER!" She quickly took off and headed towards the prism, and using all her magic, she tried to pass through it but was repelled back with great force. "I can't pass! Damnit!" 

She was panicking, but her element started to glow, and she felt something—it was the element of loyalty. She could sense Dashie in trouble. She could feel it—she's being burned!

"DASHIE!"

She closed her eyes and sensed where she was, which was on top of the Crystal Palace, and could see what was going on. Her eyes shut open and were filled with a burning purple energy. In a blink, she was gone.



...and reappeared and blasted Sunfall away.

"TWILIGHT! YOU FINALLY! CAME!" shouted Sunfall with glee, but quickly vanished as she realized who it was. "No, just a copy. Twilah, the one who raised Blitz. My master erased you from that timeline by using Rainbow Dawn, but she hope sending you away in this rewrite will change the events that caused 'her' from being created. It looks like I have to kill you as well before your daughter can be saved by you. Heck, maybe she will die this time." She smirked as her hands became lit with blazing fire.

Twilah looked back and could see Dashie slowly getting up and her element recovering her burned body. She turned back to Sunfall and used her Canterlot Royal voice, but in pure rage, "HOW DARE YOU HURT MY LOVE OF MY LIFE!" she sent out a powerful wave of energy. "YOU WON'T FUCKING TOUCH MY BABY GIRL!"





Back on earth, Wallflower hid under her blanket, as she didn't want to leave her room after what happened yesterday. She could hear her parents knocking on her door and asking if she's okay, and so on, until they left her alone.

"Sunset was right... I tried to get Blitz behind her back. Why did I do that? She's my friend and is so sweet and nice. Why would I go behind her back like that? Why?"

Wallflower was crying, unaware of the unicorn kicking from within the mirror in her room, trying to push a box over from its dresser. She kept kicking, finally getting the box to fall and releasing its items. She cracked her back, as she was getting too old to be kicking, but looked happy as she watched Wallflower being spook by the sound.

"What was that!?" She removed her blanket from her head and could see the gifts that Blitz gave her years ago, all scattered on the wood floor. "Oh no!" she hurried out of bed and picked up each colored geodes crystals and sat on the floor, looking at them as they shined in the dim lighting.

"They're beautiful. Glad Blitz gave them to me. The greatest gift that anyone ever gave me." All seven geodes shined and gave off each color, and she was amazed by their beauty.

"I always wondered, why are these Everfree geodes so...dunno, shiny? It's not like the other ones I've seen online. In fact, these ones don't match anything from Everfree Rock Records."

She looked at the blue one, which reminded her of Blitz, and couldn't help but feel warm from it. She held it close to her heart, finally thinking about something.

"I know Blitz needs our help, but can we really help her? We're just normal humans. We're not like her or her family. Won't we just get killed? What if we just get in the way and get her hurt or get Lucy eaten?" She started to cry as she held the blue one tighter. "Sunny can fight, Tempesta is a former soldier, and King said he took Bōjutsu classes. What can I do? I can't do anything."

The wallflower shed a single tear, and the droplet fell on the blue crystal geode, and it started to glow and shine up the room. Wallflower could see it glowing, and she looked at her other hand, and the other geodes were glowing as well. Her heart was beating fast as she got up and heard the voices of someone's memories.

"No matter how many timelines you make, we'll always be here! Fighting you!"

"!noʎ ʇou !ᵷuᴉpuǝ ʅɐuᴉɟ ǝɥʇ suᴉʍ oɥʍ ǝuo ǝɥʇ ǝq ʅʅ'ᴉ !noʎ ɟo uoᴉsɹǝʌ ɹǝʞɐǝʍ ɐ ᵷuᴉʇɐǝɹɔ suɐǝɯ ʇᴉ ɟᴉ uǝʌǝ !ʇsᴉxǝ ɹǝʌǝu ʅʅ'noʎ ǝɹns ǝʞɐɯ oʇ sǝʞɐʇ ʇᴉ ɹǝʌǝʇɐɥʍ op ʅʅ'ᴉ .noʎ doʇs ʇ'uoʍ noʎ ᵷuᴉsɐɹǝ ɟᴉ sǝʅɐʇ ɹnoʎ ǝᵷuɐɥɔ ʇsnꓩ ʅʅ'ᴉ uǝɥʇ"

"This is their story, not yours! Everyone! LET'S GO!"

Wallflower felt her body go numb as the geodes glowed brighter and brighter and started to float and surround her, until she could hear a sad voice.


"Mothers...aunties...friends...looks like in this timeline, I couldn't stop her, but maybe in another? I'm sending my broken element shards to different timelines. Maybe another me can stop her. I can already see it. She's trying to change my birth. Please, whoever finds these, save me. Save my new selves, or all and everyone's stories will follow 'her' path to this sad ending."

Wallflower opened her eyes, could see herself in a new form, and quickly turned to the mirror. She touched her face and couldn't understand what was happening.


"What...happened? What is this? My hair and skin?"

She touched the flower on her head and pulled it, hurting her. She quickly freaked out and back away from the mirror, tossed the old and worn faded rainbow jacket on the floor, and her body returned to normal.

"What the heck!? Was that me or something?" She could see the old rainbow jacket turning brown and having rainbow sparks, and she slowly touched it, seeing a vision of someone floating in blackwater and holding their chest as rainbow liquid was leaking out and staining her white shirt.

"I'm sorry, Sunny, King, Tempesta, Wilma...Dawn...its getting cold... I can't see my dawn... I can't see anything. I'm afraid..."

The memory faded away, and Wallflower screamed out Blitz's name as she could feel her sadness at failing and dying all alone.

"Blitz!"

She quickly held the jacket, fearing what she just saw. It didn't look like Blitz or even sound like her, but she knew it was her—being so scared and crying, knowing she's dying.

"Blitz!" Her body began to change back to her new form, and the jacket became a faded rainbow. "I won't let you die. I'm not useless. I'll prove it! I'll show you I'm not weak and that I can protect you like Sunny can! Just watch! I won't fail!" She held it closer and cried harder as she could feel all the sadness from the jacket. "You won't die! You won't die alone like that! I swear it! You're my friend! I love you! I'll save you!" She cried harder and harder, her tears dripping and hitting the jacket, staining it more, and its glow got brighter and brighter. Coming out was a red crystal, flying into the mirror, being caught by the unicorn, and running off.

Wallflower let go of the jacket and could see it going dim like before and becoming brown. Her body became normal, and she stood up. She put on the jacket, and her form returned, but the jacket color never returned, almost like it was dead.

"I can do this, right? I have to...for her."

Wallflower turned to her mirror, took a deep breath, and let out her emotions.

"I can do this!" She raised her hand, and the mirror started to be covered in vines and flowers. She quickly turned and released a ton of vines breaking through the walls. She didn't know how, but she just knew how her powers worked. She was shocked but felt a newfound strength.

"I can save her!"

The wallflower could see that the whole room had rainbow flowers and plants everywhere. She turned back to her mirror and was scared by her appearance, but she somehow changed it between her normal look and her current look, a fusion of the two. 

She nodded and ran out of the room, passing her folks and heading to the front door, but when she opened it, she saw Brishen there, about to knock.

"Wilma? Is that you? Dyed your hair?"

Wallflower was nervous but shook her head, and she saw her mom, dad, and sister coming over, and they all could see the growing grass behind her. They were confused, but Wallflower just shut the door and pulled Brishen by his arm.

"WHOA! WHAT WAS THAT JUST NOW, AND WHY ARE YOU PULLING ME!?"

Wallflower didn't reply and kept dragging him; she knew where she was going. Something or someone was telling her where to go.

"We need to head to the beach! There's something there! Something you need!" She shouted, and before he could ask what, she quickly said, "We're going to run out of time! If we don't get back in time, Blitz is going to die!"

He quickly stopped and made her let go. "Wait, what?! She's going to die? How did you know that? Did she text you or call you? What's going on?"

Wallflower was getting frustrated. "Look, just trust me! Look!" she transformed, spooking him, but she made him grab the jacket, and he too saw the same figure dying and feeling all the sadness.

"What was that!?"

"It's Blitz, I think? No, it is her! We can't let that happen to her!" She held his shoulders. "If we don't hurry, she's going to die! We gotta save her!"

He was in shock and didn't know what was happening, but seeing that, he could see it wasn't fake.

"R-Right! But it's gonna take days to rea-WHOA!" He suddenly felt being carried by plant life as Wallflower controlled it, and they took off like a speeding car.





In another time and story...

She could see it—her friends, going off to save a version of herself—she couldn't help but smile. Her vision is fading, and the black core of the sun is setting. Her dawn is dead and gone. Her story is ending here.


"Mothers...friends... I'm sorry. I failed. I didn't save you. I couldn't save us, but maybe in another...story...." her body was starting to crumble and fall apart; the only thing left of her was the jacket and the broken rainbow element orb in it. They rose up into the air, and with a bright flash, they all flew across the darkness as tiny rainbow comets, entering all the prism windows, all falling in different places, but one flew out a mirror of a high school and landed in a forest. It was the prime universe and its human counterpart universe.

"So, you let it happen?" said an elderly man voice as a white female Alicorn with a brown mane walked out of the darkness.

"Of course, it's my creation. If an outside force messes with the prime universe, with my written story, I can appear to 'them'. Everyone is needed for this final show down. All creation is in danger, and if we don't destroy the source, she will just keep appearing and destroying every story. Everything in this multiverse, time verse, and beyond will die, including 'us'."

"Yes, and you think 'she' can do it? She's not her mother; you know that."

"Yes, I know, but she carries her spark. Keep moving forward, just like her. That's the thing about 'her', Blitz, Braver, and the others. They are strong, kind, brave, and, most importantly, they never give up. The very reason I wrote that prime universe. To give little girls courage and hope, to see them smile and grow up strong. They are the future. All little girls and others should learn from it, be inspired, and write their own stories to tell. I know my ending won't be happy, and it's not the first time. I just want 'them' to keep living on and never giving up. To believe that a world of dreams can be saved. Their stories are their own, no matter how little or big they are. It's theirs and no one else's. I believe in 'her'."

The voice of the old man can be heard, as he is laughing, and an old-looking hand softly touches her shoulder.

"Keep moving forward, and if it's time to go, it's time to go but It's not the end of the world just yet, right? You've done your part. I believe in her too."

"Yeah, we did what we could, didn't we?"

"Yes, we can only watch now. Where do these stories head? Whether it's a happy ending or a tragic ending, it's up to her."

"We have faith in her."

Suddenly, millions of shadow figures stood behind her, all nodding and looking up into the darkness. Seeing all the multiverse and timelines, all their roads heading to a giant dead tree, and above that tree is a single white road, a white light stood on it as it shines brightly in the darkness.

"With great power...comes great responsibility. We are the authors of their lives. We just can't always save them. This is the only way."


"Keep moving forward...to that true ending."

End of Chapter 21